in odor to make it more -- in order to make it more impactful, we need to include all communities. i began my work as a volunteer with sunshine. she was guidance. clean power was the first campaign, to being a intern on the zero ace time to now the environment now team. the department goes all over san francisco as i have gone all over san francisco speaking to, you know, the local food pantry to the local businesses. especially with the new ordinance on flame retar dance. that is the new campaign. this resolution is something that the department holds deer, and they are going to strive to continue moving forward and progressing forward to the overall environmental impact so

it can move forward as well. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening i am from the san francisco human rights commission. i want to congratulate you not just for the careful considering of the resolution, but also for the stellar staff that you have. as mentioned before, we have -- now we have 55 city employees with two cohorts. they went through year one last year with about 20 of therapies. this year we have therapies from the work force development, arts commission, the whole range of departments. this year we are adding the department of human resources,

library, and a whole orange of departments we are -- other range of departments we are excited about. the peer to peer learns is why we do that. we have departments doing in various stages what the department of environment has done. we have departments starting department wide training to figure out how to on board the contempt for the employees in a way relevant to the work they do. whether they are doing energy and water as the public utilities commission or managing over 6,000 employees thinking how each of those employees are going to implement this. they are thinking about training for all employees and what this looks like for their department specifically. we have departments forming a committee. similar to the department of environment pushing forward this effort with the foundation of

the racial justice environmental justice work you have been doing for work. they now are forming a committee to it is not just one person. it is from the top to the bottom and left to the right. this is where your department has been doing this for years which made this a good fit for you. we also the departments who are the advanced stages in really looking at the tool. how do we get it to work now and collect demeanor take to make sure we are holding ourselves accountable to the out comes that we want. we have departments in all of those areas and really excited that the department of environment has been incorporating those pieces as we move through the system. thank you all for your support. thank you, particularly, to the director rafael. it is meaning full to work to the department. i am looking forward to work

together in the city wide effort. good evening i am the acting benefits manager. i am in support of resolution. i thank the commissioners for sponsoring the resolution as well as debbie and her staff's leadership on this work. i want to provide brief background for myself. i not only grew up in san francisco but you grew up in the justice movement in hunter's point and joined to local government with the goal of having a bigger impact in the world, and as i got into the agency, i realized there are many, many barriers to making the external impact i wanted to see. i was lucky to join the team

implementing the agency benefits policy passed in 2009 and community benefits policy passed in 2011. when i first got out of college and moved back to the city having been in the community when those policies were organized when the community was organizing around the policies to help pass the policies at the agency level now ending up at agency in which my job is a direct outcome of those policies. i commend the commission for having the foresight to institutionalize the commitment to racial equity to a policy after the individual staff move on it will be the culture of the department of environment. two, to lead with race. i think one of the shortcomings of the policy is it doesn't call

out race specifically. we use proxies for race, but that by bleeding with race you can address the racial inequalities throughout the city. we are excited to continue being partner this is the city wide team that the human rights commission has been facilitating and to share best practices. each other's moral compass and support systems in order to institutionalize this work as though we had said top down, bottom up, right to left. to ensure there are meaningful outcome this is the community. i thank the staff for their leadership in the racial equity initiative.

>> hello. i am the senior rational equity at the arts commission and part of the cohort advancing racial equity in san francisco. the arts commission is working on the equity action plan. we are in a similar place as the commission of the environment. it is really wonderful to see the presentation, the enthusiasm and the support that the staff has received from the commission. i am here really to show my support for the resolution and hope that you will make this decision in all aspects of your work. we are trying to do the same thing. i believe if all departments work together, that is when we can actually equitily serve all

people of san francisco. i want to congratulation the two on the wonderful presentation. it was so inspiring. so quell done we will -- so well-done we will ask for a copy of it. condition gratulations to the commission on the effort to formalize this work. it is important that it is written down so the next generation has something to look at and be proud of. this is national walk out day. the next generation is looking to us as an example moving forward. thank you. >> good evening. i am a san francisco resident for about 15 years. i want to say i am pleased and happy to see this resolution

reviewed and the commission is support. i want to echo support as a previous volunteer and intern. i am getting emotional. i just say when i viewed the resolution what touched me was the talk about increasing access to environmental programs and community engagement. i am really an advocate. i think as the environment allows the community to feel like it is actively participating. for folks like that i was someone who around 2007 or 2008 was graduating. i didn't know what to do. i heard an opportunity to volunteer. i knew i care about environment, i knew i lived in the central district and i knew i wanted to do more.

now, i have been in the recycling profession for seven years. i have been learning best practices from san francisco and applied that consulting practices in new york, hawaii, san francisco. i hope you can continue to bring diverse voices, races and experience. that pipeline gets people to share what they learned from the san francisco program. it is not passing about the flyer to say good luck, do it. folks like myself are previous volunteer interns can know there is a possible job afterwards. i will share my passion with my neighbors and family and my friends. thank you. >> thank you all four your wonderful comments this evening. now will all of those who favor the adoption of this resolution

signify by aye. any opposed? the motion passes. thank you all very much. [applause.] anthony may we have the next item. >> a presentation on the results of the led light bulb give away initiative. this item is for discussion. >> director bell, would you like to introduce this item? >> i would. i have to say that last item left me a little breathless, and the thing i love about this item is that it ex im fies what we mean. it is bringing this meeting full circle where you heard in the award how we are thinking about equity in everything we do, and the presentation you are going

to hear is a summary of a multi-year a long journey which started with a collaboration and a challenge. the pgne challenged two cities, san francisco and san jose. in a certain amount of time we want you to engage and sign up 600 businesses, get them to commit to significant behavior change around energy efishen she, to show that mattered you need to save 21-kilometer hours in a significant amount of time. it was a competition with ourselves. it was called step up and power down. our energy and outreach teams laughed at the challenge. in that time period they over

exceeded both expectations because we are over achievers, and we always do. it ended up with the benefits that were way beyond kilowatt hours. they were about building relationships, building community, giving back and empowering people who like we heard from the speakers before really didn't see themselves as environmentalists but understood how they could become something larger than themselves. we won. we got a nice pot of money, and then we had to decide what are we going to do with this money? we got together as energy team and outreach team and looked at the gaps in our funding and decided one of the things we wanted to do was give back to that community in as big away as possible.

what could we do in a quick amount of time that had the highest meaning? to tell you what we came up with and what it looks like, i am going to let luke ease dale talk to us about what we came up with. >> good evening. one of the first things i am going to do is take you behind the scenes how we came up with this concept. it does exemplify the work we do at the department of environment. in the way we assign goals and the audiences we choose to serve. importantly also the results. beyond that the reason for taking you behind the scenes. it is important to share the process by which we create initiatives to give us this reputation on a global space. we are leaders in climate change. the strategy that goes into the design and the thoughtfulness.

i am today here to announce proudly that we have successfully launched the largest led give away in the history of humankinds. it is a big deal. we took in 100,000leds. that is my height to back of that room on palettes. an extraordinary large number of bulbs. the focus was to ensure they get in stalled in homes across san francisco with a focus on serving low income seniors, disabled and formerly homeless residents across the city. don't be discouraged if you still have questions. leds are not the sexiest. they are not something that people perceive as true energy savers.

i want to share how we came up with this idea. how ital loins with our values. -- aligns with our values. they can have a meaningful impact in people's lives. even though we had many sleepless nights and a lot of hairs lost. it was all worth it. it all started with goals. yes, we wanted to be bold and create something groundbreaking that is what we do at the department of environment. we needed to make sure as all things we do it aligns with our climate goals. we wouldn't be the department of environment if we didn't focus on ensuring the work we do improves the quality of life of all residents that we ensure we focus on supporting the people that need that support the most. that those impacts are lasting. we didn't want to be a blip on the map. we needed something around for a long time.

which is where we came up with the concept of the led give away. now, this aligns with our climate action goal goals and ls are positive. they save more energy than other bulbs. they use a fraction of the other energy of other bulbs. that is a blast statement. you cannot see energy. it doesn't -- it is not one of the five senses. i am going to invite commissioner stevenson to showcase a little example, a kind of fun. we have a great academy that have loaned us this little fellow. it is very simple. leds in one line and incandescents in another. a little hand crank.

crank the hand crank for the incandescents to show how much effort needs to be able to power those with a fraction. >> finally a little light. they are on. >> then if we could switch to the leds for just a moment. (applause) >> this is just to demonstrate the amount of effort to powering the incan descent versus the led. it directs to money. when you think about paying for the electricity that goes into that. when you extrapolate out to 100,000leds. that is over $1 million in

utility cost savings. when you look at the focus of this particular initiative, that means that you are saving money for the people that benefit the most. we heard from richy. the thing that really matters beyond energy savings with leds is their long life expectancy. if you buy a decent led the life expectancy is over 20 years. that might seem impactful to you and i. if for a motion you can be in the position of a mobility challenged senior and you are in the home and the light goes out, up might be sitting in the dark until somebody can come by and replace that bulb for you. this is a real impact in the quality of life. we want to prevent people from experiencing that feeling of

power laciness. by postponing that because they last so much longer than other bulbs, so we have fun fully convinced you that leds save energy and money. how do we go about launching the initiative? that is important. the hard work that goes into creating the groundbreaking initiatives to put us at the forefront of groundbreaking and communications. i will invite rebecca to join me. >> all right. so implementing this campaign on the scale of something like 100,000leds took being methodical and bringing in the right stakeholders at every single step.

this started with selecting the bulbs. picking a lightbulb is not easy. there are more than 12 technical considerations. if we had gotten one of them wrong, we would have had 100,000 reminders of a mistake. no pressure. what we didn't want, we didn't want lights the color of the ones in 7-eleven, the blinding blue, lights that will go out years early because we went with the cheapest one. we didn't want lights that work in one fixture. we wanted the best possible led experience for the residents that would receive them. in no small part for many of them it would be the first time they used leds. we wanted them to use them in the future. we brought in the energy team

and toxics team and selected the bulb with the highest quality of light. a nice warm color, not the horrible blue. we picked one that lasts years longer than other bulbs. we went so far to make sure it is was dimmable. the problem with top of the line bulb, top of the line price point. i talked to the energy watch team. what is the four pack going to cost us? $32. that was way out of our budget. i thought about who else can i bring in here? i reached out to the led manufacturers directly. i contacted every manufacture i could find until i found one who understand the value, the impact of this campaign. they were willing to sell us the four packs for around $10 each. we could get that quantity the

100,000. it meant we could get the quality. to take it one step further we wanted these to have value. i made sure the manufacturer would ron nor the five year -- honor the five year warranty without a receipt. talking to the four packs. to the package we had to think of every detail. we wanted residents to receive a meaningful quantity not just one bulb. we had the manufacturer change the box dimensions. you can hold them in your hand. they were standard cubes that you can't hold. we asked if we could design the panel of the package to make it welcoming and put the message in multiple languages. we had the bulb part down. there is a terrible catch to leds. you only get the benefits if they are installed.

buying leds is one thing. getting them to 100,000 light fixtures is entirely different. this campaign meant getting them to the homes of hard to reach residents. there wasn't any playbook to turn to. we knew that just handing bulbs out wouldn't really result in them being installed, and a lot of the residents we wanted to serve have mobility challenges and can't safely install them. we needed a strategy. we decided that we needed to work with the organization that had the staff that had the volunteers that are lure going into individual homes and serving residents who could install the bulbs on their behalf. again, we knew we needed a method.

this was a big list. we started at the top. we went directly to the city agencies with the networks. we spoke with human services, department of aging and adult services, mayor's office of disability and office of housing. they saw the intersection of values. they wanted to be involved. they wanted their partners involved. getting those partners as part of our network meant we could step outside of our usual players. we got to hear from new voices. we got to make sure we were inclusive. it is the residents and organizations that really benefit the most from leds that are least able to afford them. we wanted to make sure that is who we were reaching. our partners and as you can see we have partners across the city. we have over 45 organizations

participating and this includes over 175 multi family properties in the city. our partners fall most of them into four categories. we have providers of affordable housing, in home support services. they are getting the majority of bulbs, around 60,000. we are working with the unified school district receiving 20,000leds. the san francisco public library is receiving 20,000 leds. the affordable housing providers they own or manage property housing vulnerable residents. at least probably most of them provide other services as well liker t nbc. everything from legal assistant, social services, after school programs. these organizations because they own or manage properties, they

have maintenance staff and property managers to install the leds. that happened in this case. the next home visit organization. these organizations have volunteers and staff that do everything you could imagine in terms of in home support services, delivering hot meals, groceries, doing simple home repairs, providing social service and on and on. in this case it was those staff and volunteer whose went in on the standard visits and would bring the leds with them to install. for these organizations, these aren't trained maintenance staff. we wanted to make sure we provided straining straining tr. we gave them flyers in a large font to explain the benefits of the leds so they would

understand why someone was changing their lights. i am sure you know the cfl bulbs are hazardous. they can't go in the three bins. we expected they would quite a number would be pulled out with the leds replacing them. we partnered to offer any of the organizations free pickups of bulbs. we have this engaged network. it time to distribute the leds. this is a pretty important step in the process. we wanted to think it through. we wanted to create a form that would make someone pause, take a moment, print it out, read through it and think about what number -- not just they wanted but they on could commit to and sign it. there was a difference between the bulbs talked about on the phone call and the amount that come in on a signed form.

we created the form. it captured everything from basic contact information, name, address to more detailed things like do they need help with disposal. could the property physically accept the pallets. we had to learn a lot about the delivery possess. we got the forms, sent them out, got them back in. the bulbs were delivered. we tried so hard to find an image to capture just how happy and relieved we were. the fireworks are a place holder. they don't come anywhere close. what were the impacts? well, ritchie spoke to a couple of them. as luke mentioned they last 25 times longer than a traditional bulb. that is 25 times fewer that someone has to go and change it. that is 25 times fewer that a

new bulb has to be purchased. again, it is 25 times fewer someone needs to ask for help. they also offer a much higher quality of light. this really helps residents see better. one resident is a veteran and painter. he told us he was able to take out his easel and paint for the first time in years. he could finally see well enough with the leds. i could go on and on. there are too many stories to share, but i will have luke come up to talk about the other partners. [applause.] >> she will be back. one of the other things that i wanted to mention and that is important for this initiative are the two other partners. ones is unified school district. many low income families don't

live in affordable housing and don't receive in home care. this was a way to engage with them. we work with the unified district to incorporate the bulbs in the curriculum. youth would bring these bulbs home and install in the home to save the family energy and money. really importantly a key partner, and this is how can we ensure if you are not in those categories you can join in going led. there is something for everybody. there is something for everybody in every neighborhood. that is why we have an incredible partnership in the local libraries. what they are doing. we have 20,000 bulbs to be distributed throughout the city to every branch library and bookmobile so everybody can go with a library card and get

their own four pack of leds and join our city in going leds. before i close, i want to play one quick recap video for you guys. ♪ the environment where big ideas intersect with making people's lives better. protecting from toxic chemicals. going door-to-door to save on the energy bill. we partnered with 40 organizations to get leds installed where they are needed most. >> we have about 4200 residents, more than 50% are seniors on fixed income. the light bulbs if they can reduce $5 a month on the utility

bill that makes a big impact. >> these will save a million dollars every year. >> this is a senior building, they have a problem with seeing. when we put the led lights in there, everything is much brighter. >> before i had them, it seemed like even though the lights were on, it didn't seem like it was bright. it made a big difference. >> you were able to see yourself in the mirror. >> this helped our organization, it brings down utility costs. the money goes directly back to the veterans so we can continue to build our program. >> they are 25 times longer lasting. that means that the people who are using them can feel confident that those light bulbs

will be there for them in the long run. >> completed the work orders. a good percentage was due to lighting issues. >> we have hy-veeings. we have to get the ladder and it takes two people because the ceilings are so high. i don't have to replace them. >> we are honored and humbled to partner with the wonderful organizations. it is no good to have big ideas if they don't hit the street. thank you to everyone who supported this initiative. >> we can let this play through if you want to see the partners. there are a lot. >> thank you. do you have any questions?

>> wonderful work and terrific presentation. commissioner. >> thank you so much for that presentation and thoughtfulness and strategic thinking that went into getting the goals. my elderly aunt, i know what you are talking about. if her light bulb goes off, i need to go upstairs. i loved you called the manufacturers. that is hands on. i have one question. i myself was trying to figure out until you said it, it can't

go in the bins. this little icon here. what does that mean specifically? it has an exclamation point? is that saying for more information go here? >> exactly. >> where can they go once they are retrieved is it a has waste facility because of -- i would love to understand the nature of hazard. >> from the cfl perspective they contain mercury. they need disposed off outside of the bin system. they can be taken to the hardware store. that is to the website. we didn't have a tremendous amount of real estate. we want people on the website to find the local place to drop off their cfl. >> a quick follow up, how much is the risk if it enters the

waste stream? most people would probably put it in the black bin? a lot of these will end up in the black bin. what is the danger level of that level of mercury? >> just clarification. the mercury is in the cfl, not the led. the symbol is for the cfls. leds it is still being determined the best way to dispose of them. current recommendations are to be super-careful, follow cfl disposal processes for now. the state is still testing. >> the compact fluorescentses that are not in here. thanks. keep us posted on that. it is hard because i have noticed that questions about what enters the waste stream despite where it should go are challenges.

overall, thank you so much for this heavy lift of strategic thinking. >> commissioner stephenson. >> thank you so much. this is awesome. i think this is a perfect example what the department does beautifully. you had t to do a contest to get the money to start with that started a couple years ago, get all the way through to getting the money, coming up with the idea what to do with it. then taking that from the concept to manufacturing to beautiful design, then all the way through to a social media piece to get it out there to let people know it is done. it is such a perfect articulation what you do so well. i really appreciate your hard work on it.

>> let's clap. [applause.] >> you can't go. i have to ask if there is any public comment. seeing none, and seeing that donnie is here, what do i say? >> at the call of the chair would you like to return to item to president's welcome? >> yes. >> we are returning to president's welcome. this item is for discussion. >> we would appreciate it if donnie would come up to the front of the room. he can bring his companion. david got to announce that you are leaving earlier this evening. he had to leave. you should know that he did

comment favorably on your tenure. it is an in joke, i guess. thank you for coming by this evening so we could thank you very much for your service. i have to say that in my 15 years on the commission, i have worked with very few peopl peopo are as dynamic and talented as you are, donnie. we will miss you terribly. i know the department like to brag about the fact that half the staff work on outreach, but you and i know this wasn't always the case. for the past decade you changed the way the department does business, really. you started by working with the environment now program to ensure the environmental movement in this city fosters work force development and green

jobs. you went on to build a world class outreach team as we have seen again and again in these meetings, including tonight and in the presentation on community meetings that we saw and in connection with the strategic plan that we saw a couple months ago. the fact is that the city's landmark ordinance and the department's incredible initiatives depend on our outreach team to succeed. they do penned on the members of the team who are on the front lines going door-to-door to talk to people about issues or developing innovative communications plans that will breakthrough to the residents and busines businesses in san f. under your leadership they have

embodied the value add that our department offers to the city and county of san francisco. i should point out tonight that the power of the commission and the power of the department depends on our relationships with other city agencies. i happen to know you are extremely well regarded by your peers and elected and appointed officials across city agencies. those relationships you have built over the years are an important contribution and component of the success of the department. we are all profoundly grateful to you four your time here. while i am very sorry to see you leave, i personally wish you all the best in your new position and your new city. i am confident you will be a great success. before i give my fellow

commissioners the opportunity to say good-bye to you, i want to tell you that you will be receiving an environmental service award signed by mayor mark farrell in gratitude for your service. it is in the mail. if you don't get it, you know who to call. it is not me. commissioner stephenson. >> donnie, i am absolutely serious and proud of you. when i came to the commission you were the person from the begin who we spoke a similar language. you sheparded me through, understanding on the operations side of things, how this commission worked and we sat on interview panels together, and i knew you were my person. i am sad to see you go.

i am excited to see what you are going to do. it is a fantastic opportunity and they are lucky to have you. i want you to know that your mark on this department and on this city is going to last for a really long time. there is no turning back. the level you brought the department outreach team to is high. they are not turning back. you will watch what san francisco does and know that you had a huge hand in that for years to come. thank you so much for your service and dedication. i wish you such good luck. >> commissioner wan. >> i am shocked. i was already shocked on the original initiative during the committee. i thought you would be the cheerleader. now, i know why. i want to thank you.

how open you are to different ideas and how to reach out to the committees. i appreciate your efforts and wish you all the best. thank you. >> commissioner hoyos. >> the san francisco loss is the oregon gain. i appreciated your inputs and perspective when you would come to the policy meeting and i appreciated your role in the out outreach. my dad calls certain people a class act, a way to talk about value in everything you touch. my interactions with you i

always felt that to you. in relation to you said, a sense of touch, easy flow, this guy cares, he is committed and embraces these values head to toe. thanks so much for everything you have done for the city and for us. >> commissioner ahn. >> thank you, donnie. i have been very appreciative of your work on behalf of the nonprofit that i work for that you have been so true to community, and i think the highest praise to bestow upon someone true to the community. thank you. >> do you have an explanation? >> you know, first of all, thank you for the kind words. it was an honor and pleasure to work with the city of san francisco and partner to

celebrate the commission's work and get that out to the public. this was an interesting time with mayor lee passing. opportunity for reflection of his tenure as mayor and my own contributions at that time to the department, also having my second child who is not here. the oldest is here joining me. just what it means to be the parent of two in san francisco. we want to give our children all of the opportunities that we could afford, and that gets challenging in san francisco. an opportunity was presented to me from the state of oregon. i thought it was an opportunity to take what i have learned here and bring it to another community. it was not an easy decision, and since that it has been very real this week. we have been packing and as part

of the packing things, little notes of our time in san francisco not just as department but as residents. i really enjoyed it. janel fitzpatrick my partner said we did the most san francisco thing to do is raise our family in portland. as we move on, we definitely just reflect on how much of an inch credible experience it was to be part of the department environment. you know, so much of the opportunities i have been afforded here rely on two things. one, there is such a strong foundation of great programs with the department that allowed myself and my team to take risks

with the outreach. at the time it was considered innovative. we had the space to do so and great programs. the other thing was i surrounded myself with fabulous people. you heard luke and rebecca share their project on the led give away. the team stepped up to deliver. i was at my best when i created a space for people to do great work. they delivered. one of the things i would share and i haven't shared in a while. in 12th century europe when the tribes would fight, the way they fought was get across the valley and the two chiefs would run at each other. the idea was the you are a good chief your tribe would follow you into battle. if you weren't, you got left out

to dry. i think in some ways i ran my program that way. i would launch into something and most of the time my team had my back or more than all of the time they delivered on the idea. again, i was proud to be part of a world class program. next week there will be a world class program without me. that is the best i can offer to you to say thank you, and i look forward to watching from the sidelines. >> thank you. (applause) >> can we have a picture with the entire commission and donnie? >> sure.

>> any further comment on this item? seeing none, may we have the next item, please. >> the next item is item 9 director's report. the document is the report. this is for discussion. >> thank you. i like to say one of my favorite praises wherever i go, there i am. i know wherever donnie goes, there he will be and it will be an amazing time wherever he is. franchesca is lucky to go on this adventure. hi, franchesca. for the director's report we have had it feels like there is so much going on in the department right now andna the

city. most of it very exciting. as you know, you adopted a resolution in calling on the federal government to not overturn the clean power plan. that resolution was picked up in large part by the boar board off supervisors who adopted a similar resolution. i want to give a call out to commissioner a hn who was an amazing mc in a rally on the steps of city hall. there were at least 200 for the hearing on the clean power plan. there was a full day of testimony. the e.p.a. sat through hours of people as far as i know pretty much unanimously except for a couple exceptions calling on the federal government to do the right thing and maintain the

obama administration's commitment to clean air and healthy planet. commissioner bermayho and i were in the network of the largest or vanguard city around the world committed to climate action. the women for climate initiative has three main pillars. developing leaders, which ask a mentoring program for young women, research element which is helping cities evaluate climate action through the gender lens. we are going to work on this with the university of california, and c40 to look at our climate action plan and ask how are women impacted in san francisco differently? let me give auexample. in mexico city they came up with

78 ways they needed to change in order to look at women's impact. for example transit. they found one of the biggest barriers for women on public transit in mexico city was safety. they created women only transit cars. china has done this as well with plus or minus success. it is an example of asking the question differently. we have not done that here. i am curious what our climate action strategy will more of. the third is a tech challenge to come up with impactful solutions. i am grateful tour commissioner bermejo's representation. they met with the mayo the the n

from pair raise. the commissioner -- paris. they met to talk how san francisco can engage and help. looking ahead. i have a bunch of dates. if you could jot them down. they are all invitations to you. this saturday is arbor day. there is going to be tree planting and celebrations. the city is getting an international award for its tree policies, and with the public comment in mind that we had at the begin of our session, this is something that this commission is interested in following. the policy committee spent time on this as well. we are going to accept the award and we are not done. there is a lot more to keep going this. is saturday day arbor day in the morning. if you are interested anthony can give you locations for these things. i am giving you dates and times.

april 5 is walk to workday. if you would like to join me, you don't have to walk to work, you can join me at one of the hubs and i and department heads and experts walk from mission to city hall for a press event. i learn so much about what is going on. you learn at a walking pace, which is nice. you have a lot of time to talk. if you would like to join me or do a walk that starts from your neighborhood, anthony can help you on that front as well. we are having a, we just rolled out the new zero waste program for the blue bin. as part of the promotion in the neighborhoods where it is rolling out we are doing a poster contest for the schools on april 11th. there will be an awards ceremony for the winners of the poster

contest in the sun set district, i believe. i am not sure. anthony can tell you where if you are in the mood to be with a bunch of kids that are proud and talking about zero waste. we would love to have you there. on april 19th, earth day breakfast i hope you can be there. it is an amazing celebration. it will be mayor farrell's first time as host of that event. we have a lot of exciting things planned, great entertainment and grace food and great schmoozing with the environmentalists who need something to celebrate. those are event this is the future. we continue to plan for the climate summit. we are working closely with the governor's office and c-40. we will look forward to bring you more specifics on what is

going to be happening on that. thank you. >> questions or comments, commissioners? is there any public comment? seeing none, thanks director. next item. >> item 10 announcements for discussion. >> any announcements, commissioners? any public comment? seeing none, next item. >> next item is 11 new business future agenda items. this is charles sheehan. >> good evening. a couple of upcoming item. next commission meeting tuesday,

may 22, 5:00 p.m., room 416. for that meeting we are confirmed to have a discussion about the department's retention policy for documents. we are also discussing internally how we can bring more zero 50 meetings and content for your meetings. next policy meeting april 9th at 5:00 p.m. in room 421. next operation committee meeting april 18th at 5:00 p.m. in room 421, also. >> thank you. any comments? any discussion? public comment? seeing none. next item, please. >> item 12 adjournment. the time is 7:04 p.m. >> thank you all. ♪ ♪