shymick is a subsidiary of one of the joint venture partners. however, they are not at all affiliated with this contract. this contract is a straight project management support services contract. there are no construction aspects related to this. so, shymick has not had a contract at the airport for four years. >> supervisor fewer: ok. thank you very much, the only reason i mention that, shymick was a construction on the tunnel with the recent fatal accident. thank you very much. >> understood. public comment -- one more thing, i just want to echo the recommendation made by the budget legislative analyst to communicate, for you to communicate her recommendation to mr. sataro to ensure that we are handling the contracts in the most efficient manner. >> understood. we are already in the process of changing how these kind of process. >> president cohen: good.

a lot of conversation around your contracts on the agenda. public comment on item 8 and 9, any member of the public. all right. public comment is closed. thank you. all right. i would like month make a motion to accept the budget legislative analyst's amendments for item 8 and also approve that with a positive recommendation, and also make a motion to table item 9. if we can take that without objection. thank you, colleagues. >> clerk: item number 10, department of public health to participating the one time homeless mentally ill outreach and treatment, to outpatient service, intensive care management, residential treatment services and facility beds in the amount of

approximately 3.2 million. >> president cohen: thank you very much. welcome. department of public health. >> good morning, members of the committee, madam chair. i'm with the department of public health. and i'm here on behalf of the department seeking approval to adopt resolution for the department to participate in the funding opportunity, one-time funding opportunity under the department of health care services for a program called homeless mental ill, outreach and treatment. the program is designed to provide outreach and treatment for individuals who are homeless, with serious mental illness. available to san francisco $3 million over 18 mostly sunny. to participate in the program, submit a letter of interest and a resolution adopted by the board of supervisors by september 25th.

>> president cohen: thank you very much. any questions? pretty straightforward item. no, seeing none, public comment. thank you. public comment is open for item 10. >> i believe in helping the people with mental disabilities and homeless out in the street. but i believe the best way to provide services on a permanent basis is to take care of this problem the same way that you are taking care of the problem of homeless teachers. you put down $44 million housing bond for 100 unit apartment building complex and the same additional $44 million housing bond down for another 120 unit apartment building complex for homeless teachers. by doing the proposal here, i take it you are going to place the mentally disturbed and people with disabilities and locations like san francisco general hospital, which is only going to be a temporary

treatment of the people who need help. the money would be spent more wisely by putting them in a permanent apartment building complex and staff that's from the system to have offices and locations within the same building to make sure that this recycle of over and over and over again of getting supportive treatment and then getting kicked ot in the street with nowhere to go because you don't have your own place to live. one of the reasons why you have so many discharges of human body waste discharges in the street, and service dogs animals discharging their body waste out in the street. people need housing, not additional programs. that's one reason why we have this problem. it keeps recycling. you have navigation center, you can only stay there for a short period of time.

as a result, you end up on the street again. you need your own bathroom, just like all of you have. sincerely. >> president cohen: public comment is closed, thank you very much. colleagues, a pretty clean straightforward and i want to remind you a request for one-time funding. i will make a motion to approve with positive recommendation to the full board. thank you, without objection it passes. please call item 11. >> clerk: 11, resolution declaring a shelter crisis pursuant to senate bill 850 and authorizing the department of homelessness and supportive housing to apply for funding under the california emergency aid program. >> miss emily cohen here from homelessness and supportive housing. this item is a declaration of a shelter crisis compliant with state requirements allowing the city to apply for state funding which has been identified in our june repa lancing plan. don't worry, it's not a

controversial item. it's simple request for homeless funding. floor is yours. >> as chair cohen mentioned in the 18-19 state budget process, new -- funds to be allocated to continuum of care in large cities. through the two source, estimate san francisco will receive approximately $27.7 million in one-time homeless service funding. as part of the process to apply for the funds, we are required to declare a shelter cries i declared several times, although the previous crisis did not include the items to receive the funding. >> president cohen: thank you

very much. another pretty clean and straightforward item. we are going to go to public comment on item 11. >> start my time before i even speak. this is another example what i'm talking about. spending millions of dollars on programs when it should be spent on permanent housing. building programs, $27. million, for a program that constantly recycles people out in the street. there's nothing permanent about that. that money should be spent on building permanent apartment building complexes for people who are out in the street who you are targeting and trying to help. homeless people do not need homeless programs. homeless people need a place to

live just like you do. it's disgusting. homeless is big business for people who run the homeless programs like jeff kaczynski. how many hundreds of thousands are you paying him to oversee the programs moving homeless from one location of the city, back and forth and forth and back. when is it going to stop? do like you are doing the homeless teachers. provide a fund and apartment building complex for them to live. now, you have a modular proposal, 100 million and i object to that because those are overseas cargo ship containers, that 100 million that's proposed for that, combined with the amount of money you ask for here today is more than enough to start housing people that's out in the street. in fact, i demonstrated one time where [bleep] kaczynski, how

would you house the 8,000 people and he said it would take a million dollars to house 1,000 homeless people. you take just a million dollars from the $217 billion that you -- free money from twitter and house all them people with the money. you answered your own question. >> president cohen: thank you. any other speakers? seeing none, public comment is closed. make a motion to move this item to the full board with positive recommendation. and seeing no objections, take that without objection. thank you. >> clerk: item 12, resolution authorizing recreation and park department to accept expanded grant of 150,000 from the san francisco park alliance to benefit the department's scholarship program for the project term of november 1, 2018, to june 30, 2019. >> president cohe >> president cohen: item for approval of $150,000 grant from the san francisco parks

alliance. and it raised this amount of money at the crab feed. remarkable to see it grow and grow and grow over the years, and if anyone has never attended, i suggest you get your ticket and attend, it's a fun event on the west side of the city, packed at the irish cultural center. and also want to acknowledge it will be going to the edwin lee scholarship program which supports the low income students to help them pay for their college tuition. and lisa branston from the rec and park department to present. thank you. >> thank you, chair cohen. i want to clarify that this funding does not go to college tuition, this is for recreational programming, that the rec and park department runs. >> president cohen: thank you. >> start by saying that unfortunately, our partners from the parks alliance could not be here because they are getting ready for a party for the parks, which is saturday night, which is separate but important way we

also partner with the parks alliance. so, as you said chair cohen, i'm lisa branston, rec and park department. here to request you authorize the department to accept this grant from the parks alliance, $150,000, to support the departments edwin lee scholarship program. funds were raised at the annual crab fest on february 22nd year, and key part of the mission, enriching recreational activities to all san franciscan's regardless of ability to pay. special meaning as we remember the passing of mayor lee. the crab feed was dedicated to his memory and at the event, general manager announced we would name the department's program in mayor lee's honor. funds are an important part of the overall scholarship program

that ensures all in san francisco can get out and play. last fiscal year, the department awarded more than 9,000 scholarships valued at $1.2 million. especially important for the youth programs to pursue passion in sports, dancing and arts classes, and safe place to be during out of school hours. and some of the the department's after school programs, nearly all the children are able to be there, they pay nothing or a fraction of the regular cost. scholarships covering 50 to 100% of recreational programs are available to san francisco residents with household incomes of less than 250% of the federal poverty guidelines. to qualify for 75% or full scholarships, households must participate in two public assistance programs, such as food stamps or reside in public housing. key part of the work for equity

in san francisco. for example, last fiscal year 68% of scholarships awarded to residents in areas of designated equity zones. scholarships are critical to ensuring equal access to programming in san francisco, and the private dollars provide important support for the program. i hope you will recommend that the full board accept these very important funds. allowing everybody to get out and play. thank you very much. >> president cohen: thank you. we will go to public comment. thank you. any member of the public to comment on item 12. >> hello, supervisors, this committee. i wanted to speak on the park and rec ability to provide equity in san francisco. i wanted to talk about the deep rooted physical conflicts that

stops a lot of san francisco youth from being able to participate in certain spaces, and i have like some solutions that i put forth for that, applaud the raising of extra funds to waive some fees for them. i worked at park and rec. i saw like in the after school programs where they, if you have a child that's from 2 to 6 there, they wanted to do an initiative to expand the learning time to make use of that after school space, to reduce the achievement gap, the largest in the state. that san francisco currently has. applaud this effort but i hope that it leads to some real achievement gap reduction in combination with the school district, and in combination with dcuif. >> president cohen: any other member of the public?

thank you. public comment is closed. all right. colleagues, i make a motion to approve and send with positive recommendation to the full board, take that without objection. item 13, please. >> clerk: ordinance amending the administrative code to increase the minimum hourly compensation rate for employees of city contractors other than non-profit corporations or public entities to 15.86 per hour on july 1, 2017, 16.86 per hour on july 1, 2018, and followed thereafter, but annual cost of living increases. >> president cohen: item 13 is legislation which would allow frankly a much needed raise to minimum wage workers in the for profit sector, particularly those at the san francisco airport, who don't enjoy the higher minimum wage and it's a

very long time coming. originally heard in may of 2017, almost a year and a half ago, and was sent to the full board with the positive recommendation. since then, members of the board of supervisors engaged with the labor leaders, and hear from them during public comment and heard from partners, the employers and the contractors across the entire city and how we can give a deserved wage. meantime, workers at the airport have been waiting very patiently, very patiently and have sacrificed a great deal. along with our labor partners, we are committed to moving this legislation forward. minimum compensation ordinance for our airport workers, i

wanted to see if there's any colleagues that have any questions or remarks or anything they wanted to add. supervisor fewer, you have been pretty vocal and instrumental in this legislation. >> supervisor fewer: yes, thank you chair cohen. i'm thrilled to see this is moving forward, the airport workers have been working hard and also waiting patiently for this raise. i just would like to note this raise actually brings them up to 15.86 to 16.86 per hour, which is still below a living wage for anyone living in the bay area or anywhere near san francisco. so yes, looking forward to this passing and thank you very much for your assistance, chair cohen. >> president cohen: and we got better news, instead of 16.86, bump it up to $17. nice round numbers, why not. all right. let's go ahead and take public comment. any member of the public that would like to speak, mr. wright, why don't we -- mr. wright.

ok. the floor is yours, mr. wright. go ahead. >> good morning, members of the committee, rudy gonzales, san francisco labor council and the pleasure of one of my counterparts and the jurisdiction and the work connects mostly around the airport, and the affiliates we represent who represent the rank and file workers there. specifically local 2, teamsters, even some machinists and other affiliates. what this represents today is really a step forward. it is not the demand that many people made back in april when we were here before this committee before, but i think it is a step in progress and important and the workers counting on this will be watching this vote and will be i think excited to hear the news when it comes down. it's significant. i think i'll echo what

supervisor fewer said, it is not truly a living wage, it's frustrating behind the scenes, and includes chelsea, on much deserved maternity leave right now. so anyway, the move here i think is important. i was looking at the m.i.t. living wage calculator and looking up based on some of the members i have met through this problem sesz and for a single income earner, one adult, one child, in san francisco, they need about $38 and change an hour for truly living wage. this is not getting us there, but it is an important step in that direction and appreciate the leadership that's been taken and i think you will hear that echoed by my colleagues today. >> thank you. >> good morning, julie lind, head of the san mateo labor

council where your airport lives. happy to be here to support rudy and the san francisco labor council and his leadership, and thank all of you for your leadership and to recognize the partnership by the san francisco airport, i see several staff members here, including emily from social responsibility and bill wong from the quality standards program. our members that our jurisdiction shares with rudy have been waiting patiently for quite some time and look to you now and thank you for the $17. it is a lovely round number and way more easy to math, so, nicely done. and look forward to seeing this legislation pass with a positive recommendation to your full board and hoping to see these members with the increased wages in their pockets as soon as possible for the betterment of ourselves and families and the shared community. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello, ben sizemore, local 1021, field representative for

them, represent mostly city workers and also have one non-profit community housing partnership. who is here to support the m.c.o., we think it's great to get these airport workers the m.c.o. up to where they need to be, and we support our sister s.i.u. locals. also want to let you know we plan on coming back to keep asking for our non-profit workers to get the same m.c.o. we feel that they do a lot of really important work in this city, helping provide permanent housing, not just programs for folks who would otherwise be on the streets, and they need a living wage as well. we have folks making $15 an hour doing important work in these nonprofits and places like the support service hotels here in the tenderloin. city counterparts make more money, and they are trying to get by on $15 an hour.

they are paycheck away from being clients themselves, from being homeless themselves. so, we are really going to keep coming back and keep pushing for those non-profit workers and also for our in-home support workers as well. so -- thank you for passing the m.c.o., for the airport folks, we would like to see it expanded. >> you can always count on the m.c.o. to have a thank you, but. >> it's important work. >> president cohen: mr. wright, your turn. >> another design oversight. on the right track, punch line, annual cost of living increases. you do the math on this $16.86 per day, per hour, per month, per year, come up with approximately $32,179.20 per year. each and every apartment

building complex that you build and you set the requirement of income to move in always starts at a minimum of about 80 to 90 to $125,000 a year. so, you talk about starting off for the cost of living increases, you give an increase to the amount of money you are talking about here today is not even enough to move into a brand-new apartment, build a complex coming through the mayor's office on housing. that's an insult on my intelligence, and other people who are working 40 hours a week trying to survive in the city. still going to be homeless on the street and bouncing around in temporary hotels and during certain parts of the month, of the year, living in transit. if they are not getting the cost of living increase like you claim annual cost of living increases, that's not no increase for them to live here in the city.

you don't meet the target. you fall short of the target. you never have an apartment building complex entry level to move into an apartment building is $32,000 a year. and add $1 to it, still not enough. you see my point? is there anybody out there object to that? all right. so, offer more money to set the price of cost of living based on how much it costs to live here. then you'll be levelling the playing field. until then, you are not taking care -- >> president cohen: any other members of the public that would like to speak? we have a lot of representatives from the airport. seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you. so, i have a couple of questions or a question for the budget legislative analyst. i was wondering, do you have a sense of what the cost to the city of this increase in contract might be?

>> i don't think we could calculate the cost. any cost would be the point of a new contract or lease or an amended contract or lease, and there are so many factors that enter into that that the impact of the m.c.o. in particular on the contract or lease, you know, quantify in advance. i will also point out two issues. one is that many of our contracts just for security guards come under prevailing wage, under separate piece of legislation. and yeah, there is the concession leases are often based on a minimum guarantee or percentage of gross>> refere referereferee: oh. >> president cohen: you have a sense of what the -- what the -- what the increase, and we are talking about -- what, $0.14.

>> the $0.14 difference between 1.86 and $2? and we are talking about that as it applies to the airport? >> correct. >> i would assume -- in the scheme of the 1.86 on the table, it's a bit higher than that, obviously. i don't know that we have an exact number here today and our comments are consistent with the budget and legislative analysts. >> mayor's office. same question. >> thank you, chair cohen. i think we would say the same as the b.l.a. no formal analysis to quantify that. >> president cohen: colleagues, i have circulated amendments that would update this ordinance in three concise ways. first, it sets the minimum

compensation ordinance for profit contract workers airport workers to $17 an hour. second, sets the effective date to november 3rd. and that's the most expedient time to get before the mayor for signature. and sets the effective date to november 3rd or the first available effective date of the ordinance, whichever is later. that is consistent with the way we handle our contracts. and finally, the third apartment i'm proposing includes an annual c.p.i. adjustment for all, for profit workers on contracts with the city, starting on july 1st of 2019. so, given that the san francisco airport workers are not subject to our city's minimum wage, this m.c.o. update is long overdue,

and i do ask for your support on these amendments and i hope we'll be able to move it forward. public comment is closed, sir. thank you. colleagues, is there any -- supervisor fewer. sir, you are out of order, stop. yeah, you are. >> supervisor fewer: make a motion to adopt the amendments and also send this to the full board with positive recommendation. >> if i can just to clarify for everyone in the room, the apartment is to increase the m.c.o. rate for all for profit contractors or just for the airport to $17? >> president cohen: thank you. it's for -- just -- double check.

thank you. yes, you are correct, that means it does not include home health care workers, i.h.s. workers, it does not include non-profit workers. this is the airport workers and a small contingent of workers that are for profit workers associated with doing work at the san francisco airport. >> so only for the airport, not for for profit contractors outside the airport? >> president cohen: that's correct. for profit workers, excuse me. for profit workers. >> ok. so the m.c.o. increase that you are proposing would raise the rate to $17 as of the effective date of this ordinance, could be as early as november 3rd for all contractors for profit contractors. >> that's correct. >> ok. >> president cohen: thank you for tying that all together. all right.

ready to gavel down, no objection, passes unanimously. please move that to the full board with positive recommendation. >> this amendment triggers a continuance in committee, it needs to come back next week. >> ok. all right. i was unaware of that. >> president cohen: motion to rescind the vote and without objection, thank you. given that the amendments need further review, introduced them into the record, clarified them into the record, a motion to continue for one week's time. >> the next meeting september 20th. >> president cohen: thank you, and take that without objection, thank you. all right. any other business before this body? >> there is no further business. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. we are adjourned.

>> good morning sunshine. all right. let me begin by introducing myself. i am mohammed nuru, the director of san francisco public works. [cheers and applause] >> i want to welcome you. we are here today to celebrate urban forest and the many benefits that trees bring to the environment. volunteers joined city workers in the tenderloin and the south of market this morning to plant 80 trees. among those trees were at the london breed tree.

[laughter] >> and myrtle woods. today we will all have an opportunity to do a little planting also. today, we are also expanding our urban forest. as thousands of delegates are coming to town for the upcoming global climate action summit. our mayor, london breed, has made environmental stewardship a cornerstone of her administration and is making sure that san francisco continues to lead the fight against global warming. let's give her a hand for her leadership. [cheers and applause] >> we are honored to have her here with us this morning. without further ado, let's welcome our mayor back london breed. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: thank you all for being here today. you know, randy just asked me,

why am i and the tenderloin almost every day we i was here cleaning up on saturday, i continue to do walks in this neighborhood and a make phone calls to many of the city officials because we know that there are a lot of challenges, not just in the city, but especially in this community. this community needs a lot of love. we have to continue to provide the support correct bring the attention here and supports many of the residents here. i am committed as mayor to doing that. thank you, mohammed for choosing this location. this week is the global action climate summit which is taking place right here in san francisco. people from all over the world, not just the united states, will be here in san francisco, to talk about ways in which we can improve our environment. san francisco can't do it alone. we need partners all over the world to take real action

appeared here in san francisco, we have been a leader in environmental change. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: i am proud that san francisco is joining with other cities, state and regional governments to promote the policies to protect our environment. locally, we are confronting climate change on several fronts from embracing green building practices, to leading the nation in zero waste efforts, to working to meet our 100% energy goal through clean power ss. if you haven't joined already, please join and become a super green power member. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: another way we support our environment, is supporting a thriving urban forest. trees combat climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the air, storing carbon and

releasing oxygen into the atmosphere. they also improve air quality. we will show how, with data, here in a little bit, that thanks to the tree benefits calculator, which i just heard of, data that clearly shows these trees are key in helping to save our environment. planting more trees not only improves the environment, it also makes our neighborhood greener and more beautiful. every neighborhood in san francisco should have a thriving urban forest. the city is committed to working with our nonprofit partners like friends friends of the urban forest, to plant trees throughout our city. [applause] >> mayor breed: earlier this morning, as mohammed nuru said, we planted over 80 trees in the tenderloin and south of market neighborhood. [cheers and applause]

>> mayor breed: these trees join over 250,000 trees, not only in our city, but also in our parks. in 2016, san francisco voters passed at the street tree san francisco initiative which sets aside $19 million a year to maintain and care for our street trees. we just didn't pass it at the ballot, the ballot manager got nearly 80% of the vote in the person who lead that effort is right here with us today. state senator, scott wiener. [applause] >> mayor breed: the overwhelming support for this measure shows our community's desire to take care of the trees we have, as well as planting new ones. growing our urban forest will help us meet to goals of the global climate action summit. creating sustainable communities , and promoting

transformative climate investments. the summit is a great catalyst for real action to make a difference in protecting our earth and i hope you can join us at any of the many events that will be taking place all week throughout our city. thank you all so much for being here today. and now, at this time, i want to introduce, senator scott wiener kahclo again, as i said, authored a bill that helped provide the $19 million to take care of our trees when he was a member of the board of supervisors. he has been a leader in san francisco and is now a leader in sacramento, pushing for the record numbers of legislation that will help san francisco become a better place, and especially for our planet. ladies and gentlemen, state senator, scott wiener. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. i really want to say how proud i am to be a san franciscan for

many it, many reasons. but having a mayor who deeply cut deeply gets it when it comes to climate, makes me very proud. thank you for all of your incredible work. [applause] >> i also want to welcome to san francisco and the tenderloin, my colleague assembly member, eduardo garcia from the coachella vallie area. who last year authored a marquee climate bill. he is a real leader on climate. one of the real honours of serving in the legislature, is in addition to representing this community, you work with people from all over the state and you have to try to learn and understand the different communities. they are all very different. different than your own. one thing that is for sure is that when it comes to climate,

when it comes to the problems that climate change is causing, we are all in this together. it might manifest in slightly different ways and in different parts of the state, but it is affecting all of us. we all have to pull together and understand each other's needs and make sure that we are addressing the existential threat. the conference is happening here in san francisco but this is about all of california, and frankly, the entire world. about whether we will stop strangling this planet and keep it alive and healthy and vibrant for our kids and our grandkids and i were great grandkids and whether we will really have that forward-looking approach planned for the future and make sure people can live here. i also want to say that i want to join in my gratitude that this is happening in the tenderloin. although i did not represent the tenderloin on the board of supervisors, i always made sure to know what the challenges were

in this neighborhood. they are many. the tenderloin and south of market as well, there's not enough open space. a lot of kids but not a lot of open space. not nearly enough trees and streets that aren't very safe. too many people are being injured and killed in streets on the tenderloin and south of market and we have all been working very hard to have a new great open spaces. new parks. more trees. traffic calming so we understand that the neighborhoods are not just about the cars that go through but the people who live here and the children who are here every day. so i want to thank -- [applause] >> i want to thank public works and recreation and park for the changes to the urban forest for all of us working together to make sure that the tenderloin and other neighborhoods are clean, green, healthy unlivable for everyone. thank you, very much.

[applause] >> thank you, scott. trees net incredible environmental benefits. one way could we have been able to qualify this is with the tree benefits calculator. i will ask erica, our natural resource specialist with dave eat treat company and with the usda forest service to come up and demonstrate how this tree benefits calculator works. where is erica clete come on up. [applause] >> thank you, so it is a software suite that was developed by the u.s. forest service. it came out in 2006. it has been around for quite a while. we have several different tools within it. some very entry-level tools and some that are more comprehensive but the point of them is to assess the urban forest and then to tell the benefits about them

so we can use it for advocacy and management purposes. so if you guys want to play along, you can get your mobile devices out. you need to use chrome or firefox. and madame mayer, you might want to play along with. >> mayor breed: ok. >> so you can turn this on. and i have it set up. i will go back. this is i tree planting. google it. and then hit on start a project. he will get to the location tab. we want to point in our location can you see that klee. >> she is filling out the different drop-down menus. we do it by state and then county level, city level.

perfect, yet -- yes. you can scroll through to the next button and what you've got on the next page is the project parameters. those are the basic ones. they are already filled in for us. you can change them if you want to but we will keep them as they are right now. and then we've got where we can fill in the tree. do you want to pick one of the trees that was planted klee sycamore or brisbane klee ? >> mayor breed: so many trees. >> there is quite a big list of their. >> mayor breed: i'm not on the list we ? >> you are not on the list. i did look up the box trees. those are both in the drop-down menu. if a tree is not on here that you want to use, then you will want to pick a similar species

in size, structure and whether or not it is deciduous. >> mayor breed: we will pick sycamore right here. all right. so now you can put you in it is flush to the building. this will give us energy bit it -- information. it cannot be a detriment to the building if it is an evergreen tree that is blocking son in the wintertime. that can be a detriment to your energy savings. we will go ahead and keep the species. built after 1980. i doubt that building is like that but we will keep it and there peerk unless you want to change it. it probably just has heat. let's say the tree is an

excellent condition. it is probably in part son. you can use that drop-down. it is probably with all the buildings around here. that is the end of that tab where you are on the tree tab and then you hit next. you get all of the output. then you can see here, you have your summary of what we put in, we have estimated, for 40 years, with the benefits will be, and then you can't -- here we go. we are talking about carbon. this tree, in 40 years, i think we originally put in it was 1 inch. in 40 years, this tree would grow and give us an avoidance of 595 pounds of carbon dioxide. that is huge. on the sequestration is 720 pounds. the avoided is what is avoided from energy output. you don't have to keep that building.

the power plant is not putting out those emissions. the tree is doing the work for it. and then you can scroll across the top here and you can do the other categories. you can do air pollution, rainfall interception, biomass, storm water damage. there's lots of other benefits that come out of this. [cheers and applause] >> thank you for playing along. >> mayor breed: of course. now i know how to use it. >> it is important that we know how to use the tree benefit calculator because we are able to know how much carbon offset we have. that carbon offset turns into caps on it allows us to buy more trees and continue to grow our tree canopy which san francisco desperately needs. growing the tree canopy so we can be compared to other cities. we will get there peerk these tree calculator is going to make this happen, right? thank you for all that.

next we will hear from mark. he is executive director of city forest credit. it is an organization which helps companies reduce carbon footprints by funding tree planting initiatives in the fight against global warming. come on up. [applause] >> thank you, very much. there is one group that is not here that we want to be here. that is the corporate citizens of san francisco. they are here? great. thank you, very much for those of you that are here. because public funding is stretched to the max. we need to find out a way to bring in corporate residence and corporate citizens to help us keep san francisco healthy, green and equitable. my organization is a nonprofit in seattle. we are making it possible for local projects during carbon plus credits. we hope to generate a whole new

source of generating revenue for urban forest. so i will keep it quick. and let jenna take over. [applause] >> ok. before i bring you up, thank you for keeping that quick. i know all of you know that green urban forest is not about one government agency or one organization or a group of volunteers. it takes a commitment from all of us. like they say, it takes a village, it takes all of us. just for tree planting today, we had a lot of great parties. i will start with the public works department. the burke bureau of urban forestry for taking the lead. [applause] >> we have, from the department of environment, commissioners, directors and all staff for helping us.

please give them a hand. [applause] >> we have a nonprofit partner, friends of the urban forest. thank you very much for coming out. [applause] >> we have city forest credit his, who you heard from. we have california relief, and we have california urban forest. we also had many volunteers from the neighborhood. excitement. simon and the tenderloin community benefit district, thank you all for being a great neighbor. i know you will help look after those trees that we planted. i'm counting on you. and our friends at u.c. hastings college. they were also out today in numbers helping us. let's give them a big hand. [applause] >> another partner who we will hear from is my friend, mr clean s.f. and we have mr parks here as well. phil ginsberg is a general manager of recreation and park.

we have over 131,000 trees and 4,000 acres. let's hear from phil ginsburg. thank you. [applause] >> thank you mohammed. we are the recreation and park department are very proud to be part of the green team. captained by our mayor mayor, my favourite tree. [laughter] >> but with the incredible partnership and help of private and public partners. and mohammed's incredible leadership. it does take a village, as mohammed noted. he also noted that we have 131,000 trees in our park land in san francisco on 4,000 acres of parkland. these 131,000 trees were planted over 150 years in the very birth of this city's park system. interesting that we have about ten trees or so that surround the spots.

this used to be a parking lot 30 years ago. and now admittedly, it is a fixer upper, but if you come back because we break ground on a beautiful renovation to the site in january with mohammed's partnership and we hope to cut a ribbon on a beautiful new space with even more trees here in july of 2019. [applause] >> as everybody noted and as the benefits calculator will verify, our trees absorb co2 and other air pollutants. but they also have absorb stormwater. every 100 mature trees observes 200,000 gallons of rainwater. yet another strategy in our fight against climate change. also not referenced in the incredible biodiversity that we have in our canopy. in the panhandle alone, which is essentially a botanical garden, we have 65 different species of trees.

and as important as trees are, it is not the only strategy to fighting climate change. they are just one piece of the puzzle. it includes waste diversion. the parks department diverts 97% and reuses 97% of the greenways. [cheers and applause] >> i'm very proud to say, that in 2021, golden gate park will be the largest urban park in the nation maintained entirely through recycled water. [cheers and applause] >> together, we are all doing our part. for this neighborhood, there is so much love and attention and a push like never before to create healthier communities. in addition to all the trees that were planted, and in addition to this playground renovation cap just a few blocks away, it is another playground which undergoes a renovation and january 9th -- of 2019 as well we celebrate other parts. there are elements of health and

vibrancy just blossoming in this neighborhood. the last thing i want to say is it is really important. it is one thing to plant a tree and another thing to maintain it we need to be so thankful and appreciative of the men and women in public works and at recreation and park at all of the volunteers to help us maintain the urban canopy, and representing the recreation and parks department are two of our most incredible and devoted gardeners. thank you for being on the ground and keeping our planet healthy. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, very much. also helping sponsor today's tree planting event, is the american forest. it is a nonprofit conservationist organization. joining us from american forest is the president and c.e.o. of the organization. welcome, john.

[applause] >> thank you. although i come from that strange place called washington d.c. where people aren't sure if climate change is real, i can tell you that it is. and that those of you standing over there in the shade are enjoying this surprisingly hot september day in san francisco a lot more than the folks are standing in the blazing sun. which is why a lot of folks headed off under that tent which is like a fig tree. when we think about what urban forest means for climate change, we need to think into lanes. we need to think about climate action and what they're doing to slow climate change down and we need to think in terms of climate justice. whether -- whether there are protection for climate change impacts. even here in san francisco there are extremely hot days. and what they can do to bring shade and other protection. i will tell you, even though i am from far away, i feel this one in my soul. my grandmother lived here in the

tenderloin for 30 years, working for the city of san francisco. she was a real champion for equity and diversity in this city. i knew -- i know if she were here today she would think about what we are doing and it would be the perfect synergy of climate action and climate justice. i want to give you a couple of numbers to hold onto. we talked about really local numbers and what can one tree duke. i to roll that up a bit. here is your first number. 7.2%. urban trees across america reduce energy use for heating and cooling by seven to -- by 7.2%. translate that in your head to the carbon initiative. he did not have to use all that energy for heating and cooling our homes. the next number is 100 million. that is the metric tons of carbon dioxide that are sequestered by urban trees all across america, every single year. that is about two% -- 2%.

one of the most powerful things we can do is what we're doing right here. bringing more tree canopy cover into the city and taking better care of the tree canopy cover. i will give you one more number, and this one speaks about climate justice issues. the number is ten. there was research done by some folks at the rollins university a public health. they project about by the middle of the century, not some high-tech -- fantastical time in the future, we will see a tenfold increase in heat related deaths. guess what we that will not be among -- guess what we ? that will be predominantly people in neighborhoods like the tenderloin. that is why we need to be here planting trees for climate action i'm planting trees for climate justice. the second thing i want to talk about is, this is another thing.

this isn't about american force or about any one of the private partners or anyone in the public sector today. this is about all of us pulling together. we all came together to create this event. we have not yet had a chance to recognize the corporate partners by playing a huge role in funding this work and making up the gap in funding that we need for what money we are not getting from the public sector. we have a rich brown today from bank of america -- [applause] >> he has been an anchor to partner with organizations. we are doing the same thing all over the country. a national organization helping local organizations to be successful. that is made possible because a bank of america's support. and the other corporate partner that has helped us find this planting here today is epsilon. these are companies that are huge champions for urban forestry across the country and

they are providing part of the missing increment of funding that we need to take this work to scale. it will take all of us pulling the ropes together to fully deploy urban forest. we really thank you all for being here today to lift this issue up and lift this opportunity up and give it the attention it deserves so we can carry it forward. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. we are coming to the closing of our program. we have two important things left. ben and jayda will leave you -- lead you down -- around the corner to plant a tree. they left one for us to finish the job. we asked for one so we could have one. trees are very close to our hearts. so this memorial planting is appropriate. seconds, erica will be available to talk more and show you how

the tree calculator works. this is a new thing that everybody should be able to use. we can calculate how much benefit we can get if we can continue to build to the tree canopy and build the streets of san francisco. thank you very much for coming and i appreciate everyone. thank you. [cheers and applause]

cp >> good morning and welcome to the san francisco planning commission and health commission joint special meeting for september 6, 2018. i would like to remind the public the members of the commission do not tolerate any outbursts of any kind. please silence any electronic devices that may sound off during the proceedings. i'd like to take roll for the planning commission. [roll call] >> clerk: we expect