>> aye. >> president bermejo: any opposed? any abstentions in the motion the motion passes to carry the minutes. next item. >> clerk: item 4, the general public comment. the members of the public may address the commission on items that are not on today's agenda. >> president bermejo: anybody that would like public comment on items that are not on the agenda today? okay. hearing none, we'll move on to the next item. anthony? >> clerk: approval of the concept agenda, an action item. item 5-a to accept the draft 2017 annual bi-green report. and the explanatory director is the draft 2017 annual buy green report. >> president bermejo: so this item was discussed in our policy committee and the committee recommended our approval. this item is also a consent, so there's no discussion. any members that would like to pull this item from consent to have a discussion before our vote? either way we will be taking public comment. okay. i guess that we can move forward. there's -- so no public comment. then we'll vote on this item. all thos

. >> thank you, president bermejo.his award was given to us a while back, but due to scheduling, we're coming tonight, and in lieu of the award given to the provide sector, we're talking about an award that we got ourselves. and what is so exciting and interesting for me on this particular award is that there were past commissioners, ruth gravanis, who was such a passionate champion about biodiversity and about the need for green roofs that every time we talked about a green roof as being a roof that had solar panels on it, she would say it needs to be considered both. and the planning department was thrilled at that, as well because it had been something near and dear to their heart, as well. so this is something that the commission on the environment, the planning commission, and then, the two departments worked hand-in-hand to form a first in the nation policy that has become a model nationally, and so it's time to celebrate and acknowledge the power of what we can do, all of us together. so with that, why don't you

. >> president bermejo: thank you. sorry, this is not my version of windows. so. [laughter] ok. i'm going to load you through the changes we're proposing to the pesticide list. since last year's. and here we go. recommended changes. so as a reminder, the restrictions that the commission put in place last year were on tier 1 herbicides and they're listed here. no use within 15 feet of designated paths. more specific on public notice, someone wandering through the park will know exactly where something is intended to be treated. if they happen to stumble upon that, which they probably won't. blue indicator dyes to show where treatments have taken place. prohibition on use when berries are present. no use for purely cosmetic purposes, which is a challenging one, because you have to define cosmetic purpose. no areas frequented by children. which we have not done for many years. contractor training to make sure there are no surprises when there is a landscape contractor employed to do renovation for example. and maybe one of the more difficult once, requiring direct supervision by a