why did you get the greenest city? > i think it's in part because of a series of decisions that have been made over decades in terms of how relive, we work, we play. it comes down to how we design the city. the efficiency, the public transit system which is one of the heaviest traveled systems in the u.s. particularly for a city oh of our size. we try to put work, school, close together . >> rochester, new york, historically an industrial place, and greensboro, north carolina, you talked about decisions made some time ago. you've been on that counse council in years gone by and you've been an an advocate for some time what contributes to this? >> i think that in some way we've created a culture. long term residents, there is a commitment in each individual household to make some sort of contribution. it shows up when we get together to discuss the design of a building. it's a question of sustainability. let me backtrack, it's one of the big things these days is mixed use. no one is going to be like new york city, and le

withdrawn their approval of the substance we're putting in the message i want to share as the greenest city in the country there are issues and if tlis there's anything that's traffic the fine people that have tried to educate you against the forces of the tire companies this is developed just like playgrounds before they banned arsenic they'll taken it out now no one who knows i mean no one i'd like to turn my file to you who say this is not toxic they're putting in cocoa nut huts and no bathroom at the franklin and let me tell you what everybody is saying if you play on this stuff you shouldn't have kids under 3 i've got a policy position for school boards we're putting it in schools children should wash their hands before they eat their injecting lead. please take - think about it if nothing else take a peak and i'd like to answer some of the questions and be glad to help you while i'm here because the rest of the year i live in hot strings and doorway >> next speaker >> i'm leo cassidy i'm with the san francisco men's soccer club we have our organization has exploded from 2 teams to 48

you very much it was a great report did you reach other cities where similar studies have been done or reports such a - >> in looking at the greenest report we monthly focused on portland but we looked at other ones where systems were not as applicable but we tried to focus on what could be replicated here. >> i think in la they're planning to do something similar and they're including the culture things not only to have buildings be reused by tenant but keeping the tenant who are engaging them to do you understand so what happens next. >> we're currently into review so we can approve it and hammering out the changes and hopefully getting it out to the public as soon as possible. >> thank you. >> commissioner hyland. >> thank you commissioner matsuda and great report a couple of ideas for us to think about. you don't think i don't want to burn you with a ton of research but our practice tries to incorporate the original design built into the buildings and the mid century taken away. a couple of things the challenges is understanding the actual energy modeling of the building. i know you're talking about doing an audit but we've don

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