the agenda and this is item number 4. we ask that you fill out a speaker card at the table and hand them to me and i ll hand them to the president and the president will call folks in the order we receive them. we will call up folks after they receive the cards if you would like to speak anonymously. (role call). call (commissioner chu is(role. we have a quorum. great. good evening and thank you for coming out to this very important meeting of the commission on the environment. as is normal for our january meeting, we do more administrative items like reviewing and approving the department budget, reviewing and approving the annual report and officer elections. before i get started, i wanted to say what a busy and productive year 2019 was for the commission. we joined supervisor mendlemam in tea clearin declaring a climy and seems like the world mobilized under the leadership of greta thunberg. i was fortunate enough to participate and attend the women for climate confere