Expressed interest and are considering participating and then we certainly have, you know, many managers who are engaging with Portfolio Companies around climate risk but perhaps not formally through that initiative. Okay. And then my other concern is, we talked about diversity and i like what youve done in terms of the work around that. Do we use that same [indiscernible] in terms of rps and other things, do we really apply the sfers criteria for the type of diversity were looking for across the board, including [indiscernible] and other sectors . I cant fully comment on that. I guess what i can say is, you know, there is proposition 209 in place in california i know. Thats why i i know. Up to a vote, thats in november. But we do not i want to make clear that we do not ask about diversity characteristics when we send out an rfp or enter a new relationship or a new contract with an external party. Were wanting to be not running afoul of distortion . The board is engaging, we do request
Item number 2 is approval of the minutes for the september 22nd Port Commission meeting. So moved. Clerk it looks like we may have lost the commissioner. Lets see if she can rejoin us. [no audio] commissioner, are you able to call in with audio . Commissioners, are you able to dial in using the phone number on the teams link . We have your video, just not your audio. Hi, i can barely hear you commissioner brandon. Oh, im sorry. Can we use indiscernible signal . Yes, if its visible. So people would need to indiscernible yes. Okay. So ill so, commissioner wuho is here. I got back into the own meeting, doreen. Right, right. Okay. Trying to give you hand signals. Great. Okay. Now we have a quorum. Can i have a second to approve the minutes . Second. All in favor . Oh, no roll call vote, please. Clerk sure. [roll call] thank you. Item number 3 is Public Comment on executive session. We will open up the phone lines to Public Comment. The members of the public joining us on the phone, jennife
We see decline. You can see the patches where there arent any leaves at all. That is a sign the tree is in decline. The other big challenge is the root system of the tree are aggressive and can impact nearby utilities, and we can fix the sidewalk around the tree in many cases. We dont want to cuts the roots too severely because we can destabilize the tree. In a city like San Francisco our walks are not that wide. We have had to clear the branches away from the properties. Most of th the can canopy is one street side and that is heavyweight on those branches out over the street. That can be a factor in tree limb failures. A lot of people wonder since these trees have a lot of issues. Why did we plant them in the first place . They provided the city with benefits for decades. They are big and provide storage for carbon which is important to fight Climate Change and they provide shade and really i think many people think they are a beautiful asset. When we identify trees like this for rem
Each to submit a labor harmony plan to describe their approach to management. And theres some summaries here of what each of the prosecutor s proposed but weve included the use of first source hiring which is an oewd as part of our terms and conditions for how they need to reach out for when they do their hiring. And lastly, in terms of our specific requirements, there have been a lot of questions with the sustainability of scooters but how sustainable is the operation kwrufl . Itself . The amount that has to be traveled and detailed reporting that allow us to assess this on an ongoing basis, checking vehicle miles that are logged in the operations and then also life cycle analysis by the operator to detail the life cycle analysis of the scooter components to understand what type of environmental impacts there might be from other aspects. And then finally, making sure we have a thoughtful rollout plan and monitoring and compliance as part of a program. We have a rampup period through e
Some of us also remember that there was a World Series Game going on between the giants and the as. [indiscernible] come on up, chief. Good aft is that a motion commissioner hardeman. Theres a motion. Is there a second . Thank you very much. Vice president covington all in favor say aye. Thank you very much. We are completed for this evening. We are adjourned. Thank you very much commissioners. My name is alan schumer. I am a fourth generation san franciscan. In december, this building will be 103 years of age. It is an incredibly rich, rich history. [ ] my core responsibility as city hall historian is to keep the history of this building alive. I am also the tour program manager, and i chair the city advisory commission. I have two ways of looking at my life. I want it to be i wanted to be a Fashion Designer for the movies, and the other one, a political figure because i had some force from family members, so it was a constant battle between both. I ended up, for many years, doing the