welcome to the special meeting of the san francisco municipal transportation agency and parking horticulture commission. >> director brinkman. director lee. director nolan and chair we have quorum. item 3 announcement of prohibition of sound like pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a. item 34 >> we wanted to congratulate director borden congratulations we're delighted you're here this is the first time we've had a full house arrest communications. >> mr. chair you want me to call. >> on the special calendar approving this transport operations to june 30th and item 6 is the collective bargaining union local 258 with respect to the extension of the term june 30th, 2017. >> any public comment on that item? >> yes. one member of the public has so indicated. >> good afternoon. good afternoon director nolan and director reiskin i'm a muni coach operator i still get nervous when i come here i'm in support of contracted and a lot of the members want this they were in in favor of this

welcome to the special meeting of the san francisco municipal transportation agency and parking horticulture

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welcome to the special meeting of the san francisco municipal transportation agency and parking horticulture commission. >> director brinkman. director lee. director nolan and chair we have quorum. item 3 announcement of prohibition of sound like pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a. item 34 >> we wanted to congratulate director borden congratulations we're delighted you're here this is the first time

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so proud to be able to continue to educate the public value of botany and horticulture in our society. no less important today than it was when we opened the established n and that very same mission so many years ago. celebrity at the botanic garden this year. i hope some of you were able to to see the titan aurum. yes, it is the stinky plant. this is interesting. it's indigenous to sumatra, i believe, and it only blooms for a day. thousands and thousands and thousands of plant xom to visit that while it was getting read the i to bloom and you can see the as it blooms for that one day. and interesting that it does as it ike rotting flesh it's to attract the beetle in sumatra. beetle can come, smell it, lands and roosts on it thinking its's rotten flesh. that's how, of course, it regenerates itself. what it's all about. these curious minds, these smiling faces, these eighth that come to visit their capitol on their eighth grade trip. their eighth grade civics class coming from across the country. them aboutan inspire their government and about public service, or about the of the capito

and we're so proud to be able to continue to educate the public about the value of bow tany and horticulture in our society, and it's no less important today than it was when we opened the botanic garden and established that very same mission, so many years ago. we had a celebrity at the botanic garden this year, i hope some of you were able to come out to see the titan arum. yes, i heard someone call it the stinky plant. it is the stinky plant and it's so interesting, this is a plant from sumatra, and it only blooms for a day. we had thousands and thousands and thousands of people come to visit that plant while it was getting ready to bloom, and you can see the crowds there as it blooms for that one day. interesting that it does smell like rotting flesh as it blooms, because it's to attract the carrion beetle in sumatra, and the beetle can smell it, comes and roosts on this thinking it 's rotten flesh, and that's how of course that it regenerates itself. for us this is what it's all about, these curious minds, these smiling faces, these 8th graders that come to visit their capitol on their

or resort to horticulture or some other method of likelihood. -- livelihood. i saw a farmer planting for the third time his all of gross. -- olive groves. he was going to continue to plant his land because this is resisting. of fishermen have created in water -- inland freshwater fish farms. this is the ingenuity of the population that continues to survive and to be resilient. under the current situation. killedlestinians is not just figures and statistics. or than 55 families in their entirety completely eviscerated. huddled together in their homes. children love my family members running for safety. thousand and thousands maimed and traumatized. more disturbing our accounts of schools taking direct hits despite multiple reports to the israelis of their location. just as recently as two days ago. we heard about the power plant being bombed. which i am very active on twitter. lter it was bombed, 24 hours ater, it went silent. there were eyewitnesses giving minute by minute account as they were being bombarded. it went silent. you can draw the connection there.

in the meantime become a dependent or resort to horticulture or some other method of livelihood and incomei.c. farmers all the time but i saw a farmer planting not once, twice, for the third time is all the grove, happily with a smile and his face. saying they uproot all of his olive trees that is going to continue to go and plant his land because this is his way of surviving. fishermen have created in land freshwater fish farms which is absurd to think you did a fresh farmer fish in gaza. this is the ingenuity that continues to survive and be resilient. on to the current situation, i'll close with that. we got some of the biggest in 1400 palestinians killed, and it's not just again figures and statistics. more than 55 families, 55 families in their entirety, in their entirety, completely eviscerated by the way. families huddled together in their homes, children like my family members running for safety. and thousands and thousands maimed and traumatized. more disturbing our accounts we are of owners schools taking direct hits despite multiple reports to the israelis of their location, bei