students. [applause] >> these guys did an extraordinary job. i can't say enough about how many hurdles they across for us. our law firm did amazing work. there was so many folks working at the city level who also provided this great work. and the fact is it was the team that made it happen, and i said to our c.f.o. this morning that at every point in this project, there was somebody on the team that made an extraordinary event happen. otherwise, the entire thing would have stopped. that's how much this was a combined project. but ladies and gentlemen, we don't do projects like this without people who actually believe and put substantial resources behind them. and i can't tell you how fortunate we are in san francisco because when you look to davies hall, the opera, the conservatory, sf jazz, to the museums, to the incredible cultural life that we enjoy

here, it is because actually not as many as you think, but actually, a very small handful of people for generations have made those things happen for this city and are making this building happen right now. not here are richard blum and senator feinstein, and others, all whom made substantial financial events. can we give them a round of applause, please, for their leadership on that. [applause] >> the next phase of this, the architect, we have lots of fund raising, as you can imagine. financing makes it all happen, and this was a tricky project to finance. hey, we're this conservatory of 400 students, and we want to build this $90 million building on vanness. think about this. this happened because jim herbert decided it would happen. jim, on behalf of myself, thank

you to you and all of your team. it's 3.9 prs fixed over 30 years because jim thought it was important to put up this building. jim and cecelia, i just want to thank you for that. it was incredible. early folks who were in, carol and lyman casey. carol's family has been supporting the art ms. this city in so many ways with affection and tremendous investment. carol was one of the first people who walked in my office and we were talking about this, and she said this needs to happen, and she continued the investment and continued the investment. carol i want to thank you for all that you've done for us. thank you so much. [applause] >> along the way, every project has a patron saint, actually, and the fact is i will talk

about this a bit more today, but we lost bill bose early on, and when that happens, that laefshs kind of a vacuum in leadership. barney osher stepped in and made this thing happen. he not onlily invested in this, but i can't tell you what it meant to this being accomplished. and so this brings us down to the finish line. we were in raping of getting this done. jim was prepared to give us a loan, but frankly we were short and we needed a gift and a bridge that was crossed, and a colleague and a friend of mine who was a wonderful composer, but i have to tell you, you see his name because of the enormous amount of giving done, and that

was gordon getty, and gordon stepped in and absolutely made this project get across the finish line, and that was how we got there, and gordon, i can't thank you enough. but i want to say that none of this, none of this would have han if it weren't for bill. -- happen if it weren't for bill. bill bose, even before there was a property, even before there was a design, it was me and bell at the union club with bill saying, we need this. he was quiet, and he said, you know, that sounds like a good idea. bill believed in the necessity of housing for students from the moment the civic center project was arrived at on oak street.

he has given so generously to so many projects: students, environment, the arts, education. he has advanced so many companies and career throughout his lifetime. and he really resisted anything being named for him. and the fact is, the fact that this building will be named for william k.bose and ute bows will be wonderful, because it'll have a great soul. and perhaps one of the things that this led me to do was to get to know ute, and i will talk about that at lunch today. but the people we find in this city in this kind of work aren't to be found in many places in this world. they just aren't. that brings me to the final folks i want to thank. we wouldn't have gotten here and i wouldn't have gotten here if it weren't for our board chair,

tim folk, and his amazing wife, virginia. virginia, thank you for being here, by the way. i want all of all board members, can you raise your hands for a second -- we have multiple seven figure donors that -- out in the audience. i've never seen a board this cohesive, this supportive that made it a pleasure. it's a dream come true for this conservatory, but i think it's a dream come true for all of us. i can't say more than thank you, but i wish that i could because the gratitude runs down to my very bones. it's a privilege to be standing here with you all because it makes me a better person.

i can tell you we've crossed over, 109 million for this project, but there's still time to investment any of you that are inspired to be involved, let me know. so let's fine will he get to the reason we're doing this. students, can you raise your hands out there. we're going to give you a round of applause. [applause] >> if there's ever a moment where you're wondering if we can get it done, if you stand for a moment in our building with our students, you wonder how you can get it done. they're amazing young students, and they will go out and change the world, and they have changed the world for over 100 years. the fact that we can put a roof over their head that's affordable is amazing. as i said, 99% are on financial aid. it's my pleasure to introduce the chair of our student

council. she is a master's student of voice, mia skolnick. >> good morning, everyone. my name is mia skolnick, and i am a second year master's student in voice here at the conservatory. sf conservatory is a special place, and i am so proud to be here. i applied to several conservatories around the country, but i chose to come here because of its diversity, values, and the feeling i got when i came here. there was a welcoming atmosphere at the conservatory that let me know right away i was at home. two years ago i was living in portland, oregon, where i grew

up, working a regular office job, singing on the side. i had gotten my undergraduate degree in music had you had drifted away from my passion. one day, i had a realization that life is too short not to do what makes you happy, and that was what led me to san francisco and to the conservatory. sfcm is providing me with skills and tools to become a professional musician out in the world. the caliber of excellence we have here at sfcm is simply unmatched, and i wouldn't be getting this kind of education anywhere else. the bose center will expand our dynamic community as our campus more than doubles in size providing even more state of the art opportunities and resources for students. the bose center will mean so many wonderful things for our future, its proximity to the

incredible arts partners in the civic center area, beautiful new spaces for collaboration among students, if a kilt, and visiting artists, and most importantly, it means that sfcm can reach and inspire even more musicians of the future. on behalf of all my fellow students, thank you so everyone who has made this project possible, and now, let's break

ground. [applause]

(music) >> herb theatre,open rehearsal. listen to the rehearsal. i think it is fun for them, they see our work process, our discussions, the decisions we make. it is good for us. we kind of behavior little bit when we have people in the audience. msk

(music) >> we are rehearsing for our most expensive tour; plus two concerts here. we are proud that the growth of the orchestra, and how it is expanded and it is being accepted. my ambition when i came on as music director here -- it was evident we needed absolutely excellent work. also evident to me that i thought everyone should know that. this was my purpose. and after we opened, which was a spectacular opening concert about five weeks after that the economy completely crashed. my plan -- and i'm absolutely dogmatic about my plans --were delayed

slightly. i would say that in this very difficult timefor the arts and everyone, especially the arts, it's phenomenal how new century has grown where many unfortunate organizations have stopped. during this period we got ourselves on national radio presence; we started touring, releasing cds, a dvd. we continue to tour. reputation grows and grows and grows and it has never stopped going forward. msk(music) >> the bay area knows the orchestra. you maybe take things for granted a little bit. that is simply not the case will go on the road. the audiences go crazy. they don't see vitality like

this on stage. we are capable of conveying joy when we play. msk(music) >> any performance that we do, that a program, that will be something on the program that you haven't heard before. string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire. i kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. if you look at the first of the program you have very early, young vibrant mendelson; fabulous opener and then you have this fabulous concerto written for us in the orchestra. is our gift.

msk(music) >> and then you have strauss, extraordinary piece. the most challenging of all. string orchestra work. 23 solo instrument, no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do, but i wanted to show off. i can't tell you how aware i am of the audience. not only what i hear but their vibes, so strong. i have been doing this for a long time.

i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel. there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going to know that particular song by the fourth note. and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san francisco. we are going to play that piece

>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to our land use and transportation meeting of monday , october 29th, 2018. we would like to thank san francisco government television. we have supervisor his fid and to my right will be supervisor jane kim. are there any announcements today? >> mixer to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of documents to be included as part of a file should be submitted to the clerk items acted upon will appear on the november 14th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> please call item one. >> item number 1 is an ordinance imagining the environment code to require food vendors to supply single use plastic straws upon a request providing for sale of plastic straws

clarifying that nothing in chapter 16 should be construed to constrict laws concerning the laws of individuals with disabilities. >> thank you very much. i know our wonderful staff in the department of environment will be here to make a presentation on the sight empirically originally had duplicated this file to work on issues and concerns stemming from the use of plastic straws from the disabilities community. today, we have this piece of legislation that was newly introduced because the law had taken up -- taken effect. here to walk us through that i will call upon peter from the department of environment. >> thank you. good afternoon, supervisors. i am a public relations and policy coordinator for the department of environment. i want to thank supervisor tang for your continued leadership on this issue and for working

collaboratively with the community over the past few months. i also want to thank ashley summers from your office who has worked very hard on this and we appreciate her patients with us throughout this process. over the past three months, the department of the environment helps bring together community stakeholders along with the mayor process office on disability to address the concerns that we heard about how the ordinance might impact access to straws for those who need them. what we would like to do today is provide you with a high level recap of the community stakeholder process and share what we heard and go over the proposed amendments. to walk you through the community feedback, i will turn it over to nicole, the director of the mayor process office on disability. >> thank you. i want to thank nicole and the rest of her staff are working hard on this. although our legislation had an

exception carved out for those who need it for medical purposes , i know that you have been working hard to make sure that those who do need it will be able to access those. thank you, nicole. >> thank you, very much. i am very glad to be here today to talk about why this legislation is so important to the disability community. so in response to feedback from the disability community, locally in the san francisco area, we have four stakeholder meetings that were very well attended throughout the month of august and october 2 really here about why the use of plastic straws, in particular, was really important to the disability community. so first, as we know, a.d.a.

compliance is important when it comes to public accommodations and we have a responsibility to continue to provide guidance that upholds compliance. we heard from the community that access to a plastic straw in particular should be allowed and businesses should be able to provide a plastic straw upon request. we also heard from the disability stakeholder groups that it is important not to have to disclose a person's disability in advance of asking for a straw and probably the most interesting and critical thing that we learned from stakeholders is it is really, as of today, there they aren't suitable alternatives to plastic straws are accessing beverages for particular people with disabilities who need to use them. so there is not a good solution right now that works. community also said that education and outreach did businesses and it is needed. we want to make sure that we are

not medicalized and people with disabilities and that no charge to a plastic straw should be requested when one is provided upon request. so why are we doing this? it is because of title iii of the a.d.a. which guarantees folks with disabilities unique enjoyment of goods and services by places of public accommodation. that is the unique enjoyment of business and services offered by most businesses. businesses need to make reasonable modifications to the ordinary policies and practices to ensure that people with disabilities can fully enjoy goods and services. what we are talking about here is if we have a beverage is sold , access to that beverage has to be provided. the disability community stakeholders say that the only reasonable way for this access

is through the use of a plastic straw, for some people. so here is what we found out and this was the outcome of the process. we found out that many people with disabilities, as well as those with temporary medical needs require straws in order to provide this access that we were referencing on the previous slide. this ordinance also does not create a new legal requirement for businesses to change their obligation to comply with the a.d.a. meaning the clause and what was described in reasonable access has been in the a.d.a. since the onset of the a.d.a. we are not introducing anything new in terms of responsibilities by introducing this particular legislation. the proposal brings in amendments meant to reduce conflict between the a.d.a. and the business accessibility to

provide access by allowing these exemptions. and we also know that a guidance document is needed to help businesses and the general public really understand how to better comply with the access of provisions of the ordinance. the document is under development and you have a draft that has been provided in front of you as part of this process, as well. with that, i will turn it back over to peter, unless there is additional questions for me right now. >> thank you, very much. >> i have a question. >> thank you for the presentation. i am just seeing this for the first time in trying to understand, i get the need for access and equal opportunity, but i'm not understanding the distinction if a restaurant has a paper straw, why did they have to have a plastic straw? >> we found from the disability community that paper straws don't work for some people with disabilities, especially when

you need to access a hot beverage. people say they will disintegrate and dissolve in beverages and you lose the function of that tool. so we found that plastic was the only kind of straw that works consistently for people who really need them to access the beverage because of the way that you utilize the straw as a tool and because of what happens to the straw in water in beverages, for some people. >> ok. thanks. >> thank you, nicole and supervisor safai. to your question right now, there isn't a suitable alternative on the market. that doesn't mean to say that there may be depending on innovation, that is nonplastic but that would meet the kind of

requirements or expectations for the various uses. what i would like to do is walk you all through the proposed changes to the legislation or the new legislation that is before you. there are broadly five changes to the legislation. first, it builds on the existing ordinance which requires that straws the only made available upon request and the spirit of the ordinance remains to reduce the automatic distribution of straws. so the upon request provision means if a food vendor make straws available they can only do so upon the request of the customer. so if a customer requests a straw, the default is intended to be nonplastic unless the customer specifically requests a plastic straw. we are allowing food vendors to allow a plastic straw only if specifically requested. gestalt distribution will only be permitted at the point of

sale or behind a camera -- camera. the other update, which we heard from the community, banning the sale of plastic straws in san francisco will create a barrier to access for people with disabilities. under the proposed change, retailers will be permitted to sell plastic straws and food vendors will be able to purchase plastic straws as needed for their customers. the most substantive change was the exemption -- to the exemption provision. the existing ordinance did have an exemption provision but it was less descriptive. the updated exemption makes clear as nicole described, that americans with disabilities at supersedes this local ordinance and the provision also clarifies the legislation does not

conflict with the obligations required under the a.d.a. and it also makes clear that food vendors would not be in violation of the law if they were to supply plastic straws or provide a plastic straw upon request. we also clarified that plastic straws can be provided during medical circumstances such as to patients or hostile -- of hospitals or hospice care that would be permissible. it was important to the community that effective education and outreach be done to businesses and the department is not only committed to doing that but the ordinance specifically tasks the department with doing that and we are already working on a -- on developing a multilingual outreach plan. and there were minor technical changes. we are clarifying that the ordinance is speaking specifically about single use disposable items and when we are talking about the fluorinated

chemical free requirement, we are only applying that to compostable food service where. the focus of the discussion has been without straws about the full ordinance, as you may recall goes well beyond that. in addition to making straws available upon request, the ordinance requires all food and beverage accessories like lids, condiment packages et cetera, to be provided upon request. it also -- they still ban the sale of plastic stirrers and toothpicks and those requirements will go into effect july 1st, 2019. by january 1st, 2020, we are requiring that all compostable food gear will be ppa certified and this is a proposed amendment to the newly introduced legislation. we are aligning those two

requirements. they have been separate before to give more time to industry and to go through the certification process and also more time for businesses to make the switch. and then also effective in 2020 is the ten% reasonable cup requirement at outdoor events, as well as the postconsumer recycled content option. in the end, the spirit of the ordinance remains intact. it will help reduce litter and plastic pollution. it will make the dining experience more environmentally friendly in san francisco and will also ensure access to straws for those who need them. i want to thank the mayor's office on disability to their partnership with us on this and we are happy to answer any questions that you have. >> thank you, very much. thank you to both departments for trying to reach our collective goals together. supervisor kim? >> sorry. i want to make sure i understood

what the amendment will do. vendors will be allowed to have plastic and nonplastic straws to distribute upon request, only. so the paper or plastic. >> that is correct. the intention is the default option, if a customer asked for a straw, would be nonplastic. if a customer does specifically request plastic, it would be available. >> will they be required to have those types of straws? what if a vendor decides only to have paper straws are only have plastic straws? i am just wondering what this actually means. >> sure. do you want to speak to that? >> thank you, for that question. the businesses are not required to carry the straws if they desire not to have straws in general. a lot of restaurants have been moving toward that direction. we definitely do not want to go that route by having our

legislation require them. however, we did here a lot of concern from the disabilities community. we are saying if you did, especially under a.d.a. requirements want to make sure that you are providing access to a straw, than you might want to carry a plastic straw. >> so once the ordinance is in effect, a restaurant could have no straws? a restaurant could only have plastic straws and a restaurant could only have paper straws or a restaurant could have both. as long as they only distributed when requested. that is the only thing that is the law articulate. >> that is correct. it -- straws can be provided only upon request. we have drafted a guidance document in partnership with the mayor's office and disability where we will, during our outreach process make businesses aware of what their obligations are under the a.d.a. which goes

beyond what is required in our local ordinance in terms of the equal access peace. >> will we be leaving any business businesses open to some type of litigation back a.d.a. accessible litigation if they don't have plastic straws? >> most restaurants will do what they need to do. they don't want to be sued for not being a.d.a. compliant. >> we thought about that. part of the reason why this guidance document is so important is because it will help businesses understand that

-- the best practices under the a.d.a., in terms of providing the plastic straw. we actually believe that providing the guidance document in advance will have to mitigate risk around potential for loss around access violations because the guidance document does say that it is best practice to follow obligations as they are under the a.d.a. and it provides for additional resources for businesses to consult with the department of justice or their own attorneys. because this is federal legislation, the local legislation that we have is careful to speak to the local requirements. but again, the a.d.a. requirements are also in place. we have been careful to say, here is some best practice. follow guidance provided by the

d.o.j. or your internees if you feel like additional consult there peerk and we crafted that language in consultation with the city attorney's office as well. does that answer the question? >> it does. by the wait, i support supervisor tang's original ordinance. i understand the intent to reduce plastic consumption. and i don't want to put any of our small businesses at more risk or increase exposure to litigation. i worry that when we leave it open ended for our businesses, they will be confused about how to move forward. i don't want them to decide to not have any plastic straws on site and get sued. i'm not saying that will happen, there may be a very low risk of that. i would hate to hear about that happening in the future. >> rights. that is our intention through the guard -- guidance document.

so we will bring that backwards. this document is in draft form and we will bring that feedback back to the city attorneys as we continue to follow the guidance that will go out of that issue. [please stand by]