bart groom. >> good afternoon. the sfpuc has worked with mayor's office, planning department, and urban agriculturaled a voe t cass on water conservation amendments to the ordinance before you. and the sfpuc support. cultural and economic and canning cultural benefits but edible plants are typically high water use plants and they typically consume more water than the landscape or sallow land they replace. and water conservation practices can greatly reduce the amount of water that would be applied in the situations. last december san francisco enacted the water efficient irrigation ordinance which requires that planted area installed after january 21, 2011, that exceed 1,000 square feet to comply with state mandated water allowances and also to meet other water efficient irrigation requirements. the irrigation ordinance already applies to neighborhood agriculture and urban industrial agriculture as proposed in the ordinance and under the terms of the irrigation ordinance, the spf -- the sfpuc are required prior to