Good afternoon and welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting of every second 2016. Mdm. Clerk, please call the local supervisor avalos, present president breed hur present campos, present. Cohen, present. Farrell, present. Kim , not present mar, present. , present. , present. Tang, present. Wiener, present. , present. And president you have a quorum thank you. Please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] all right madam clerk are there any communications . None to report today can you please read the Consent Agenda items one through 12 comprise the Consent Agenda. These items are considered routine the member object item may be removed and considered separately. See no names on the roster item clerk please call parole supervisor mark. Cameras were to pull item 11 . Okay on the remaining items excluding item number 11 madam clerk please call the roll supervisor mar aye, peskin aye, supervisor tank aye supervisor wiener aye yee aye, avalos, aye, bree
President breed hur present campos, present. Cohen, present. Farrell, present. Kim , not present mar, present. , present. , present. Tang, present. Wiener, present. , present. And president you have a quorum thank you. Please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] all right madam clerk are there any communications . None to report today can you please read the Consent Agenda items one through 12 comprise the Consent Agenda. These items are considered routine the member object item may be removed and considered separately. See no names on the roster item clerk please call parole supervisor mark. Cameras were to pull item 11 . Okay on the remaining items excluding item number 11 madam clerk please call the roll supervisor mar aye, peskin aye, supervisor tank aye supervisor wiener aye yee aye, avalos, aye, breed, aye, campos, aye. Cohen, aye. Farrell, aye. Kim aye. There are 11 aye these are finally passed on the First Reading and adopted unanimously [gavel] betake pl
Demonstrating technologies in transparent manners. So that means in some sort of public manner, whether its through the work of the National Labs. We have the work of National Labs across the country that are part of the department of energy. Whether its through public, private partnerships and many of which are referenced and surveyed in the study or through academic work, but in order for policymakers to rely on science and Technology Demonstration in policy making, that work is going to have to be done in a transparent manner that the public can have confidence in. I think you will see quite a few of the recommendations in the study have that in mind and we very much look forward in identifying ways that the department of energy can be part of that continued resource and that demonstration. The many will ask why the arctic, why now outside of this leadership imperative when we have such a tremendous abundance of domestic oil and gas in the lower 48, and the simple answer to that que
Multiagency strategy for understanding and working to develop the science to mitigate the impacts of Unconventional Oil and natural Gas Production and this is with our office and usgs and epa and like wise you see the l recommendations that are pointed to doe. And this report really points back to that role for the arctic as well. In one way the way i think about the work of our office is were the office of science for federal and state regular lay to rs. We were in alaska last week and i can tell you state regulators in alaska are very much focused on these questions and understanding what the science says in an unbiased and neutral manner about this activity can proceed. And those are the same questions that our partners are asking at other federal agencies, and were the the office that they turned to understand what the center of the science understands. And its a vital role that Government Research plays and providing policymakers with an unbiased view of science, technology, and i
In order to ensure that Public Confidence were going to have to make sure that we are conducting science in demonstrating technologies in transparent manners. So that means in some sort of public manner, whether its through the work of the National Labs. We have the work of National Labs across the country that are part of the department of energy. Whether its through public, private partnerships and many of which are referenced and surveyed in the study or through academic work, but in order for policymakers to rely on science and Technology Demonstration in policy making, that work is going to have to be done in a transparent manner that the public can have confidence in. I think you will see quite a few of the recommendations in the study have that in mind and we very much look forward in identifying ways that the department of energy can be part of that continued resource and that demonstration. The many will ask why the arctic, why now outside of this leadership imperative when we