Please, send your proposal requests to people who are capable of doing the work well. We will now hear from josh klipp. Can you hear me. Does commissioner swig have a question . You are on mute. Let me unmute you. I think id like to interrupt the process, please. That was a very important point. I need to ask a question to mr. Buck about pruning. Yes, we have heard redundantly that its a low cost bid process. Mr. Buck. And i never built a bridge before would i get award the bid, probably not. Its the same level of Due Diligence on contractors doing or pruning throughou throughout. This is chris buck. We absolutely have those requirements, they have a contract license and they possess a certified or borrist credential so we have not have anyone bid on contracts. They can bid on them but if we were not satisfied with their qualifications they would be disqualified. Is we have customers that have been maintaining their own trees for decades and we have to have contractors who can prune their tree and stand up and defend the work. From Pacific Heights to where i am. We aud i had and wit audit. Ficus trees that are going to remain but problematic, those trees will be pruned and weve been using the words experimentally. The other technical word is entrenchment were removing to reduce failure so ill have our inspector followup with the complaints to better understand the nature of that complaint so our chris fall campbell is a contractor and we have a lot of them so were aware of who we have working for us. We work closely with them and we would not allow them to touch the trees. Thank you, its very important. My a apologize for cutting you off. Sorry for that interruption, josh. You can please proceed. Is. According to the 2017 trees and there are a empty trees in district 3. I spent a year and a half writing articles with buck and would love if they would press those but i have been told it isnt going to happen any time soon. Regarding the criminal penalties that item was only referred to the District Attorney after i brought it and got them to do a resolution making that recommendation and i asked for in settlement and so i would encourage public works to listen to my constructive settlement ideas and avoid some of this board avenue peels ran cor regarding 1501 and the illegal action is the and you cant just tear down an old garage and get a slap on the wrist because the old one wasnt worth much anyway. I second my fellow commenters it was not an appeal enter and the Public Comment wasnt unfortunate and the board issued a decision and it wasnt followed and when we raised that we were told we were wrong so we came here and the survey i made that survey based on the species and we have the input and its only after the trees removed that that was finalized and theres a new issue and it was tractortrailer arborist and appeal and who said those trees were pruned incorrectly and they did tell him about that immediately and until then, well be back here and i would just appreciate more affirmative partnership and a greater sense of urgency in the changes that need to be made. Thank you mr. Klipp. Please raise your hand if theres Public Comment. I dont see any further Public Comment. Anymore questions . I believe this concludes the item. Unless you wanted to take some type of action. I would like to say thank you to mr. Tiger and well make sure that the d. P. W. And buff gets their act together and i very much support the statement made by president lazarus. This is not brain surgery. Its a checklist. Every business, whether its is taking care of trees, running stores, anything, everything. Everybody has their checklist. And its about organization, its about management, and its about priorities and my feeling is that d. P. W. Has not prioritized trees and has not gotten organize i had to prioritize trees and as a result he is calling that to our attention and i welcome mr. Clip coming back as many times as possible until dpw chose to prioritize trees and make this checklist and get organized in the making sure that the 100 trees empty in the city of San Francisco and theyre filled and that unfort accidents that have occurred as weve heard redundantly tonight will stop occurring. Theres no reason for it if you prioritize and organize it and make sure its done right. Well hear from Vice President honda. One question, chris. Is the six trees that were removed, where was the exact location those were removed at . Um, chris, with public works. So, they were on haze and octavia. So this is the intersection of hayes and octavia and i dont have the exact but they were at the corner within a block. There were businesses that are specific to where businesses are a employing for permits for street usage . Yes, so the only work that was performed was on that two and a half block that was heard last night. That was the work that was performed. Right in that immediate area. And then, you know, i want to echo my fellow commission swig in regards to, we have so were losing all our tree canopy and its a desert in a lot of places. Illing honest, my last trip to barcelona i was at awe with the trees. Of all things, theres all this beautiful stuff and the trees were what impressed me the most. And how the urban planning that they did to widen the streets, to get these large can pee trees and the foal age and thats just in specific areas, i mean everywhere i went, there were trees everywhere. And i understand that prop e it was for main training and did not like for new trees. At which point do we stop . Do we wait until we have no more trees . Its a problem. For the record, i do not think that the letter of the board of appeals said and made was followed. I i believe it was after after effect. After the trees had been cut down. It was like oh god, lets troy to fix this because wait, we missed up on this street and this street. Here we are, lets put this presentation together and come clean. Your department is the guidelines that were instructed was by this board avenue peels for the record. Thank you. President lazarus. We cant hear you. Ok. I hope we will not owe hold another hearing in this nature. I hope were on the way to getting our issues resolved. Thank you. Commissioner tanner. I agree with all of what my fellow commissioners have said and one question for you, chris, is regarding the legislation that has come up with a couple times, mr. Klipp said its not moving forward now, is it theres no board member that wants to take it forward . Whats the deal with it . Why is it stalled . Sure, chris with public works. You know, there is a covid Health Emergency. Public works is on the front line of that and my clerk and my inspectors was doing hotel monitoring. I dont like to play the violin i prefer the trumpet. Public works is the front line. A lot of resources from our team is devote today other aspects of this publicHealth Emergency. Its difficult for urban forestry to say hey board of supervisors k. We work on these . Can we tinker around with this right now . Is it belfour city staff to advocate on ordinance change so we need to get in touch with our advice attorney and figure out how to move that forward legally sew we hear that feedback and i think that would go a long way to build a little more trust so point well taken. And i understand that other items make it see seem so trite. Things that are happening that are severe and real and taking away from our focus on our normal work, right. And so definitely i want to say thank you for your service and the city and staff as well and to those calling in today, i want to jump implore you to keep up whether its that you are working on planning trees as volunteers, you are part of different boards or different organizations ar advocating for trees and we are the end of the line at board of appeals. We dont make policy. We consider whether or not they issue permits that the city has put in place have been properly followed. Thats really where we are and so working with your supervisors organizing quite frankly, to make this remain a priority, obviously theyre taxed to with the covid19 response so being respectful and tactical and strategic about what you are advocate forgeron that being said, the Climate Crisis continues and other things continue as covid19 might be in the forefront so keep organizing and keep working with the board of supervisors and put your treasure there for legislative change and fixes that can help. Folks like mr. Buck and others to have the tools and resources they need to implement the policy thats will hopefully protect our can may and grow our can pee in the long run. I hope we wont be back here again for the challenges and the Department Face and there are good things and it will help you develop a checklist that everyone has and new project manager get the checklist but they need to know what they remember to prevent things from happening again so thank you all for your time members of the public and also to the city staff. Thank you. Thank you. President lass russ, i dont see any other commissioner comments or questions so i believe this would conclude the hearing . Yes, i believe we are adjourned. Thank you all very much. Thank you, everyone. Good night. Have a good evening. Thank you. Good night. You are watching coping with covid19. Todays special guest. Hi. You are watching coping with covid19. In this first portion of the twopart inter vii am talking to the general manager of the San Francisco recreation and Parks Department and state park commissioner talking about social we were surprised how popular they became. It was totive. We expanded to include Lafayette Park an and and alamo square. That is great. That is fantastic. Now, as restrictions are lifted i understand summer camps are now allowed. How is the structure changed to make sure everybody remains safe from the virus . We are thrilled to be able to provide camps at all given the virus. We worked really hard to be able to provide a fun and safe environment. Camps look different but they still offer kids the same opportunities for friendships, creative, learn new skills and in order to prevent the spread of covid19 we are following the Health Orders, temperature screening and enhance screening. Pods of no more than 12 kids. Kids and staff Stay Together in the same cohort for leach of the three week camp sessions. This is different than the past where kids and counselors can jump from week to week. We are doing things differently. Honestly, for kids to get out of the house, to see each other, to see their friends and run around, play some sports, which they are allowed to do in their own pods. It couldnt be more important. We are grateful for the health department. No bigger champion than our mayor. Tennis and golf are allowed. What about soccer and basketball . I am laughing. There is tennis and government and soccer and basketball and baseball and volleyball and flyfishing and bike riding. You know, San Francisco we are blessed to have an amazing parks system to do about anything. We had to respond. They have now reopened with modifications to slow the spread or protect against the spread of the virus. In both cases people need to get social distancing. They should have masks on them if they are in a crowd on the court or at the golf course. They are to refrain from sharing equipment. People playing tennis should play with their own balls. No spectators unless it is a parent or guardian of a minor that is playing. Tennis really right now all that is permitted is singles. You can play doubles if you are from the same household. Golf the modification includes reservations online, six feet apart. Bringing your own golf bag and some modifications to the pin and cup to make it easier to retrieve your own ball. Basketball and soccer are not open to the public. For kids in camp this summer they can play outside within their own pods. For recreational sports, these are high touch activities with a lot of physical contact. We talked to our Public Health colleagues almost every day. We are certainly advocating to the extent it can be done safely to allow people to fully enjoy our park system and participate in all sports and activities they are accustomed to doing. We have a way to go and we need to be patient. There is so much to do in the park system. We are hopeful that people will be able to get back to team sports. I hope so, too. How have you been keeping residents informed how the restrictions have been updated and changed . I never. When i took this job we were going to be in the sign production business. We probably printed and distributed over 2000 signs throughout our park system. They keep changing as the Health Guidance changes. We use social media, electronic newsletters, stories in the press, outreach workers to make people aware of various Health Orders and how they affect park usage. Rangers and volunteers are made up of police and fire and neighborhood Emergency Response volunteers. They have done a wonderful job of trying to encourage and remind people that we are in the middle of an outbreak and we need to be safe. San francisco, i think, overall has done a great job in managing the crisis. Unlike many cities, the parks are mostly open. We had to close a few park features like small playgrounds and basketball courts. Glen canyon is open. Many cities they throw up hands and close down parks. It is our responsibility to use parkings safely and wisely. It is our job to make sure people have information they need. Thank you, mr. Ginsburg. That is it for our first interview. The second portion we will talk about the 150th anniversary and how parks are essential. You have been watching coping with covid19. Thanks for watching. You are watching coping with covid 19. Todays special guest is phil ginsburg. Hi. You are watching coping with covid19. Welcome to the second portion of interview with phil ginsburg, general manager of San Francisco recreation and parks and california state park commissioner. In the final portion we will talk about Golden Gate Parks 150th anniversary celebrations and how parks have been really important during in pandemic. Welcome back. Thank you. It is a pleasure to be here. Talk about Golden Gate Park there is a newell come center as part of the 150th celebrations. Can you talk about the new center and how th the pandemic changed the plans. Let me start with 150th and dive into the Welcome Center and i will talk about the bison. April 4th was to the day Golden Gate Parks 150th birthday, april 4, 1870, the state legislature created the park. It took decades for it to look what it looks like now. The park will nerv never be fin. I am biased but perhaps the greatest park in america for the last century and a half. It is the centennial of the park and around the San Francisco modern history for the last 150 years the keeper of San Francisco collective stories. It is here and i it is not the only pandemic. It was around for 1918, the aids crisis and throughout the history. It is supporting us. We had big plans. On april 4th we intended to welcome 150,000 people to the park for 150 different programmed activities in every corner of the park including the big observation wheel that is 150 feet tall. Then covid hit and we had to change plans. I remember when we had to grapple with the Decision Just before the shelterinplace. We had to cancel the celebration on april 4th that we have been planning for a couple years. What we have done. It was a nobrainer, in hindsight. What we have done is take the celebration online. Golden gate park 150. Com, we have all kinds of information about the park. Concerts that happened in the park online, we have materials for kids. We have Virtual Tours of the park. A little surprise depending when this quits. We will have a bison cam to allow you to see the bison live as they roam in the paddock. There are all kinds of wonderful materials. Two books have been written about the park. A Childrens Book and a book about the history. It is a great website. We are doing what we can. The park has played a Important Role in the pandemic. We opened the Welcome Center where the Tennis Center will open later this summer. It is amazing. There are gifts and there is information. There will be tours from the Welcome Center. You can buy this app from the Golden Gate ParkWelcome Center. It is a way to create some socially Distance Community and honoring the sessqua centennial. One thing was the bison house. We were down to five and we can handle 10. Before april 4th, a couple weeks before we had five baby bison from a ranch in northern california. One of them you can see on the cam has a tag in her ear with the number 150. In fact, she had had in both ears while the other four only have one tag. She has tags in both ears and the number 150. Her name is sesqui. She is the official bison of Golden Gate Park 150th birthday. Lets talk about how important outside spaces have been. Has the pandemic changed how we think about the parks . What are the plans moving forward . It is a great moment for parks and open space nationally and in San Francisco. It is really clear during this Health Emergency that parks are not just knives to have. They are must haves. They are part of the most critical infrastructure. So important as places of refuge in difficult times. Parks have the one place we have been allowed to be in during the strictest portions of our shelterinplace order. They are critical to the physical and mental wellbeing. Neighborhood parks are where people can, you know, escape to find time in nature. They are places where people can exercise and strengthen immune system by boosting mental and physical health. Parks are resilient, as i mentioned earlier. This is not only a parks only disaster. Moving from covid into some of the period of civil unrest that we are experiencing, our parks have been there for people to express themselves and to express sadness and anger and frustration and challenge the status quo. Parks are individual and collective memories. As we move forward and, hopefully, we continue along a healthy trajectory, we are going to continue to open up more park features and we are going to continue natural areas to be here for all in San Francisco. In fact, the one bit of good news that we have had during this crazy time. It looks like in november San Francisco will be able to vote for the 2020 health and recovery bond which if passed would devote additional 240 million to parks projects all over the city to serve our most vulnerable communities. I think we all realize just how important parks are and, you know, that is for people like me that is it. I want to thank you and your team for taking care of our parks. They are such a valuable resource. Thank you for coming on the show, mr. Ginsburg. I appreciate the time you have given us. Chris, thank you. Big shout out to the rec and park staff who are heroes. They have provided emergency child care, kept our parks open, restrooms open, facilitated use of parks for Food Distribution and testing, they have kept people safe. The staff have been heroes and they deserve our collective respect and admiration. I totally agree. That is it for this episode. We wil will be back shortly. You are watching coping with covid19. Thanks for watching. Welcome to the San Francisco remote hearing for thursday, july 30, 2020. Ill enter into the record the mayor declared a local state of emergency related to covid19. Furthermore the mayor and governor have issued orders making it possible to hold hearings remotely. April 3, 2020 the Planning Commission received orders to