Thank you. Next speaker. I am hans carter, a member of the Leadership Group of the pickle ball community. We support this project. We would love to see this facility multiuse, and that we have been included in terms of getting some input from us to see that it has one dedicated Pickle Ball Court plus eight Pickle Ball Courts permanently lined is great because it is good to play in Golden Gate Park. I have been playing there for about a year. I have played in other facilities throughout the city, but really, the best place to play is in the park itself. We are a group of about 200 on our mailing list. We recently took a survey. Threequarters of our players are seniors. 55 and older, and half are female. Pickle ball is also the Fastest Growing sport in the nation according to the sports and Fitness Industry association. Growing at 12 per year. Definitely as the population ages and more people realize that it is duff on your bod tough on your body to play tennis they will migrate to pickle ball. The one concern we have is that the operator will control the hours and access to the pickle ball availability, and we do hope that that wont become an issue relative to the availability to the community atlarge. Thank you. Next speaker. I am emily Senior Designer on the project. It has been an honor to have the opportunity to work on a project within Golden Gate Park, a place as San Francisco we all treasure. We worked diligently to respect the character and the history of the site and will serve and reflect the passionate and diverse members of the Tennis Community now and well to the future. As we mentioned tennis has been play order the site since 1894. I believe the clubhouse dates from the 1950s. We are trying to create a facility to serve the community 70 years from now. The Community Driven process is something we take seriously and we value. We have worked closely with the recand park, the Parks Alliance to create a world class public tennis facility to build the Tennis Community. I admire the dedication on part of this coalition to synthesize Community Input. It has made it better for it. We met with the Tennis Learning Center members to make sure that that program is going to be served with our classrooms and offices it will be flexible enough to serve them as the program evolves. We have heard from tennis players and pickle ball players to make sure they have viewing areas to serve them. We have met with accomplished tennis players. We thought about bird Friendly Design included the class to the east, north and west. It is one of the recommended guidelines of the bird friendly guide lanes looking at lighting that is downward facing and as low as possible. We reviewed the plans. By integrating the needs and desires we hope it is a facility to reflect and such port the tennis support the Tennis Community. Next speaker. Hello, commissioners, i am david brenter. I am here. Our mission is to preserve and enhance Public Recreation in San Francisco. I believe earlier today you heard grants submitted for the playground improvement. We have been able to participate in that, and partner with the department in resurfacing Tennis Courts city wide, and are funding oreck creational improvements in the city as well. We support the project. We support it locally as well as monetarily. We have a particular interest in the Tennis Learning Center, which is an exciting opportunity for the city to combine academics and tennis learning for children from neighborhoods that dont have access to this. We are strong supporters of that as well as the tennis facility itself. I encourage you to approve it. I think it will be a spectacular addition to San Francisco. Thank you. We have channing and if we have called your name, come up if you want to speak. If i havent called your name, i have gone through all of cards. If you want to speak come up and be prepared to speak. I am katie strange with the San FranciscoParks Alliance. We are extremely part to be a partner on this project of the department as well as the Tennis Coalition inspired by the extensive efforts to hear the various voices we can see today that will be served by this space. In particular, the tlc Tennis Learning Center is an important aspect for the future of recreation and tennis in our city. As you know it is a historic moment for tennis, for the park, for the city and inspiration alley this design matches that parks system we are creating. I will be second to admit i am not a tennis player. After this process and designs i am excited to become one. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners. Thanks for giving me a few moments of your time today. I am matt hope. On behalf of myself and our organization we support this project 120,000 . As someone deeply embedded in the Tennis Community, i am always supporting efforts to grow the game. While Golden Gate Park has been great competitive cross down arrivals we have been partners in growing the game. Our nonprofit arm the Olympic Club Foundation supported the project and have supported numerous projects for renovations of tennis facilities around the bay area. This will be a winwin for the city and the sport providing much needed improvement to a landmark tennis facility on the west coast. Safety has been a measure issue as well as promoting the enjoyment of the game. There is 26 million or a few more reasons why this is a great project. It showcases the amazing Golden Gate Park and will spur other projects through private and public funding to make the city a permanent destination for families and individuals. From my experience you grew up in marin. I used to play in the park several days a week. It was a mecca with a history of tennis greats. Now it is spread out due to lack of real estate. Golden gate park would attract a lot of talent to San Francisco in a public setting. I cant advocate enough and i thank the city for support and promotion. I would like to thank the Tennis Coalition for the hard work and tire let efforts over the years to get this to where it is today. Next speaker, please. Julie exly. In my earlier rushings i touched upon remarks i touched about the outreach efforts and how the concerns are in the design you saw today. We have held focus group meetings, meetings for senior players and hosted Public Events including free youth days. We have published 20 newsletters and are updating information about Golden Gate Park tennis. We presented the project and have been open and transparent about progress and process. Some of the changes and modifications are a direct result of community feedback. They include reservation system, evening lights, small pro shop, a place for pink pong and pickle ball. A large entry point, free day lockers, safer spacing between ththe courts and widening the viewing areas. What we are excited to work on are the interior exhibit walls which cover the history and players. We will look for a lot of Community Input here. Stories, photos and videos. In addition to the local Community Efforts we are doing research with other centers to understand how to manage an affordable public facility and balance the user needs. Ensuring the highquality daily operations have been our goal from the start. We feel strongly having a seasoned manager will deliver that. An important part of the public is the Maintenance Fund to ensure repairs are made quickly and longer term needs for replacement are covered. It is frustrating to wait weeks for new nets. We look forward to Community Input in the tennis advisory council. Next speaker . Anyone else to make Public Comment. Go ahead. I am chany hill the Program Coordinator for the tennis and Learning Center. I have been here since we started in 2014 in which i grew up playing basketball since 2000. This program has not only changed the lives of students and families but also mine. I have a daughter who is three and a tennis player. I am hopes for her to become the next williams. I did not think this program would around she would not have a clue about tennis just because her parents come from the basketball world. Growing up in the by bay view tennis was not introduced to me. It is a blessing i can introduce tennis to those who came from the same disadvantages i did. It also helps the students with academic needs. The staff and director spend time in classrooms of the students who are struggling. Lastly i would like to acknowledge my team of directors who have spent long hours and days working hand in hand with the families to ensure how tlc will make a difference in the students lives. I would love for you to think of students and families who are getting help from this program. I saw a lot of lives change. My has as well anytime i talk about tlc i get emotional. It is a big part. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Cochair of the Tennis Coalition. I want you to have a feel for what a dramatic transformation this will make in the ability to build community. I play two or three times a week in golden gate partly cloudy. It is play and go. There is one picnic table now. There is no center of graft when he cente sen center of gra. This will transform it. We will have a lounge for people to enjoy, viewing terraces on the other side of the beautiful glass wall, a garden, a court that will be like a big win do to the entire facility. People can hang out and enjoy the game that is not most competitive or it might be parents watching the kids in High School Championship or nationally competitive event. All of that plus all of the spaces in between where we as teammates can watch our teams finish the match to see who wins the final tie breaker and get to go to sectionals. This is all so important to the tennis playing community. Nothing is more important than the tennis and Learning Center that is a community for middle schoolers. They will have a community there and we expect it to be a very Community Within a community where the adult tennis playing folks will have a chance to contribute to the growth of those young people as well as to the growth and the joy of the sport in Golden Gate Park. Thank you. One last time. Anyone else to make Public Comment on this item . Seeing none. Public comment is closed. The general manager. Commissioners please pass this project. What . What . I mean Public Comment is all. Maybe not as many decades as general manager goldstein. This is as healthy and inclusive really expanding our community. I mean combining different constituencies and social and physical need and opportunity at the site and the work, the level and quality of the work and partnership has been extraordinary. Thank you. Commissioner mazzola. I agree with general manager ginsburg. This is a great project. I read the details and heard the public testimony today. It is way overdue. I have been out to those courts since i was a kid. They are old. This plan, i think, fits perfectly. I would love to have 100 courts. We have the footprint that we are in. The design was well thought out. I am a proponent and supporter of it. I have one question for staff on the when we pick an operator, will the staff be talking to the operator about the issues that the seniors raised . I dont want them pushed out. I want to make sure that the concerns they raise are taken care of. The rfp which was heard, i believe in places or capital is on this agenda requires operators submit a proposed Court Schedule and annual operating plan approved by the department. The operator has to meet with the community and the Department Quarterly and monthly during the begin of the operation. There is going to be a lot of input. The operators motivated for people to feel good at the center. The operator is absolutely critical to the project because we want to have play from very early in the morning to the evening seven days each week. We do want, you know, this hub of community and activity and program, and we need folks experienced in this business and in running Tennis Centers to be airtraffic control to make sure the needs are met. We think the operator makes it more likely that everybody feels satisfied and gets what they need out of the center, not less likely. Stay on the subject matter of the operator can you comment on the ratings that will be charged . If you want to talk about it. There havent been concern about fees or rates. The raters will propose guidance in the rfp. They will be booked. There was discussion of length of time. They can book in 30, 60 or 90 minute increments. We dont have a system now. We do this in a little notebook. As you have heard yo you have gt recreational uses, competitive uses, colelastic uses, educational uses focused on young people that are focused on seniors and focused on other communities who play tennis more competitively. All of this the operator is to manage all of this. One thing about these it is all designed to keep the center sustainable. The master plan talks about that fees are always contemplated there should be some fees at the site and they are to stay in the center to make sure we are doing the maintenance so we are not back here talking about the need to renovate the center. Commissioner bonilla. When i moved to San Francisco and attended the university of San Francisco, i was really happy to be able to go to the Tennis Courts. And to relieve a little stress and so on and play some tennis. This is quite some time ago. I always carried my wilson t2000 metal racket to my classes because i thought i would get a chance to play a little tennis afterwards, and it was always hit and miss. Of course, there wasnt anytime in the evenings to play for me because i was studying, but i remember back that during that time that the courts were not in good condition. I mean actually they were in poor condition, and it didnt matter to me. The fact that i could have some exercise was great. I later developed tennis elbow. I think it was playing golf that i developed the tennis elbow, you know, i put the racket away. I have it in the basement because i had fond memories of going to the university, playing tennis, participating in a lot of exciting things in the city. To make a long story short, i think i agree with commissioner mazzola this project is long overdue and i am really looking forward to seeing a lot of Diverse Communities especially the seniors enjoying tennis and pickle ball. Actually i didnt know anything about that, and i am thinking maybe that is something i can do now. I am very, very as a tennis enthusiast, i am very supportive of the project. Before we go to a motion. One more question to the general manager to address the reduction in courts affect on usage and availability of other public courts that might be in the area during peak usage. We can tag team about this. At the end of the day this is the 20,000 more hours of play under this model. You know, that speaks for itself. We are in the middle of a tennis renaissance here. I want to thank those in San Francisco and everybody who voted for proposition b and the Olympic Club Foundation, and the Tennis Coalition is a huge advocate of this. This is the hub, the center. Somebody said this might be one of the most iconic public facilities in the nation, which is extraordinary. It doesnt mean we are not giving up on neighborhood tennis. We have 169 Tennis Courts and we are resurfacing them in a continuous process. All courts are free. It is a different model, it is drop in, more recreational. Some are lit and some are not. We anticipate being able to accomplish what we hoped for, which is to allow for growth in this sport after a period of decline. We are trying to introduce new kids and communities as channing spoke to this sport. It is one of the most accessible sports you can play. Anybody can pick up a racket and walk on the court. When we talk about equity in all of the neighborhoods, this is paequitable sport. We need to introduce it to more people. Commissioners is there a motion . So moved and seconded. Will the secretary do a roll call vote. roll call i want to comment on the players wall. I like that idea. Especially i want to acknowledgepine naught louie and the louie kids. They dominated tennis when i was growing up and the dad seafood louie run mr. Louies great acknowledgment to the louie family that is a resounding yes. It passes unanimously. We do have nor items. We are on item nine. General Public Comment. Is there anyone who did not comment under item four that would like to make comment on item number nine . General Public Comment. Being none, general Public Comment is closed. We are now on item 10 which is closed session. I do need everyone to exit, please. We are going into commissioners we have two. We need you to vote on whether yoyou want an action taken in closed session. That is one motion and then elects whether to disclose any or all discussion. On the first one is there a motion on a report of action whether you want a report or not . Move not to report. I second that. All in favor. Motion carries. The second is a vote on to disclose any or all discussions in closed session. Move not to disloss. Second. All in favor. Motion carries. We are now on item 11. Any commissioners matters . Commissioner bonilla. I am going to speak on item 12. Any Public Comment on this item . Being none Public Comment is closed. Item 12 new business Agenda Setting. I would like to propose that we under new business Agenda Setting that we include the japan town peace plaza renovation project for future discussion and hopefully sooner rather than later. Okay. Is ther there anyone else . Any Public Comment . Being none Public Comment is closed. We are on 13. Communications. Commissioners. Is there any Public Comment . Being none, Public Comment is closed. Item 14 adjournment. Move to adjourn. All in favor. So adjourned. Welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting for tuesday, february 13, 2017. Madame clerk, please call the roll. Thank you, madame president. [roll call] supervisor safai present. President breed . Here. Supervisor cohen . Present. Supervisor fewer . Present. Supervisor kim