Language that i just described. And city officers and departments as they are trying to decide whether certain events or certain leases would they would permit the allowance of plastic Water Bottles, they would be allowed during that process to use these standards of undue hardship, practical difficulties, other circumstances that warrant granting a waiver, health, safety, welfare, i think the standards are pretty clear here. And that would be, you know, certainly the circumstance that you describe if all of a sudden San Francisco was in desperate need of plastic Water Bottles would fit here. He thank you. Thank you. ~ thank you very much. We have a number of other City Departments. Id like to invite up richard bern ham for the port here . Id like to thank the port because when they proposed their zero event waste policy specifically for the americas cup that is what i think got a number of us thinking about the possibility of being able to do this, given the successes of the americas
Bod abag. It has a ~ cap and you can fill it up, it comes with strings controlled by your shoulder. [speaker not understood]. You might have seen it in old movies. [laughter] but there are solutions. These kinds of efforts engender some resistance and also a lot of opportunities for solutions and i appreciate the opportunity to speak. Thank you, mr. Berman. I appreciate the work of your department. I also would like to invite up eric higgin from the Public Utilities commission, the puc, not only manages our hetch hetchy tap water system, but in this ordinance along with the department of the environment they are in charge of working with City Departments about the requirements of this ordinance to make sure that this is doable. Good afternoon, supervisors cohen, chiu, [speaker not understood]. Public utilities commission. This legislation [speaker not understood] distribution of bottled water on City Property is in [speaker not understood] and encouraging greater consumption of bottled
Environmental impact. From expirectiontionv, we can provide resources to help find yee ate i have ways to implement Environmental Policies and have successful profitable fun events and support our excellent Drinking Water, municipal Drinking Water system ~. For all these reasons i urge you to support this ordinance. Its one small easy step to move our city toward zero waste, zero litter and protect our natural precious environment. Thank you. Thank you. I have a question for staff. [speaker not understood]. Thank you, mr. Chair. Staff or the sponsor. Allow me to [speaker not understood]. In recent history, recently actually, last month, there was an emergency that required North Carolina and virginia to bring in several bottles of water because their water source was compromised. What happens in the event or what are the longterm planning, Say Something happens to hetch hetchy, there is some kind of terrorist attack or there is some kind of chemical agent that is sprayed over our water
State fire code. 20 feet is also under applicable traffic Design Standards nationally and the appropriate city clearance. When we look at the streets in San Francisco there are many pretty high volume streets that are around 20 foot clear or close to it germany restraining order street and embarcadero in the long stench the medium is a little bit less than 21 feet and Mission Street is frequently at 20 feet. Octavia boulevard is 22 feet, Taylor Street at the union is 25 so were going suggesting and saying we should stick with the 20 foot clear 2010 is very, very consistent. I know that the Fire Department is concerned as they should be about getting their fire trucks but in San Francisco we have an enormous number of streets in the city that are narrow many, many streets that are 20 foot clearance and the Fire Department does a tremendous job fighting fires on those streets. So this is not about either or in terms of the fire or Pedestrian Safety we should achieve both and thats really
Used in u. S. Prisons. Plus. An orchestra in the u. S. For musicians with mental illnesses. Its a crucial day for iraqs future. Millions of people are voting in elections that will decide the shape of the new government. Despite the high security we have seen some violence. Roadside bombs killed two women as they were on their way to vote near kirkook, north of baghdad. Reporter iraqs Prime Minister Nouri Almaliki voted. He wants a third term in the job. On this occasion i call for outline iraqis to go to the ballot box. Others have been out to cast their vote translation today is the day of iraqis, it is the day of their did you suggest. And to put their votes in the ballot boxes and destroy terrorism and the enemies of iraq. Its the first election since the u. S. Pulled out its forces three years ago. This time theres a massive security operation underway to make the streets safe enough to get as many people as possible to go out and vote. Many will have to walk. Roads to the polling