has to include hiring two bilingual certified teachers for that many kids. the district must support parents and children with an immediate plan to keep our classroom safe and sane. our kids learning and thriving and parents are appreciated and valued. thank you for your time. 's. >> [speaking spanish] >> good evening. my name is jessica ortega and i am the mother of a fifth-grader at monro. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: i'm here because i am very concerned and i realize that there are parents of other ethnicities that are just as concerned, not

just latino parents in what is happening. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: as the other parents mentioned, we have gone through at least three principles and this has caused the school to become unbalanced and uncontrolled. the current principal lacks a proper work ethic and has not been able to handle the problems that we are facing. [speaking spanish]

>> voice of translator: i also want to express that this has also caused an emotional imbalance in both the parents and the children. it has been two weeks that we have been without a teacher and the people who have been sent, lack professional ethics and human kindness. i think that the academic portion is one part of its, by the other part is the emotional aspects that we have not focused on. [speaking spanish]

>> voice of translator: another thing that the principle has allowed is a fact that there are more than 40 children in the classroom. he comes from the musee from new york and the laws are different there. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: i appreciate all of you and i respectfully ask and hope that you will find a quick resolution to these problems because they

are affecting all of the kids. a lot of my child friends are moving to other schools and i don't want to have to do that to him in his last grade at elementary school. >> good evening. my name is peter. my daughter is a fifth-grade student at munro elementary school. i am here to sound the alarm in regards to the situation that has quickly spiraled out of control under the guidance of the principal. the school year started on the 20th of august, absent of not one but 20 bilingual teachers we were promised. let me be clear. forty-one fifth-grade students started the year in an overcrowded room without a single qualified teacher.

firstly, it is worth noting the school is holding a meeting tonight to discuss this exact topic. most parents are not able to attach both meetings and many are there tonight to and are desperate to hear of any news or progress. my daughter has been a student at munro since kindergarten. it is a small school with a grunt -- great sense of community. we are grateful for the wonderful teachers that have worked tirelessly educating and shaping our daughter's future. in fact, they are sorely missed. the past seven days of schooling has been a disaster by all accounts. the third substitute teacher started this week. the overcrowded class has been reduced by some parents are choosing to take their child elsewhere. i feel ashamed that there is an element of release -- relief and hearing this terrible news. the fifth-grade students at munro elementary are being monumentally failed. i will repeat that. the fifth-grade students at munro elementary have been monumentally failed to. the communication has been disgraceful. there was no e-mail, no letter or phone call to even prepare us for the possibility of what was to unfold. we were told by our children on the first day. no one knew where no one cared.

the principal is negotiating alternatives from a position. for adjusting -- suggesting a english speaking teacher with a spanish-speaking aid is not enough. the majority of students are behind great level -- grade level and slipping quickly. trust has been broken and confidence is gone. sadly, our children are paying the price for the negligence. hopefully the union school district hears our cause of distress. the alarm bells are sounding. thank you. [applause] >> my name is danny kim. for 20 years, i was an educator. for the past six years, i have been a parent to just want to love my kids go to munro. and my son is in this fifth-grade class. for the past couple of years, he has experienced bullying. but the saving grace for my son has been wonderful educators that have worked with him and his classmates to create a safe environment. that has been why we have

trusted our school and the people who care for our kids. when my son came back this year, there was no teacher. on the first day, the sub made fun of him and another girl. the girl threw a pencil at his eye and and at that point, we knew that in that particular environment to, my son would not be safe. we are not just talking about learning, we're talking about safety. for my son, that meant i needed to pull him out and do what i needed to do as a father. that is what i did. i have given a lot to this district. he really is sad that it has come to this. my daughter is still at the school. i am glad for that. in in this case, my son has expressed the cost of that. why am here today is because i support my fellow parents and the community at munro that something has to be done. thank you.

[speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: good evening. my name is jasmine ortiz and i am also a mother of a student at munro. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: when the meeting started, i listened as they discussed renaming a school after our former mayor derek [speaking spanish]. >> voice of translator: i i heard a member of the board mention that when you walk into

that school, you can feel the love and the joy in that school. unfortunately, that's not happening at my child's school. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] he was really excited -- >> voice of translator: he was really excited about seeing his friends from the previous year at exciting about meeting his teacher and excited about his last year and his promotion. [speaking spanish]

>> voice of translator: as you have heard before for the reasons stated, a lot of parents have pulled their children from the school. one of those children was my child's best friend and my son is very sad he won't be able to celebrate his graduation with him. he doesn't want to go to school. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: thank you for listening to me. i want us to find a solution.

i want us to find a teacher that would treat our children with the love because that is important to them. he has been learning everything. he has realized that munro was not welcoming to them. the school was dirty when they started. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: there was still posterboard and torn pieces of paper from the previous year, this year. thank you, very much. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: good evening. my name is benito ortiz.

[speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: my son is also in the fifth-grade. he is the third one, third-generation at munro. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: i remember in previous years, it has always been a great school. there was even some renovations done. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: i want to be direct. this problem started to watch when years. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: my son

was bullied and the teachers and the staff and administrators have not been doing a good job. [speaking spanish] >> voice of translator: and i ask you to look at all the people who were here tonight. obviously something is wrong at this time that u.s. representatives look and find what is wrong. >> good evening. i want to thank the families who came out tonight. my name is rosemary and i'm a long-term -- long time. a community member. i've been there since 2002 with two current students that while they are and i started a fourth and fifth grade class.

my daughter is an alarming of lowell at a recent college -- college graduate. i lived what what blocks from this quality advocate for services for the families and residents of district 11. the students are representative and our working class immigrant community. a community that relies heavily on education to improve lives and education of children. these families are considerate, respectful and supportive of their children's education and the schools that they attempt. it is an understatement to say this administration, the current administration is committing a grave disservice to the community. families and our students and our staff. families in this situation are experiencing unnecessary tension , frustration and sadness with the time lost at work that they have had to take off. hurrying here overwork after cleaning houses. sleepless nights, a lack of structure. and the one place where many people look for structure in the classroom. last year the administration disregarded community input

throughout the academic year and failed to call for a single community meeting prior to submitting the budget. which i addressed or informed the district about. the result of having failed to communicate and collaborate with the families and the stop has created a current situation of an unsafe and overcrowded and ineffective learning environments. the situation is not only completely chaotic but especially disruptive to the children and their families causing numerous inconveniences and moving children to other schools across town and losing friendships made over the last five years and disappointment and that public school. my husband and i really want to continue your currently, we are told to support staff pops and from time to time but they are finding the situation incredibly difficult to control or instruct they are, intern, snapping at and punishing and sometimes criticizing our children for something that is not their fault. this set up that she has set up is not working for us. our efforts as parents to

support the administration initially allowed us to go into the classroom but then told us we weren't allowed. >> thank you. >> she continues to tell us we can assist and it tells us we can't. and puts up pneumatic -- numerous obstacles. >> good evening. i want to start by reiterating something that i think the board president said that you all have equity priorities. this is an equity priority right now, right here. if you want a project for the week or the month or the year, here we are. i am a long time munro parents. my daughters in the seventh grade and my son is in the fifth-grade. the difference in their experiences has been dramatic. not only is my son a former foster youth who has been repeatedly failed by adults and public institution, but he it has now been failed by his school. despite being on the southeast side of the city and full of immigrant families, families have done a great job at

educating children. many of whom, like my son have high needs. today i cannot say that this is true. we do not educate our students the same anymore. we have lost all of our veteran spanish-speaking teachers. we can't seem to keep a principal and we are putting the lives of our children at risk. they have no teacher, and all order has been lost. i feel quite certain that if this was clarendon or another school or any westside school, any of the fancy schools, that everybody wants to go to, this would never be tolerated. we are not a rich school but we are equally, if not more committed to demanding the same quality of education as students from those westside schools and we will not be ignored. our principal talks a lot about the spanish-speaking kids in our school who are mostly in spanish immersion and how they have the lowest test scores in all areas. if things continue as is, they will surely worsen. this is a high need population and for seven days, we have had

three subs, 40 enrolled students in total chaos in the classroom, which i have witnessed. nothing about what i witnessed is acceptable and you are elected representatives who have the power to do something. at a minimum, we are asking for two certified teachers as promised by the principal and extra support staff or the fifth-grade spanish immersion class. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you to all of the parents that came out for it munro. we appreciate your presence and your input. our next item is section g. i believe that is all of our public speakers. our next item is section g. the special order of business. we have not tonight. section h. is a discussion of educational issues. we have not tonight. section i is consent calendar items are moved. we have none. section jay is the introduction of proposals to committee. altogether, we have four

policies. the public and board comment on proposal. if anyone has signed up, which i have no cards at this time,. ok. all right. susan solomon. come on up. >> thank you. this is in relation to the policy for prior authorization to use personal belongings at school and reimbursement if they get lost or stolen. i just wanted to make sure that the board knows that there is a contract provision and both the search to vacated unclassified contract that says the following this is article 14.4.5 active certificate and 15.2.6 at

classifieds. the district shall reimburse a teacher or a pair just a educator for damages or theft resulting from attack, assault of physical threats, robbery or vandalism when said damage or theft occurs in the line of duty , including supervision without fault of the teacher. it is possible that i am misreading the policy, but it seems to me that this policy will only provide reimbursement if the personal belonging is being directly used for instruction. the contract doesn't specify that it is a belonging that is being used for instruction. thank you. >> thank you. item two is board policy 3350. and play travel expenses and work policy. item three is board policy 5148,

childcare and development at preschool early childhood education. can i hear a motion and a second for first reading? >> moved. >> second. >> thank you. unless i hear otherwise from council, we will be sending these policies to the rules policy and legislative committee ok. thank you. section k.'s proposal for immediate action and suspension of the rule. there are none tonight. section l is our board member process reports. appointment of commissioners to committee. at this time, we would like to announce that all of the board committees will remain the same. we made a leadership decision to keep the committees in the same order because of the transition

of board members which will occur in january and new appointments will be made in january. so just to reiterate the current committees and their chairs, buildings and grounds and services, i will continue to chair with matt haney. curriculum and program commissioner norton will chair with commissioner cook. rules policy and legislation, commissioner sanchez will chair with commissioner cook and commissioner ross say. the ad hoc committee on student assignments will be chaired with commissioner haney and commissioner norton. personal matters, labour relations and affordability, the vice president will chair with commissioner sanchez and commissioner norton. and the ad hoc school district city college joint committee will continue to be chaired by myself and trustee, alex randolph.

we will be with commissioner haney and commissioner norton and trustee selby. and the city college oversight committee will actually josh i currently am on but i have resigned from it. and commissioner cook and the vice president -- vice president cook will be taking that position as soon as we transition over. that will be the committees going forward. please let us know if you have any questions. item two, standing committees. we have no meetings that have taken place as a last board meeting except for buildings and grounds and we announced all of the action items on the apps. forge, two membership organizations. does anyone have any updates on that? and the other reports by board members? vice president cook. >> i just wanted to wish

everyone a happy first week of the year and on friday, i have been presuming my friday morning school sight visits. i would like to thank the tenderloin community school of san francisco and the chinese immersion school for welcoming me. i will be attending other schools this friday. also, on the first day of school , i attended wallenberg high school and another elementary school. i would like to thank them for welcoming me. the last thing is i'm a proud member of the san francisco mentor for success program. and my student is in the western indigestion. i got him a fortnight backpack to start the school year. apparently it grows in the dark which i did not know until he told me. if you are not into the program, i encourage you to participate.

>> any others? i too want to thank hillcrest and francisco even though the superintendent sounded like he went by himself like he was generous to let me join him. i want to thank both of those school communities for allowing us to be there on the first day of school. i also just wanted to welcome our new deputy superintendent two has disappeared. see how special she is. i just want to welcome her to our group and -- there she is. [laughter] you have cheesecake in your teeth? yeah. [applause] >> welcome and congratulations on your new role. i'm looking forward to working with you. any other announcements by board members? ok. calendar of committee meetings. are there any upcoming meetings to announce.

>> rules committee will be meeting on thursday, september 6 th at 6:00 pm. >> other meetings? anything scheduled at this time? no. section m. is other informational items. we have no reports tonight. it is a memorial adjournment. there is no memorial adjournment tonight. at this time, will take public comments for those who have submitted speaker cards for close session items. we have none this evening. section o.'s closed sessions of the board will go into closed session. we will be back.

>> they get the authority at the district to be omitted. section q. is adjournment. this meeting is adjourned. thank you.

>> wow.u. good morning, everyone. what a great group to celebrate with us today. i'm so excited you're all here. my name is debbie rafael, and i'm the director of san francisco's department of the environment. i'm fortunate today to be joined by some amazing people from the government, inside and out. first the phenomenal mayor, london breed. [applause] >> next to her, we have michael

brun, the executive director of the sierra club. then we have mohamed nuru, the director of public works, carmen kelly, the director of the public utilities commission, ed rise keiskin, t director of m.t.a., and somewhere is naomi kelly, our administrator. somewhere -- oh, she's right here. [applause] >> okay. so today. today is about preparation and anticipation for truly a once in a lifetime moment in our city because next week, san francisco will be the global climate capital of the world. leaders from around the world will be coming here for jerry brown's global climate action summit, and the keyword is action. so the paris climate accords foresaw the need to take action. they foresaw the need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions,

to prevent global temperatures from rising and wreaking havoc on our climate and life as we know it. but the reality is, the effects of climate change are already here in california. rising sea levels and floods, intense and prolonged drought, record high temperatures, raging wildfires, we've seen it here in california here already. so a clear goal was set in paris, but the how, how do we get to that goal, was not spelled out. and further, paris's focus was on national governments, and that's what makes the climate summit here in san francisco so very, very important because the summit will bring together states, regions, cities, businesses, faith-based communities, scientists, educators, they're all coming to san francisco for one reason, and that is to be very

explicit about their bold commitments to taking action because it's those commitments, those statements of intent that will catalyze action and make our collective ambitions stronger for the path forward. because we know, and certainly everyone today here knows when cities and states lead on climate, nations soon follow. so i want to thank and acknowledge mayor breed today for her leadership leading up to the summit and also for her long and deep commitment to the city's environmental goals. even from her early days on the board of supervisors, and when she was board president, she never waivered from her commitment to do the right thing for the environment. she was instrumental in seeing the city's cleanpowersf program

launched. and i watched her standup to the packaging industry, to the pharmaceutical industry, to reduce pollution and protect our bay. she authored and championed the nation's strictest ban on styrofoam and then she went after the pharmaceutical manufacturers and held them accountable for the tons of unused medications that we generate in our homes each year. as mayor, i know she will continue to forge a bold path forward around climate action and environmental protection for our city. so with that, please join me in welcoming mayor london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you. i am so really excited to be here today. thank you, debbie, thank you everyone for being here. next week, san francisco will be getting a lot of attention, a lot of attention for the right reasons, for someone that we need to start focusing on

action for now, and that is dealing with the fact that climate change is real. we are struggling in, you know, this country now sadly because we have a president who basically doesn't believe that that's the case, that doesn't believe we should be focusing on pushing forward innovative solutions and new ideas for the purposes of making sure that we are leaving this planet for the next generation better than we found it. dealing with the problems of today are definitely important, but what about the future? what happens when we are in a situation where we're not making the right decisions today? fortunately, san francisco has always been a global leader in environmental issues, and we have champions zero waste policies, advanced clean energy initiatives, pushed for public

transportation to cutback our emissions in our home to some of the most sustainable buildings and structures in the world. and we are providing that you can be a sustainable city while still maintaining and growing your economy. san francisco has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% since 1990 while at the same time, we've grown an astonishing 111%. that is why governor jerry brown has chosen san francisco as the city to host this most important summit. we here in san francisco acknowledge that climate change is real. it poses a very serious threat, and we need to act yesterday. that is why today, i'm committing san francisco to four key policy pledges that

will continue our significant progress and raise standards for cities all over the world because we can't do this alone. these bold new targets will accelerate emissions reduction by reducing waste, making our buildings greener, promoting green investments and achieving our renewable energy goals. in making these commitments, i am calling on mayors throughout the country, many of us who have joined us to make actionable commitments to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. first, let's talk about trash. let's talk about how san francisco is proud to be in the zero waste goal policy. that means putting less and less and less items in not just the black bins, but also the green and the blue bins. and i've got to tell you, i

have been working so hard to reduce the waste in my black bin that it's almost nonexistent, and it can be done. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: a few things here and there, but it can be done. thanks to our department of environment and recology, we've already gathered more recycleables and combustibles in the united states, but the only way to combat it is not create it in the first place. by 2030, i'm committing san francisco will reduce waste generated generated by 15% and reduce the waste we send to the landfill by 50%. this will reduce the greenhouse

gases produced by landfills to help other cities join us to reduce that overall by 10% if we work together. another big contributor to greenhouse gas emissions is our buildings. it's no secret that i'm committed to building more housing in our city. we are seeing a boom in construction all over san francisco, and we need to ensure that these buildings live up to the highest standards when it comes to clean energy. and this is why starting in 2030, i'm committing that all new construction in san francisco will be off fossil fuels and running on 100% renewable energy. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: our residents deserve to live and work in spaces that are healthy, resource efficient and resilient. the third goal is renewable energy. i am glad to be joined today by michael brun, who is the

executive director of the sierra club. the sierra club, as we know, is a national champion for renewable here in california and throughout our country, and i'm proud to officially sign onto the sierra club's mayors for clean energy initiative. i'm joining more than 200 mayors across the nation committed to achieving 100% renewable energy. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and part of that includes expanding our cleanpowersf program, a program that already over 100,000 residents of san francisco are enrolled in. i worked really hard as president of the board of supervisors so that we could have this as a real sustainable option here in the city, and i won't back down to protecting it when we have to deal with some of the challenges that some of you know we are facing now to address it. as an example of that

commitment, today, we are starting construction on the city's newest and largest array of rooftop solar panels right here in moscone center. so that's why we're here today, and thank you to the san francisco public works and the san francisco public utilities commission for collaborating with us on this project. and so we're going to be featuring these panels that basically will make this a more sustainable building. and the last commitment that i want to talk about is green bonds. we need to encourage our financial sector to invest in our sustainable infrastructure. certified green bonds are issued to finance projects that improve our overall climate

resilience. for example, foertifying our seawall. thanks to the public utilities work and our controller, our city is the second largest municipality in the nation in issuing green bonds. and so today -- [applause] >> the hon. london breed: today, i'm committing that we will issue even more of these bonds and continue to make more of the necessary investments for the future livelihood of the prosperity of our city. next week, san francisco will be at the epic of a summit where cities will be here from around the world to advocate for a sustainable future. we are at the forefront of a global action movement, and we will continue to push for strong environmental protections in this city no matter what happens in the white house. so join us in making a commitment to the city and to

our planet. there will be hundreds of events throughout san francisco that you all can participate in. and in fact, on september 13, it will be officially green thursday in the city and county of san francisco, with free -- go bikes for the public to use and free programs in the places in moscone. all of us can play a key role in keeping our country and our world clean and green, and this is a perfect opportunity for san francisco to come together and really show the world what we've done throughout the year and what we're capable of doing, and how we will continue to lead the way in environmental efforts. we are ready, we are excited, and i can't wait until this summit descends on san francisco. we'll be seeing people biking all over the city, riding muni,

spending more time in our parks and green spaces and looking for ways that we can take the kind of action we need to all over the world to address what we know are significant issues. let's daeal with the challenge that exist in our city and our world today, but let's never forget we have to leave this planet better than we found it and that's going to take a lot of work from each and every one of us. thank you all so much for being here today. [applause] >> fabulous. i'm energyized, i'm ready, and i hope you are, as well. san francisco's leadership is not a new or recent development. in fact, over a century ago, the sierra club was founded right here in our city. today, they remain one of the nation's most active and influential environmental

advocacy organizations, and i'm honored and pleased, and i hope you will join in help me welcoming michael brun, the executive director of the sierra club. >> thank you, debbie, thank you, mayor breed. hi, everybody. i'm michael brun, the executive director of the sierra club, as you just heard. now most people, most people, when they think of fighting climate change, they see it as something that we've simply got to do, something that we've got to do. they see raging wildfires, they see extreme weather events happening here in california and across the country. they see the droughts, they see extreme and severe life threatening water shortages affecting millions of people around the world, endangered species around the world. they see the political unrest that comes from that.

they see the tragic loss of life or of property. they see this, and they feel an obligation. here in california, we see the same obligation. we make a pledge to take action, but we see a lot more. we see fighting climate change not just as something we've got to do, we see fighting climate change as something that we need to do. we see fighting cloiimate chan not just as an obligation, but an opportunity. we see fighting climate change as an opportunity to cut the air pollution that makes our families sick. we see fighting climate change as an opportunity to cut the water pollution that turns pure drinking water into a health hazard.

we see fighting climate change as an opportunity to increase the amount of jobs that are offered as an opportunity, we see fighting climate change as an opportunity to address income inequality, to address racial disparities, to take a hard look at exactly what kind of society do we want to become, and exactly how we get there. this is what it's like. this is what it means to be living here in the bay area, to be working and living here in san francisco. san francisco was one of the first cities to make a commitment to 100% clean energy, but i'm really proud and excited to be here with y mayor breed and other leaders from the city to talk about accelerating that commitment. how do we turn words and ideas

and principles and commitments and values into that? how do we use one set of solutions to solve multiple problems? what we know here in san francisco is we can look at how do we take tangible steps to move away from all fossil fuels? how do we move away from buildings and buses and pipelines and use it to transition away from fossil fuels towards clean energy and cut the pollution that's making us sick and create the jobs that we all need? i'm excited to be here right now on the eve of a global climate action summit to be helping to announce and to celebrate a series of thoughtful, progressive, ambitious, and even daring actions that we desperately need across the city, across the state, and across the

country, not just to increase the amount of prosperity that we need here in the city, but to show leaders all around the world that we can do this. we can make dramatic progress in a short period of time, and all it takes, all it takes is leadership, is confidence, a belief that we can solve some of our biggest problems. and the commitment to work through political challenges to over come cynicism, to over come despair, and bus by bus, building by building, street by street, and eventually city by city and state by state, we will have the clean energy future that we deserve. i wanted to end just by celebrating mayor breed, relatively new in office, she felt comfortable enough to come up here and talk trash to all of you. she has agreed not just to help

host the global action summit, not just to highlight the steps that we're taking here in this city, but she's also agreed to join mayors across the country and indeed around the world to promote the steps that the city issic at thatting and to convene leaders from all -- is taking and to convene leader frz all around the world to join this. she's joining the mayors of salt lake city, utah, and san diego. she's joining the mayor of columbia, south carolina. she's cosharing an effort to inspire other cities and other companies and other school districts and other states and other countries to go to 100% clean energy. when we stand here in two

years, in ten years, we won't just be talking about what we need to do, we're going to be talking about what we've done, how we all came together, how we worked together to transcend political divides, to transcend a spirit that we really can solve our problems. and we're going to be providing a record of what this generation has done, facing the biggest existential threat that this generation has faced, and we're going to say its 's done. so thank you, mayor breed. >> thank you, michael brun. yes, it takes leadership and courage. i would say the mayor and i are joined up here with people of leadership and great courage. san francisco is lucky to have its own clean energy and utility. we are lucky to have the cleanest municipal energy fleet

in the country. when you look at them half of them come from buildings, half of them come from transportation. when i look up here at ed reiskin, and mohamed knnuru, im lucky to have them up here. it takes huge amounts of courage, and let's give them a hand for theirs. i also want to say if you haven't signed up for cleanpowersf yet, i don't think harlan will let you leave until you do. it's not enough to sign up, it's supergreen. thank you. yes, 100% renewable. easy to do, and renters can do it, too. so we've got a couple other people i want to call out because they are near and dear to leadership and courage in our city, and that are our

three members of the commitment on the environment who are here today. we have commissioner lisa oyos, and commissioner verme, and eddie. so finally, we have in san francisco some of the most energy and resource buildings in the world, and the moscone expansion where we are standing today and what we're listening to in the background is a great example of green building standards in practice. so how fitting is it that the world will be coming to talk about climate here in moscone next week. and i want to thank mohamed nuru and edgar lopez and their entire team for their partnership and leadership in designing, planning, constructing some of san francisco's greenest buildings and for their commitment to achieving the city's climate goals. so please join me in welcoming

mohamed nuru, the director of public works. [applause] >> thank you, debbie, thank you, mayor breed. we're here today at moscone center for a reason. this convention facility showcases san francisco's commitment to environmental stewardship in building design. the moscone expansion project is scheduled for completion of december of this year and is aiming for lead platinum certification. [applause] >> it would be the highest lead certified convention center in the nation. we are adding 792 solar panels to the rooftop of this building. once complete, moscone center will house the largest solar convention rooftop array in san francisco, producing 969

megawatts of electricity a year. when up and running, the solar will generate up to 20% of the energy this building needs. the remaining will be powered by hetchy power, ensuring that all the trade shows and conventions that are hosted here, such as the global climate summit, are powered by clean electricity. [applause] >> in addition, the convention center was designed for efficiency, from harvesting daylight to capturing more than 12 million gallons rain water, foundation groundwater and condensation annually that would otherwise be going into our waste water system. it will be used to irrigate the landscape around this facility, it'll be used for the toilets and will be also used by public works to helping clean the

surrounding streets. isn't that a great use and reuse of water? this is a great example. [applause] >> so moscone center is just one of san francisco's environmental initiatives, from demanding smart building design to strategically reducing energy use and emissions, cities and states can be leaders in the battle against global warming. today i want to thank you for coming to this beautiful facility, and this will conclude the press speaking part of it, and we have tours right after this to take people upstairs to see some of the solar panel and some of the designs that have been put into this convention facility. thank you all, and thank you all for coming. [applause]

[roll call] two, august 14th, 2018 meeting. >> so moved. second. >> is there any public comment on the minutes? all in favour? >> item thr