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the performance as part of the ilene faster ball and varia it's been taking. place every summer since 1997 this year singers from 30 different countries are taking part. in the you know the was. the artistic director for trick bauman came up with the idea of combining the opera tour and darts with conflict this piece is especially close to his heart. because you have a great affinity towards china you know so i've traveled there many times and i've seen quite a lot come out and i'm sure now when i stated a beautiful shaolin monastery for 2 whole days it was unbelievable i was excited watching those people and what they do see their mom. than tong chan hopes that elements from other cultures like kung fu will be incorporated into classical opera more often. called. chinese opera kung fu is a very important element. in western up or it's still quite new and to me it's really interesting to be a part of all this and. over $20000.00 opera fans attend the festival every year. it's good brilliant i'm very impressed by it you know that one woman with the sword i real

carroll. >> ilene bovin coalition for san francisco neighborhoods here on my own behalf. on the overhead is the proposal for the 2019 building code update. it was presented at the capital planning committee on july 22 of this year. in its presentation, the department of the environment stated that 35% of the city's emissions today is from private-sector natural gas. to reduce these emissions, the proposal is to encourage all electric design in new construction. the timeline for this proposal is for review by the department of building inspection and code advisory committee in august, the board of supervisors land use committee in september, and the full board in october. while not in the department of the environment presentation, the capital planning committee members expressed concerns. with increased reliance on electricity, the issue of reliability was raised. the response was possible use of battery storage for electricity. although not specifically related to this presentation, the issue of undergrounding was raised. with the risk of blown transformers and downed po

ilene bovin, richard kordelo, mark snider, david banroft, jill fox, steven edwards, and then mr. phillips. every speaker will have two