. >> supervisors and commissioners, i'm arthur feinstein, chair of the chapter of the sierra club. i want to particularly thank campos and avalos for reminding our general manager that it's not a question of whether you have an appetite for a robust build out but rather that you have been told to create a robust build out. it's not your option to say no because the legislation that was passed says, yes, do it. so thank you very much for reminding our p u c that it's an essential and not a choice and to commissioners as you move forward i hope that you continue to demand a robust build out. i think you have heard from previous speakers from around the country. those did not happen because they bought renewable energy credits but because they have their own build out programs and as consultants who have been working for you have said if you start building out, you have less rates. the way you get low rates is by doing everything together, not depending on a fossil fuel company and passing them on to you. there is a route, we are concerned why there is not a plan all ready to go venlt

. >>> supervisors, i'm arthur feinstein. i'm chair of the bay chapter of the sierra club. well, as you know, we've bev only seen eye to eye with rec and park. [speaker not understood]. and if we only listen to the powerpoint that was presented to us, it's a bowled over, what an incredible organization it is. and yet we know from our interactions with pd that there are problems there. we have [speaker not understood] park closed for [inaudible] can make money off it. there's ongoing privatization in various parks of this city park system. in order to fund the gap that you guys [inaudible] through rec and park. there's no question there is a money problem. privatizing our precious park space. and the park space we do have [inaudible] and that brings us to the gardeners. and while the powerpoint made it seem like there was no problem at all, you're hearing now what the problems actually are. it would have been nice if rpd had actually come in and said, here's the problems, this is the problem we're having with the union and we're going to work with them. we didn't hear that.