we also lost a great number of trees on both yerba buena island and treasure island in that storm. it was the most storm damage i have seen in my 10 years with tida, and quite severe damage that day. several of the trees on yerba buena island that came down were in excess of 75 feet tall and took down electric overhead lines as well as one hit a transformer. we did have two concurrent power outages on that day, one on treasure island and one on yerba buena island while other portions of the lands retained power. the puc was able to resolve both outages within two and a half hours of their occurrence, but the fact that we had two concurrent outages is actually a sign of progress from the older electrical system where either of the instances would have taken down both islands in their entirety so the new switch yard as well as the other improvements made on the distribution system are showing ruts. as it happened my power at my home was out for 13 hours that day. there's a ribbon cutting scheduled for march 18 for the -- may 18 for the mar saya apartment and the they're scheduling a r

create hundreds of well paid jobs and there is a lot of work going into the funding plan for the yerba buena island multiuse path and advance design and secure environmental clearance so thank ta staff and tida for collaboration with caltrans, mtc and coast guard for all this important work. thank you so much to all and conclude my remarks. any questions or comments from colleagues? seeing none, is there anyone in the chamber who wishes to comment on item number 2? seeing none, operator, any remote public comment on item 2? >> chair, check in for remote public comment on item 2, the chair's report. i do have two hands raised going to the first caller. welcome caller, your 2 minutes begins now. >> sure. my name is ross leebenson one of over 10 thousand bord sailors in san francisco and member of the san francisco board sailor association here to comment today on the proposal to seek additional funding through a grant while i am in favor of seek ing grant money, it should be used fully to fund the ferry system and not impose a toll. the toll, which is being proposed and limitation of the proposed on-

my nursery managers was down here and she found the pipeline butterfly have flown over from yerba buena island our nursery on treasure island and was breeding on this plant. and successfully did its life cycle inside of our nursery. so, it? how that butterfly knows it's out there and find it, this is one of those unique things that we can't explain why butterflies can find this species but if we grow it and put it in the right location, they will return. so the plants we're looking at here is faranosa known as just dedlia or live forever. the construction is it work happen nothing that area, it's likely to be destroyed. a unique thing about this plant and the unique succulents we have in california and the live forever plant can live to be 150 years old. recently, the state of california just did special legislation to protect this plant. i think in its intact population on the island, there's less than 50 of them, so to be able to grow several hundred of them and have them be a part of the plant palate of the stormwater gardens that was installed recently is an increase of biodiversity and a

my nursery managers was down here and she found the pipeline butterfly have flown over from yerba buena island our nursery on treasure island and was breeding on this plant. and successfully did its life cycle inside of our nursery. so, it? how that butterfly knows it's out there and find it, this is one of those unique things that we can't explain why butterflies can find this species but if we grow it and put it in the right location, they will return. so the plants we're looking at here is faranosa known as just dedlia or live forever. the construction is it work happen nothing that area, it's likely to be destroyed. a unique thing about this plant and the unique succulents we have in california and the live forever plant can live to be 150 years old. recently, the state of california just did special legislation to protect this plant. i think in its intact population on the island, there's less than 50 of them, so to be able to grow several hundred of them and have them be a part of the plant palate of the stormwater gardens that was installed recently is an increase of biodiversity and a

my nursery managers was down here and she found the pipeline butterfly have flown over from yerba buena islandsery on treasure island and was breeding on this plant. and successfully did its life cycle inside of our nursery. so, it? how that butterfly knows it's out there and find it, this is one of those unique things that we can't explain why butterflies can find this species but if we grow it and put it in the right location, they will return. so the plants we're looking at here is faranosa known as just dedlia or live forever. the construction is it work happen nothing that area, it's likely to be destroyed. a unique thing about this plant and the unique succulents we have in california and the live forever plant can live to be 150 years old. recently, the state of california just did special legislation to protect this plant. i think in its intact population on the island, there's less than 50 of them, so to be able to grow several hundred of them and have them be a part of the plant palate of the stormwater gardens that was installed recently is an increase of biodiversity and a step for

my nursery managers was down here and she found the pipeline butterfly have flown over from yerba buena island our nursery on treasure island and was breeding on this plant. and successfully did its life cycle inside of our nursery. so, it? how that butterfly knows it's out there and find it, this is one of those unique things that we can't explain why butterflies can find this species but if we grow it and put it in the right location, they will return. so the plants we're looking at here is faranosa known as just dedlia or live forever. the construction is it work happen nothing that area, it's likely to be destroyed. a unique thing about this plant and the unique succulents we have in california and the live forever plant can live to be 150 years old. recently, the state of california just did special legislation to protect this plant. i think in its intact population on the island, there's less than 50 of them, so to be able to grow several hundred of them and have them be a part of the plant palate of the stormwater gardens that was installed recently is an increase of biodiversity and a

my nursery managers was down here and she found the pipeline butterfly have flown over from yerba buena islandwas breeding on this plant. and successfully did its life cycle inside of our nursery. so, it? how that butterfly knows it's out there and find it, this is one of those unique things that we can't explain why butterflies can find this species but if we grow it and put it in the right location, they will return. so the plants we're looking at here is faranosa known as just dedlia or live forever. the construction is it work happen nothing that area, it's likely to be destroyed. a unique thing about this plant and the unique succulents we have in california and the live forever plant can live to be 150 years old. recently, the state of california just did special legislation to protect this plant. i think in its intact population on the island, there's less than 50 of them, so to be able to grow several hundred of them and have them be a part of the plant palate of the stormwater gardens that was installed recently is an increase of biodiversity and a step forward towards protecting the

yerba buena. there was a shooting report and a vehicle description was broadcasted along with description of suspects. as the vehicle approached treasure island, there was more information that the suspect was fleeing the vehicle pulled over at the side of the bridge and they were seeing carrying handguns. officer respond today that area with the vehicle was last seen on bay bridge as officer times and others responded from the mainland. subsequent information revealed that a shooting had not actually occured but the suspects were in fact armed with handguns. officer i objectson responded to the area where the vehicle was and figured the most likely area where the suspect could have been located hiding near a storm drain. nobody that there was a good chance that the suspects would flee this area if he tried to make an arrest, he coordinate withed officers that were a priefg from the mainland to the most likely area where the suspects would flee from the area once he moved on. after coordinating the efforts, officer moved in and like he suspected, the suspect took off running up a hillside into waiting officers that were coordinated from offic