buffs team ipm is led by acting landscape manager nikki mixon, and we provide annual pest management reports to sf environment, which regulates pesticide use for all city departments. i'm proud to say that public works has significantly reduced our pesticide use since the implementation of this program, san francisco maintains stringent regulations and even stricter than the state for our pesticide use. the principles of integrated pest management are that we exhaust all non-chemical methods available for weed and pest management before considering the use of products on the reduced risk pesticide list. if buff wants to use such an application during its work on medians and in the public right of way, we have to go before sf environment's technical advisory committee for approval. as i mentioned, there are regulations around road construction debris and our bureau of street use and mapping works with sf environment to issue and enforce permits for companies who collect and haul construction and demolition debris in a debris box and or in collection vehicles. so the goal behind this i