We talk about a fair and transparent election, the millions of dollars that get spent in these elections really do give a disproportionate voice to the wealthiest among us to determine who our representatives will be. That said, i want to honor what many members of the public have said. You know, and step back from the nomination, but i do want to thank supervisor fewer for that generous nomination. I also, chair, president tang, if i may, wanted to address one nominee that i heard from many members of the public and in fact she was my first choice and i would have really liked to have nominated her today and that is city administrator naomi kelly. She is someone had has served at the helm of the city for decades and is a great public servant. And would have been a perfect fit for the interim mayor role. For very similar reasons as to why the board in 2010 had shr selected then city administrator ed lee. I know she is close to ed lee and would have carried his principles and policies f
Comment. Im no. 3, Consent Agenda. All matters listed here under a constituted Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the committee and will be acted on by a single vote of the committee. There will be no separate vote unless the member of the Committee Suggests and it will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item. Item 3a, approving the minutes of the meeting. I move for the approval. I second the motion. Item no. 4, Environmental Program support. Thank you, chair richardson, director and president tsen. This item will go to the board as an action item. I wanted to have a conversation here before taking it there because we kind of have two different paths Going Forward ahead of us. We have a contract with lang Engineering Environmental to provide Environmental Conservation services to tida to monitor the navys Environmental Program, and we brought them on in 2013. This is a Selection Process that actually had been contacted before i arrived to tida.