2011, without recommendation and without objection? thank you. and thank you ms. hayward. ms. miller, can we move back to item 2 below? >> ordinance amending the green building requirements for the design and operation of city buildings. chairperson mar: johanna parton is here from the mayor's office. this will strengthen and rename our existing green building task force and create more sustainable buildings in the city. let me ask if ms. parton can give the presentation. >> thank you very much. good afternoon, chairman and committee members. thank you for your leadership on green building, and for your diplomacy at the sunday streets. chairperson mar: you were very

good. >> you are very generous. thank you for the opportunity to speak on behalf of the mayor on this item. the ordinance before you will update the municipal green building code to require leed gold certification for major municipal projects over 5,000 feet. currently, only silver is required. we currently require gold for all commercial projects. this would update the code to require the same things for our municipal projects as well. this ordinance will continue to secure san francisco's leadership and the good work and we are doing to reduce our carbon footprint and foster the green economy. the mayor is very supportive. he introduced this ordinance.

he is very supportive of this. we hope you will be supported as well. a couple of statistics. there have been about 10 years of work done to update our green building efforts, most municipal, and commercial. -- both municipal and commercial. 60% of our carbon footprint comes from the operation of buildings in san francisco. this will help us in our efforts to reduce our footprint. we currently have 52 projects seeking leed certification, and we have professionals in 11 city departments to administer these high-performance civic projects. thank you for your consideration. we urge your support. chairperson mayor lee is ther --

supervisor mar: is there anyone else who would like to wish to speak? it has been great to see the certified library branch open up. i want to issue a thank-you to the sponsors, mayor lee and supervisor mar. this changes the way buildings are designed, built, and operated to create a healthy and prosperous environment to improve the quality of life. the leed system is the premier system. 35,000 projects around the world are currently participating in the system. that comprises over 4.5 billion square feet of office space

around world. by using less energy, the buildings save energy for families, businesses, and taxpayers. they reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to a healthier environment. it comes in different levels of achievement it goes from certified for silver, gold, and platinum. by adopting this standard, san francisco will be among only eight other municipalities in north america to have leed gold standards for municipal facilities. since 2004 when the silver requirement was adopted, green building has become successfully imbedded in the culture of design and construction in the city. we currently have 52 municipal projects seeking and achieving leed certification. these include libraries, and airport terminal, a cruise ship terminal. that adds up to nearly 7 million

feet. laguna honda hospital and rehabilitation center is california's first leed certified hospital. it is designed to exceed the already strict energy co by 30%. it is projected to save over $500,000 in energy costs annually compared to a minimum compliant building. it also successfully recycled over 80% of the construction waste created on the project. another exemplary project is sfo terminal two. it is slated to be the first leed gold terminal in the u.s. the successes been so great that they are now upgrading plans to renovate terminals 1 and 3. our flagship green building program has now achieved a

double platinum certification for new construction and operations and maintenance. it is the most visited leed platform museum in the world. we have 10 branch libraries successfully combining high- performance green building strategies with historic preservation of our important cultural assets. supervisor mar: are the library's 5000 square feet and above? are there any below that? >> they are all at least 5000 square feet. they ranged between 5012 thousand. -- they range between 5000 and 12,000. we're already exceeding our existing requirements. we do have 123 leed accredited professionals with the

accreditation given to successful members in 11 city departments to help with the high-performance project. the ordinance was created through the assistance of the green building task force. it has representatives from 10 city departments including the airport, transportation agency, utilities commission, the division of building design and construction, and infrastructure design and construction, the apartment building construction, recreation and parks department, the san francisco public libraries, the port of san francisco, there is also one member of the public that is part of our task force. i look forward to successful adoption of this policy. we will continue to work with all departments to continually improve our building environment. i would be glad to entertain any

questions you might have. supervisor mar: if a project is below 5000 square feet like a clubhouse being renovated in the parks department, you utilize maximum leed strategies but it may not be bold. >> that is well put. we're trying to keep from greeting to the different clauses of construction. certification is an important and strenuous exercise, but we're not putting a requirement on our smaller projects. we do expect them to select the leed strategies appropriate for the projects and carry them through design and construction. actual certification would not be required for less than 5000 square feet. supervisor mar: thank you. ms. parton, did you want to wrap up? >> i neglected to thank the

department for working clever to plead with 10 different departments to make sure that everybody's concerns were heard and incorporated into the legislation. supervisor mar: thank you, mr. palmer, for recognizing the libraries. they are incredible. if there are no comments, let's open this up to public comment. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? >> ♪ they are roandrock and roct in the green buildings singing tweet tweet i bless their soul

they even tweet on the bridge after you pay your toll a littlll the little birdies twt thanking you for keeping this green ♪ supervisor mar: let's move this forward with a positive recommendation. >> the designation of two selling spaces for street artists. supervisor mar: we have a speaker from the arts commission. >> i am the street artist program director for the arts commission.

the board of supervisors in 1974, in their designation of spaces for street artists, and designated seven spaces on geary at stockton street. those seven are in front of neiman marcus, if you can picture that. with the construction of the central subway project, that has rendered those seven spaces derelict. the artists cannot make a living there at all. the construction moved a flower vendor. it is measurable. i have tried to locate temporary spaces to replace. in the union square area, there is not a lot of real estate to go round on the sidewalk. what i was able to come up with is two spaces on post street,

post at stockton just in front of the levi's building. i have a map that may work. right above there would be union square. there is currently permitted hot dog vendor on the corner. those two spaces, i was asking for four, but i dealt with the management of levi's and the hot dog vendor. we settled on two. i think the artists would be glad to have them. they would be good spaces. i am asking that they not be permanent. these would be temporary for the designation of only six months. if we still cannot get back the seven spaces in six months, i

will come back and ask for a continuation of a number -- another temporary designation. it is not a plan to try to make these permanent basis. i want to assure you of that. these two spaces meet all of your public safety regulations. a street artist space cannot be within 10 feet of the outer edge of a doorway or entranceway. a street artist must maintain at least 8 feet of pedestrian passageways between the street artist and the opposite building. this actually allows for a 11 feet. both of those spaces will allow for 12 feet instead of eight. it is a very wide sidewalk. the hot dog vendor gives a crowd in the summertime. he asked that i pushed them back.

the nearest space with th -- would be 18 to 20 feet from him. there is plenty of pedestrian passageways. i would be happy to answer any questions. supervisor mar: seeing none. let's open this up to public comment. public comment is closed. colleagues, can remove this proposal forward without objection? thank you. -- can we move this proposal forward without objection? thank you. is there any further business? >> no. supervisor mar: thank you. meeting adjourned. ♪

>> i am one of the board members for the burning man project. welcome to the plaza and the launch. [applause] we are so thrilled to be here in the tenderloin. we're thrilled to create relationships, to work with other people, and make something crazy and magical happened here. we're also extremely happy to be working with the san francisco city itself, with the reinvigoration efforts happening.

we have two esteemed people with us from the city. we have mayor ed leave with us. [applause] -- we also have mayor ed lee with us. and from the board of supervisors, david chu. please come and join us. [applause] >> thinks ank you. it may be premature, but welcome home fellow burners. it is great. there are invitations going on for that burning man. i am going to call our board

president, david chu, to come up here and join us. he plays a mean violin already. i am also going to invite supervisor eric mar, who is the only one of us who has been to burning man. i will say this. the burning man project has been a wonderful contributor to our central market cultural district. working with our office of economic development and the wonderful staff, you are working with the arts commission trying to liven up and insight the arts

community -- excite the arts community to look at where we have vacancies and put life into them through art. there is so much to do. art is about life, activity, and people. it is about creating relationships. i want to thank all of you for being here to share your wonderful friday with us. we have the music to keep the center. now we can go crazy again. i not only have an announcement the burning man launched tonight, but there are so many other wonderful things being attracted to this area. i want to thank hal for the camera work.

you are around the corner. that is because you are working with will and maddie thatcher. they've come to work together to enliven the effort to create a place where the underserved youth can learn about camera works. this is been on my mind for a long time. do you know the old original joe's place? they have brought in a theater piano fight. that is a wonderful addition. it will be starting this fall. the dugan family will locate in

north beach. i have been a patron of the original joe's for many years. i want to specifically thank the piano and fight -- piano fight theater. thank you for starting the wonderful theater. i know you will be asking for a grant. you have been a wonderful partner in looking out for the start-ups and helping them along, helping to identify where they can be and how they can get started. we both started the arts foundation at the corner of sixth and market. there are so many people to

thank tonight. i wanted to begin with this list, the freshest efforts to start up. it is a signal to you that we want to thank you all for reinvigorating this central market with your arts activity, innovation, enthusiasm. there is not going to be a store front available in the next year. it will be filled with arts, people, and businesses, and residents who will come to celebrate this. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> it is friday. who is excited to be a san franciscan? it is wonderful to see everyone here. i want to acknowledge my colleague because he is the only member of the board of

supervisors who has gone up to burning man. i know that will change. mayor lee and i were joking that we were thinking about going up there to resolve and worked out all of the issues with city council up in the desert. what do you think, mayor lee? whatever it takes, bringing people together to get it done. that is what we want to do with burning man. san francisco has been a beacon to the entire world for creativity and innovation. i want to thank you all for representing the very best of what that is all about. i also want to welcome you to this neighborhood. the tenderloin and mid market area is so grateful for all the changes we know will happen in the coming years. this year alone, we are bringing twitter to this area.

we're bringing artists and theaters. we're bringing new hamburger joints and we are bringing burning man. i want to thank the burning and project for being on the edge of creative culture. you represent with the greatest partnerships are about, what happens when you bring the public and private sectors together. i know this project will be reaching out to children in the tenderloin. and want to thank you for doing that. i also want to thank burning man for one of the quality we like here in san francisco -- one other quality we like here in san francisco -- experimentation. a few blocks away from here, we

have been experimenting with what it means to close market street, to take back parking spaces for parkland. i want to thank the transit advocates here. hats off to burning man because you are leading the way. without further ado, it is my honor to introduce one of the founders of the burning man project. where is larry harvey? come on up. [applause] >> i did not want to speak to the "post."

i am not here as the founder of burning man. i am representing the burning man project, a new nonprofit. our offices are down the street at 995 market at 6th, right in the hearth of the mid-market district. there is no better place to commence this effort in san francisco, our home town. [applause] we know a thing or two about building a diversity and culture from the ground up. the key thing was expressed by the great jane jacobs.

she said cities have the capability of providing something for everybody only because and only when they are created by everybody. care this is the principle that will guide the burning man project. working with the city of san francisco, we can do many things. you have noticed all of the vacant shop fronts along market street, i am sure. we can begin to change this. pardon me? anyway, we can change this by making it easier for artists to occupy. working with our sister organization, we can install public artworks.

if you look behind you, you will see two of them freshly installed. we can also do what all of us are doing here today. it can mean celebrations. we certainly know how to do that. we can do more. everyone of you here can participate. let's broaden the scope and think about more than just market street. after all, cities have the capability of providing something for everybody when they are created by everybody. let's look beyond the central market corridor and the

neighborhood, the community that already lives here. if you go down to the project office, you will see the gateway to the tenderloin. we do not mean to merely decorate our city's main street. that would be superficial. we want to help change lives. [applause] we want to do what we do best by inventing truly interactive art. we want to work with the residents of the district, creating art made by and for the people. we will need volunteers in order to accomplish this.

burners know exactly what i am talking about. we want you to pay attention to our website, burningmanproject.org. the burning man private even may be sold out of tickets, but the project is destined to fill a much larger canvas. to participate in that, you will not need no stinking tickets. [applause] i already hear people referring to where we are as u.m. playa. [laughter] to repeat with the mayor has already said, welcome home. [cheers and applause]