kelly trahan and orie heartenstein and then we have nadine will. >> each day i have the privilege of serving library patrons who care deeply for the environment. the library is proud to support this bio diversity policy and the vision to connect all san francisco residents to nature and inspire stewardship. it's impressive but we know it faces significant challenges. the library's vision includes the provision of free and equal access to information for our diverse community. as part of this vision the library is excited to continue our partnership with the department of environment to bring information to the public and to provide conservation to come. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> hello. good afternoon. my name is orie. i'm an intern with the san francisco department of viefrmeenvironmen hyperwith my cointern to politic the two minutes. >> sure. >> thank you. i'm very proud to see the city taking this policy in consideration considering the current administration that we have and even hearing you-all speak of that as well and recognizing that. san francisco serves an exampl

28 library locations spread throughout the city and with the leadership of our stagger library kelly trahan we feel that we are well positioned to collaborate. the library can help promote the experience and awareness of san francisco's bio diversity and responsible access and stewardship of nature through our public library programs. the san francisco public library looks forward to completing our own department bio diversity survey and establishing our initiatives. thank you for your support. >> thank you very much. now carol bauch, the manager for the port of san francisco. >> good afternoon supervisors, i'm carol bauch. i'm here on the port's behalf to express our support for the bio diversity resolution. the initiatives that brought forth the resolution are consistent with the ports core values, they're consistent with the work that we are already doing. we echo these goals in our port strategic plan including our goal that calls us to protect bay and shoreline habitats. additionally we've recently completed the second of three phases of our water front land use plan update process. we