Colleagues, before we hear some thoughts from our director, any thought, expressions from colleagues . Commissioner stephenson. I just want to say thank you so much for all the work youve done over the last years and especially how ably and beautifully created your team. I think youve done a really wonderful job working with the team and you have left for whoever is going to step into your shoes a very solid working group and i appreciate all the work you did. Commissioner josefowitz. Im not sure ill be able to speak for four pages about your accomplishments. So, but i think thats just like the sort of length of the motion, its just a testament to the impact that youve left on the department and on the city. And i dont know if i could maybe offer a little friendly amendment, but in the result i think we should thank melanie, maybe not only for her contributions to the city and county of San Francisco, but also maybe to the environment. Already did. Our impact is felt beyond the city. A
Nutter, department of the environment. Approval of resolution commending director Melanie Nutter for her service to the department of the environment and to the city and county of San Francisco. Whereas mayor gavin newsom appointed Melanie Nutter director for the San Francisco department of the environment in august 2010 and whereas melanie nut r has continued to direct the department of the environment and provide San Franciscos leadership under mayor edwin m. Lee and whereas Melanie Nutter directed the department of the environment of 110 staff for the past 31 2 years and helped to make San Francisco the greenest city in north america, and whereas Melanie Nutter helped champion environmental policy achievements in San Francisco, including such accomplishments as ill read four of them, but there are many, many accomplishments. Successful implementation of the mandatory composting cycling policy that has helped move the city toward the goal of zero waste by 2020 with an 80 diversion ra
Melanie particularly for one of the accomplishments that she had on her watch, and that is the move to the new location where many of the years which i had the privilege to serve on this commission, we have discussed again and again the need for moving from our former location to a place that better served the needs of the department and better expressed its values. And i think its a wonderful testament to your leadership and to your success in this position that you were finally able to pull it off. And i think its fair to say that that the new space will stand as a legacy to your leadership. And i thank you very much for that. Commissioner gravanis. Id like to second i guess it hasnt actually been moved so i will move adoption of this resolution with the change suggested by commissioner josefowitz to make sure that we include our thanks for the contributions to the environment. Second that. Moved and seconded to add actually, just a friendly amendment to the motion. If we could first
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I think its fairly well done, very readable, very attractive. One just little bone to pick. If there are going to be very many copies printed that we not use reverse drop out [speaker not understood] as a way of saving ink because its more environmental. I realize this is meant to be read on a website. Im very hopeful we have some way to track how many people visit and look at it because i think its a wonderful tool to get across to the general public how much the department is doing. Colleagues . Yeah, i think its great. Its a great document. I really like the photo on page 1, 2, 3, maybe 4. Egret. The egret. I love the photo. I would love to know where it came from because its a great photograph. A really great photographer. [laughter] the director. Owe kay, very well done. ~ okay [speaker not understood]. Its very nice. There was one thing that i felt was interesting. There was enough time to get information about the zero waste textile initiative in there and that was a really grea