00:00:03 COMMISSION AT 1:32 P.M. ASHLEY WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
00:00:09 COMMISSIONER ANDERSON HERE COMMISSIONER HELLO SEA AIR
00:00:14 COMMISSIONER CLARK HERRERA YOU'RE COMMISSIONER LOUIS HERE.
00:00:18 >> COMMISSIONER WINTHROP HERE. COMMISSIONER ZWART HAS AN
00:00:21 EXCUSE TO ABSENCE AND WE ARE EXPECTING COMMISSIONER MISSOULA
00:00:25 TO REJOIN US SHORTLY. >> THE SAN FRANCISCO RECREATION
00:00:28 AND PARK COMMISSION ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE OCCUPY THE
00:00:30 UNCEDED ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE ROMANTIC SHAWNEE PEOPLES
00:00:33 WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE SAN
00:00:35 FRANCISCO PENINSULA. WE HONOR THE DRAMATIST JELANI
00:00:37 PEOPLES FOR THEIR ENDURING COMMITMENT TO MOTHER EARTH AS
00:00:41 THE INDIGENOUS PROTECTORS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE
00:00:42 WITH THEIR TRADITIONS THEIR AUNTIES JELANI HAVE NEVER CEDED
00:00:45 LOSS NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE
00:00:49 CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO
00:00:51 RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY AS STEWARDS OF PARK
00:00:53 LAND WE RECOGNIZE OUR DUTY TO HONOR THE COLONY THROUGH
00:00:56 THOUGHTFUL AND INFORMED PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION
00:00:57 OF ANCESTRAL LANDS. AS UNINVITED GUESTS WE AFFIRM
00:01:01 THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES AND WISH TO PARIS NEXT
00:01:04 TO THE ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE JEWISH
00:01:05 COMMUNITY. GOOD.
00:01:08 GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE RECREATION AND PARK
00:01:09 COMMISSION. PLEASE TURN OFF ELECTRONIC
00:01:12 DEVICES AND TAKE ANY CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE PUBLIC
00:01:15 COMMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR EACH ITEM ON THE AGENDA UNLESS
00:01:19 OTHERWISE ANNOUNCED BY THE CHAIR.
00:01:20 EACH PERSON WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON
00:01:23 EACH ITEM. COMMENTS OR OPPORTUNITIES TO
00:01:24 SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ARE AVAILABLE BOTH
00:01:27 IN-PERSON IN CITY HALL ROOM 416 AND REMOTELY.
00:01:29 PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION DURING PUBLIC
00:01:33 COMMENT ON ITEMS. NEITHER THE COMMISSION NOR
00:01:34 STAFF WILL RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT
00:01:37 BUT THE COMMISSION MAY ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF AFTER PUBLIC
00:01:40 COMMENT IS CLOSED. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS
00:01:42 RESERVED FOR ITEMS NOT ON TODAY'S AGENDA THAT ARE UNDER
00:01:44 THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION.
00:01:47 PUBLIC COMMENT MAY ALSO BE SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL AND U.S.
00:01:49 MAIL. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS
00:01:52 COMMISSION MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.
00:01:53 WE ARE NOW AN ITEM TO THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
00:01:56 >> THANK YOU ASHLEY. >> I'D LIKE TO CALL ON
00:02:00 COMMISSIONER LUI TO SHARE ABOUT PRIDE THE SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE
00:02:03 PARADE FUN, ENERGETIC,. IT WAS GREAT.
00:02:10 IT WAS MY FOURTH ONE AND EVERY YEAR IT GETS BETTER.
00:02:14 QUITE A LARGE NUMBER OF DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES MARCH
00:02:18 IN THE PARADE. IT IS JUST A REALLY GREAT
00:02:22 ESCAPE AND AN EXCUSE TO JUST BE OUR AUTHENTIC IDENTITY SELF.
00:02:30 SO IT WAS REALLY REALLY WONDERFUL.
00:02:33 >> THANK YOU. AND NEXT I'D LIKE TO CALL ON
00:02:37 COMMISSIONER HALSEY TO TALK ABOUT A RIBBON CUTTING WE HAD
00:02:40 AT ZION SKATE PLAZA. YES.
00:02:43 >> ON SATURDAY, JUNE 28TH I REPRESENTED THE COMMISSION AT
00:02:47 THE RENAMING OF THE WALLER STREET PARK TO ZION SKATE PLAZA
00:02:56 IN MEMORY OF ZION GAINES. IT WAS A GORGEOUS DAY OUT
00:03:00 THERE. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
00:03:03 SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN ADDITION TO THE RIBBON CUTTING THERE WAS
00:03:07 A SKATING COMPETITION. THERE WERE PRIZES CAKE MUSIC.
00:03:12 IT WAS REALLY A NICE AFFAIR. IT WAS ZAYN'S MOM, CHARMAINE
00:03:16 WILLIAMS THAT HAD AN IDEA IN HER HEAD AS TO HOW SHE
00:03:23 WANTED IT TO GO THAT DAY AND JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT
00:03:28 OUT TO LAMONT BISHOP AND FELIX WHITTINGTON OF OUR DEPARTMENT
00:03:31 BECAUSE THEY MADE ALL OF HER WISHES COME TRUE THAT
00:03:35 AFTERNOON. >> THIS SPACE, BY THE WAY, WAS
00:03:39 THE FIRST SKATE PLAZA OF ITS KIND IN SAN FRANCISCO WHEN IT
00:03:46 OPENED IN 2011. AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A
00:03:50 BUNCH OF OTHER SKATE PARKS YOU KNOW, POPPING UP WHICH IS
00:03:54 GREAT. SUNSET DUNES CIVIC CENTER, ETC.
00:03:57 BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:04:04 AND ZION GAINES WAS A YOUNG MAN THAT HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES
00:04:08 PHYSICAL CHALLENGES IN HIS LIFE AND YET HE KEPT MOVING FORWARD
00:04:15 AND BECAME A MENTOR TO A BUNCH OF YOUNGER SKATERS THAT COULD
00:04:20 DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE USED TO BE ABLE TO DO BUT COULD
00:04:24 NO LONGER DO NOW. BUT BUT HE COACHED THEM ON
00:04:27 THEIR TECHNIQUES. AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS VERY
00:04:31 FITTING THAT WE AS A COMMISSION WE COULD ALSO PAY IT FORWARD BY
00:04:37 RENAMING THIS SKATE PARK IN MEMORY OF ZION GAINES.
00:04:45 >> THANK YOU. AND I WILL NOTE THAT THE
00:04:46 SKATEBOARDING COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS A VERY CLOSE KNIT
00:04:50 AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY. THEY OFTEN ENGAGE IN ACTS THAT
00:04:56 AMOUNT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE AND THAT CAN AUGMENT AND SAVE
00:05:00 LIVES. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A WHOLE
00:05:04 BOARDING COMMUNITY THAT OPERATED OUT OF A STORE IN THE
00:05:07 HATE THAT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL OVER THE YEARS AND WORKING WITH
00:05:11 YOUNG PEOPLE. I WANT TO TELL PEOPLE THAT
00:05:12 THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL SKATEBOARD PARK AS PART OF HILLTOP PARK
00:05:16 ALSO KNOWN AS SUNDIAL PARK IN THE BAYVIEW.
00:05:20 THERE'S ONE OVER OFF OF SAY OUR CHAVEZ.
00:05:24 >> WE HAVE A LOT OF PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO LEGALLY SKATE.
00:05:28 NOW ON THE I'D LIKE SONIA COMMISSIONER CLARK CARRERA TO
00:05:35 TALK ABOUT A COMMUNITY TALK THAT SHE WENT TO INVOLVING
00:05:40 EMBARCADERO PLAZA AND SUPERMAN. >> RIGHT.
00:05:41 OH, YES. YES.
00:05:43 THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE
00:05:47 PARK STAFF AND THE GROUP. THE GROUP THAT THEY DREW WAS
00:05:51 ENORMOUS. THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, 100 PLUS
00:05:55 PEOPLE THERE. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS
00:05:56 BUT THERE WAS NO SITTING ROOM. SO IT WAS QUITE MYSTIFYING TO
00:06:02 ME HOW THEY RALLIED SUCH GREAT RESOURCES TOGETHER TO PUT THIS
00:06:09 YOU KNOW, PUT THIS CONCEPT INTO A PROCESS THAT'S REALLY
00:06:14 COMMUNITY BASED. AND I WAS FLOORED WITH THE
00:06:15 EXCELLENT WORK ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE
00:06:19 COMMUNITY'S CALL TO RESPONSE LIKE THEY REALLY BROUGHT IT OUT
00:06:21 THERE. THEY CAME THEY CAME WITH THEIR
00:06:23 WITH THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT SANCTIONED SKATING.
00:06:25 THEY CAME WITH THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT IDEAS
00:06:29 AND THE VISIONS THAT HAD BEEN COMING ON.
00:06:33 AND IT WAS JUST THE REAL DEAL. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF BOTH THE
00:06:37 COMMUNITY AND OF REC AND PARKS TO HAVE BEEN TOGETHER ON THAT
00:06:41 AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF SEVERAL THAT WILL BE HAPPENING
00:06:44 . BUT YOU KNOW PARTICIPATION
00:06:45 IN YOUR COMMUNITY IS HOW YOU GET YOUR VOICE HEARD AND THEY
00:06:48 WERE REALLY GETTING THEIR VOICE HEARD.
00:06:49 SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND LET ME SHARE.
00:06:51 >> THAT'S GREAT. AND A FEW YEARS AGO I MEAN
00:06:55 SORRY A FEW DAYS AGO COMMISSIONER CLARK HERRERA
00:06:56 AND I WERE ABLE TO ATTEND A VERY JOYFUL GRADUATION
00:07:03 CELEBRATION OF A COHORT OF ABOUT 10 OR 13 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
00:07:07 WENT THROUGH A PRE APPRENTICE TRAINING PROGRAM WITH THE
00:07:10 SUCCESS CENTERS. AND THEY HAVE A SITE NOW ON
00:07:14 JESSIE STREET WHICH USED TO BE A MEZZANINE WHEN I USED TO
00:07:19 LISTEN TO MUSIC THERE. NOW THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE
00:07:23 TURNED THIS INTO A VERY ORGANIZED CONSTRUCTION SITE.
00:07:27 THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LEARNING ALL THE SKILLS THAT YOU NEED TO
00:07:31 LEARN IN PRECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION.
00:07:34 AND I GOT TO TELL YOU THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH JOY AND HOPE WITH
00:07:37 THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
00:07:41 SUCCESS CENTERS IS A FORCE OF NATURE HERSELF.
00:07:45 >> AND THIS IS SORT OF A PARTNERSHIP THAT RICK AND PARK
00:07:49 IS HAVING THAT SPRANG FROM A COMMITMENT THAT WE'VE MADE TO
00:07:53 THE COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY AROUND THE BUCHANAN STREET
00:07:57 MALL. WE LISTENED AND WE HEARD ABOUT
00:08:00 HOW YOUNG PEOPLE IN THAT AREA NEED OPPORTUNITY AND INDEED
00:08:04 IT'S HAPPENING AND THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THEIR NEXT
00:08:05 COHORT. AND I JUST WANT TO IMPLORE
00:08:09 APPLAUD PHIL AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM ON MAKING THIS
00:08:12 COLLABORATION HAPPEN BECAUSE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE
00:08:16 NEED TO DO FOR AND WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
00:08:20 THERE'S NOTHING MORE WORTHY THAN THIS KIND OF PROJECT.
00:08:23 ANYONE ELSE WANT TO ADD TO THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT?
00:08:27 >> DO YOU MIND? OH, SONIA, PLEASE.
00:08:28 SORRY. I ECHO YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT HOW
00:08:35 POIGNANT THOSE MOMENTS WERE WHEN THEY WERE WHEN THOSE KIDS
00:08:36 WERE SPEAKING THEIR. AT LEAST 13 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
00:08:39 HAD LEARNED A TRADE WHO HAD JOINED A UNION WHO HAD DECIDED
00:08:43 TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES. SOME OF THEM EVEN HAD CHILDREN
00:08:47 AND THEY WERE CHILDREN THEMSELVES.
00:08:48 AND THEY HAVE REALLY EMBRACED AND THIS IS LIZ JACKSON SIMPSON
00:08:51 WHO IS A FORCE A FORCE OF NATURE.
00:08:54 YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, PHIL WORKING
00:08:57 TOGETHER TO GET THESE KIDS OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK IN THEIR
00:09:01 CITIES, IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND NOW THEY WILL NOT ONLY HAVE
00:09:02 AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT THE BANANA STREET MALL BUT THEY'LL
00:09:05 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ANYWHERE IN THIS CITY WITH
00:09:09 THEIR NEW UNION AND QUALIFICATIONS,
00:09:10 AFFILIATIONS AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL TRADES THAT THEY
00:09:13 LEARNED. AND IT WAS JUST MIND BLOWING
00:09:14 AND VERY EMPOWERING FOR US TO SEE THE SUCCESS OF OUR YOUNG
00:09:17 PEOPLE JUST COME TO LIFE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US AND THEY BUILT A
00:09:21 STRUCTURE. >> THEY BUILT A TINY HOME.
00:09:22 THEY BUILT A TINY LITTLE OFFICE IN THE SPACE MONITORED CORNERS
00:09:27 I MEAN THE WHOLE THING UNIFORM SO INCREDIBLE AND IT WAS JUST
00:09:29 BREATHTAKING. >> SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT
00:09:32 WHOLE GROUP UNTIL EVERYBODY WHO PUT THOSE PRIVATE THE PROJECT
00:09:35 TOGETHER. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:09:36 THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT.
00:09:41 >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT
00:09:42 TODAY ON THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT ?
00:09:48 >> SEEING NONE IN PERSON, DO WE HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED ON OUR
00:09:50 WEBEX? NO HANDS RAISED PUBLIC COMMENT
00:09:53 IS CLOSED. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM THREE.
00:09:54 THE GENERAL MANAGERS REPORT. OH, GO AHEAD, MAN.
00:10:02 >> YEAH. THANK YOU, ASHLEY.
00:10:03 BEFORE I START THE GENERAL MANAGERS REPORT MAYBE A COMMENT
00:10:10 ON THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT WHICH IS THANK YOU.
00:10:12 >> IT'S SO GREAT TO HEAR AND GET SUMMARIES FROM ABOUT
00:10:17 ALL THE EVENTS THAT YOU ALL PARTICIPATE IN AND IT MEANS SO
00:10:21 MUCH TO STAFF AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN WHEN
00:10:24 YOU ALL ARE OUT THERE WE HAVE STUFF GOING ON ALL THE TIME
00:10:28 AND NO SINGLE STAFF PERSON CAN GO TO EVERYTHING AND IT'S JUST
00:10:32 GREAT TO HAVE A COMMISSION WHERE THE COMMISSION IS SO
00:10:34 ENGAGED AND INVOLVED AND I GENUINELY WANT TO SAY THANK
00:10:36 YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME AND THANK YOU.
00:10:40 >> AND IT'S APROPOS BECAUSE THIS MONTH IS NATIONAL PARK
00:10:44 AND RECREATION MONTH WHICH IS A TIME TO CELEBRATE THE VITAL
00:10:48 ROLE THAT PARKS AND RECREATION PLAY IN OUR LIVES.
00:10:51 THIS YEAR'S THEME WHICH IS ACTUALLY A NATIONAL THEME IS
00:10:55 BUILD TOGETHER, PLAY TOGETHER. VERY APROPOS FOR THE WORK WE'RE
00:10:59 DOING AT EMBARCADERO BUCHANAN MALL, PORTSMOUTH SQUARE ALL
00:11:02 OVER WE TRY TO FACILITATE PLAY. THIS YEAR IS THE 40TH
00:11:09 ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH AND THE
00:11:15 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RPA WHICH IS EXCITING.
00:11:19 AND THIS COMING TOMORROW IS PARKS AND RECREATION
00:11:23 PROFESSIONALS DAY RECOGNIZING THE INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUALS WHO
00:11:27 BUILD STRONG, VIBRANT AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
00:11:31 THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION. HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO WE'RE
00:11:34 PROUD TO BE HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC AND BELOVED PARKS
00:11:38 IN THE WORLD AS YOU KNOW. SO A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO THE
00:11:42 HUNDREDS. ACTUALLY WE'RE NOW OVER A
00:11:44 THOUSAND REC AND PARK EMPLOYEES WHO WORK EVERY DAY TO KEEP OUR
00:11:48 CITY'S OUTDOOR SPACES CLEAN, WELCOMING AND WELL-MAINTAINED.
00:11:52 AND WE HAVE THE BEST STAFF AND YOU GET TO SEE THAT EVERY
00:11:57 DAY. THIS IS A TEAM THAT REALLY
00:11:58 CARES ABOUT THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY AND THEY'RE DARN
00:12:01 GOOD AT IT AND IT'S JUST AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF A REALLY
00:12:05 INCREDIBLE TEAM. PRESIDENT ANDERSON YOU WERE
00:12:08 TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SKATING SO OUR NEWEST COASTAL
00:12:15 GEMS SUNSET DUNES ALSO HAS OUR NEWEST SKATING GEM.
00:12:19 LAST MONTH THE PARK UNVEILED ITS BRAND NEW SKATE SPACE ALONG
00:12:24 BOULEVARD DESIGNED TO WELCOME SKATERS OF ALL LEVELS.
00:12:27 THE AREA INCLUDES A BANK A QUARTER PIPE ISLAND FEATURES
00:12:31 AND A VARIETY OF CREATIVELY DESIGNED ELEMENTS MADE FROM
00:12:35 UPCYCLED GRANITE. BLENDING SUSTAINABILITY WITH
00:12:36 STYLE YOU'VE YOU'VE MENTIONED ALL THE OTHER SKATE AREAS
00:12:43 AROUND TOWN BUT THIS SKATE AREA AT SUNSET DUNES ALSO BLENDS
00:12:46 WITH ALL THE OTHER THINGS HAPPENING OUT THERE LIKE
00:12:51 INTERACTIVE ART INSTALLATIONS, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND LIVE MUSIC
00:12:54 AND NATURE EXPLORATION AREA FOR KIDS BIKE PUMP TRACK AND SKILLS
00:12:58 COURSE SUNSET DUNES IS REALLY THRIVING.
00:13:04 AND THIS NEW ELEMENT ONLY ONLY ADDS TO THAT.
00:13:06 SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
00:13:10 AND IN FACT WE HOSTED A COMMUTER BARRY THE LEAD WE
00:13:13 HOSTED A COMMUNITY SKATE DAY ON FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH WHICH WAS AN
00:13:16 EXCITING AFTERNOON OF SKATING MUSIC AND CULTURE.
00:13:19 YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T SO LONG AGO WHERE THERE PRESIDENT ANDERSON
00:13:24 AS HE MENTIONED WHERE SKATING WAS ILLEGAL ALL OVER TOWN.
00:13:27 AND THEN WE STARTED WITH ACTUAL SKATEBOARDING PARKS BUT WHERE
00:13:34 WE'VE REALLY EVOLVED IS IN STREET SKATING AND SKATING
00:13:38 PLAZAS WHERE YOU HAVE ELEMENTS LIKE YOU WILL SEE AT WALLER OR
00:13:43 U.N. PLAZA TO A CERTAIN EXTENT OR AT SUNSET DUNES WHICH TRY TO
00:13:50 REPLICATE AND CREATE COMMUNITY FOR SKATERS WHO HAVE
00:13:53 HISTORICALLY SKATED RAILS AND GRANITE CURBS AND THINGS
00:13:58 LIKE THAT BUT HAVE DONE SO ILLEGALLY AND IT'S AN HONOR TO
00:14:02 BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE SKATE COMMUNITY TO TO EMBRACE
00:14:05 AND RECOGNIZE THIS VERY LEGITIMATE SPORT TOMORROW ALSO
00:14:12 NOT JUST PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS DAY BUT HARDING
00:14:17 PARK. CELEBRATES ITS CENTENNIAL IT IS
00:14:22 100 YEARS OLD SO WE HAVE SPECIAL ACTIVITIES PLANNED
00:14:27 THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW AND MORE TO COME THROUGHOUT THE
00:14:28 YEAR. THE CENTENNIAL IS OBVIOUSLY A
00:14:31 YEARLONG CELEBRATION BUT TOMORROW THERE WILL BE A
00:14:35 CENTENNIAL TEE OFF TO MARK THE OCCASION.
00:14:38 ACTUALLY IT IS THE ACTUAL DAY BECAUSE HARDING PARK FIRST
00:14:42 OPENED ITS VERY WAYS ON JULY 18TH, 1925 ALONG THE SHORES OF
00:14:45 BEAUTIFUL LAKE MOORHEAD AND THE PARK OBVIOUSLY NAMED AFTER
00:14:49 PRESIDENT WARREN HARDING WHO WAS AN AVID GOLFER AND WAS
00:14:56 IN SAN FRANCISCO AROUND THE TIME THAT A DECISION WAS MADE
00:15:00 TO BUILD THIS PARK. SO THE STORY GOES TODAY HARDING
00:15:04 IS THE ONLY CITY OWNED PUBLIC HORSE IN THE PGA TOUR'S TPC
00:15:12 NETWORK AND IT'S GOT A VERY RICH LEGACY HAVING HOSTED MAJOR
00:15:16 EVENTS LIKE THE 2020 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY COLLIN
00:15:19 MORIKAWA, A CAL GRAD AND THE 2009 PRESIDENTS CUP WHERE TEAM
00:15:25 USA CLAIMED VICTORY OVER THE DECADES PLAYERS LIKE BILLY
00:15:30 CASPER, BYRON NELSON, GARY PLAYER, RORY MCILROY OR
00:15:34 MCILROY, TIGER WOODS HAVE ALL PLAYED AT HARDING.
00:15:37 IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE. TOMORROW I THINK THE FIRST 200
00:15:44 GOLFERS RECEIVE A LIMITED EDITION CENTENNIAL PRINT BY THE
00:15:48 ARTIST LEE Y BRAND SKI AND A CUSTOM CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE
00:15:52 COIN MADE FROM A FALLEN CYPRESS TREE AT THE COURSE ALL GOLFERS
00:15:56 PLAYING TOMORROW ARE ENTERED INTO A CLOSEST TO THE PIN
00:16:01 CONTEST ON EACH PAR THREE HALL WITH PRIZES FOR THE WINNER.
00:16:03 SO I WANT TO TAKE A SPECIAL SECOND TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT
00:16:09 OUT TO TWO GROUPS OF FOLKS THAT REALLY MAKE HARDING WELL THREE
00:16:14 GROUPS THAT MAKE HARDING THRIVE .
00:16:17 THE FIRST GROUP THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE IS TPC NETWORK
00:16:21 AND PGA TOUR. TOM SMITH AND HIS CREW THEY
00:16:25 LOVE THIS PLACE AND JUST DO A GREAT JOB CARRYING ON THE
00:16:29 SPIRIT OF PUBLIC GOLF. THE SECOND GROUP I WANT TO
00:16:33 REALLY THANK IS THE REC AND PARK STAFF WHO MANAGES
00:16:37 AND MAINTAINS THAT COURSE. AND YES, GOLF HAS HAS ITS
00:16:44 CHALLENGES FROM A FISCAL PERSPECTIVE BUT IN NO WAY,
00:16:48 SHAPE OR FORM SHOULD THAT TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT THE MEN
00:16:53 AND WOMEN WHO MAINTAIN THAT COURSE DO REALLY DO DO AN
00:16:56 AMAZING JOB AND MAKE OUR CITY SHINE?
00:17:00 AND THEN THE THIRD GROUP I WANT TO THANK IS PUBLIC GOLFERS,
00:17:04 THOSE WHO YOU KNOW REALLY CHERISH BEING ON A ON A PUBLIC
00:17:07 COURSE SOME BEAUTIFUL LIKE HARDING, SOME SCRAPPIER VERY
00:17:11 FIRST TIME I EVER PLAYED THE SPORT AND I'M NOT MUCH BETTER
00:17:14 TODAY THAN I WAS THE VERY FIRST TIME I PLAYED IT WAS AT COBBS
00:17:18 CREEK IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA A SCRAPPY, VERY
00:17:21 SCRAPPY PUBLIC GOLF COURSE. SO WE GET TO CELEBRATE PUBLIC
00:17:25 GOLF HAPPY 100TH HARDING I WANT TO OFFER A BRIEF UPDATE ON
00:17:32 SUMMER CAMP. WE'RE DEEP INTO SUMMER, YOU
00:17:36 KNOW, FROM OUR LONGEST RUNNING CAMPS LIKE SILVER TREE, PINE
00:17:37 LAKE AND KEYSER SPORTS CAMPS TO SOME NEW FAVORITES.
00:17:40 WE ARE OFFERING SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AND EVERY INTEREST
00:17:45 SWIMMING, VOLLEYBALL, JEWELRY MAKING NATURE EXPLORATION.
00:17:48 WE ARE PROUD TO BE SERVING AROUND 3500 YOUTH THIS SUMMER
00:17:52 INCLUDING NEARLY 1200 CAMPERS WHO RECEIVED SUPPORT THROUGH
00:17:59 $1.2 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS ENSURING ACCESS TO ENRICHING
00:18:03 EXPERIENCES FOR ALL. THINK ABOUT THAT ONE OUT OF
00:18:07 EVERY THREE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM IS ON
00:18:10 SCHOLARSHIP. THAT IS SOMETHING I'M VERY
00:18:13 PROUD OF AND WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD OF WHEN I STARTED
00:18:16 IN 2009 THE TOTAL VALUE OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WAS ABOUT
00:18:21 $75,000. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY SIX YEARS
00:18:26 LATER $1.2 MILLION JUST IN THE SUMMER.
00:18:30 SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT AND A FEW FUN HIGHLIGHTS FROM
00:18:34 THE SEASON SO FAR WE HAVE SERVED AND I THANK MY STAFF FOR
00:18:38 THIS AND I THOUGHT I SAW ANNE MARIE THERE SHE IS.
00:18:43 EMORY, CAN YOU STAND UP OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF
00:18:44 RECREATION DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE FROM RECREATION DIVISION
00:18:47 HERE TODAY? >> EMORY I THINK IS
00:18:48 REPRESENTING AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT NICK AND OUR
00:18:54 ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT EMORY DO SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
00:18:58 THEY REALLY ARE THE BEST TEAM IN THE COUNTRY AND I SO I THINK
00:19:02 SOME OF THESE FUN FACTS ARE FROM ANNE MARIE 480 HOTDOGS
00:19:05 ROASTED AT SILVER TREE DAY CAMP A 180 HOURS SPENT SPLASHING
00:19:12 IN OUR POOLS AND A COMMISSIONER LOUIS I SEE THE POTENTIAL OF
00:19:17 NEW LYRICS TO A NEW SONG HERE FOR THE HOLIDAYS SUPERSTAR
00:19:21 ADVENTURE CAMP HAS WALKED 13.5 MILES ON FIELD TRIPS.
00:19:28 THAT IS LIKE CROSSING THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE MORE THAN
00:19:33 NINE TIMES AND OVER 1000 SKATEBOARD TRICKS LANDED AT THE
00:19:36 ART OF SKATEBOARD CAMP 120 BULLS EYES HIT AT ARCHERY CAMP
00:19:46 AND AT FISHING CAMP RUN BY OUR VERY OWN SPECIAL DON FRANKLIN
00:19:51 AND 80 ROCKFISH THREE LING COD AND ONE HALIBUT HAVE BEEN
00:19:55 CAUGHT SO FAR UNLESS THEY'RE OUT TODAY AND I DON'T HAVE
00:19:59 UPDATED STATS PARTRIDGE IN A. >> THERE YOU GO.
00:20:03 AND OF COURSE TO BE CORNY WHAT WE CANNOT MEASURE AND CANNOT
00:20:07 COUNT ARE THE FRIENDSHIPS FORMED AND MEMORIES MADE AT OUR
00:20:11 SUMMER CAMPS AND WE ARE VERY JOYED TO WELCOME OUR CAMPERS
00:20:14 AND SO VERY PROUD OF OUR STAFF AND LOOK FORWARD TO FINISHING
00:20:19 THE SUMMER AND MAYBE BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.
00:20:22 EMERY YOU AND NICK CAN COME AND GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A
00:20:25 DETAILED HIGHLIGHT WITH SOME SOME PICKS.
00:20:26 IT'S REALLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE DID.
00:20:29 >> ALL RIGHT. IF IT'S SUMMER IT'S THAT TIME
00:20:32 OF YEAR OUTSIDE LANDS IS ALMOST HERE.
00:20:35 THE ICONIC THREE DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS TO GOLDEN GATE
00:20:36 PARK'S POLO BAR TO GOLDEN GATE PARK LOTS OF PLACES AUGUST 8TH
00:20:40 THROUGH THE 10TH. NOW IN ITS 17TH YEAR, OUTSIDE
00:20:43 LANDS IS A WORLD RENOWNED CELEBRATION OF MUSIC, FOOD,
00:20:47 DRINK, ART AND COMMUNITY SINCE IT BEGAN OUTSIDE LANDS HAS
00:20:51 BROUGHT IN MORE THAN $1 BILLION IN LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT A HUGE
00:20:57 BOOST FOR SAN FRANCISCO. THIS YEAR'S LINEUP IS FILLED
00:21:01 WITH ARTISTS THAT MY KIDS KNOW THAT I DO NOT LIKE DOJA CAT
00:21:05 TYLER THE CREATOR VAMPIRE WEEKEND BECK DOKIE AND MANY
00:21:08 MORE. >> I ACTUALLY DO KNOW A FEW OF
00:21:10 THOSE. IN TOTAL MORE THAN 110 ARTISTS
00:21:13 WILL PERFORM ACROSS SEVEN STAGES MAKING IT ONE OF THE
00:21:16 MOST DIVERSE AND DYNAMIC FESTIVALS OF THE YEAR.
00:21:20 WE ARE VERY PROUD TO PARTNER ONCE AGAIN WITH ANOTHER PLANET
00:21:23 ENTERTAINMENT. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE.
00:21:24 THE WEEKEND BEFORE OUTSIDE LANDS COMING UP AUGUST 1ST,
00:21:28 SECOND AND THIRD A BAND THAT I THINK THIS COMMISSION ALL KNOWS
00:21:33 THE GRATEFUL DEAD OTHERWISE KNOWN NOW AS DEAD AND COMPANY
00:21:37 WILL PERFORM A THREE NIGHT RUN AT THE POLO FIELDS AS PART OF
00:21:38 THE DEAD 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
00:21:42 FRANKLY, THEY CHOSE THEY REALLY WANTED TO BE HERE AND IN GOLDEN
00:21:45 GATE PARK BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THEIR THEIR HISTORY.
00:21:49 THE SHOWS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERATE OVER $30 MILLION
00:21:53 IN ECONOMIC IMPACT. THESE SHOWS ALONE.
00:21:56 HOTELS ARE FULL. RESTAURANTS ARE ALREADY BOOKED.
00:21:58 THEY MARK AN UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO'S LONG
00:22:01 MUSICAL LEGACY. AND THEN PURSUANT TO OUR
00:22:04 AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER PLANET THE WEEKEND AFTER WE GET TO
00:22:08 WELCOME ZACH BRIAN AND WITH SPECIAL GUEST KINGS OF LEON THE
00:22:13 TURN IT TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS AND NOELENE HOFFMAN.
00:22:19 SO AND AS A REMINDER THAT CONCERT IS PART OF AN AGREEMENT
00:22:23 WITH ANOTHER PLANET THAT ALSO BRINGS THREE FREE CONCERTS TO
00:22:26 DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO ONE IN EMBARCADERO PLAZA WHICH HAS
00:22:31 ALREADY OCCURRED. WE HAD OVER 5000 PEOPLE THERE.
00:22:33 THERE'S BEEN THERE'S ONE SCHEDULED AT UNION SQUARE
00:22:36 AND ONE SCHEDULED AT CIVIC CENTER COMING UP.
00:22:42 SO AND YOU KNOW, THESE CONCERTS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:22:44 WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT EARNED REVENUE DURING OUR
00:22:47 BUDGET. ANOTHER PLANET HAS CONTRIBUTED
00:22:50 DIRECTLY THESE CONCERTS HAVE CONTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO RACK
00:22:54 AND PARK OVER $40 MILLION OVER THE YEARS IN IN DIRECT REVENUE
00:22:58 THAT HELPS US PAY FOR PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF AND PROVIDE
00:23:01 THAT $1.2 MILLION WORTH OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO KIDS HELPS KEEP
00:23:04 GOLDEN GATE PARK CLEAN AND SAFE.
00:23:05 SO ALL OF IT VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND AS WE GET READY
00:23:09 FOR ALL THIS FUN, YES, THERE WILL BE SOME INCONVENIENCE
00:23:13 AND WE APPRECIATE THE NEIGHBORHOODS LEANING IN AND
00:23:17 UNDERSTANDING THAT GREAT CITIES DO GREAT THINGS AND THAT
00:23:20 SOMETIMES THAT CAUSES SOME INCONVENIENCE.
00:23:24 SO WE DO HAVE SOME ROAD CLOSURES THAT BEGIN WEDNESDAY,
00:23:26 JULY 23RD WITH THE POLO FIELD AND MIDDLE DRIVE BETWEEN MLK
00:23:30 AND TRANSVERSE DRIVES TO ACCOMMODATE LOAD IN AND LOAD
00:23:34 OUT FOR THE CONCERTS. WE'VE GOT A FULL LIST AND MAP
00:23:35 OF ALL THE CLOSURES WHICH ARE ON YOU CAN GO TO THERE ON OUR
00:23:39 WEBSITE BUT YOU CAN ALSO GO TO GOLDEN GATE PARK CONCERTS.COM
00:23:45 WE DO HAVE A HOTLINE IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES THAT'S ALSO ON
00:23:46 THE WEBSITE AND BY SORT OF LUMPING THESE CONCERTS TOGETHER
00:23:53 WE ACTUALLY DO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF INCONVENIENCE BECAUSE
00:23:54 WE'RE THERE SHARING INFRASTRUCTURE SO IT MAKES IT
00:23:58 MORE CONVENIENT THAN IT OTHERWISE WOULD BE IF WE HAD
00:24:01 DONE THESE SHOWS AT SEPARATE TIMES THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE
00:24:05 YEAR. MORE GOOD NEWS FOR GOLDEN GATE
00:24:08 PARK. NOT ONLY IS IT A HUB OF MUSIC
00:24:09 BUT IT'S BECOME A REAL HUB FOR PUBLIC ART AND WE'VE GOT TWO
00:24:14 EXCITING NEW INSTALLATIONS COMING TO THE JFK PROMENADE
00:24:16 THIS MONTH. FIRST UP NEGA AND CAPTAIN THIS
00:24:22 IS CURRENTLY BEING INSTALLED AT RAINBOW FALLS.
00:24:23 IT IS THE LARGEST INSTALLATION EVER FEATURED ON THE PROMENADE
00:24:29 CREATED BY ARTISTS CLAY ROOF GARDEN IF I PRONOUNCE THAT
00:24:35 CORRECTLY STEPHANIE SHIPMAN AND JACQUELINE SCOTT.
00:24:38 THIS IS A GLOWING 25 FOOT TALL 100 FOOT LONG METAL SEA SERPENT
00:24:44 WHICH LIGHTS UP AT NIGHT AND EVEN BLOWS BUBBLES FROM ITS
00:24:48 NOSE NEARBY A LANTERN LIT SEATING AREA SHAPED LIKE A
00:24:53 SUNKEN SHIP INVITES VISITORS TO RELAX AND TAKE IN THE MAGIC.
00:24:57 IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR BURNING MAN IT IS NOW MADE ITS
00:25:01 WAY TO GOLDEN GATE PARK AND IT IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A
00:25:08 PARTNERSHIP WITH REC PARK ILLUMINATE AND THE SEA BRANDI
00:25:12 FOUNDATION AND BUILDING 180. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO OUR
00:25:13 PARTNERS FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT FOR BRINGING THIS REALLY FUN
00:25:17 EXHIBIT TO GOLDEN GATE PARK. THE INSTALLATION IS SET TO BE
00:25:20 COMPLETE IN THE COMING DAYS SO STAY TUNED FOR OPENINGS
00:25:27 AND EVENTS AROUND THAT EXHIBITION.
00:25:28 >> BUT THERE'S ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT AND FUN EXHIBITION
00:25:31 COMING OUR WAY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SIX NEW LARGE SCALE
00:25:35 SCULPTURES BY WORLD RENOWNED MEXICAN ARTIST BETSY B ROMERO
00:25:42 WILL BE INSTALLED ALONG THE PROMENADE LATER THIS MONTH.
00:25:47 THESE SCULPTURES ARE MADE FROM REPURPOSE TIRES, MIRRORS
00:25:51 AND METAL. ROMERO'S PIECES EXPLORE
00:25:54 MOBILITY, MIGRATION AND RESILIENCE THEMES CENTRAL
00:25:58 TO HER ART. SHE IS VERY MUCH A WORLD FAMOUS
00:26:02 ARTIST. HER WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED
00:26:05 IN OVER 100 EXHIBITIONS WORLDWIDE AND IS INCLUDED
00:26:06 IN MAJOR COLLECTIONS LIKE THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN
00:26:12 ART INSTITUTE AND THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
00:26:13 THAT'S TO BE SCULPTURES PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
00:26:18 AND PARK AND ILLUMINATE WILL BE ON DISPLAY THROUGH MARCH 2026.
00:26:21 SO REALLY EXCITING STUFF. LASTLY, A BRIEF UPDATE ON
00:26:25 RECENT CHANGES TO THE CITY'S PARK CODE RELATED TO LARGE
00:26:29 VEHICLE PARKING. YESTERDAY THE BOARD OF
00:26:35 SUPERVISORS PASSED ON FIRST READING LEGISLATING LEGISLATION
00:26:39 THAT UPDATES SPONSORED BY THE MAYOR AND SEVERAL SUPERVISORS.
00:26:43 HOW LARGE AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES INCLUDING RVS
00:26:47 AND OVERSIZE TRUCKS CAN PARK ON CITY STREETS AND PUBLIC PARK
00:26:48 PROPERTY. UNDER THE NEW RULES THESE
00:26:52 VEHICLES WILL NOW BE LIMITED TO TWO HOUR PARKING REPLACING THE
00:26:56 PREVIOUS ALLOWANCE FOR OVERNIGHT STAYS.
00:26:59 THIS TWO HOUR LIMIT DOES ALSO APPLY TO PARK LAND AND PORT
00:27:03 PROPERTY. THE LEGISLATION DOES INCLUDE
00:27:07 EXCEPTIONS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS AND THE CITY IS
00:27:08 CURRENTLY DEVELOPING A LARGE VEHICLE REFUGE PERMIT PROGRAM
00:27:11 WHICH ALLOWS FOR EXTENDED PARKING UNDER AGAIN SPECIFIC
00:27:15 CONDITIONS PARTICULARLY IN CASES RELATED TO EMERGENCY
00:27:18 SERVICES OR EMERGENCY HOUSING NEEDS.
00:27:22 THE GOAL IS TO BALANCE ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACES WHILE ENSURING
00:27:26 WE RESPOND WITH COMPASSION AND FLEXIBILITY TO PEOPLE
00:27:30 IN CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU
00:27:31 KNEW ABOUT THAT. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW AND I KNOW
00:27:34 YOU'RE FOLLOWING THAT OUR THAT THE BUDGET PROCESS IS
00:27:38 COMPLETED. SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU
00:27:41 FOR YOUR INPUT AND COLLABORATION AND THINKING
00:27:45 ABOUT THE BUDGET THROUGH THE PROCESS OF COMING TO THE
00:27:49 COMMISSION AS OFTEN AS WE DO I THINK WE DO END UP WITH WITH A
00:27:53 BETTER PRODUCT. THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY A VERY
00:27:54 DIFFICULT BUDGET FOR REC AND PARK AND FRANKLY FOR ALL
00:28:00 CITY AGENCIES. BUT THROUGH IT I THINK WE
00:28:05 WORKED VERY COLLABORATIVELY WITHIN THE CITY AND WITH
00:28:12 COMMUNITY TO MAKE SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS BUT
00:28:16 DECISIONS WHICH I THINK ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO LEAD TO
00:28:18 THE LONGER TERM HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS
00:28:21 DEPARTMENT THAT KEEP OUR PEOPLE WORKING AND PROVIDING THE
00:28:24 AMAZING SERVICES THEY DO. >> SO AS BLEAK AS IT WAS, I'M
00:28:29 ACTUALLY VERY, VERY, VERY PROUD OF THIS BUDGET IN MANY WAYS
00:28:35 AND VERY CERTAINLY VERY PROUD OF OUR EFFORT TO FIGHT FOR THE
00:28:39 IMPORTANCE OF PARKS AND THE HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY
00:28:45 AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND YOU KNOW,
00:28:50 CULTURAL IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY PLACEMAKING ALL THESE VERY,
00:28:54 VERY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT PARKS CONTRIBUTE TO PEOPLE
00:28:55 LIVING IN CITIES. WE FOUGHT FOR THAT IN OUR
00:28:58 BUDGET AND SO I WANT TO END BY THANKING YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
00:29:02 HELP AND ASSISTANCE. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE GENERAL
00:29:04 MANAGER'S REPORT. >> THANK YOU.
00:29:08 IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY ON THE GENERAL MANAGERS
00:29:10 REPORT? >> THIS IS JUST ON GENERAL
00:29:15 MANAGERS REPORT. WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
00:29:18 A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR COMMENT ON THE ITEMS ON OUR
00:29:20 AGENDA. OKAY.
00:29:25 >> I'LL GET TO GENERAL NEXT. THIS IS JUST ON THE REPORT.
00:29:29 >> OKAY. OKAY.
00:29:30 ANY HANDS RAISED ON OUR WEBEX? >> OKAY.
00:29:33 I'M GOING TO CALL ON COMMISSIONER MAZZOLA AND THEN
00:29:37 COMMISSIONER HALSEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT
00:29:41 ANDERSON. YES.
00:29:44 >> THANKS PHIL, FOR THE REPORT. FEW QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT
00:29:46 REGARDING SPECIFICALLY THE GREAT HIGHWAY.
00:29:51 SO HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT ON THE GREAT HIGHWAY AND FROM WHAT
00:29:56 FUNDS INCLUDING PHILANTHROPY IN AND THAT THE HOURS THAT THE
00:30:03 CITY WORKERS HAVE ALSO WORKED DOWN THERE.
00:30:05 I PROBABLY HAVE TO GET YOU THAT IN FOR ME TO COMPILE IT
00:30:07 AND PROBABLY HAVE TO GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
00:30:10 I WOULD LIKE THAT INFORMATION PLEASE.
00:30:11 AND THEN WHAT WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET FOR THE FUTURE FOR THAT
00:30:14 SPACE? YOU KNOW WE ARE PROBABLY
00:30:19 MAINTAINING SO A LOT OF THE PROGRAM DOES DID COME FROM
00:30:22 PHILANTHROPY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
00:30:25 THE MAINTENANCE IS WITH OUR STAFF AND SOME SUPPORT FOR
00:30:30 PUBLIC WORKS. BUT THERE WAS THERE WAS NO
00:30:34 PARTICULAR ADD ON. WE WERE ASKED TO TAKE ON SOME
00:30:38 RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUNSET BOULEVARD IN THIS BUDGET FOR
00:30:42 WHICH WE WERE GIVEN SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
00:30:45 SO WE WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO LEVERAGE THOSE RESOURCES TO
00:30:49 MAKE SURE THAT WHOLE AREA IS WELL MAINTAINED.
00:30:52 BUT TO BE HONEST WE'RE WE'RE DOING THIS ON A SHOESTRING.
00:30:56 WE'VE HAD A LOT OF VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE, A LOT OF
00:31:00 PARTNERSHIP. SO THIS I'LL COMPILE ALL OF
00:31:04 THAT FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
00:31:05 SEE, YOU KNOW, SOME HUGE INFLUX OF DOLLARS.
00:31:10 WELL, MAYBE NOT YET BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO GET THERE.
00:31:14 SO AND WHY DOESN'T THIS NEED TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION AS
00:31:19 FAR AS UPGRADES TO THAT NEW PARK?
00:31:22 WHO'S WHO'S MAKING ALL THE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS
00:31:24 DOWN THERE? HOW COME IT DOESN'T COME
00:31:26 IN FRONT OF THIS COMMISSION? WE BRING TO YOU LARGE SCALE
00:31:33 CAPITAL CONTRACTS WITH CONTRACTS OVER A CERTAIN LIMIT
00:31:38 . I DON'T THINK WE TYPICALLY
00:31:39 BRING TO YOU EVERY PROGRAMMATIC DECISION THAT WE MAKE.
00:31:42 I THINK WE HAVE COME TO YOU I THINK WE WENT TO THE ARTS
00:31:47 COMMISSION WITH SOME OF THE TEMPORARY ART INSTALLATIONS
00:31:51 THAT ARE THERE. SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING
00:31:54 ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY HERE THAT WE WOULD DO IN EVERY
00:31:56 OTHER SPACE. OKAY.
00:31:58 WELL I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT ADDED TO THE AGENDA SO WE KNOW
00:32:00 WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE. SURE WE CAN WE CAN CERTAINLY
00:32:03 PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES IN FACT AND THIS PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE
00:32:06 BEEN IN MY REPORT AND I'M SORRY THAT IT WASN'T ACTUALLY THIS
00:32:09 WEEKEND. WE HAVE WE HAVE PROMISED THE
00:32:13 COMMUNITY A CHECK IN AND SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
00:32:20 SO THERE IS AN INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY MEETING OUT ON THE
00:32:22 GREAT HIGHWAY. IT'S ALL IT'S ALL IT'S BEEN
00:32:25 IN OUR NEWS AND WELL ADVERTISED TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY
00:32:28 TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING.
00:32:32 MTA WILL BE OUT THERE AS WELL. AND AS A REMINDER, YOU KNOW THE
00:32:36 WAY WE'RE TREATING THE SPACE IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE JFK PROMENADE
00:32:40 WHICH IS SORT OF WHERE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TEMPORARY
00:32:43 INSTALLATIONS EVEN THE SKATE PARK, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T
00:32:47 WORK COULD BE REMOVED ALTHOUGH IT'S EXTREMELY POPULAR.
00:32:50 SO FAR. AND YOU KNOW, THE LONG TERM
00:32:54 PLAN IS A LONG TERM WAY AWAY AND THAT WILL DEFINITELY
00:32:58 TRIGGER A LOT MORE ROBUST ENGAGEMENT.
00:33:02 WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT FUNDING.
00:33:06 THAT'S WHERE I THINK COMMISSIONER MAZOLA
00:33:09 AND SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT WOULD WOULD COME WHEN YOU KNOW
00:33:12 AT A MOMENT IN TIME AND IT'S YEARS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT A
00:33:20 MORE PERMANENT RESTORATION OR REHABILITATE SSION OF OF THE
00:33:24 SITE AND THAT CERTAINLY LIKE WE WOULD WITH EVERY BIG CAPITAL
00:33:28 PROJECT COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE
00:33:32 TREATING THIS AGAIN A LOT LIKE THE THE PROMENADE WITH YOU KNOW
00:33:39 TEMPORARY SORT OF LOW BUDGET ACTIVATIONS AND INSTALLATION
00:33:44 SIGNS TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO SEE WHAT WORKS, HOW IT INTEGRATES
00:33:45 WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ETC., ETC..
00:33:48 OKAY. SO TO YOUR POINT I APPRECIATE
00:33:49 THAT BUT TO YOUR POINT YOU'RE INVITING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER
00:33:52 THIS WEEKEND AND YOU KNOW SO THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS
00:33:56 WHAT'S GOING ON AND GETS TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BUT WE
00:33:59 DON'T AT THIS LEVEL AND IT'S LIKE I HAVE TO READ ABOUT STUFF
00:34:03 IN THE PAPER THERE'S A NEW SKATE PARK OR THIS OR THAT.
00:34:06 WE SHOULD KNOW THESE THINGS AS COMMISSIONERS WHAT'S GOING ON
00:34:07 DOWN THERE? >> THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.
00:34:10 OKAY, THAT'S MORE MORE THAN FAIR AND COMMISSIONER, WE'RE
00:34:17 HAPPY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A REGULAR OR ROUTINE
00:34:18 UPDATE. YOU KNOW, WE JUST WE AND I KNOW
00:34:23 THIS ONE HAS BEEN A BIT SPICY BUT WE DO HAVE 250 PARKS SO YOU
00:34:27 KNOW SO I MEAN THERE ARE YOU KNOW, AS A I OFFERED IN OUR
00:34:31 UPDATE TODAY WE DID GIVE YOU AN YOU KNOW, SORT OF AN OVERVIEW
00:34:35 OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING. BUT I THINK WE'LL DO A BETTER
00:34:38 JOB. WE NEVER WANT ANY COMMISSIONERS
00:34:39 SURPRISED BY ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE.
00:34:43 SO I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY FAIR AND VERY REASONABLE
00:34:45 AND I'LL WORK WITH MY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A LITTLE
00:34:47 BIT MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
00:34:50 I APPRECIATE THAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW MUCH WE'VE
00:34:51 SPENT JUST SO WE KNOW AND YOU KNOW BECAUSE WE JUST PASSED A
00:34:55 BUDGET THAT HAD LAY OFF OF WORKERS IN IT AND IT
00:34:59 PRIVATIZING OF GOLF COURSES DID NOT IT DID NOT HAVE ANY JOBS
00:35:03 DID NOT HAPPEN BUT IT HAD IT IN THERE.
00:35:07 NO, IT DID NOT. AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH
00:35:09 WE'RE SPENDING DOWN THERE AND WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ARE IF
00:35:10 WE'RE GOING TO LAY OFF WORKERS AND SPEND MONEY ON A SKATE PARK
00:35:13 . I WANT TO KNOW WHERE OUR
00:35:14 PRIORITIES ARE MEAN SURE I UNDERSTAND THE POINT BUT JUST
00:35:16 TO CORRECT YOU FACTUALLY AND I TALK OH CAN YOU STOP CUT ME OFF
00:35:20 . CAN CAN I TALK?
00:35:21 EXCUSE ME. I'M JESUS CHRIST.
00:35:22 I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER MISSOULA JUNIOR, PLEASE LET'S
00:35:25 COUNT TO TEN. LET'S PLEASE COUNT TO TEN.
00:35:28 >> DON'T CUT ME OFF. I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.
00:35:30 YEAH, YOU ARE SORRY, OKAY? YES, I REALLY AM.
00:35:33 I WAS JUST TRYING TO SHARE THAT WE DIDN'T WE DON'T HAVE ANY WE
00:35:37 DIDN'T HAVE ANY LAYOFFS IN OUR BUDGET.
00:35:38 >> THAT'S IT. YOU HAD THEM IN YOUR BUDGET
00:35:40 ORIGINALLY BUILDING TRADES WORKERS.
00:35:44 THEY GET LAID OFF AND TOOK OFF TWO AND FIVE GOLF COURSES TO BE
00:35:47 PRIVATIZED. >> DON'T SAY DIDN'T WE OKAY.
00:35:50 >> I'M GOING TO ASK AND YOU RUSH TO GET THIS PARK DONE,
00:35:54 SPENT A BUNCH OF MONEY. WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
00:35:55 IT. I HEREBY IN THE PAPER DON'T GO
00:36:00 THERE WITH ME. >> OKAY.
00:36:01 I'M GOING TO ASK FOR COOLING OFF.
00:36:04 I'M GOING TO ASK FOR COMMISSIONER HALSEY TO SPEAK IF
00:36:07 HE WISHES AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER MAZOLA
00:36:09 OKAY. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
00:36:12 HALSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT ANDERSON I WANTED TO TALK FOR A
00:36:15 MOMENT ABOUT LINDA WHO LINDA PASSED AWAY ON JULY 2ND.
00:36:23 SHE STARTED WITH THE REC AND PARK DEPARTMENT IN 1969.
00:36:29 >> SHE WORKED 21 YEARS AS A RECREATION DIRECTOR.
00:36:33 ANOTHER SEVEN AS A RECREATION SUPERVISOR AND 11 MORE AS AN
00:36:40 ASSISTANT RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT.
00:36:44 SHE RETIRED IN 2008 AFTER 39 YEARS OF SERVICE.
00:36:50 I KNEW LINDA FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS.
00:36:54 I ENTERED A NUMBER OF TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS INTO VARIOUS
00:36:58 LEAGUES AND PROGRAM TEAMS THAT SHE WAS RUNNING AND IF IT WAS A
00:37:06 LINDA WOO PRODUCTION YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE TOP NOTCH.
00:37:11 SHE HAD A GREAT WORK ETHIC, TREMENDOUS INDIVIDUAL, A GREAT
00:37:17 FRIEND TO ME AND A SHINING STAR FOR THIS DEPARTMENT FOR 39
00:37:22 YEARS AND HER PASSING MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING FILL A
00:37:26 QUESTION FOR YOU. WE HAVE THE WILLIAM HAMMOND
00:37:30 HALL AWARDS COMING UP OF COURSE ON JULY 30TH AND I KNOW IT'S
00:37:33 TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT THIS YEAR.
00:37:37 THIS IS AN EVENT WHERE WE HONOR ABOUT 12 OF OUR PRESENT
00:37:41 EMPLOYEES. IT'S A FANTASTIC DAY.
00:37:45 ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS TAKE PART IN IT AND I'M WONDERING
00:37:49 STARTING NEXT YEAR IF WE COULD POSSIBLY ADD A RETIRED
00:37:56 COMPONENT TO THE HONOREES LIKE AN RPD ALUMNI IF YOU WILL, TO
00:38:01 HONOR ONE RETIRED PERSON EACH YEAR THAT DAY ALONG WITH THE
00:38:08 PRESENT PEOPLE SOMEONE THAT HAS GIVEN YEARS AND YEARS OF
00:38:09 SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S JUST JUST A THOUGHT I
00:38:15 WAS LINDA'S PASSING THAT MADE ME THINK OF IT BUT WHEN I
00:38:18 LEARNED OF HER PASSING ON JULY 2ND A LONG TIME RICKENBACH
00:38:22 RETIRED MEMBER SENT ME A BRIEF TEXT AND IT SAID LINDA WOO
00:38:30 R.I.P. TRULY THE GREATEST AND I JUST MADE ME THINK THAT WE
00:38:35 COULD DO IF WE COULD ADD THAT POSSIBLY THE WILLIAM HAMLIN
00:38:38 HALL AWARDS TO ADD ONE RETIRED NUMBER TO THE DOZEN OR SO
00:38:45 PRESENT MEMBERS ARE HONORED AT THAT EVENT.
00:38:46 >> COMMISSIONER HALSEY IT'S A LOVELY GESTURE AND LINDA WHO
00:38:50 WAS, YOU KNOW, A LEGEND WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH
00:38:57 COMMISSIONER MAZOLA AND THE BUILDING TRADES AND LOCAL TO 61
00:39:00 ON THE WILLIAM HAMMOND HALL AWARDS AND I WILL CERTAINLY
00:39:01 RAISE IT WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS.
00:39:04 >> THANKS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
00:39:08 HOUSING COMMISSIONER MAZOLA ARE YOU DID YOU GET TO SAY
00:39:12 EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? OKAY.
00:39:16 ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NO MORE COMMISSIONER
00:39:19 COMMENTS IN OUR MANAGER'S REPORT.
00:39:19 >> OKAY. WE ARE NOW AN ITEM FOR GENERAL
00:39:23 PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT
00:39:26 ON TODAY'S AGENDA THAT ARE UNDER THE SUBJECT MATTER
00:39:28 JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION AND WE WILL GO UP TO 15 MINUTES
00:39:33 DEPENDING ON HOW MANY COMMENTS WE HAVE.
00:39:34 THE CHAIR MAY CONTINUE THIS TO ITEM 14 I HAVE TWO CARDS MIKE
00:39:42 AND THEN LILY YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES AND IF ANYONE ELSE IS
00:39:44 HERE TO COMMENT ON ITEM FOUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT YEAH
00:39:48 AARON TO YOU CAN HANG OUT KIND OF ON THE SIDES AND I'LL CALL
00:39:51 YOU UP AFTER MIKE AND LILY YEAH COME ON UP.
00:40:01 >> HELLO AND GOOD AFTERNOON. THERE WE GO.
00:40:02 WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
00:40:04 MY NAME IS LILY ARQUETTE'S AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
00:40:08 HARDING PARK WOMEN'S GOLF CLUB AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SAN
00:40:12 FRANCISCO PUBLIC GOLF ALLIANCE. I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
00:40:16 SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S PUBLIC GOLF COMMUNITY AND WE ARE
00:40:20 SHOCKED AND UPSET BY THE GOLF FEES THAT ARE SOON TO BE
00:40:24 IMPOSED ON US. WE ARE UNCLEAR WHAT THESE FEES
00:40:28 ARE FOR. LAST YEAR OUR FEES WERE RAISED
00:40:31 BY $10. THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
00:40:37 THE COST OF LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO IS AMONG THE HIGHEST
00:40:42 IN THE NATION AND WE'RE PUBLIC GOLF.
00:40:46 YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUBLIC GOLFERS AND WE WANT TO BE WE'RE JUST
00:40:47 TRYING TO SURVIVE. GOLF IS PROVEN TO BE HEALTHY
00:40:52 MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND WE NEED IT.
00:40:54 WE NEED AFFORDABLE GOLF. MANY OF YOU ON THE COMMISSION,
00:40:57 OUR GOLFERS I BELIEVE PUBLIC GOLFERS AND EVEN SAN FRANCISCO
00:41:01 PUBLIC GOLFERS LINCOLN PARK, GOOD GOLFERS NO NO GOOD PUBLIC
00:41:05 GOLFERS SCRATCH GOLFERS. >> OKAY.
00:41:08 SO YEAH, MANY OF US ON THE GOLF COURSE AS WELL WOMEN THAT I'M
00:41:15 TRYING TO GROW THE COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT LOW
00:41:20 INCOME FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS ARE PLAYING ON THE GOLF COURSES
00:41:24 PEOPLE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY PEOPLE OF COLOR LIKE ME.
00:41:28 SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED. I'VE NOTICED THAT MY GOLF
00:41:32 COURSE NUMBERS ON MY GOLF CLUB NUMBERS ARE DWINDLING A LITTLE
00:41:36 BIT AND FEWER TEE TIMES THE FREQUENCY HAS LOWERED.
00:41:42 SO WE'RE BEING PRICED OUT. I KNOW ON YOUR WEBSITE THAT YOU
00:41:46 SUPPORT DIVERSITY AND THIS IS GOING TO RUIN THE PUBLIC GOLF
00:41:51 COURSES. SO I JUST I HOPE THAT YOU CAN
00:41:56 RECONSIDER SOME OF THESE FEES AND ALSO TELL US WHAT THEY ARE
00:42:00 . THERE'S MAINTENANCE FEES AND I
00:42:01 JUST PLAYED YESTERDAY WITH MY NEPHEW AND THE HARDING
00:42:08 AND THANK THE ROUGHS THE ROUGH WAS CRAZY.
00:42:09 I DON'T KNOW WHO'S MOWING IT. >> I'LL PROBABLY DO A BETTER
00:42:12 JOB. THANK YOU.
00:42:13 THANK YOU, MIKE. >> JUST START.
00:42:23 YEP. OKAY.
00:42:26 HI. MY NAME MIKE WARLICK.
00:42:28 I'M A 40 YEAR RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO AND A ALTHOUGH I'M A
00:42:33 MEMBER OF THE AND A SUPPORTER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC
00:42:37 GOLF ALLIANCE, I'M MAKING THE COMMENTS PERSONALLY MYSELF
00:42:41 AND NOT REPRESENTING THE ORGANIZATION JUST MY PERSONAL
00:42:44 PERSPECTIVE AS AN ENTHUSIASTIC BUT VERY BAD GOLFER WHO'S A
00:42:49 FREQUENT PATRON OF OUR BEAUTIFUL MUNICIPAL COURSES.
00:42:53 FIRST LET ME STATE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A BUDGET CRISIS
00:42:57 FACING THE CITY AND REALIZE HARD DECISIONS MUST BE MADE.
00:43:00 THE BUDGET CUT BURDEN TO THE CITY SERVICES SHOULD BE BORNE
00:43:04 BY EVERYONE AND PUBLIC OR FLOAT GOLFERS ARE NOT AN EXCEPTION.
00:43:09 I DON'T ENVY ALL THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE HAVING TO BE
00:43:10 MADE ABOUT THAT SOME BUT THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS INEQUALITIES
00:43:17 INEQUITABLE UNREASONABLE GOAL AND UNFAIR ASPECTS TO THE
00:43:21 PROPOSED FEE INCREASES. I'LL MENTION A COUPLE OF THESE.
00:43:27 ONE IS FOR EXAMPLE WHILE THE MAYOR MANDATED THAT EVERY
00:43:31 DEPARTMENT HAD TO REDUCE THEIR BUDGET BY 15 TO 16%, THE
00:43:34 SENIORS WORKING CLASS GOLFERS, STUDENTS AND OTHER GOLFERS ARE
00:43:38 ALL BEING ASKED TO CARRY MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT BURDEN
00:43:43 PARTICULARLY AT HARDING WITH LIKE 27 TO 38% INCREASES
00:43:46 IN THOSE FEES. IN ADDITION, THE PACIFIC
00:43:53 RESIDENT CARD INCREASE IS PUNITIVE, UNREASONABLE
00:43:57 AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE RESIDENT
00:43:58 CARDS PROVIDE RESIDENTS DISCOUNTED FEES ON THE GOLF
00:44:02 COURSE WHILE S.F. RESIDENTS ENJOY THE ALL THE COURSES ON
00:44:06 THE RESIDENT CARD PACIFICA ONLY GETS THE USE OF SHARP PARK
00:44:12 AND IN ADDITION TO A IN ADDITION TO THE MASSIVE
00:44:14 INCREASES ON OF THE PACIFICA RESIDENT CARD I THINK IT'S MORE
00:44:18 THAN DOUBLE IT IS GOING TO ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THAT
00:44:24 CAR PARK SO THE POINT SIMPLY BEING IF THERE'S ANY
00:44:28 EXPECTATION OF REVENUE BEING GENERATED BY MATT THANK YOU.
00:44:32 YOU KNOW IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE YOU WILL NOT GET THAT REVENUE
00:44:36 ON THOSE COURSES WITH THESE KIND OF.
00:44:37 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. ERIC IF THERE'S
00:44:39 ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK DURING ITEM FOUR IF YOU
00:44:41 WOULDN'T MIND STANDING UP SO I KIND OF AN IDEA IF YOU IF
00:44:44 YOU'RE ABLE TO STAND ON THE SIDE OVER HERE.
00:44:47 >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS AND EMPTY WAR I DO SKATEBOARD
00:44:52 ADVOCACY TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY EQUITY FOCUSED HOSTED
00:44:56 A FREE NEWCOMERS CLINIC TO WHICH YOU ARE ALL STILL INVITED
00:44:58 EVERY SINGLE TUESDAY AT FULTON PLAZA.
00:45:00 YOU ARE ALL OF AGE I PROMISE YOU I'VE DONE THINGS LIKE
00:45:03 MEETING WITH YOU ALL AGO ON HER DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT DATA
00:45:07 IN THE CITY. I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE
00:45:11 REFURBISHMENT OF THE BALBOA PARK PROJECT.
00:45:12 THANK YOU SUSAN. IF YOU'RE STILL HERE THAT'S
00:45:14 BEING HELD UP BY THE PARKS ALLIANCE UNFORTUNATELY
00:45:17 AND THEY'RE DISSOLVING THEY'RE NOT LISTED ON THE PRESS
00:45:21 RELEASE. I WAS PART OF THE DESIGN TEAM
00:45:22 FOR THE SUNSET DUNES PARK. I'VE GOT THE DRAWINGS RIGHT
00:45:25 HERE. >> I WANTED TO TRY TO THREAD
00:45:29 THE NEEDLE HERE CAREFULLY BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
00:45:32 FEELINGS ABOUT THIS. THERE'S A LACK OF PUBLIC
00:45:33 PROCESS AND A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AROUND WHAT'S
00:45:36 GOING ON WITH SKATEBOARDING IN THE CITY AND CERTAIN MEMBERS
00:45:40 OF THE PUBLIC ARE BEING GIVEN WHAT SEEMS TO BE PREFERENTIAL
00:45:44 POSSESSION IN TERMS OF CITY COMMUNICATIONS AND ACCESS TO
00:45:45 INFLUENCE PROJECTS WITHOUT THERE BEING PROPER RFP IS
00:45:48 THINGS LIKE THAT. THE PLANS FOR SUNSET DUNES WERE
00:45:51 NOT STAMPED AND THEREFORE THERE IS NO ABILITY TO HOLD THE
00:45:53 CONTRACTORS ACCOUNTABLE. PERSONALLY I DOCUMENTED THE
00:45:58 ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS YOU KNOW DISPARITIES BETWEEN WHAT
00:46:01 WAS BUILT AND WHAT WAS PLANNED. I GAVE THOSE PHOTOS TO THE CITY
00:46:04 FOR FREE. I ALSO CONSTRUCTED A BENCH ON
00:46:06 THE BACKSIDE OF THE BANK FOR FREE THAT MADE THAT BANK ADA
00:46:10 COMPLIANT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MORE MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO
00:46:14 SUPPORT ITS CONSTRUCTION. I JUST DID THAT BY MYSELF WITH
00:46:17 MY FRIEND. THANK YOU.
00:46:17 A WOMAN NAMED ASHLEY RAYFIELD IS CONSISTENT LEE CALLED OUT BY
00:46:21 THE CITY AND THANKED FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS.
00:46:22 THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO DO A LOT OF THINGS
00:46:25 FOR SKATEBOARDING BUT THEY DO NOT RECEIVE THE SAME LEVEL OF
00:46:29 OUTREACH. IF WE ARE GOING TO INCLUDE
00:46:30 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN SKATEBOARD ADVOCACY IT IS
00:46:32 IMPORTANT THAT THEY ALL RECEIVE THE SAME LEVEL OF CONNECTION SO
00:46:36 THAT WE ARE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT ACCIDENTALLY
00:46:38 PLATFORMING SOMEBODY ON OTHER PEOPLE'S FREE LABOR.
00:46:41 WE ALL CARE ABOUT THIS. SKATEBOAING IS NOT A
00:46:44 MONOLITH. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
00:46:45 TYPES OF SKATEBOARDING THAT DESERVE THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE
00:46:48 BUDGET AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
00:46:49 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:46:50 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.
00:47:09 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JOHN KOPECKY.
00:47:13 I LIVE ON MOUNT DAVIDSON PARK IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:47:17 MOUNT DAVIDSON PARK HAS A TREE PROBLEM IN THE TEN AND 100
00:47:23 BLOCKS OF DALE WOOD WAY. OUR TREES IN MOUNT DAVIDSON
00:47:27 PARK THAT HAVE BECOME A FALLING HAZARD EXPOSING THE CITY TO
00:47:28 LIABILITY. IN FEBRUARY OF 2024 I WATCHED
00:47:34 IN HORROR AS A TREE CRASHED INTO 161 DALE WOOD WAY.
00:47:38 THE RESPONSE FROM REC AND PARKS WAS DEFENSIVE AND CITING
00:47:43 STUDIES AND WORK DONE EIGHT YEARS AGO.
00:47:49 NO FORTHCOMING SOLUTION WAS OFFERED.
00:47:53 RECENTLY A REPORT DONE BY HORT SCIENCES FAILED TO IDENTIFY
00:47:57 WHAT TREES WOULD BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING LOSS OR DEATH SHOULD
00:48:01 THEY FALL. THE RUDE, EVASIVE AND DEFENSIVE
00:48:05 ATTITUDE OF THE REC AND PARK DEPARTMENT WON'T SOLVE THE
00:48:09 PROBLEM. NEITHER WILL INCOMPLETE STUDIES
00:48:12 OR CONTINUED NEGLECT. WHAT WILL COMMON SENSE?
00:48:19 IF THE TREE IS LARGE ENOUGH TO FALL CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE IT
00:48:23 SHOULD BE REMOVED OR CUT BACK BASED ON ITS HEIGHT AND GIRTH.
00:48:28 NOW PLEASE DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND ME.
00:48:31 I AM NOT ENDORSING CLEAR CUTTING MOUNT DAVIDSON PARK.
00:48:34 FAR FROM IT. WHAT I AM ADVOCATING FOR
00:48:36 HOWEVER, IS MUCH MORE RESPONSIBLY MAINTAINING IT.
00:48:40 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
00:48:44 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:48:45 ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
00:48:47 IN THE ROOM TODAY? OKAY.
00:48:51 >> SEEING NONE DO WE HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED ON OUR BACKS?
00:48:54 >> NO ONE HAND-RAISED OKAY. AFTER THAT WILL BE AT TEN
00:48:59 MINUTES. I THINK WE'RE STILL UNDER THE
00:49:02 TIME. >> IF YOU COULD UNMUTE THE
00:49:03 SPEAKER PLEASE PLEASE GO AHEAD. SPEAKER HELLO.
00:49:16 HELLO. >> THIS IS RICHARD HARRIS.
00:49:20 CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
00:49:23 >> GO AHEAD. OH, I'M WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:49:24 PUBLIC LANDS AND WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FEE HIKES
00:49:34 THAT APPARENTLY ARE GOING THROUGH THE BOARD OF
00:49:38 SUPERVISORS. THEY DID NOT INCLUDE ANY
00:49:42 OVERSIGHT OR PARTICIPATION BY YOUR BOARD UNLIKE PRIOR FEE
00:49:50 HIKES IN PRIOR YEARS. AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
00:49:57 . THEY UNFAIRLY OVERBURDEN THE
00:49:57 PUBLIC COFFERS WITHOUT IMPROVING THE COURSES
00:50:01 AND WITHOUT ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS WITH THE NEWS.
00:50:06 IT IS WORSE THIS THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF IT.
00:50:13 WE SUBMITTED TO YOU A LETTERS JUNE 23RD AND JULY 9TH.
00:50:19 THEY WERE COPIES OF LETTERS THAT COMMISSION GOING THROUGH
00:50:24 THE FIRST YEAR WHICH SHOWED THIS PROBLEM.
00:50:28 THEY ARGUE IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR WORK PACKET AND ASK YOU TO LOOK
00:50:32 AT IT PARTICULARLY THE JUNE 23RD AND JULY 20TH JULY 9TH
00:50:41 LETTERS WHICH ARE SHORT THE IS CHRONIC PROBLEMS AREN'T YOU?
00:50:45 THERE IS A LACK OF SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FOR INVESTMENT IN THE
00:50:49 INFRASTRUCTURE AND CLUBHOUSES AS CHRONIC FOR MAINTENANCE
00:50:53 AND THERE'S NO INSURANCE OR AFFORDABLE AND EQUITABLE ACCESS
00:51:03 DEPARTMENT IN A SUPPLEMENTAL JUNE 20TH A REPORT TO THE
00:51:08 COMMISSIONERS WHICH IS CITED IN WRITING JUNE 23RD AND JULY
00:51:14 9TH WOULD PERMIT THE COMMISSION TO.
00:51:17 AFFORDABLE FOR ALL. THIS IS NOT WHAT IS IN THE PLAN
00:51:25 THAT THE COMMISSION THANK YOU RICHARD AND THEN READ THROUGH.
00:51:29 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME YOUR TIME IS LAPSED.
00:51:33 >> SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTERS PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.
00:51:37 >> IF YOU DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WE WILL
00:51:38 RETURN TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 14.
00:51:41 >> WE ARE NOW IN ITEM FIVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
00:51:44 COMMISSIONERS IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE OFF CONSENT
00:51:46 TODAY? OKAY.
00:51:49 NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM FIVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND ROOM
00:51:56 FOR 16. >> OKAY.
00:51:56 ANYONE ONLINE? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
00:52:03 NONE. PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED.
00:52:04 A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR
00:52:07 ITEMS. >> SO MOVED SECOND.
00:52:10 >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I ANY OPPOSITION SO APPROVED.
00:52:14 >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. >> WE'RE ON ITEM SIX SAN
00:52:18 FRANCISCO ZOO. >> GOT IT.
00:52:43 I THINK I GET IT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S UP THERE,
00:52:47 BUT IT'LL IT'LL COME UP IN A SECOND.
00:52:48 >> SO JEFF PACE FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO.
00:52:51 >> GOOD AFTERNOON AI COMMISSIONER AND MANAGER.
00:52:58 I DON'T WANT TO GET BETWEEN YOU BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
00:53:03 MY SON IS A SKATEBOARDER AND WE ARE COMING TO SUNSET DUNES ON
00:53:07 SATURDAY TO TEST THAT SKATE PARK AND I WILL REPORT BACK AT
00:53:14 A FUTURE MEETING. IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS.
00:53:15 YEAH. >> SO THIS SORRY.
00:53:25 >> YEAH, I WANT TO PRESENT FOR YOU GUYS THE EXPECTATION FOR
00:53:33 THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO AND WE'LL
00:53:37 GO THROUGH SOME NUMBERS FAIRLY QUICKLY.
00:53:43 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
00:53:45 GUYS WERE AWARE OF IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET A FEE A MANAGEMENT
00:53:51 FEE FROM THE CITY THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1993.
00:53:57 >> SO A VERY LONG TIME AND WE ALSO MAKE UTILITY PAYMENTS
00:54:01 AND WE DO EXHIBIT ENHANCEMENTS AT THE ZOO THAT BELONG TO THE
00:54:09 CITY AND WE HAVE A PARKING TAX THAT CAME INTO PLACE IN 2020.
00:54:15 AND WHEN YOU PUT ALL THAT STUFF TOGETHER, THE NET SORT OF
00:54:22 RESIDUAL AMOUNT THAT COMES TO THE ZOO IS IS BASICALLY BREAK
00:54:26 EVEN. AND SO HOW DO WE RUN THE ZOO?
00:54:31 WE WE HAVE ADMISSIONS AND WE HAVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PEOPLE
00:54:35 AND DONATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE
00:54:40 NEXT YEAR. >> WE ARE ANTICIPATING AN
00:54:44 INCREASE IN WAGES OF ABOUT 4% THAT'S CONTRACTUAL WITH OUR
00:54:53 TEAMSTERS AT 56 AGREEMENT. WE'VE MOVED THE MINIMUM WAGE TO
00:55:00 1918 WHICH IS WHAT EVERYONE HAS TO PAY AND WE'RE EXPERIENCING
00:55:04 HIGHER COSTS FROM INFLATION AND THE TARIFFS THEY'RE
00:55:08 ACTUALLY DRIFTING INTO SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE DO WITH STEEL
00:55:15 AND LUMBER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
00:55:16 SO IT'S ACTUALLY AFFECTING US ALREADY AND HAS BEEN FOR
00:55:19 SEVERAL MONTHS. >> WE ARE EXPECTING IN THE NEXT
00:55:26 YEAR TO YEAR AND A HALF THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME
00:55:31 MAJOR PROJECTS AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE.
00:55:34 SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING PANDAS ON WHICH WE TALKED WE'VE
00:55:38 TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING JAGUAR
00:55:42 EXPANSION AND WE'RE LOOKING AT RELOCATING LIONS TO A BRAND NEW
00:55:46 HABITAT. AND SO BETWEEN NOW JULY AND SAY
00:55:53 END OF 26, WE'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THOSE THINGS
00:56:01 . SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TIME
00:56:02 AND WE'RE ALSO DOING A BUNCH OF OTHER SMALLER PROJECTS AS WELL.
00:56:06 AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE GOING TO BE FINISHING UP WELL THIS IS
00:56:10 NOT A SMALL PROJECT AT ALL. IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS IN THE
00:56:13 MAKING BUT WE'RE FINISHING THE MADAGASCAR PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
00:56:16 IT SHOULD BE OPENED IN A MONTH OR LESS AND IT'S GOING TO BE
00:56:24 FANTASTIC. WE HAVE THIS OTHER PROJECT
00:56:25 CALLED UNDER THE CANOPY WHICH IS SORT OF A VISUAL AND AUDIO
00:56:30 KIND OF EXPERIENCE RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE PARK NEAR THE
00:56:35 FLAMINGOS. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
00:56:38 THOSE PROJECTS BOTH COMING ONLINE IN LITERALLY A COUPLE OF
00:56:42 WEEKS AND THEN WE'RE WORKING TO ADD ACTIVATE A NUMBER OF AREAS
00:56:49 THAT WE CALL THEM OPPORTUNITY AREAS SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN
00:56:57 INTRODUCE NEW SPECIES TO FOLKS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN
00:57:02 BEFORE. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT 700,000
00:57:08 VISITORS COMING IN THE NEXT YEAR WHICH IS AN INCREASE OVER
00:57:12 THE LAST YEAR AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO PROPOSING TO JOIN ZOO
00:57:22 COMMITTEE AND TO THIS COMMISSION FOR INCREASES TO
00:57:29 CATCH UP WITH OUR OUR PARTNERS WHO HAVE HAVE DONE THOSE
00:57:33 THINGS. THE LAST FARE INCREASE WE HAD
00:57:36 WAS IN 23 SO IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS BUT WE'RE STILL SORT
00:57:40 OF BELOW THE WATERLINE IN TERMS OF WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE
00:57:44 CHARGING FOR SIMILAR SIMILAR EVENTS.
00:57:50 >> SO NEXT YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT $27.6 MILLION IN REVENUES.
00:58:01 >> THAT COMPARES TO 25.5 LAST YEAR OR THE THE FISCAL YEAR
00:58:05 THAT JUST ENDED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WE'RE REALLY
00:58:11 EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE AT THE ZOO.
00:58:15 WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING ONLINE THESE NEW MAJOR
00:58:17 EXHIBITS AND SORT OF I THINK WE WE TALKED ABOUT A JOINT ZOO,
00:58:23 THE ZOO'S 6.0. THE ZOO IS 96 YEARS OLD NOW
00:58:30 AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS THAT 100TH
00:58:33 BIRTHDAY AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW WE CAN SORT
00:58:37 OF REINTRODUCE THE ZOO TO THE CITY, TO THE BAY AREA AND THEN
00:58:41 TO THE WORLD. SO 27.6 ON RIVER NEWS.
00:58:51 OOPS OOPS, SORRY. >> THERE WE GO.
00:58:55 AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE REALLY VISUAL SO YOU CAN SEE
00:58:59 THE PIE CHART. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADMISSIONS
00:59:03 THAT REALLY DRIVES WHAT HAPPENS AT THE ZOO LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE
00:59:07 COME IN AND HOW MUCH THEY HOW MANY OF THEM ACTUALLY PAY
00:59:10 BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME FREE DAYS AND WE HAVE MUSEUM FOR ALL
00:59:13 AND OTHER THINGS WHICH ARE WONDERFUL TO GET PEOPLE YOU
00:59:17 KNOW, BOOTS, BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
00:59:18 BUT YOU KNOW TO PAY THE BILLS HAVING PAYING CUSTOMERS IS IS A
00:59:25 GOOD THING. AND THEN ON THE EXPENSE SIDE
00:59:32 WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $28.2 MILLION.
00:59:35 MOST OF THAT IS CONCENTRATED IN OUR ANIMAL CARE AND WELFARE
00:59:42 AND OUR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. >> SO THAT'S ABOUT TWO THIRDS
00:59:46 OR SO THE UPKEEP OF THE PARK AND THE CARE OF THE ANIMALS.
00:59:50 AND YOU KNOW A LOT OF THAT IS PERSONNEL BASED BUT ALSO SOME
00:59:54 OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY PAYING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
00:59:57 VARIOUS THINGS AND YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF OF THE
01:00:05 OTHER COMPONENTS. >> ONE ONE THING I WANT TO SAY
01:00:09 IS THAT WE HAVE RETURNED TO PRE-COVID STAFFING LEVELS.
01:00:13 IT'S TAKEN US SEVERAL YEARS TO DO THAT.
01:00:17 BUT WE'RE WE'RE BACK TO PRE-COVID STAFFING LEVELS
01:00:20 THROUGHOUT THE ZOO. AND SO WE'RE ACTIVATING FOLKS
01:00:28 TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO HELP MAINTAIN THE ZOO
01:00:35 AND AND UPKEEP IT. >> BUT WHEN YOU PUT THE NUMBERS
01:00:36 TOGETHER YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A ANTICIPATED SURPLUS
01:00:42 DEFICIT EXCUSE ME OF ALMOST $600,000.
01:00:45 AND SO WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING DOING IS ACTUALLY ACCESSING OUR
01:00:49 RESERVES TO FINANCE FINANCE THAT DEFICIT OVER THE NEXT YEAR
01:01:02 AND THAT'S ANOTHER VISUAL FOR FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
01:01:07 >> AND AS YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, ANIMAL CARE AND WELLNESS
01:01:10 AND BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS ARE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF OUR TOTAL
01:01:14 BUDGET. THANK YOU.
01:01:20 >> THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS
01:01:21 NEXT. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON
01:01:25 ITEM SIX? >> SEEING NONE IN THE ROOM, DO
01:01:29 WE HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED? NO HANDS RAISED PUBLIC
01:01:32 COMMUNIST CLOSED COMMISSION IS IN DISCUSSION ONLY BUT YOU HAVE
01:01:33 A QUESTION. OH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
01:01:36 THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING MR. PACE.
01:01:39 I'M NOT ON THE ZOO COMMITTEE ON EVERYTHING AND A LOT OF THINGS
01:01:43 I LEARNED ABOUT THE ZOO I'VE READ IN THE PAPER AND THERE'S
01:01:47 BEEN A LOT OF THINGS IN THE PAPER LATELY BUT SO WE WANT TO
01:01:50 BE I WANT TO BE EXCITED WITH YOU AND YOU SAY YOU SAY THAT
01:01:58 THAT YOU YOU SEE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING
01:02:05 TO THE ZOO AND ATTENDEES. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHERE DO YOU
01:02:09 GET THIS INFORMATION FROM THAT THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE
01:02:16 AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. SO I PROBABLY AM ONE OF THE TWO
01:02:20 OR THREE PEOPLE AT THE ZOO WHO TRACKS ATTENDANCE ON A DAILY
01:02:27 BASIS MORE THAN MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE I, I THINK THAT
01:02:34 YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD A REALLY TOUGH YEAR.
01:02:38 I MEAN AS YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, GOING IN THE PAPERS AND AND A
01:02:46 LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED
01:02:50 IN A VERY PUBLIC FORUM AND THE ZOO IS SAFE.
01:02:57 THE ANIMALS ARE SAFE. PEOPLE COMING HERE ARE SAFE.
01:03:01 YOU KNOW, CHILDREN, MOTHERS, FAMILIES, WHATEVER.
01:03:04 >> AND I THINK WE'RE WE'RE ABOUT TO TURN A NEW LEAF
01:03:09 HONESTLY AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT GOING TO YOU
01:03:16 KNOW, 3 MILLION PEOPLE COMING FROM 600,000 WE'RE TALKING TO
01:03:20 GO FROM 600 TO 700,000 WHICH WE'VE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO
01:03:23 BEFORE. BEFORE COVID WE WERE WE WERE
01:03:28 AVERAGING OVER 900,000 PEOPLE. >> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET
01:03:30 THOSE NUMBERS UP? WHAT ARE THE PLANS BECAUSE WE
01:03:33 WANT TO BE EXCITED WITH YOU BUT IT'S LIKE WE JUST NEED TO ASK.
01:03:37 >> YEAH, NO, I THINK I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
01:03:40 SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF MICRO EVENTS
01:03:43 LIKE FOR EXAMPLE JUST ON I THINK IT WAS JUNE 29TH WE HAD
01:03:48 THIS ROAR AND POUR LIKE WINE EVENT WHERE PEOPLE WALKED
01:03:52 AROUND AND THERE WAS A BUNCH OF WINERIES.
01:03:55 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SIMILAR THING IN OCTOBER OCTOBER FEST
01:03:58 AND WE'RE HAVING OUR SUMMER SUNSET SERIES WHERE PEOPLE COME
01:04:08 IN AND ENJOY MUSIC AND FESTIVE EVENTS.
01:04:12 >> BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S REALLY ABOUT ENERGIZING THE EXHIBITS
01:04:20 AND BRINGING MORE OF THE ANIMALS INTO PEOPLE'S FACES.
01:04:27 SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE WE'RE COMING FROM AND YOU
01:04:31 KNOW, WE MIGHT DO, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS LIKE ZOO LIGHTS OR
01:04:35 WHATEVER. >> WHO KNOWS?
01:04:36 BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TARGETED EVENTS EVERY SINGLE
01:04:40 MONTH AND MULTIPLE MULTIPLE TIMES DURING DURING MONTHS TO
01:04:46 TO GET PEOPLE REALLY ENERGIZED TO COME BACK TO THE ZOO.
01:04:48 >> AND HOW IS THE LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW, AT THE ZOO RIGHT NOW
01:04:51 LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES. >> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
01:04:55 CHANGES. SO TINY PETERSEN, THE CEO HAS
01:05:02 RETIRED AND SHE WILL BE STEPPING DOWN ON AUGUST 1ST.
01:05:09 AND THE BOARD HAS ASSIGNED A TWO PERSON INTERIM CO-CEO
01:05:16 RELATIONSHIP, ONE OF WHOM IS ME.
01:05:21 >> AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ACTIVELY AND VERY AGGRESSIVELY
01:05:24 RECRUITING FOR A NEW CEO AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN GET THEM.
01:05:31 IF I COULD SERVE AS CO-CEO FOR ONE DAY THAT'D BE GREAT.
01:05:37 >> WELL, WE WISH YOU THE BEST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:05:41 >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WINTER.
01:05:44 >> HI. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IT
01:05:46 MIGHT BE TOO EARLY TO SAY BUT SINCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
01:05:49 PANDAS IN 2026 AND VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, CAN
01:05:52 YOU SAY MORE ABOUT THE TIMING OF THAT IN TERMS OF THE
01:05:55 FACILITY AND THE FUNDRAISING AND WHAT THE ONGOING FUNDING
01:05:59 WILL BE FOR THEM AFTER THEY ARRIVE?
01:06:02 >> YEAH, THOSE ARE THREE BIG GIANT QUESTIONS.
01:06:06 SO WE ARE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA RIGHT NOW TO BRING
01:06:13 THE PANDAS TO SAN FRANCISCO ZOO AND WE DON'T THINK THAT IT'S
01:06:21 GOING TO BE SUPER EXPENSIVE THAT TENS OF MILLIONS OF
01:06:29 DOLLARS TO TO RENOVATE THE THE HABITAT THAT WE WANT TO PUT
01:06:36 THEM IN. AND FRANKLY, WE DON'T THINK
01:06:40 IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO BUILD THAT OUT AND SORT
01:06:44 OF RENOVATE. IT'S AN EXISTING HABITAT.
01:06:49 SO WE THINK WE CAN DO IT IN WELL UNDER A YEAR IN TERMS
01:06:53 OF FUNDRAISING AND SUPPORT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
01:07:00 IT'S ABSOLUTELY FRONT AND CENTER FOR US.
01:07:04 MY COUNTERPART CASSANDRA CASTELLO IS GOING TO BE JOINING
01:07:08 US AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER ON AUGUST 4TH.
01:07:12 AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER AS CO CO-CEO
01:07:18 AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN COLLABORATING ON A LOT OF IDEAS
01:07:22 ABOUT SOLIDIFYING OUR FUNDRAISING PLANS.
01:07:29 WE ALREADY HAVE MORE THAN $1 MILLION COMMITTED TO PANDAS FOR
01:07:33 CAPITAL. AND SO AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S
01:07:40 ACTUALLY A SIZABLE AMOUNT. SO I THINK WE CAN GET THERE.
01:07:47 OKAY. THANK YOU.
01:07:51 I SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS.
01:07:54 THANK YOU, JEFF. >> THANK YOU.
01:07:56 WE'RE NOW ON ITEM SEVEN TENDERLOIN RECREATION CENTER
01:07:59 IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACT AWARD. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
01:08:13 SORRY ABOUT THAT. GENERAL MANAGER PHIL GINSBERG
01:08:16 AND COMMISSION LIAISON ASHLEY SUMMERS.
01:08:20 I'M CARRIE AYRES, THE PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE CAPITAL
01:08:24 DIVISION. >> THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A
01:08:27 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION
01:08:31 CONTRACT FOR TENDERLOIN REC CENTER CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA
01:08:32 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO BAUMANN LANDSCAPE AND CONSTRUCTION INC
01:08:39 IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,638,460 TO COVER THE BASE BID AND BID
01:08:46 ALTERNATES ONE THREE AND FOUR. >> THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS
01:08:49 SEVERAL GOALS AND THE DEPARTMENT'S STRATEGIC PLAN
01:08:53 STRATEGY ONE INSPIRES SPACE THROUGH STRENGTHENING THE
01:08:57 QUALITY OF AN EXISTING FACILITY AND PROMOTES STEWARDSHIP
01:09:00 AND GOOD PARK BEHAVIOR STRATEGY TO INSPIRE PLAY THROUGH
01:09:04 IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY OF RECREATION PROGRAMS.
01:09:08 PROMOTING THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF SAN
01:09:09 FRANCISCO'S YOUTH AND ACTIVE PARKS THROUGH EVENTS
01:09:12 AND UNSTRUCTURED PLAY. >> STRATEGY THREE INSPIRE
01:09:16 INVESTMENT THROUGH INCREASED PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO MEET
01:09:20 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND CULTIVATING FULL FILL A
01:09:24 AND FOR PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT. AND LASTLY STRATEGY FOR INSPIRE
01:09:31 STEWARDSHIP BY PROMOTING NATURE CONNECTION FOR CHILDREN
01:09:34 TENDERLOIN REC CENTER LOCATED IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
01:09:38 COMMUNITY WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO OPEN SPACE IS A VITAL HUB
01:09:42 FOR CHILDREN'S PLAY AND FAMILY PROGRAMS.
01:09:45 THE AGING NONCOMPLIANT PLAYGROUND IS IN DISREPAIR
01:09:52 AND 2022 THE SITE WAS SELECTED FOR A NATURE EXPLORATION AREA
01:09:56 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KABOOM. AND RECEIVED A $1 MILLION CAL
01:10:00 FIRE GREEN SCHOOL YARD GRANT THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH WUI
01:10:04 CHILDREN'S SERVICES TO SUPPORT NATURE RICH EQUITABLE PLAY.
01:10:11 >> THE PROJECT INCLUDED A ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
01:10:14 PROCESS IN COLLABORATION WITH S.F. CHILDREN AND NATURE VALLEY
01:10:18 CHILDREN'S SERVICES AND KABOOM .
01:10:22 OUTREACH EVENTS WERE HELD DURING ONSITE PROGRAMS LIKE
01:10:26 FRIDAY FUN NIGHT AND NATURE PLAY DAYS WITH PRESCHOOLERS
01:10:30 HANDS ON DESIGN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED BUILDING YOUR OWN
01:10:34 OBSTACLE COURSE AND COLORING PAGES AND BEING INTERACTIVE
01:10:38 WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS THAT WERE THERE ON SITE.
01:10:41 >> STAKEHOLDER PARTNERS SUCH AS UP ON TOP WOOGIE CHILDREN'S
01:10:46 SERVICES TLC, B D, GLIDE STREET SOCCER USA AND OUR PD
01:10:54 OPERATIONS STAFF CONTRIBUTED TO REFINING THE DESIGN THAT
01:10:57 ALIGNED WITH THE COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES.
01:11:00 APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 16TH, 2025 THE FINAL
01:11:08 DESIGN BALANCED ACTIVE PLAY QUIET RETREAT AND NATURAL
01:11:12 AND NATURE EXPLORATION. KEY FEATURES INCLUDE A UNIFIED
01:11:16 ALL AGE PLAY AREA WITH CLIMBING STRUCTURES, A SWING SLIDES
01:11:20 AND CARVED LOGS. AN INTEGRATED NATURE
01:11:23 EXPLORATION AREA WITH STUMP EDGING AND PLANTING.
01:11:27 A RELOCATED SOCCER COURT TO BUFFER THE PROXIMITY OF THE
01:11:30 PLAYGROUND TO THE STREET. A FLEXIBLE GATHERING AREA FOR
01:11:35 QUIET USE NEAR THE ENTRANCE ADA UPGRADES AND NEW SEATING
01:11:39 THROUGHOUT FOR CAREGIVERS AND PROGRAM STAFF.
01:11:46 >> THE PROJECT WAS ADVERTISED IN MAY 2025 AND TWO BIDS WERE
01:11:49 RECEIVED. BAUMANN LANDSCAPE
01:11:52 AND CONSTRUCTION SUBMITTED THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID OF
01:11:58 1,528,000. >> A SUMMARY OF BIDS IS
01:11:59 ATTACHED FOR REFERENCE. >> ON JUNE 27TH PUBLIC WORKS
01:12:03 CONTRACT ADMIN CONFIRMED THAT BAUMANN LANDSCAPE
01:12:07 AND CONSTRUCTION WAS THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE
01:12:11 BIDDER UPON APPROVAL BY THIS COMMISSION AND CONTRACT
01:12:14 CERTIFICATE NATION'S CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES WILL
01:12:19 COMMENCE THIS SUMMER WITH A CONSTRUCTION DURATION OF
01:12:23 APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MONTHS AND OPENING TARGETED FOR SPRING
01:12:28 2026. IN SUMMARY STAFF RECOMMENDS
01:12:32 THAT THIS COMMISSION APPROVE THE AWARD OF A CONSTRUCTION
01:12:34 CONTRACT TO BAUMANN LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION INC FOR UP TO
01:12:42 $1,638,460 INCLUDING THE BASE BID AND BID ALTERNATES ONE
01:12:45 THREE AND FOUR. THANK YOU AND I'D LIKE TO OPEN
01:12:46 IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, CARRIE.
01:12:50 WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT REAL QUICK.
01:12:53 IS THERE ANYONE IN THE ROOM HERE TO COMMENT ON ITEM SEVEN?
01:12:55 SEEING NONE AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED SO
01:13:00 PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. COMMISSIONERS NOTHING FROM THE
01:13:03 COMMISSIONERS, RIGHT. ARE WE READY TO HAVE A MOTION A
01:13:11 SECOND TO APPROVE MOTION TAKEN LOUIE MOVES.
01:13:18 HALSEY SECOND. ALL RIGHT.
01:13:22 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR STATE I I ANY OPPOSITION?
01:13:25 >> NONE. THANK YOU.
01:13:26 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS, GARY.
01:13:28 WE'RE NOW ON ITEM EIGHT LIFT BIKE SHARE FIVE YEAR REVOKABLE
01:13:30 PERMIT. OH, OF COURSE.
01:13:44 MM
01:14:26 . >> GOOD AFTERNOON,
01:14:31 COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN GALLAGHER.
01:14:32 I AM A PROPERTY MANAGER WITH THE DEPARTMENT FAIRLY NEW AND I
01:14:35 WORK IN THE PROPERTY DIVISION AND THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
01:14:39 DIVISION WITH DANA KETCHUM AND NEIL PATEL.
01:14:45 TODAY WE ARE HERE TO BRING A DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE ACTION
01:14:50 TO APPROVE A FIVE YEAR PERMIT TO LIFT TO OPERATE BIKE SHARE
01:14:55 WITHIN SAN FRANCISCO PARKS. >> FIRST AND FOREMOST WHAT IS
01:15:06 BIKE SHARE? >> A BIKE SHARE PROGRAM IS A
01:15:10 SERVICE THAT ALLOWS RIDERS TO RENT BICYCLES FROM DOCKING
01:15:13 STATIONS WHERE BICYCLES CAN BE PICKED UP AND RETURNED.
01:15:21 >> THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BE AFFORDABLE, CONVENIENT AND EASY
01:15:25 TO USE. LESS BIKE SHARE CURRENTLY
01:15:29 OPERATES WITHIN THE UMBRELLA OF THE REGIONAL BIKE SHARE
01:15:32 AGREEMENTS. >> THE BAY AREA BIKE SHARE
01:15:39 SYSTEM OR BAY WHEELS IS A REGIONAL PROGRAM ADMINISTERED
01:15:43 BY THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
01:15:47 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LYFT. IT PROVIDES A NETWORK OF
01:15:51 BICYCLES FOR PUBLIC USE WITH AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE MTC,
01:15:54 LYFT AND PARTICIPATING BAY AREA CITIES INCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO.
01:15:58 LYFT HAS 550 STATIONS ACROSS THE BAY AREA AND IS THE SOLE
01:16:06 PROVIDER OF BIKE SHARE SERVICES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:16:07 THROUGH THE PROGRAM THE DEPARTMENT GRANTED LYFT A ONE
01:16:18 YEAR PERMIT IN 2020 THREE. SINCE THEN LYFT HAS ADDED
01:16:21 ANOTHER STATION ON 14TH AVENUE ALONG THE PRESIDIO GREENWAY.
01:16:28 THE PERMIT HAS BEEN OPERATING ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS SINCE
01:16:35 MAY 2024. >> WE HAVE A VARIETY OF
01:16:40 STATIONS IN OUR PARK SYSTEM. CURRENTLY WE HAVE A TOTAL OF
01:16:47 SIX CLASSIC BIKE SHARE STATIONS.
01:16:48 AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP AND SEVEN WERE VIRTUAL BIKE
01:16:54 SHARE STATIONS IN GOLDEN GATE PARK.
01:17:02 CLASSIC STATIONS FEATURE DOCKING STATIONS FOR
01:17:06 TRADITIONAL AND ELECTRIC BIKES. RIDERS CAN LOCK A BIKE USING A
01:17:13 CLIPPER CARD OR THE LYFT APP AND CAN DOCK ANY BAY WHEELS
01:17:18 BIKE FOR FREE. >> VIRTUAL STATIONS ARE BIKE
01:17:25 RACKS LOCATED THROUGHOUT GOLDEN GATE PARK THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO
01:17:29 ALL RIDERS AND THEY FUNCTION AS A STATION FOR E-BIKES.
01:17:36 LYFT RIDERS MAY DOCK ONE PARTICULAR MODEL OF E-BIKE WITH
01:17:40 A BUILT IN CABLE LOCK AND THEIR RIDES AT VIRTUAL STATIONS.
01:17:53 >> STATIONS IN GOLDEN GATE PARK HAVE RANKED CONSISTENTLY AMONG
01:17:58 THE MOST POPULAR STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE BAY WHEELS
01:18:02 NETWORK. ALL ARE CLASSIC STATIONS AT
01:18:08 EIGHT CURRENTLY AT EIGHTH AVENUE AND JFK DRIVE AT POMPEI
01:18:12 CIRCLE AND AT THE GREAT HIGHWAY .
01:18:19 >> DUE TO THE POPULAR CITY OF LYFT'S BIKE SHARE PROGRAM WE
01:18:24 WOULD LIKE TO GRANT THEM A NEW FIVE YEAR TERM.
01:18:31 THE PROPOSED TERMS WILL LARGELY BE THE SAME AS THE PRIOR
01:18:32 AGREEMENT IN PLACE SAVE FOR THE TERM THAT IT WILL BE FIVE YEARS
01:18:39 WITH THE MUTUAL POWERS OF REVOCATION CURRENTLY
01:18:46 AND PROPOSED. THE PROPOSED TERM WOULD BE FOR
01:18:47 MONTHLY PERMIT FEES PAID TO THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE 13.5% OF
01:18:54 OVERAGE FEES. AN OVERAGE FEE INCLUDES FEES
01:18:58 PAID BY RIDERS WHO GO OVER THE ALLOTTED TIME FOR A TRIP
01:19:02 AND RIDERS WHO PURCHASE ANY PASSES THAT IS FOR SEVEN DAYS
01:19:06 OR LESS. >> THE PERMIT FEES DO NOT APPLY
01:19:09 TO ANY BIKE SHARE FOR ALL TRIPS WHICH IS LYFT'S LOW INCOME
01:19:13 PROGRAM. >> LYFT WILL BE SOLELY
01:19:24 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE
01:19:25 AND OPERATION OF THE CLASSIC TWO STATIONS AND WILL ALSO BE
01:19:28 RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING ALL FACILITIES PLACED IN OR ON THE
01:19:34 PERMIT AREAS. LYFT MAY SHOULD MAKE SHALL MAKE
01:19:39 ALL REASONABLY NECESSARY REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS TO THE
01:19:41 CLASSIC STATIONS. LYFT MUST REMOVE ALL GRAFFITI
01:19:49 FROM ALL CLASSIC STATIONS WITHIN 48 HOURS AND THE
01:19:53 STATIONS MAY BE REMOVED IN CONNECTION WITH SPECIAL
01:19:57 EVENTS PROVIDED NOTICE TO LIFT. THANK YOU.
01:20:04 >> OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT
01:20:07 ON ITEM EIGHT IN THE ROOM TODAY ?
01:20:11 OKAY. SEEING NONE ARE THERE ANY HANDS
01:20:12 RAISED ON OUR WEBEX? NO HANDS RAISED.
01:20:15 >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. COMMISSIONERS WORK.
01:20:22 I HAVE A QUESTION WITH THE NEW OR WITH THIS RENEWAL OF A
01:20:27 PERMIT. WHAT INPUTS WERE TAKEN TO
01:20:30 RENEW? WAS THERE ANY USER FEEDBACK
01:20:34 FROM HOW THE CURRENT YOU KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT LOCATIONS ARE?
01:20:38 I SAW OBVIOUSLY THE USAGE BUT I'M CURIOUS IF LYFT YOU KNOW
01:20:42 PROVIDED ANY USER FEEDBACK ETC. .
01:20:45 >> LIST PROVIDED US WITH SOME DATA AS FAR AS USAGE BUT AS FAR
01:20:49 AS FEEDBACK THEY MEAN FROM LYFT OR FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC FROM
01:20:56 FROM LIKE LYFT USERS. IF THERE WAS ANY QUALITATIVE
01:21:00 FEEDBACK AS WELL WE WOULD LIKE THIS OR WE LIKE THAT IT ETC..
01:21:05 POSITIVE NEGATIVE. ANYTHING.
01:21:08 >> WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY DATA REGARDING USER FEEDBACK
01:21:13 BUT WE WE CAN GATHER THAT AND SUBMIT IT TO THE COMMITTEE
01:21:16 AT A LATER TIME IF NEEDED. >> THANK YOU.
01:21:20 >> OKAY I HAVE SOME USER FEEDBACK FOR YOU.
01:21:24 I'M LOOKING AT MY LYFT RIDE HISTORY AND ON MAY MARCH 23RD,
01:21:31 20 25 I SECURED A LYFT E-BIKE AT LAFAYETTE PARK AND MY
01:21:38 INTENTION WAS TO DRIVE IT THROUGH GOLDEN GATE PARK ALL
01:21:39 THE WAY TO SUNSET DUNES. >> THERE WERE NO INSTRUCTIONS
01:21:43 OTHER THAN LIKE HOW TO PAY FOR IT AND WERE TO RETURN IT.
01:21:50 >> ZIPPO. SO WHILE I WAS IN JFK PROMENADE
01:21:54 I DID WHAT ANY NORMAL PERSON WOULD DO THAT YOU WOULD WANT
01:21:58 THEM TO DO. I STOPPED AT THE COMMUNITY
01:22:01 PIANO CIRCLE AND SANG A SONG. THEN WHEN I GO BACK TO MY LYFT
01:22:06 E-BIKE IT WON'T GO. >> I WAS VERY FAR FROM ANOTHER
01:22:12 LYFT BIKE. I HAD TO GET ON THE BACK OF A
01:22:16 FRIEND'S BICYCLE AND HE RODE ME OVER TO ANOTHER LYFT BIKE
01:22:20 STATION WHERE I SECURED ANOTHER LYFT E-BIKE AND I HAD TO PAY
01:22:24 THE 3.99 DOCKING FEE AGAIN AND AFFORDABILITY YOU KNOW,
01:22:31 $0.30 A MINUTE DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT BUT I USED IT THE
01:22:35 FIRST TIME FOR TWO HOURS AND 17 MINUTES AND IT WAS $48.92.
01:22:41 >> I CAN GET A RENTAL CAR FOR CHEAPER THAN THAT.
01:22:46 >> SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR LYFT WHO IS THE ONLY BIKE SHARE
01:22:49 PROVIDER IN THE ENTIRE MTC AREA?
01:22:53 >> I DON'T LIKE MONOPOLIES AND I DON'T LIKE BAD SERVICE
01:22:57 AND I AM NOT IMPRESSED WITH THIS E-BIKES THING.
01:23:01 THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTIONS THAT YOU CAN'T LET
01:23:02 THE BIKES STAND FOR MORE THAN X NUMBER OF MINUTES OR IT WILL
01:23:06 LOCK. I HAD NO IDEA.
01:23:09 I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY MINUTES IT TOOK AND IT WAS REALLY
01:23:13 INCONVENIENT TO HAVE TO GO AND FIND ANOTHER BIKE AND PAY
01:23:17 FOR IT AGAIN. >> YEAH JUST THANK YOU FOR THE
01:23:24 COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER. YOU KNOW LYFT AS YOU NOTED THEY
01:23:27 ARE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN WHEN IT COMES TO BIKE SHARE SO WE
01:23:28 DON'T REALLY HAVE TOO MANY OTHER OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO
01:23:31 PROVIDER. THEY ARE REALLY SUCCESSFUL
01:23:33 THERE AS YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND THE RIDERSHIP
01:23:36 IS REALLY HIGH. WE'LL PASS THAT FEEDBACK ON TO
01:23:38 THEM I THINK HOW TO YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE TO RIDERS ON WHAT
01:23:42 TO DO, WHERE TO PARK, WHERE NOT TO PARK IS REALLY, REALLY
01:23:44 IMPORTANT TO US AND WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH
01:23:47 THEIR STAFF BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE PARK CLUTTERED WITH
01:23:51 E-BIKES OR HAVE THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE AND COMMISSIONERS
01:23:54 WHERE YOU KNOW WE WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME.
01:23:55 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE ESTABLISHED THAT WHEN YOUR
01:23:57 PERMIT TRYING TO FIND SUITABLE LOCATIONS YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T
01:24:01 WANT TO HAVE TO REMOVE THEM FOR ALL OF OUR FESTIVALS, FOR ALL
01:24:05 OF OUR RACES. IT IS KIND OF KEEP IT SIMPLE
01:24:08 YOU KNOW IF IN THE FUTURE THEY WANT TO ADD THAT WE'LL GO
01:24:10 THROUGH ANOTHER PROCESS. BUT FOR NOW LYFT SEEMS PRETTY
01:24:13 OKAY WITH THE NETWORK THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED BUT THIS
01:24:17 PERMIT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP AND IF
01:24:20 IF THEY CHOOSE BE ABLE TO ADD OR SUBTRACT STATIONS KIND OF
01:24:22 RELATIVELY QUICKLY. >> THANK YOU.
01:24:25 YEAH, WE DEFINITELY NEED CLARITY BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING
01:24:28 TO RIDE YOUR BICYCLE THROUGH THE JFK PROMENADE THERE ARE A
01:24:32 LOT OF ATTRACTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO STOP AND LOOK AT.
01:24:33 >> SO WHEN PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO USE AN E-BIKE THEY
01:24:37 CAN'T USE A MANUAL BIKE. YOU KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE A
01:24:41 DISABILITY OR YOU'RE TIRED OR YOU'RE OLDER, YOU KNOW THAT'S A
01:24:44 TERRIBLE WAY TO GET STUCK. YOU KNOW THAT THAT DEFINITELY
01:24:48 NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED RIGHT AWAY.
01:24:49 >> AND THEN I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, AT A CERTAIN DOLLAR LEVEL
01:24:52 LET'S SAY WHATEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, I ALMOST MADE IT TO 50
01:24:56 BUCKS. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY
01:24:58 ANYTHING MORE TO USE THE BIKE LIKE $0.30 A MINUTE WITH NO
01:25:02 CAP. SEEMS LIKE A LOT TO ME.
01:25:05 THERE'S IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO BE AFFORDABLE
01:25:09 ,CONVENIENT, EASY TO USE. I DIDN'T EXPERIENCE ANY OF
01:25:10 THOSE WITH THE E-BIKES NOTED JUST ONE THING TO NOTE MTA
01:25:22 SELECTS LYFT AS A LYFT BIKE PROVIDER AND WE WILL PASS THIS
01:25:25 FEEDBACK ON TO MTA. WE WERE ASKED TO ADD GOLDEN
01:25:30 GATE PARK. THE LAFAYETTE ONE IS ON THE
01:25:33 STREET. IT'S NOT IN LAFAYETTE PARK TO
01:25:36 THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THE PUBLIC WANTED IT AND WE WILL PASS THIS
01:25:39 FEEDBACK BACK PRIMARILY TO MTA BECAUSE THEY MAKE THE AGREEMENT
01:25:43 ON THE RATES WITH LYFT. >> OKAY THANK YOU.
01:25:47 DO DO I DON'T GET TO FLEX MY POWER THAT MUCH BUT I'M DOING
01:25:51 THIS ON BEHALF OF 800,000 SAN FRANCISCANS I THINK.
01:25:55 >> ALL RIGHT LET'S SEE COMMISSIONER MAZOLA THANK YOU.
01:26:02 I KIND OF AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER ANDERSON'S
01:26:06 COMMENTS AND TO GO EVEN FURTHER ON THAT I JUST HAD A QUESTION
01:26:09 ON. SO IT'S A REVOKABLE PERMIT BUT
01:26:14 IT'S ONLY IF BOTH SIDES AGREE THAT WAS THAT WHAT YOU SAID?
01:26:17 SO SO ONE SIDE COULDN'T GET OUT OF IT WITHOUT THE OTHER SIDE A
01:26:21 GREEN ONE ONE SIDE COULD BE OUT OF IT.
01:26:24 RENEWAL IS NEEDED. BOTH SIDES TO AGREE AFTER THE
01:26:28 FIVE YEARS. RIGHT.
01:26:28 OKAY SO IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE WE'D FELT LIKE IT'S NOT WORKING
01:26:35 OUT. >> WE'RE STUCK FOR FIVE YEARS.
01:26:38 NO, I THINK WE COULD WE COULD CHOOSE TO REVOKE IT.
01:26:43 >> SO CHRISTINA YES IT IS REVOKABLE OKAY.
01:26:47 >> YES, I THOUGHT IT SAID WITH MUTUAL CONSENT AS WHAT I
01:26:50 THOUGHT HE SAID EARLIER. AND THEN THE OTHER THING YOU
01:26:54 KNOW I WORK ON MARKET STREET AND I SEE SOME OF THESE BIKES.
01:26:57 HAVE YOU GUYS LEARNED HOW TO MITIGATE THE ISSUES AS FAR AS
01:27:01 HOMELESS PEOPLE USING THESE THINGS AND AND SOMETIMES I SEE
01:27:05 THEM LEFT RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR DOORWAY SO IS THAT GOING TO
01:27:09 HAPPEN GOING GATE PARK ARE THEY GOING TO LEAVE THEM ALL OVER
01:27:10 THE PLACE OR. YEAH.
01:27:12 SO YOU KNOW THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL FOR TWO YEARS
01:27:16 AND THAT WAS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS WAS WE DIDN'T WANT OUR
01:27:17 PARK STAFF HAVING TO CHASE THEM DOWN OR HAVE THEM LITTERED
01:27:20 EVERYWHERE THEY ARE. LYFT IS INCENTIVIZED TO REMOVE
01:27:24 THEM IF OUR RANGERS SEE THEM, IF OUR OPERATION STAFF SEE THEM
01:27:28 THEY WILL IMPOUND THEM AND WE CHARGE LYFT A $70 IMPOUND FEE
01:27:32 TO RETRIEVE THEM AND THAT HAPPENS AND WE ISSUE THAT ON
01:27:35 THE REGULAR SO THEY YOU KNOW, THEY GET THE ALERT IF THEIR
01:27:38 BIKE IS, YOU KNOW, LOST THAT'S NOT IN A STATION OR IT'S BEEN
01:27:43 ABANDONED. THEY KNOW THROUGH THEIR OWN
01:27:44 TECHNOLOGY AND WE'VE BEEN VERY ADAMANT WITH THEM THAT THEY
01:27:47 NEED TO HUSTLE PRIORITY AS THAT AND GET THEM OUT OF THERE, KIND
01:27:51 OF COLLECT THEM AND SCOOP THEM. SO IN THE PARK IN THE LAST
01:27:54 COUPLE OF YEARS I'LL SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD TOO MANY
01:27:55 COMPLAINTS WITH OUR PARK STAFF OR FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT, YOU
01:27:58 KNOW, ABANDONED BIKES OR BIKES EVERYWHERE.
01:28:03 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE SAME DOWNTOWN.
01:28:04 I THINK IT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION AND THAT'S OUTSIDE OF
01:28:06 OUR CONTROL. BUT WE'VE WE'VE SENT THAT
01:28:07 MESSAGE TO LEFT PRETTY STRONG AND CLEAR AND SO FAR I THINK
01:28:10 IT'S BEEN OKAY. >> THANKS FOR YOUR ANSWERS.
01:28:13 >> THANK YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY
01:28:14 AND REVOKE ABILITY IT IS NOT FREELY REVOKABLE BUT WE CAN
01:28:18 CHANGE OR SHUT DOWN ANY STATION THAT ISN'T WORKING OUT AT ANY
01:28:22 TIME. AND IF MTA NO LONGER USES LEFT
01:28:25 WE CAN WE CAN CANCEL THE PERMIT BUT RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW THE IT
01:28:30 IS A CITYWIDE AGREEMENT AND WE'RE NOW PART OF IT WHICH
01:28:33 WE HAD NOT BEEN FOR A WHILE. >> GOT IT.
01:28:36 THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
01:28:40 >> NO MORE QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS.
01:28:44 >> ARE WE READY FOR A VOTE? ALL RIGHT.
01:28:45 I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND ON APPROVING THIS FIVE YEAR
01:28:48 REVOKABLE PERMIT THAT WE YOU SAID THE WORD REVISE THIS FROM
01:29:05 MY MICHAEL MICHAEL, IT'S YOU NEED TO TURN YOUR MIC ON.
01:29:10 >> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THIS FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH LIFT
01:29:17 AND DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND. OKAY.
01:29:21 >> CAN WE HAVE A VOTE ROLL CALL.
01:29:22 VOTE PLEASE. OH, ABSOLUTELY.
01:29:24 OKAY. ON THAT MOTION COMMISSIONERS
01:29:25 WALK. COMMISSIONER ZOLA, I
01:29:32 COMMISSIONER WINTHROP HIGH COMMISSIONER LOUIS MISSIONER
01:29:33 HALSEY HIGH COMMISSIONER CLARK FERRARA AND COMMISSIONER
01:29:37 ANDERSON NAY OKAY IT PASSES. >> ALL RIGHT.
01:29:43 WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NINE MISSION CREEK PARK PAVILION LEASE
01:29:46 AGREEMENT AND LEASE EXTENSION ALL RIGHT.
01:29:53 HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
01:29:54 CHAIR ANDERSON MY NAME IS NEIL PATEL.
01:29:56 WE'RE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT HERE AT ROCK AND PARK AND TODAY I'M
01:29:58 REALLY EXCITED TO BRING TO YOU A PROPOSED LEASE FOR THE
01:30:00 PAVILION IN MISSION BAY. >> THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A
01:30:06 THREE YEAR LEASE WITH TWO POSSIBLE THREE YEAR EXTENSIONS
01:30:08 WITH BOURBON COFFEE DOING BUSINESS AS ZOCALO COFFEE
01:30:11 AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THAT COMPANY HERE WITH US
01:30:15 TODAY. >> IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, THE
01:30:21 PAVILION IS A BEAUTIFUL MODERN BUILDING.
01:30:22 IT'S JUST IT'S PRETTY MUCH ENCLOSED BY GLASS ON THREE
01:30:25 SIDES RIGHT ALONG MISSION CREEK.
01:30:29 YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF FAMILIES WALKING WITH STROLLERS WITH
01:30:32 DOGS IN THAT PARK SYSTEM NEARBY TAXI HAPPENING IN THE MORNING.
01:30:36 IT'S REALLY IS A REALLY POPULAR COMMUNITY SPACE RIGHT NEXT TO
01:30:40 OUR QUIRKY HOUSEBOATS THAT WE HAVE ALONG MISSION CREEK
01:30:43 AND JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM GIANTS STADIUM RECREATION
01:30:47 PARK. SO WE TOOK OVER MANAGEMENT OF
01:30:51 THE MISSION BAY PARK SYSTEM BACK IN 2023 AS WELL AS
01:30:55 MANAGEMENT OF THIS BUILDING. >> IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE
01:30:59 A CAFE AND THERE'S SOME KIND OF HOOKUPS AND ROUGH IN PLUMBING
01:31:03 AND ELECTRICAL BUT IT WAS NEVER BUILT OUT SO IT WAS REALLY JUST
01:31:07 A KIND OF A SHELL OF A BUILDING ALTHOUGH BEAUTIFUL AND FINISHED
01:31:10 INSIDE WE IN IT SINCE WE ACQUIRED THE PARK SYSTEM TOOK
01:31:14 OVER MANAGEMENT WE UTILIZED IT AS A FACILITY RENTAL FOR
01:31:17 CORPORATE EVENTS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES I THINK MAYBE A WEDDING
01:31:19 OR TWO. >> BUT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
01:31:24 REALLY, REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING IT TURN INTO
01:31:25 SOMETHING MORE. WE WE'VE DONE SOME WALKTHROUGHS
01:31:28 WITH FOLKS FROM THE SUPERVISORS OFFICE, FROM SOME OF THE
01:31:33 NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS AND THERE IS A STRONG DESIRE
01:31:35 THERE WAS A STRONG DESIRE TO TURN THIS INTO A CAFE AND A
01:31:37 COMMUNITY GATHERING LOCATION. YOU CAN SEE THE INSIDE YOU KNOW
01:31:41 IT'S GOT POTENTIAL BUT IT NEEDS IT NEEDS SOMEONE TO LOVE IT
01:31:45 AND TO BRING IT TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL.
01:31:48 >> SO WE IN THE DEPARTMENT WE ISSUED AN RFP BACK IN FEBRUARY.
01:31:52 WE YOU KNOW, SUPPORT SPREAD THE WORD AS FAR AND WIDE AND WE
01:31:59 WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
01:32:00 ASSOCIATIONS IN THAT AREA. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, PEOPLE
01:32:03 IN MISSION BAY ARE VERY VESTED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND VERY
01:32:06 ACTIVE AND ENGAGED. >> BUT IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE
01:32:07 WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE FOLKS IN THAT AREA.
01:32:10 WE RECEIVED THREE PROPOSALS AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THEY
01:32:14 WERE ALL BAY AREA SMALL BUSINESSES AND OUR SELECTION
01:32:18 COMMITTEE SPENT TOOK A LOT OF TIME IN REVIEWING EACH OF THE
01:32:21 THREE AND YOU KNOW, KIND OF REALLY, REALLY CONSIDER EACH OF
01:32:24 THEM WE ALLOWED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE SO WE ASKED
01:32:27 EACH OF THE PROPOSALS TO SUBMIT A PUBLIC SUMMARY.
01:32:30 WE POSTED THOSE ON OUR WEBSITE. WE HAD PEOPLE READ THEM
01:32:35 AND PROVIDE COMMENTS AND WE RECEIVED OVER 200 COMMENTS
01:32:37 LARGELY SUPPORTIVE OF ANYONE. AND THEN YOU KNOW PEOPLE KIND
01:32:42 OF VOICED DIFFERENT SUPPORT FOR DIFFERENT ITEMS AND DIFFERENT
01:32:46 CAFES AND THE GOALS OF THE RFP WERE TO ONE PROVIDE FOOD
01:32:52 AND BEVERAGE SERVICE AND THEN TWO TO PROVIDE AMENITIES
01:32:55 AND SUPPORT THE MISSION BAY NEIGHBORHOOD AS I MENTIONED,
01:32:59 THERE'S KIND OF A LACK OF A COMMUNITY CENTER IN MISSION BAY
01:33:00 AND I THINK THERE'S A DESIRE FOR ALTHOUGH A COMMERCIAL
01:33:03 OPERATION FOR IT TO SOMEHOW SERVE AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY
01:33:07 GATHERINGS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, THINGS
01:33:10 LIKE THAT AND THEN OF COURSE OUR OWN EXPECTATION TO MAKE
01:33:12 SURE THAT ANY OPERATOR WE FIND MAINTAINS THAT OPERATES IT SO
01:33:15 THAT IT IS ON PAR WITH OUR BEAUTIFUL PARK SYSTEM AND OUR
01:33:21 PROPOSED TERM THAT WE HAVE OUR SELECTION WAS ZOCALO COFFEE
01:33:25 AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM LATER.
01:33:29 BUT THE LEASE TERMS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS A THREE YEAR LEASE
01:33:31 TERM WITH TWO POTENTIAL THREE YEAR EXTENSIONS.
01:33:33 RENTS WILL BE $3,250 A MONTH OR A PERCENTAGE RENT WHICHEVER IS
01:33:39 GREATER AND WE THE PERCENTAGE RENT VARIES DEPENDING ON
01:33:43 PRODUCT TYPE 12% OF ALL ALCOHOL SALES AND 8% OF ALL FOOD
01:33:47 NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR MERCHANDISE.
01:33:50 WE ARE PROPOSING TO GIVE THEM A SIX MONTH WAIVER OF RENT.
01:33:54 AS I MENTIONED THE SPACE NEEDS SOME WORK AND CONSTRUCTION TO
01:33:56 BE BUILT OUT. WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE
01:33:59 BIT OF TIME TO DO THAT AND TO KIND OF JUST GET UP AND RUNNING
01:34:02 BEFORE ANY SORT OF RENT IS ASSESSED.
01:34:06 >> THESE ARE THE HOURS THAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED AND WE HAVE
01:34:09 WORKED WITH THEM ON AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOMETHING
01:34:13 THAT'S OPEN DURING THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING AND THAT
01:34:14 WAS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
01:34:17 YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY A PLACE FOR A COFFEE OR A SNACK OR LUNCH
01:34:19 BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO SIT ON THE WATERFRONT WITH A GLASS OF
01:34:22 WINE OR TO HAVE SOMEPLACE TO GO AND TO BE AS A COMMUNITY AND AS
01:34:28 A NEIGHBORHOOD A LITTLE BIT INTO THE EVENING AND YOU KNOW,
01:34:32 I THINK SO CLUBS ARE INTERESTED IN ADJUSTING THESE AS NEEDED.
01:34:36 YOU KNOW, WE'VE NEVER HAD A CAFE IN THIS LOCATION SO WE
01:34:37 DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK, YOU KNOW, AND AS LONG
01:34:40 AS WE WORK WITH THE CAFE OPERATOR, YOU KNOW WE'LL ADJUST
01:34:45 THESE AS NEEDED. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
01:34:46 ARE SUCCESSFUL AND ALSO THAT THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, KIND
01:34:49 OF GETS THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN.
01:34:53 >> THEY WILL BE PROVIDING TABLES AND CHAIRS BOTH INSIDE
01:34:56 AND OUTSIDE. SO AS I MENTIONED, THEY THEY
01:35:01 WILL BE BUILDING OUT THE CAFE AND THEY WILL BE DOING THE
01:35:04 MAINTENANCE ON THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.
01:35:07 WE AS A DEPARTMENT WOULD DO ANY SORT OF STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT
01:35:09 ARE NEEDED FOR THE ROOF OR THE INTEGRITY OF THE WALLS
01:35:12 AND THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD FOR MOST OF OUR COMMERCIAL
01:35:15 OPERATIONS. AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ZOCALO
01:35:19 THEY ARE HERE AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE COMMENT
01:35:20 DURING PUBLIC COMMENT BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THEY THEY
01:35:23 DID AND THAT THEY WERE THE SELECTED TENANT.
01:35:26 THEY ARE A WOMAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS BASED IN THE EAST BAY
01:35:31 WITH A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS OUT OUT THERE IN OAKLAND AND SAN
01:35:34 LEANDRO. THEY ALSO HAVE A SMALL CAFE
01:35:36 IN INSIDE OF THE HAYWARD LIBRARY AND I KNOW THE
01:35:39 SELECTION COMMITTEE WAS WAS EXCITED BY THAT.
01:35:42 YOU KNOW THEY HAD EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT
01:35:45 AND KIND OF PROVIDING AN AMENITY FOR FOR THE COMMUNITY
01:35:46 AND THEY ALSO HAVE A COMMISSARY KITCHEN AND THEY ALSO ROAST
01:35:50 THEIR OWN COFFEE BEANS. SO ALL OF THAT IS THE EAST BAY.
01:35:53 THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST SAN FRANCISCO OPERATION AND THEY'RE
01:35:57 VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. YOU KNOW AND I'LL SAY THAT I
01:36:00 THINK WE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WE ARE ALWAYS REALLY HAPPY WHEN WE
01:36:04 CAN SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES. BAY AREA BUSINESSES KIND OF
01:36:08 GROW THEIR OPERATION AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A
01:36:11 GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DO SO.
01:36:16 THIS IS A RENDERING YOU KNOW THAT THEY INCLUDED IN THEIR
01:36:17 PROPOSAL WE WILL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH PARK STAFF
01:36:20 ON ANY SORT OF SIGNAGE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
01:36:23 BUT I'M JUST EXCITED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BREATHE SOME
01:36:24 LIFE INTO THIS. THEY'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED SOME
01:36:28 FLOOR PLANS AND WE WILL WORK WITH OUR SOCIAL MAINTENANCE
01:36:30 YARD TO GET THOSE APPROVED AND SUPPORT THEM ANY WAY THAT
01:36:34 WE CAN WITH HEALTH AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS AS THEY MOVE DOWN
01:36:37 THAT PROCESS. >> I ANTICIPATE SOMETIME LATER
01:36:42 THIS FALL OPERATIONS. BUT AGAIN A LOT OF THAT IS
01:36:45 CONTINGENT UPON THE BUILD OUT AND WE'LL SEE HOW LONG THAT
01:36:48 TAKES. AND WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO
01:36:49 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
01:36:52 OKAY. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC
01:36:54 COMMENT BEFORE WE GET TO THE LOVELY BUSINESS OWNERS.
01:36:56 I THINK WE HAVE BRIAN DOYLE HERE FROM SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S
01:36:59 OFFICE TO SPEAK. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS
01:37:11 CHAIR ANDERSON MY NAME'S BRIAN DARLING, A LEGISLATIVE AIDE
01:37:16 AND SUPERVISOR AT DORSEY'S OFFICE, A REPRESENT DISTRICT
01:37:18 SIX WHICH INCLUDES MISSION BAY. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY OFFICE'S
01:37:22 STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED LEASE AGREEMENT AT THE MISSION
01:37:26 CREEK PAVILION. WE BELIEVE ZOCALO COFFEE WILL
01:37:27 BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE MISSION BAY COMMUNITY AND HELP
01:37:30 ACTIVATE A SPACE THAT IS OFTEN UNDERUTILIZED.
01:37:34 THE ZOCALO IS A SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS WITH SIX FOUR
01:37:37 LOCATIONS IN THE EAST BAY AND A CLEAR TRACK RECORD OF CREATING
01:37:40 COMMUNITY ORIENTED SPACES. WE WERE DELIGHTED TO SEE THE
01:37:44 PROPOSAL INCLUDES IDEAS LIKE TRIVIA NIGHTS GAME NIGHTS, LIVE
01:37:48 MUSIC AND OF COURSE FOOD AND BEVERAGE ALONG THE CREEK
01:37:51 ALL OF WHICH WOULD HELP TRANSFORM THE PAVILION INTO A
01:37:53 VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD DESTINATION.
01:37:56 SINCE SUPERVISOR DORSEY TOOK OFFICE SEVERAL CONSTITUENT HAVE
01:38:00 ASKED WHY THE PAVILION IS INACTIVATED ON A DAILY BASIS.
01:38:02 THIS LEASE AGREEMENT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE CITY LISTENING
01:38:05 TO HIS CONSTITUENTS AND TAKING ACTION.
01:38:09 WE WANT TO THANK GREG PARK FOR ISSUING THE RFP AND OF COURSE
01:38:12 LOCAL COFFEE FOR THEIR INTERESTS IN JOINING THE
01:38:15 MISSION BAY COMMUNITY SUPERVISOR DORSEY AND I HOPE
01:38:17 YOU SUPPORT THIS ITEM. >> THANKS.
01:38:20 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:38:20 AND THEN DANIEL AND SARA, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US UP
01:38:24 HERE NEARLY TWO MINUTES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON
01:38:34 COMMISSIONERS. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?
01:38:35 HELLO. PERFECT.
01:38:38 MY NAME IS SARAH. YOU WILL HURT AND I'M THE OWNER
01:38:39 OF ZOCALO COFFEE FIRST I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE
01:38:42 GRATITUDE TO NEIL PATEL AND THE RECS AND PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR
01:38:46 RECOMMENDING US AS WELL AS SUPERVISOR DORSEY.
01:38:51 THANK YOU FOR THAT ENDORSEMENT AND TO ALL OF YOU ALL FOR THE
01:38:54 OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED TO OPERATE A CAFE IN THE MISSION
01:38:56 CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD, THE WORD ZOCALO REFERS BACK TO MEXICO
01:39:01 CITY TO A TOWN SQUARE OR A CENTRAL GATHERING PLACE A
01:39:04 COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER.
01:39:07 THAT MEETING THAT MEETING IS AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO
01:39:09 AT ZOCALO COFFEE I BELIEVE THAT A CAFE SHOULD BE MORE THAN JUST
01:39:12 A PLACE TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE. IT SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE
01:39:16 NEIGHBORS CAN COME TOGETHER AND THEY CAN PLAN AND DISCUSS
01:39:19 AND CREATE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY WANT TO SEE AND WHAT
01:39:23 THEY WANT TO DO AND YES AND TRIVIA AND MUSIC AND ALL OF
01:39:26 THE THINGS THAT COME TOGETHER TO MAKE A COMMUNITY LIVELY
01:39:30 AND A GREAT SPACE TO BE YES. CONNECT CONVERSATIONS
01:39:37 AND COMMUNITY FLOURISHING EMISSION CREEK THAT SPIRIT OF
01:39:38 COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS IS ALREADY VERY STRONG.
01:39:42 I HAVE BEEN WELCOMED AND SUPPORTED BY NEIGHBORS THAT
01:39:45 I HAVEN'T EVEN MET YET. BILL HOLT SENT ME AN EMAIL
01:39:49 ASKING ME TO COME TO A GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING ON SUNDAY
01:39:52 AND I WILL DEFINITELY BE THERE WITH COFFEE TO MEET HIM.
01:39:56 I LOOK FORWARD TO LISTENING AND ENGAGING AND SHARING OUR
01:39:58 LOVE OF COFFEE, COMMUNE AND COMMUNITY WITH OUR NEW
01:40:01 NEIGHBORS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THIS
01:40:04 OPPORTUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GROWING WITH YOU.
01:40:07 THANK YOU. DANIEL SOMETHING YOU TOLD ME
01:40:14 ALL ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE
01:40:18 COMMISSIONERS AND CHAIR ANDERSON.
01:40:22 I'M DAN GRACE. I'M VICE PRESIDENT WITH ZOCALO
01:40:24 COFFEE I'VE BEEN ACTING AS OUR TEAM LEAD ON THE MISSION CREEK
01:40:30 PROJECT AND I'LL BE INVOLVED WITH IT INTIMATELY OVER THE
01:40:36 NEXT SIX MONTHS OR YEARS ESPECIALLY AS WE GET GOING.
01:40:37 LIKE SARA I WANT TO THANK THE OUR PD AND NEIL PATEL
01:40:44 IN PARTICULAR FOR THEIR WORK AROUND THIS PROCESS NOT ONLY
01:40:45 IN DRAFTING AN RFP AND RUNNING THE PROCESS BUT REALLY
01:40:49 IN CONVEYING THE VISION OF THE PARK ITSELF AND AND THE PARKS
01:40:53 TO PARTMENT GENERALLY AND ESPECIALLY OF THE MISSION
01:40:57 BAY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I THINK REALLY RESONATED WITH US ACROSS
01:41:02 THE EAST BAY AND WITH THE WORK THAT ZOCALO HAS BEEN DOING
01:41:06 REALLY IN COMMUNITY BUILDING OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS.
01:41:11 >> YOU KNOW IT'S CHALLENGING TIME FOR MANY OF OUR
01:41:15 COMMUNITIES. SAN FRANCISCO'S NOT ALONE.
01:41:19 MANY OF YOU KNOW OUR SORT OF URBAN LIBERAL BASTIONS ARE
01:41:23 UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE THESE DAYS BUDGETARY, POLITICAL
01:41:27 AND WHATNOT. BUT HAVING SPENT REALLY MY
01:41:31 WHOLE LIFE IN THE BAY AREA, I KNOW THAT WE SORT OF GO THROUGH
01:41:32 THESE CYCLES OF CREATION AND RECREATION AND INNOVATION.
01:41:39 AND WHAT I SEE IN THE CITY GENERALLY AND IN MISSION CREEK
01:41:46 SPECIFICALLY AND REALLY I THINK EPITOMIZE BY OUR PD IS IS THE
01:41:51 BEGINNING OF A NEW CYCLE OF INNOVATION AND SORT OF
01:41:54 RENOVATION. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO PLAY ONE
01:41:58 SMALL PART IN THAT CYCLE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:42:01 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
01:42:02 DAN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON
01:42:03 THIS ITEM IN THE ROOM? OKAY.
01:42:06 NO FURTHER COMMENTS HERE. DO WE HAVE ANY?
01:42:10 JUST CHECKING ONLINE. OKAY.
01:42:16 >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. >> COMMISSIONERS ZWART THANK
01:42:21 YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN.
01:42:25 I DON'T THINK THE COUNCIL JUST .
01:42:28 >> THERE YOU GO. OH, OKAY.
01:42:29 YEAH. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
01:42:30 PRESENTATION. I AGREE WHEN IT SAID ZOCALO IS
01:42:36 A THIRD THIRD SPACE AND WHAT I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT IS THE
01:42:43 NEED FOR COMMUNITY IN TRYING TIMES AND COMING TOGETHER
01:42:46 IN THOSE THIRD SPACES. >> SO HUGE KUDOS TO THE
01:42:50 DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUING TO SEEK THOSE HEALTHY THIRD SPACES
01:42:54 FOR US TO COME TOGETHER BREAK THAT BREAD AND JUST COMMUNE
01:43:01 AND AND HAVE DISCOURSE. >> AND YOU KNOW EXTRA BONUS
01:43:02 POINTS THAT IT WILL ALSO BE NOURISHING WITH COFFEE WINE
01:43:06 AND TREATS SO VERY EXCITING FOR THAT FOR THAT AND SMALL
01:43:11 BUSINESSES ARE REALLY CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE OUR
01:43:15 ECONOMY THRIVES AND GROWS AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ALL
01:43:19 BEHIND THIS AND SUPPORTING THAT AS WELL.
01:43:21 >> SO YOU KNOW VERY EXCITED TO TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN
01:43:25 AND HONESTLY I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY
01:43:29 ARE ALREADY REACHING OUT WITH THEIR EXCITEMENT TO TO MAKE
01:43:33 SURE THAT YOU FEEL WELCOME AND ARE PART OF THE FABRIC AS
01:43:36 WELL. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LOUIE.
01:43:40 I WANT TO THANK NEIL PATEL FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO WELL
01:43:47 AND CYCLING THROUGH ALL THE POSSIBILITIES.
01:43:50 I LOVE THAT IT'S A WOMAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS AND I LIKE THAT
01:43:55 SHE HIRED A VICE PRESIDENT MAN .
01:43:58 >> WE ONLY WISH THAT IT'S 315 IN THE AFTERNOON THAT YOU HAD
01:44:03 BROUGHT SOME SAMPLES. >> BUT WE'RE A BIG FAN OF
01:44:07 COFFEE SNACKS AND IT'S A GREAT AREA AND THANK MATT DORSEY THE
01:44:13 EIGHT FOR COMING TODAY. THANKS, SARA.
01:44:16 >> I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:44:21 I ASSUME THIS IS GOING TO GO WELL THIS VOTE.
01:44:24 I MYSELF HAD A CAFE OUT IN THE BAYVIEW CALLED WORD SO I KNOW
01:44:28 IT'S LIKE THOSE FIRST FEW MONTHS ARE ENERGIZING AND CAN
01:44:32 BE FRUSTRATING SO I HOPE IT'S SMOOTH.
01:44:35 I HOPE YOU GET THE ALCOHOL LICENSE YOU NEED BECAUSE I
01:44:37 THINK COCKTAILS OUT THERE BY MISSION CREEK WOULD BE GREAT.
01:44:42 THERE ARE MANY OF US ON THIS COMMISSION THAT REALLY SUPPORT
01:44:44 WOMEN OWNED AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES.
01:44:47 IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND IT REALLY
01:44:54 RESONATED WITH ME WHEN YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE JUST A
01:44:56 PLACE TO BUY COFFEE. IT IS A COMMUNITY HUB.
01:44:59 I'LL COME OUT AND VISIT I THINK IT'S GREAT.
01:45:02 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR DORSEY AND BRIAN
01:45:06 DAHL FOR COMING OUT AND FOR THE GREAT WORK OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
01:45:09 I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS AND IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
01:45:13 THING AND WISH YOU AND THEREFORE ALL OF US THE
01:45:14 BEST. >> COMMISSIONER CLERK HERRERA.
01:45:22 ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO.
01:45:25 THANK YOU. I LOVE THE NAME ZOCALO AND THE
01:45:29 MEANING BEHIND IT AND I'M ALSO A DISTRICT SIX RESIDENT SO
01:45:37 THAT'S APPEALING AS WELL. >> I DO HOPE YOU GET YOUR
01:45:38 PERMIT FOR ALCOHOL. >> MY MY ONLY QUESTION OR
01:45:45 RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WE'RE ALL SO POSITIVE ABOUT THIS
01:45:46 PROCESS IS THAT YOU EMPLOY PEOPLE THERE FROM DISTRICT SIX
01:45:51 THEN WE LOOK HARD TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THIS CONCEPT THAT
01:45:55 MR. PATEL HAS WORKED SO HARD TO PUT TOGETHER WITH YOU AND YOUR
01:45:59 TEAM. SO I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU DO A
01:46:01 LOT ESPECIALLY TO THE YOUNG STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING UP
01:46:04 AND OUT OF THE SCHOOLS AROUND THERE AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEED
01:46:07 FOR IT IN DISTRICT SIX SO CHECK IN WITH THE DAWSEY OFFICE,
01:46:10 CHECK IN WITH YOU KNOW, THE EAST LIGHTNING REVITALIZATION
01:46:14 AREA. THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES WHERE
01:46:17 YOU CAN FIND THOSE THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR GOOD JOBS
01:46:20 IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU.
01:46:24 THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS
01:46:25 FROM THE COMMISSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION IN THE
01:46:30 SECOND SO MOVED SECOND. ALL RIGHT.
01:46:35 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I IN THE OPPOSITION UNANIMOUSLY
01:46:38 APPROVED. >> CONGRATULATIONS.
01:46:42 OKAY. WE ARE NOW IN ITEM TEN.
01:46:44 UNION SQUARE IN KIND GRANT AND PERMIT FOR SOUNDS SYSTEM
01:46:47 INSTALLATION. >> COMMISSIONERS HELLO.
01:47:09 >> HELLO. I'M SUSAN SUMMITT, THE
01:47:10 PARTNERSHIP'S DIVISION. I HAVE COLORFUL PICTURES BUT
01:47:13 I'M STARTING YOU OFF IN BLACK AND WHITE.
01:47:16 I'M PRESENTING ITEM NUMBER TEN. IT'S A REALLY LONG TITLE SO I'M
01:47:20 JUST GOING TO DEFER TO THE COMMISSION SECRETARY SAID JUST
01:47:25 TO NOTE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO OF US PRESENTING THIS
01:47:29 ITEM THEN. UNION SQUARE PLAZA SOUND
01:47:32 SYSTEM. I'M IN THE PARTNERSHIP'S
01:47:33 DIVISION AND I'LL BE PRESENTING PART ONE WHICH IS THE ACCEPTED
01:47:36 EXPENSE FOR THE IN-KIND GRANT OF TWO METAL PILLARS.
01:47:40 AND THEN MY COLLEAGUE HANK ECKEL IS IN THE PROPERTY
01:47:44 MANAGER AND PERMITS DIVISION AND HE'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING
01:47:47 THE SECOND PART OF THE ITEM WHICH IS A PERMIT TO INSTALL
01:47:51 SOUND SPEAKERS ON THE SAD METAL PILLARS AND WE'RE ALSO PLEASED
01:47:55 TO BE JOINED BY KEN RICH WITH THE UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE
01:47:59 AND THE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING WITH HIM ON THIS PROJECT.
01:48:02 SO THANKS FOR COMING. SO HERE ARE SOME HISTORIC
01:48:06 IMAGES OF UNION SQUARE PLAZA IN THE 1800S AND IN THE 1900S.
01:48:16 AND HERE WE ARE IN PRESENT DAY. THIS IS UNION SQUARE PLAZA AS
01:48:23 WE KNOW IT A VIBRANT HUB FOR SHOPPING, EATING ENTERTAINMENT
01:48:27 AND EVENTS ENJOYED BY BOTH LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS
01:48:29 FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> SEASONAL EVENTS SUCH AS
01:48:34 TRANSFORMING UNION SQUARE INTO A WINTER WONDERLAND AND TO PLAY
01:48:38 ON WITH 80,000 FREE TULIPS AND FREE SUMMER OUTDOOR
01:48:41 CONCERTS BRINGS THE CITY TOGETHER TO CREATE NEW MEMORIES
01:48:44 AND TRADITIONS. MANY OF THESE CELEBRATIONS ARE
01:48:48 SUPPORTED BY THE UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE WHICH IS ESTABLISHED
01:48:52 IN 1999 TO ELEVATE THE UNION SQUARE PLAZA AND SURROUNDING
01:48:55 AREA AS A WELCOMING DESTINATION FOR THE PUBLIC VISITORS
01:48:58 AND BUSINESSES. BY ACTIVATING THIS GATHERING
01:48:59 SPACE THROUGH MUSIC, ART INSTALLATIONS, EVENTS
01:49:03 AND PROGRAMING UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE HAS HELPED TO
01:49:07 REVITALIZE THE SPACE POST-PANDEMIC.
01:49:10 >> SO THE DEPARTMENT IS VERY EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH UNION
01:49:14 SQUARE ALLIANCE ON AN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE
01:49:15 EXISTING STAGE AT THE PLAZA. HERE WE SEE PERFORMERS FROM ALL
01:49:18 WALKS OF LIFE UTILIZING THE STAGE INCLUDING ONE VERY BRAVE
01:49:22 PERSON WHO WAS KARAOKE ING THERE ON THE TOP RIGHT.
01:49:25 THE EXISTING ELEVATED STAGE IS ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE
01:49:30 PLAZA AND IT'S USED FOR A VARIETY OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT
01:49:33 THE YEAR. FOR EXAMPLE IN 2023 AND 24 THE
01:49:36 UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY
01:49:39 PRESENTED AS A FIVE WHICH WAS A SERIES OF CONCERTS ATTENDED BY
01:49:43 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. AND SINCE EARLY 2025 THE CITY
01:49:47 HAS BEEN ACTIVATING THE PLAZA ON A DAILY BASIS INCLUDING
01:49:50 MUSICAL EVENTS USING THE STAGE SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK.
01:49:52 SO THE ISSUE IS IS THAT ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES HAVE REQUIRED
01:49:56 A PORTABLE SOUND SYSTEM TO BE HAULED IN OFTEN AT A COST TO
01:50:03 THE SPONSORS AND EVENTS AT THE PLAZA.
01:50:04 >> SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE STAGES IT'S WHERE
01:50:10 ALL THE ARROWS ARE POINTING. >> AND THEN HERE IS JUST SOME
01:50:14 VARIOUS VIEWPOINTS OF THIS MAGNIFICENT STAGE.
01:50:17 AND THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT DESIGN OF WHAT IT CAN LOOK
01:50:22 LIKE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S
01:50:26 METAL PILLARS ALONG EITHER SIDE OF THE STAGE.
01:50:29 AND THE UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE IS PROPOSING A $300,000 IN-KIND
01:50:33 GRANT FOR INSTALLATION OF MATERIALS OF TWO 20 FOOT METAL
01:50:36 PILLARS THAT WILL BE INSTALLED ON EITHER SIDE.
01:50:41 AND SO RATHER THAN HAVING TO HAUL IN THE TEMPORARY SPEAKERS
01:50:44 FOR EACH EVENT, THEY'LL ALLOW FOR A PERMANENT AND SOMETIMES
01:50:45 TEMPORARY SOUND STEP TO FIX THESE PILLARS.
01:50:49 IT WILL STREAMLINE AND MAKE PROGRAMING MORE COST EFFICIENT,
01:50:52 MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PERFORMERS AND ALLOW FOR A BETTER LIVE
01:50:56 EXPERIENCE FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
01:50:57 >> THE GOAL IS TO INSTALL AND TO MOVE THROUGH CITY REVIEW
01:51:01 OF THESE PILLARS AND SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE HOLIDAY ICE RINK
01:51:04 EXPERIENCE. THE IMPROVEMENTS SPEAKERS HAVE
01:51:08 BEEN FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
01:51:09 AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE AT MY PRESENTATION I'M
01:51:13 JUST ASKING THE BOARD OR THE COMMISSION TO RESPECTFULLY
01:51:16 APPROVE THAT YOU RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO
01:51:21 PLEASE APPROVE THIS ACCEPTED EXPENSE.
01:51:23 WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE HANK THAT
01:51:30 WE HAVE HERE. NEXT THING WE'LL KNOW.
01:51:37 GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT ANDERSON COMMISSIONERS.
01:51:42 I'M HANK. HELLO.
01:51:43 I'M HI. I'M HANK HACKEL WITH THE
01:51:46 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM. JUST BRIEFLY HERE TO SUMMARIZE
01:51:49 THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS ITEM WHICH IS A PERMIT TRANSACTION
01:51:53 TO ALLOW THE UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE TO INSTALL AND USE THE
01:51:57 SPEAKERS THAT SUSAN WAS REFERRING TO.
01:52:00 SPECIFICALLY WE SEEK APPROVAL TO ISSUE THIS PERMIT TO UNION
01:52:03 SQUARE TO INSTALL SPEAKERS THAT WILL BE PERMANENTLY AFFIXED TO
01:52:08 THE PILLARS THAT THEY'VE GRANTED TO US.
01:52:11 IT WILL ALSO ALLOW THE ALLIANCE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MOVABLE
01:52:15 SPEAKERS SORT OF BIGGER SPEAKERS FOR BIG EVENTS THAT
01:52:19 REQUIRE BIG AMPLIFICATION. AND THOSE THOSE ADDITIONAL
01:52:20 SPEAKERS CAN BE DEPLOYED AND THEN REMOVED AS NEEDED
01:52:26 AND THEY WOULD BE STORED IN A STORAGE ROOM UNDERNEATH THE
01:52:31 PLAZA THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE PERMIT AS WELL.
01:52:35 THE ALLIANCE WOULD ADD A LOCKED ENCLOSURE TO KEEP THOSE
01:52:38 ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS SECURE. AND OF COURSE THE PERMIT WILL
01:52:42 ALLOW THE ALLIANCE TO TO UTILIZE THE SOUND SYSTEM BASIC
01:52:50 PERMIT TERMS HERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL TERM
01:52:54 NOT TO EXCEED NINE YEARS AS CONSIDERING AND FOR THE PERMIT.
01:52:58 THE ALLIANCE WILL BE PROVIDING THE CITY WITH THE BENEFIT OF
01:53:01 THE SPEAKERS AFFIXED TO THE PILLARS AND OF COURSE
01:53:06 ACTIVATING THE PLAZA FOR EVERYDAY USERS AS WELL AS
01:53:09 DEPARTMENT PERMITTED EVENT HOLDERS AND ATTENDEES OF THOSE
01:53:11 EVENTS. >> THE ALLIANCE WILL BE SOLELY
01:53:16 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS TO ALL THE SOUND
01:53:19 SYSTEM EQUIPMENT. >> AND TO SUMMARIZE THE USE AS
01:53:28 CONTEMPLATED IN THIS PERMIT THE SPEAKERS CAN BE USED TO PLAY
01:53:31 PRERECORDED MUSIC WHICH CAN BE CONTROLLED REMOTELY AND THAT
01:53:35 WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO DEPARTMENT PERMITTED USERS FOR
01:53:36 NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR RBD PERMITTED LIVE EVENTS LIKE
01:53:42 CONCERTS, OTHER PERFORMANCES, PRESS CONFERENCES AND THE LIKE.
01:53:46 USERS WOULD BE CHARGED A FEE FROM THE ALLIANCE FOR USE OF
01:53:50 THE SOUND SYSTEM AND A SOUND ENGINEER WOULD BE PROVIDED TO
01:53:54 ASSIST THEM WITH OPERATING THE SYSTEM FOR LARGER EVENTS WHERE
01:53:58 THOSE ADDITIONAL SORT OF MEGA SPEAKERS ARE NEEDED.
01:54:02 THE ALLIANCE WOULD CHARGE A HIGHER FEE AND THE ALLIANCE HAS
01:54:05 HAS DEDICATED TO GIVE THREE EVENTS PER YEAR SPONSORED BY A
01:54:10 CITY AGENCY. THE ALLIANCE WILL PROVIDE A
01:54:13 SOUND ENGINEER TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM FREE OF CHARGE.
01:54:16 >> SO DUE TO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE ALLIANCE IS IS
01:54:20 OFFERING UNION SQUARE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPTIMIZE LIVE
01:54:24 ENTERTAINMENT AND EVENTS THAT CAN BE HELD AT THE PLAZA WHICH
01:54:28 IS SO CRITICAL TO REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN.
01:54:31 WE SUBMIT THAT THIS PROJECT SERVES A PARK PURPOSE AND THAT
01:54:34 THE COMMISSION SHOULD APPROVE THE PERMIT TRANSACTION AS WELL
01:54:38 AS THE GRANT AGREEMENT THAT SUSAN DESCRIBED TO ENSURE THAT
01:54:42 UNION SQUARE WILL HAVE A STATE OF THE ART SOUND SYSTEM FOR
01:54:46 YEARS TO COME. >> THANK YOU.
01:54:47 THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.
01:54:51 OH, DANA. I WOULD JUST I JUST WANT TO ADD
01:54:53 SOMETHING AS THE PERSON WHO DOES SPECIAL EVENTS AND KIND OF
01:54:55 WAS BEHIND A LOT OF THIS AND THE VISION.
01:54:58 WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO QUICKLY AND EASILY BRING MUSIC
01:55:02 AND EVENTS TO UNION SQUARE. ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES WAS
01:55:06 YOU'D HAVE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO PERFORM AND YOU HAVE TO RENT A
01:55:09 SOUND SYSTEM AND YOU HAVE TO BRING IT OUT AND IT COSTS A LOT
01:55:13 OF MONEY. AND WE WANT TO THANK THE UNION
01:55:14 SQUARE ALLIANCE FOR PARTNERING WITH US ON THIS.
01:55:17 WE WANT TO THANK IWD FOR HELPING GET THE FUNDING.
01:55:20 THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR UNION SQUARE AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED
01:55:24 ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW THE ALLIANCE WILL
01:55:25 PROBABLY SPEAK A LITTLE BIT BUT THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
01:55:31 >> ALL RIGHT. WE CAN GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
01:55:32 NOW. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON
01:55:33 THIS ITEM? OKAY.
01:55:34 COME ON UP. >> GOOD AFTERNOON,
01:55:41 COMMISSIONERS. I'M KEN RICH WITH THE UNION
01:55:43 SQUARE ALLIANCE AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE AT THE CUSP OF
01:55:46 REALIZING SOMETHING WE'VE DREAMED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME
01:55:47 WHICH IS TO GET A PROFESSIONAL SOUND SYSTEM INSTALLED ONTO OUR
01:55:50 STAGE. UNION SQUARE, AS YOU KNOW, IS
01:55:53 THE CITY'S LIVING ROOM. IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
01:55:57 DOWNTOWN PUBLIC SPACE EVERY YEAR AND THIS HAS BEEN A REAL
01:56:01 FOCUS MORE SINCE COVID. MORE AND MORE EVENTS HAVE BEEN
01:56:04 TAKING PLACE EVENTS THAT WE THE ALLIANCE SPONSOR AND OTHER
01:56:08 FOLKS SPONSOR ALL PERMITTED BY YOU THE REC PARK DEPARTMENT
01:56:11 AND THIS HAS BEEN ADDED TO FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS NOW BY THE
01:56:15 B R V CONTRACT WHICH IS PROVIDING DAILY ACTIVATION
01:56:18 WHICH DOES USE THE STAGE AND PROVIDE MUSICAL EVENTS
01:56:22 QUITE OFTEN AS YOU HEARD THE SOUND SYSTEM WILL MAKE IT MUCH
01:56:26 EASIER AND LESS EXPENSIVE TO DO PERFORMANCES THAT REQUIRE
01:56:30 AMPLIFIED SOUNDS AND THE CROWDS THAT WE DRAW WITH THESE EVENTS
01:56:34 THAT WE THINK WILL BE BIGGER AND MORE FREQUENT EAT IN OUR
01:56:38 RESTAURANTS, SHOP IN OUR STORES AND THUS THIS REALLY IS TIED TO
01:56:42 THE REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN. I REALLY WANT TO THANK RICK
01:56:48 PARK FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP SUSAN AND HANK MOST NOTABLY
01:56:52 DANA WORKED VERY CLOSELY TO GET TO THIS PLACE AND THAT'S ALL
01:56:56 I'VE GOT. I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
01:57:00 WE ALSO HAVE OUR ARCHITECT AND OUR SOUND ENGINEER IN CASE
01:57:01 THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM AND LOOK FORWARD HOPEFULLY
01:57:04 TO THE APPROVAL AND MOVING ON. THANK YOU.
01:57:08 >> THANKS, KEN. IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC
01:57:09 COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? >> SEEING NONE AND EVERYONE ON
01:57:15 OUR CALL IS STAFF SO I WILL. WELL ACTUALLY THERE IS ONE
01:57:19 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE?
01:57:23 OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED
01:57:24 COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER HALSEY I NOTICED THAT THE EXTRA
01:57:31 SPEAKERS WILL BE STORED IN A A A ROOM UNDER THE STAGE.
01:57:38 >> DOES THAT ROOM EXIST RIGHT NOW OR WILL THAT HAVE TO BE
01:57:43 PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION
01:57:49 VICE PRESIDENT HALSEY THERE IS THERE'S AN EXISTING STORAGE
01:57:50 ROOM IN THE GARAGE FACILITY UNDERNEATH THE PLAZA CURRENTLY
01:57:54 WHICH IS THE PROVINCE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
01:57:57 THE PLAN IS TO CARVE OUT AN AREA THERE AND BUILD A LOCKED
01:58:02 ENCLOSURE WITHIN THAT EXISTING STORAGE AREA.
01:58:05 >> SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE DONE OKAY.
01:58:08 >> JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WORK ON THAT, CORRECT?
01:58:12 OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
01:58:12 VERY GOOD. YES.
01:58:13 ALL RIGHT. SO THEY DON'T GET STOLEN WITH A
01:58:16 CAMERA ON IT TOO, RIGHT? >> YEAH.
01:58:19 OKAY. THANK YOU, HANK.
01:58:20 THANK YOU. I FIND THIS TO BE A VERY
01:58:23 EXCITING COLLABORATION. I LOVE WHAT'S GOING ON IN UNION
01:58:27 SQUARE AND YOU KNOW. THANK YOU.
01:58:28 UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE. YOU'VE BEEN SO PIVOTAL TO
01:58:30 HELPING TO ACTIVATE SPACES AND MAKE THINGS FUN AND SAFE
01:58:34 AND WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GIVE ALL OF
01:58:38 YOU VOLUNTEERS. >> RIGHT?
01:58:39 SO THANK YOU. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION
01:58:43 AND SECOND TO APPROVE THIS GRANT OR RECOMMEND THAT THE
01:58:45 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE GRANT SO MOVED SECOND.
01:58:50 >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR STATE I I ANY OPPOSITION NONE SO APPROVED
01:58:57 . >> OKAY THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS
01:58:58 WE ARE NOW AN ITEM 11 PALACE OF FINE ARTS WIRELESS
01:59:01 TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT LEASE IT'S YOUR DE HANK
01:59:49 OH IT WILL ONCE YOU START TALKING.
01:59:50 OH YEAH. >> APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
01:59:53 NO, IT'S MY COMMISSIONERS ONCE AGAIN HANK HACKEL WITH THE
02:00:01 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM. >> THE SHORT PRESENTATION
02:00:04 REGARDING THIS ITEM THE DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING YOUR
02:00:11 AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A LEASE WITH AT&T TO INSTALL,
02:00:14 OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A CELL STRUCTURE AND RELATED EQUIPMENT
02:00:18 AT THE PALACE OF FINE ARTS. >> HERE WE HAVE THE PALACE OF
02:00:26 COURSE IT'S AN ICONIC STRUCTURE ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR THE 1915
02:00:33 PANAMA PACIFIC EXPOSITION, ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST
02:00:36 RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARKS. IT'S UNDERGONE MANY ITERATIONS
02:00:40 OVER THE DECADES. IT WAS MOST RECENTLY COMPLETELY
02:00:42 RESTORED IN 2010 THE STRUCTURE AND THE SURROUNDING GREEN SPACE
02:00:48 ARE OWNED BY RPD AND THE EVENT SPACE AND THE THEATER IN THE
02:00:52 BUILDING ARE OPERATED BY OUR PD TENANTS.
02:00:56 THERE IS THE SPACE IS AVAILABLE FOR WEDDINGS TRADE SHOWS,
02:01:03 GALAS, EXHIBITS AND OFFERS 140,000 SQUARE FOOT OF USABLE
02:01:07 SPACE WITH A CAPACITY OF 5000 PEOPLE.
02:01:10 SO BECAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION HOLDING
02:01:14 CAPABLE OF HOLDING FAIRLY LARGE EVENTS, IT'S IT'S CRITICAL THAT
02:01:20 THERE BE ROBUST AND RELIABLE CELL SERVICE IN THE AREA
02:01:23 AND THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE PROPOSING THIS THIS AGREEMENT
02:01:25 WITH AT&T THE PROPOSED FACILITY WILL IMPROVE THE CELL SERVICE
02:01:36 IN THE AREA GREATLY AND IT'S DESIGNED TO HAVE A MINIMAL
02:01:39 VISUAL IMPACT ON THE LOCATION IT WILL BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO
02:01:44 THE REAR PARKING LOT AND CONSIST OF A FAUX TREE THAT
02:01:47 WILL WILL BLEND IN WITH THE SURROUNDINGS.
02:01:52 SO THE CELL SERVICE CURRENTLY AT THE PALACE AND THE
02:01:56 SURROUNDING AREA WHICH WHICH ALSO INCLUDES MARINA GREEN,
02:01:59 ANOTHER REC PARK PROPERTY THE SERVICE IS CURRENTLY SPOTTY
02:02:03 AND UNRELIABLE AND AT&T IS INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED.
02:02:08 STUDIES SHOW A SIGNIFICANT COVERAGE GAP IN THE AREA
02:02:11 IN APPROVING THE PROJECT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALREADY
02:02:15 FOUND THAT THIS PROPOSED FACILITY WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY
02:02:17 IMPROVE THE COVERAGE. >> SPECIFICALLY THE PLANNING
02:02:22 COMMISSION FOUND THAT THE IMPROVED SERVICE WOULD GREATLY
02:02:25 ENHANCE THE AREA'S PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE.
02:02:29 THEY FOUND THAT IT WOULD NOT ONLY BENEFIT S.F. PARK VISITORS
02:02:33 AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC BUT ALSO POLICE FIREFIGHTERS, OTHER
02:02:37 EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WHO RELY HEAVILY ON WIRELESS
02:02:41 TELECOMMUNICATION FOR FAST AND DEPENDABLE COMMUNICATION AT
02:02:44 ALL TIMES BUT ESPECIALLY DURING NATURAL DISASTERS OR OTHER
02:02:48 EMERGENCIES. >> SO IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY
02:02:55 CRITICAL NOT JUST FOR EVERYDAY USE BUT ALSO IN TIMES OF
02:02:59 EMERGENCIES OR FOR LARGE EVENTS TO HAVE ROBUST SERVICE TO
02:03:02 SUPPORT EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THIS THIS HEAVILY VISITED
02:03:06 AND AREA THAT'S QUITE QUITE CLOSE TO THE COAST AS WELL AT&T
02:03:13 STUDIES HAVE GENERATED THESE COVERAGE MAPS THESE THIS MAP
02:03:17 HERE SHOWS THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND THE ONLY AREA
02:03:22 IN THE VICINITY HERE THAT SORT OF HAS RELIABLE SERVICE INDOORS
02:03:25 AND OUT OR THOSE GREEN AREAS ALONG THE BOTTOM LEFT AND THEN
02:03:29 THE YELLOW AREAS MAY HAVE RELIABLE COVERAGE INSIDE CARS
02:03:34 BUT THE COVERAGE INSIDE BUILDINGS WOULD BE LESS
02:03:38 RELIABLE AND THEN THOSE THOSE BLUE AREAS HAVE UNRELIABLE
02:03:44 COVERAGE REALLY INSIDE BUILDINGS AND INSIDE CARS.
02:03:48 AND THIS IS THE AFTER IMAGE. THIS IS THE PROJECTED SERVICE
02:03:53 IMPROVEMENT THAT AT&T PREDICTS WILL RESULT FROM THE FACILITY.
02:04:00 AND YOU CAN SEE THE THE WHOLE SURROUNDING AREA THERE IS GREEN
02:04:03 WHICH IS A GOOD GOOD SERVICE AREA.
02:04:11 >> SO JUST TO BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE THE ELEMENTS OF THE
02:04:12 FACILITY ITSELF, IT WOULD CONSIST OF A 90 FOOT TALL FAKE
02:04:17 EUCALYPTUS TREE THAT YOU SOME OF YOU PROBABLY SEEN HERE
02:04:22 AND THERE. IT WILL BE LOCATED ABOUT 75FT
02:04:23 WEST OF THE PALACE BUILDING AND A STAND OF PREEXISTING
02:04:26 TREES ADJACENT TO THE REAR PARKING LOT.
02:04:30 >> THE ANTENNAS WILL BE MOUNTED APPROXIMATELY 78FT UP ON THE
02:04:34 POLE AND THE FACILITY WILL INCLUDE A GENERATOR AND OTHER
02:04:38 EQUIPMENT MOUNTED ON AN EQUIPMENT SHELTER WHICH WILL BE
02:04:42 INSTALLED ON A NEW CONCRETE PAD OF ABOUT 600FT2 AND THE PAD
02:04:48 WILL BE ENCLOSED WITHIN AN EIGHT FOOT TALL BLOCK WALL TO
02:04:51 PAINT THE MAT TO PAINT MAT PAINT IT TO MATCH THE EXISTING
02:04:55 BUILDING AGAIN TO TO MINIMIZE THE VISUAL IMPACT AND HERE WE
02:05:04 CAN VISUALIZE THE LOCATION WE CAN SEE IT'LL BE IN THIS STAND
02:05:09 OF TREES HERE IN THE BACK OF HOUSE SO TO SPEAK, SO TO SPEAK
02:05:13 IN AN AREA THAT IS YOU KNOW, NOT NOT ACCESSED BY BY VISITORS
02:05:16 OF THE PALACE AS FAR AS OTHER ENTITLEMENTS GRANTED TO THIS
02:05:24 PROJECT, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED A SECRET
02:05:28 EXEMPTION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO
02:05:31 ISSUED A CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION AT A HEARING ON
02:05:33 MARCH 20TH AND HAS APPROVED AT&T RADIO EMISSIONS STUDY
02:05:40 AND FOUND SAFE LEVELS PREDICTED AND WILL ALSO PERFORM
02:05:44 ADDITIONAL SAFETY STUDIES AFTER CONSTRUCTION TO ENSURE
02:05:49 COMPLIANCE WITH WITH REGULATIONS WHICH ARE ACTUALLY
02:05:52 PROMULGATED BY THE FCC AND AND THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
02:05:56 AND AT&T IS PREPARED TO FILE PERMITS WITH WITH TBI AFTER
02:06:00 APPROVAL BY THIS COMMISSION. >> TO SUMMARIZE THE LEASE TERMS
02:06:11 WE'RE PROPOSING NINE YEARS AND SIX MONTHS OF WITH NO
02:06:12 EXTENSION. AGAIN, THE LEASE PREMISES IS
02:06:16 JUST THE 600 SQUARE FOOT AREA FOR THE MAIN EQUIPMENT AT&T
02:06:21 WILL ALSO HAVE A LICENSE TO ACCESS SOME ADJACENT AREAS FOR
02:06:26 CABLE AND FIBER ACCESS. >> THE RENT IS $7,500 PER MONTH
02:06:33 FOR A $90,000 PER YEAR SUBJECT TO ANNUAL CPI INCREASES WITH
02:06:40 MINIMUM ANNUAL INCREASES OF 3% AND WE WILL ALSO REQUIRE A
02:06:44 SECURITY DEPOSIT OF $50,000 AND THE CITY WILL HAVE THE THE
02:06:52 ABILITY TO TERMINATE THE LEASE IN THE EVENT OF A DEFAULT BY
02:06:55 AT&T THAT'S NOT TIMELY AND PROPERLY CURED.
02:06:59 AT&T DOES HAVE A TERMINATION, RIGHT.
02:07:00 IF THEY LOSE THEIR PERMITS TO OPERATE DESPITE THEIR
02:07:03 REASONABLE EFFORTS TO TO KEEP THOSE PERMITS AND AT&T SHALL
02:07:07 HAVE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THE PREMISES AND THE
02:07:14 EQUIPMENT THERE IN GOOD GOOD CONDITION AT THEIR SOLE EXPENSE
02:07:17 . >> AT&T WILL ALSO REIMBURSE THE
02:07:21 DEPARTMENT FOR A STAFFER TO SERVE AS A PROJECT MANAGER TO
02:07:26 OVERSEE THE INSTALLATION, MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE PROPERLY FOR A
02:07:27 COST OF UP TO $12,500 AND THE CITY WILL BE RECEIVING AN
02:07:36 ADDITIONAL BENEFIT. >> AT&T HAS AGREED TO CONSTRUCT
02:07:39 ANOTHER CONCRETE PAD ABOUT 924FT2 THAT WILL BE LOCATED
02:07:42 ACROSS THE THE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE TO THE TO THE PARKING
02:07:47 LOT ACROSS FROM THE THE WIRELESS FACILITY AND THAT THAT
02:07:53 PAD WILL BECOME PROPERTY OF THE CITY FOR DEPARTMENT'S USE AS A
02:07:57 STORAGE OR STAGING AREA OR WHATEVER WHATEVER USE WE DEEM
02:07:59 FIT. >> AND FINALLY HERE'S A
02:08:04 SIMULATION THIS IS AN EXISTING VIEW SHOWN AT THE TOP THAT'S A
02:08:11 VIEW FROM GIRARD LOOKING SOUTHEAST AT THE BACK OF THE
02:08:12 PALACE. AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM WE SEE
02:08:16 THE PROJECTED VISUAL IMPACT WHICH IS THIS THIS TREE FAUX
02:08:22 TREE UNOBTRUSIVELY BLENDING IN WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS.
02:08:33 >> IN CONCLUSION, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE THE DEPARTMENT
02:08:37 ENTERING INTO THIS LEASE TO PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED COMMUNICATE
02:08:41 AND SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS TO USERS AND VISITORS OF THE
02:08:42 PALACE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHILE PRESERVING THE VISUAL
02:08:46 INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER OF THE SITE.
02:08:49 SOME LOCAL SUPPORTERS IN THE AREA INCLUDE NPU WHICH IS THE
02:08:53 ENTITY THAT OPERATES THE AND THE EVENT SPACE FOR THE
02:08:57 DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE OPERATOR OF THE THEATER AND THE
02:08:58 NEARBY ST FRANCIS YACHT CLUB. AND THANK YOU.
02:09:02 AND WITH THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
02:09:08 THANK YOU. HANK, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC
02:09:09 COMMENT AND REMORSE ON THIS ITEM CASING?
02:09:15 NONE. DO WE HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED ON
02:09:16 OUR WEBEX? >> NO HANDS RAISED SO PUBLIC
02:09:22 COMMENT IS CLOSED. >> I HAVE A SMALL REQUEST WHICH
02:09:26 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO IMAGINE THE WALL
02:09:30 THAT HAS TO PROTECT THE CONCRETE PAD AND RATHER THAN
02:09:33 THIS MONOLITHIC THING THAT'S THE COLOR OF THE PALACE OF THE
02:09:37 FINE ARTS COULDN'T WE CONSIDER PAINTING IT TO MAKE IT LOOK
02:09:41 LIKE GREEN? YOU KNOW, THE BUSHES, THE
02:09:42 NEARBY BUSHES AND GREEN AND EVERYTHING WITH BUTTERFLIES
02:09:45 AND FLOWERS OR BLADES OF GRASS OR WHATEVER JUST MAKE IT A
02:09:49 LITTLE MORE ARTISTIC BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WILL LOOK VERY
02:09:52 NICE. IT WAS PAINTED THE COLOR OF THE
02:09:53 EYE. I WALK BY THERE ALMOST EVERY
02:09:54 SINGLE DAY. THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
02:09:57 SO ANYWAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT BUT I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO
02:10:00 GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT AND TURN IT INTO AN ART PROJECT.
02:10:04 >> DANA YEAH, I KNOW YOU WANTED ME TO RUN UP HERE AGAIN.
02:10:07 HI. SO I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING
02:10:09 CONCEPT TO MAKE IT LOOK YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A HISTORIC
02:10:12 SITE SO WE WENT THROUGH A LOT TO GET THIS ALL APPROVED BUT I
02:10:16 THINK WE WILL LOOK INTO IT FOR YOU.
02:10:19 >> OBVIOUSLY IF IT BECOMES ART IS GO THE ARTS COMMISSION
02:10:22 AND THEN IT GETS HERE. BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST AND I
02:10:23 THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO COMMISSIONER OR PRESIDENT
02:10:27 ANDERSON SO THANK YOU FOR THE IDEA.
02:10:30 >> THANK YOU. OR EVEN SOMETHING THAT HAS A 3D
02:10:31 LOOK LIKE IF YOU HAD TO HAVE IT BE A MONOLITHIC COLOR, COULD IT
02:10:35 HAVE SOME 3D EFFECT? >> YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT
02:10:39 MAKES MORE KARCH INTO THE LADIES HERE?
02:10:41 >> YEAH. OKAY.
02:10:42 THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH.
02:10:45 I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS SO CAN I
02:10:48 HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS?
02:10:52 >> GOT IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR STATE I I
02:10:56 ANY OPPOSITION? NONE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
02:11:00 WELL, HANK, YOU GOT 1,000% RECORD TODAY.
02:11:02 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:11:06 >> RENOWNED ITEM 12 ACTIVE NET SOFTWARE SERVICE AGREEMENT
02:11:08 EXTENSION ANN-MARIE HAS BEEN HERE FOR HOW MANY HOURS NOW?
02:11:17 >> I KNOW I WAS THE LAST ONE AND ALMOST EVERYONE'S GONE.
02:11:21 >> YOUR BONUSES YOU GET TO GO HOME STRAIGHT FROM CITY HALL.
02:11:24 THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS
02:11:25 PRESIDENT ANDERSON THANK YOU LOW SO I AM HERE TO REQUEST
02:11:32 THAT YOU RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT THEY
02:11:36 APPROVE AN AMENDMENT OF THE SOFTWARE SERVICE AGREEMENT
02:11:40 BETWEEN THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ACTIVE
02:11:41 NOT RECREATION AND PERMITS BUSINESS SERVICES TO AUTHORIZE
02:11:45 THE TWO YEAR EXTENSION OF THE AGREEMENT FROM JANUARY 26TH TO
02:11:51 DECEMBER 2027. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR THE
02:11:55 CONTRACT THAT WAS INITIATED IN 2015 AND HAS BEEN AMENDED
02:11:58 FOR EXTENSION FOUR TIMES SINCE THAT DATE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO
02:12:02 SUCCESSFULLY USED BY US. >> THE SOFTWARE IS THE BUSINESS
02:12:05 OPERATING SOFTWARE FOR ALL RECREATION BUSINESS SERVICES
02:12:09 WHICH INCLUDES ALL PROGRAMS PRODUCT AND PERMIT SALES FOR
02:12:13 THE DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ANNUALLY ARE OVER
02:12:16 $20 MILLION. THE SYSTEM IS LINKED TO THE
02:12:20 CITY'S FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND INCLUDES BOTH A CUSTOMER
02:12:21 AND ADMINISTRATOR INTERFACE. THE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO SUBMIT
02:12:25 A REQUEST FOR BIDS FOR A NEW CONTRACT DUE TO THE INTEGRAL
02:12:29 NATURE OF THE SYSTEM AND THE LENGTH OF TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO
02:12:33 COMPLETE THE BIDDING AND TRANSITION TO AN ENTIRE NEW
02:12:37 LEE NEW BUSINESS SYSTEM, IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL
02:12:41 OF THAT IN LESS THAN A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
02:12:43 THEREFORE THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING THE TWO YEAR
02:12:46 EXTENSION OF THIS CONTRACT TO ALLOW ENOUGH TIME TO PERFORM OF
02:12:49 IT A BIDDING PROCESS BUT POTENTIALLY CONVERT TO A
02:12:50 DIFFERENT BUSINESS SYSTEM AS PART OF THE TWO YEAR EXTENSION
02:12:56 THE SERVICE AGREEMENT AMENDMENT WILL BE INCLUDING LANGUAGE TO
02:13:00 ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO EXCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT FOR EXCLUSIVE
02:13:01 USE OF ACTIVE NAT FOR TENNIS COURT RESERVATIONS AND COUNTY
02:13:05 FAIR BUILDING RESERVATIONS. ACTIVE NET DOES NOT CURRENTLY
02:13:08 HAVE THE FUNCTIONALITY REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO RESTRICT ACCESS
02:13:12 BY CUSTOMERS WISHING TO RESERVE COURTS AS WELL AS OTHER
02:13:15 LIMITATIONS. AND WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY
02:13:19 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
02:13:19 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IN THE ROOM?
02:13:24 >> ANY HANDS RAISED PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED NONE HERE SO
02:13:31 I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
02:13:34 >> SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> OH, SORRY.
02:13:37 PHIL HI. I KNOW WE'RE READY TO BE DONE.
02:13:39 SORRY. I JUST I WANT TO SING EMERY'S
02:13:42 PRAISES AGAIN. THE ACT OF NET IS ANNOYING BUT
02:13:48 SO VERY INTEGRAL TO OUR SYSTEM AND OUR ABILITY TO PROGRAM
02:13:52 AND TREAT PEOPLE FAIRLY AND AMONG THE MANY THINGS EMERY
02:14:00 DOES IN OUR ORGANIZATION SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUSINESS
02:14:04 SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND RECREATION AND JUST IT'S AN
02:14:05 UNHEARD AUDIT ROLE AND SHE JUST DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT FOR
02:14:09 IT. >> THANK OKAY.
02:14:11 >> YEAH. ALL RIGHT.
02:14:12 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR STATE I I ANY OPPOSITION NONE.
02:14:16 >> SO APPROVED. >> THANK YOU.
02:14:20 THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS THANKS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US TODAY.
02:14:23 >> THAT'S WHY I PUT YOU LAST BECAUSE WE LIKE YOU THAT'S
02:14:24 GOING TO SAY NEXT TIME NEXT TIME I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT
02:14:27 AND WE'LL PUT HER FIRST. THAT WAS SO SHORT.
02:14:31 >> OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO
02:14:32 CLOSED SESSION BEFORE WE DO THAT I'M GOING TO CALL THAT
02:14:36 WE'RE GOING TO START THE CLOSE SESSION AND CALL FOR PUBLIC
02:14:39 COMMENT. >> IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT
02:14:40 ON CLOSED SESSION? SEEING NONE PUBLIC COMMENT IS
02:14:43 CLOSED AND I WOULD ASK THAT ALL STAFF WHO ARE NOT PERTINENT TO
02:14:51 THIS ITEM TO PLEASE LEAVE THE MEETING FOR MEMBERS OF THE
02:14:54 PUBLIC JOINING US REMOTELY YOU CAN TRACK WHEN WE ARE BACK
02:14:56 IN OPEN SESSION USING OUR WEBINAR I DON'T SEE OH THAT'S A
02:15:05 WHO I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING VERY IS SEE LOOK I'M GOING TO GO PUT
02:15:09 THE THINGS ON AND TURN ON CLOSED SESSION S.F. GOV TV SAN
02:15:34 FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION
02:21:04 OKAY WE ARE NOW IN OPEN SESSION COMMISSIONERS I NEED A MOTION
02:21:11 AND A SECOND ON WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO REPORT ON THE
02:21:12 ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION SO MOVED ON ON NOT TO NOT
02:21:18 DISCLOSING THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A SECOND SECOND ALL
02:21:22 THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ANY OPPOSITION NON COMMISSIONERS I
02:21:29 NOW NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND OR WHETHER DISCLOSE ANY OR ALL
02:21:30 DISCUSSIONS HELD IN CLOSED SESSION I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE
02:21:34 NOT DISCLOSE ALL AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED
02:21:38 SESSION. I HAVE A SECOND ALL RIGHT.
02:21:41 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR STATE I I ANY OPPOSITION OKAY NONE.
02:21:48 >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS WE'RE NOW ON ITEM 14 GENERAL
02:21:52 PUBLIC COMMENTS GO BACK ON THAT WE HAVE NO PUBLIC AND RICHARD
02:21:59 SPOKE DURING ITEM FOUR SO SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT PUBLIC
02:22:00 COMMENT IS CLOSED OR NOT AT ITEM 15 COMMISSIONERS MATTERS
02:22:04 ANY THING FOR MUO. >> OKAY ANYTHING FOR ITEM 16
02:22:09 NEW BUSINESS AGENDA SETTING JUST KEEP IN MIND WHAT
02:22:16 COMMISSIONER MAZOLA ASKED FOR EARLIER WE WOULD LIKE THE
02:22:21 UPDATES ITEM 17 COMMUNICATIONS ANYTHING FROM YOU ON?
02:22:25 OKAY WE'RE NOW AN ITEM 18 ADJOURNMENT I MOVE THAT WE
02:22:28 ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF LINDA WOO. >> YES DO I HAVE A SECOND ON
02:22:34 THAT? MAY SHE REST IN PEACE WE
02:22:37 ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF LINDA WOO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR STATE I ANY
02:22:42 OPPOSITION? NONE.
02:22:42 WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 3:54 P.M.