Celebration for you. So im phil the general manager of rec and parks department. [applause]. Thank you. And we are going to start with land acknowledgment and take a second. To acknowledge. [land acknowledgment] thank you. Okay. Here we are. In the heart of San Francisco south of market. Serving the soma filipino Cultural Heritage district jean friend soma rec center. The site serving the Community Since 1990. Soccer, youth and after school programming. Seniors, a play grouped, weight room and more. This place like a few other facilities has been literalliful loveed death. It is time, it is is time to give this place a refresher, renovation we will make it bigger and grander. This project is part of the 2020 health and recovery bond. Although, i will note and you will hear from speakers, donny, and i will introduce you in a minute. This upon mine the very first reshg center i visited as gm, i have been as a San Francisco and might have the first one this goes become it 2009 this is how long this project has been percolating. You remember, you and your brother came and we did weight room way back when. I will talk more in a second. These things take time of we could not have gotten here without our mayor and the commitment of the 2020 health and recovery bond. [applause] it turns out the projects are expensive. And without this bond we would not be here today. We want to thank the voters. During and after the pandemic there were challenges around upon this project. Increased building costs. Supply delays. Decreased project revenues. Downtown construction. Everything this could have prevented this project from happening, happened. And yet here we are. And we are here. Because of passionate partnerships. Ir want to shout out to guillermo from public lands. Community rep centation. Generous [inaudible]. Leadership and passionate commission. Thats how we get here and get the places like this today. So, navigated the changes and make sure that the funding for the project. So madam mayor . Mic is yours. [applause]. Okay. Can you hear me . Phil i could hardly hear you. Got this snaked in here. I will talk as best you can. Let me really start by thanking phil for his extraordinary leadership for the park system in the city. He and his team from the p rangers to the gardeners to everything in between and our commissioners. We have the best parks anywhere in the world. And i mean that. Because when people come to San Francisco, folks say a lot of things about our city the one thing they cant say anything bad about are the parks and the how amazing they are. The open space. And how so men kids, seniors and communities from all over they fill the parks with so much laught and joy. And so much excitement. Thats why being here today to do when this community has been asking for for so long. And we have a lot of great representatives from the community, i see you rude freunited players. Thank you. [applause] not only for your w in the community but your advocacy when we put this bond on the ballot in 2020 asking the votereds of San Francisco to support projects like this. The people of the city were amazing and did in the hesitate. I want to thank the community and the folks part of this. And the trust for public land for their continued commitment to the city of San Francisco. Because the health and safety bond was not all we needed in order to get this project done. It took a lot of different liers and so im so glad to see my friends don friends joining us today. The son of jean friend who will talk to you in a moment. It did take a village to bring this together. When i appreciate most the kids, families and people who used this park. They other ones had helped to decide what will happen. More gym space. Work out facility. A kitchen, two community rooms. Protected area for kids to play outside. Picnic areas. This will be the place to be all over San Francisco but i gotta say, [applause] i know this the kids who grow up in this space take pride in how they helped to usher in what will be a new extraordinary addition to San Franciscos rec and park system. I want to thank you again for voting on the health and safety recovery bond in 2020. And all the resources and support we get on make this happen. This is really one of the things im most proud of in San Francisco how extraordinary we are when it come to our park system. And i will tell you as someone who grew up in the park system of San Francisco, to go from swing this is are broken, fan that was filled with other stuff. And the challenges this existed and what we had to pull things together to make some of the equipment and stuff we had the basic stuff we had work, to see where we were and where we are now, we have to remember what happened in the past to appreciate how wonder actively is to be here today and to realist celebrate this amazing accomplishment because of so many of you who are dedicated when park system here in San Francisco. Thank you, thank you, thank you. [applause]. I think it is mayor suggested i should use the mic. Up next my pleasure to introduce a champion of this community. Our district 6 supervisor matt dorsey. This neighborhood i think many in the room would acknowledge and advocated for a lack of park. This is a neighborhood that over historically has evolve friday being an Industrial Community to a residential community. And a very dense one and a community with a lot of kids. And we are so pleased through the leadership of the district 6 supervisors and the odd jens. Thank you supervisor kim. [applause] between all of the good stuff and investment at dmv. And now this facility we feel like we are creating an incredible hub. A bit about this hub this , is also a hub for in the just all of our youth in the neighborhood but it is a vocal point for adaptive recreation. And we hosted the bay bridge tower soccer tournament upon for, dappive soccer played modified power wheel chairs. Dapped basketball. We have a very we all you know warrior s and 9 and ares giants but do we been our ducks based here. The new jean friends will be an,dition to community and youth and senior serving in new disability sports hub. For everyone to give everyone an opportunity to get out and play. Whether it is basketball, wheel chair basketball or goal ball for blind and visual low impaired. Athletes. To power soccer. Of this is also a site hosted community ccelebrations. And this is a wonderful community. To talk more about temperature matt dorsey. Thank you. Hold to to the mic. Im new as a supervisor that you know sometime when is there is an events for a project i will describe myself in this case as the rosy ruiz of the jean friend Recreation Centers if you dont know this reference it is the winner of the 1980 Boston Marathon who won until than i found out she jumped in the race a quarter mile to the finish shrine and took credit. There are people who deserve credit before i was on the 16. Matt hene now in the assembly. Champs of this. James was mentiond and i think that there are lead whores brought important leadership and mayor breed and the w she did to get the bond paddle for this. Phil is smg somebody a friends and colleague from the City Attorney days. I have known him for years and well served by his leadership. Er mostlyleadership. Ers mostly thaefrg could have delay third degree came up. One of those i crossed my desk and remember when we were having discussions about this. I mentioned to some people as a supervisor we come and goment important people who are served by this are the community. People like united play, west bay. The residents we will be here be for 4 or 8 years. We everything we do should be guided by when we are leaving for the community. And this was important and i want to express my gratitude to leaders for everything than i have done on this. And i know we will hear from don friend and i think i want to mention i did not know him but i new him by reputation. A successful business machine and more then and there that somebody who was invested in spreading the details as rec and park commissioner and did the w to make a difference for the city. And means a lot to represent a district that has a resource like this that recognizes the leadership this gene brought to this community and the Friends Family continues to. This means a lot, too. With this i will handled off and want to say, it is an honor to be a part of this and looking forward to coming here and being part of the things that will celebrate kick it off. Thank you [applause] so. Our next speaker is don friends. Don, you and your brother bob were with mow in 2009 when i think rudy i think the Community Asked for support to renovate the weight room. I remember your brother saying, phil, dont put your fells name on a building. Because when is breaks you gotta fix it. You were family never shied, way from stepping up as leaders of the city. Doing what you can to help the city and parks specifically in honor of your dad. And after we did a small project here fix the weight room we did the out door basketball court. We all decided it was time for this build to have i bigger refresh. And keep came back and said can you help us with the design and out reach and of course you said, yes. And your support for trust for public land the per in in the design sxroesz introduce our design neap a bit allowed us to dream big. Which is what the community deserved. Thank you we love to have you come up. [applause] well, an honor to be here today. First of all, my dad really did serve in thanking for your kind words he was serious about president of the p and Rec Commission and other civic leadership activities he engaged in. He wanted make sure this people from all overnight city were able to access the parks. And whatever way this took. Whether to bring kids from the tenderloin to the zoo. Or make use of this facility, he wanted to make that happen and so when phil came with this. Idea of making dolling place up, it med all the sense in the world. It was very, very intimidating with the amount of cost it would take to do this. Am so. To have Everyone Team up mayor to have you come together and put this bond and get it it passd and Work Together as a community is special for us to see. My family origins from this area up on the sixth street notoriety cable car turn around on powell my grandfather and father had the first retail business. At this served the community and they irrelevant and love third degree people that were around here they understood the need sxsz understood how people were lifted up by participation. And so it is meaningful for us to have had the mayor brown at the time to shepherd the naming of this facility after my dad. It is warmed my heart to see all of you this have been so active in making this a turn around. So i guess our target is 2016 to get there and i wore my basketball shoes but we will not play yet with the boards missing. I hope we will of have a grand opening at that time and justment you all to than if my dad may rest in peace, were able to see what is going on he would have a smile on his face and thank you for your support and participation. Look forward to seeing you more here in the future. [applause] all right. This fam sillity has been about community. The neighborhood has a rich diverse history. It is known for filipino, lbgtq culture, political activism. It is grounded by the Community Organizations that serve it. Or per ins united play, multiService Center, up and west bay played an irrelevant in the out reach process. They have been partners in every sense of the word. And this project the history of the site is Community First the project and design Community First when it reopened it will be my great pleasure to introduce vanessa. [applause]. Hi. Everyone. This is a bittersweet experience im so happy to see positive change happen nothing my community. I was worn in the neighborhood. I have been to the rec since the second grade. When carmichael was where the p is now they took us here for pe class. This is where i met a lot of good people. Childhood friends i still connect with today. I met rudy here. Before a know what his mission was. United players. And tim my first basketball coach. Im noted going to lie i was trash when i first starred playing ball. And i knew that well, when i started playing i knew he was. Tim was my first basketball coach and i was treasure i know he knew that. But never showed me discouragement. He kept mow in good spirits and motivate mode to go sxhard that made me want to be better. He instilled resilience where i did not want to give up i practiced until i got bfrment by the time in the fourth and fifth grade i was balling. I remember this one game it was soma and st. Mary my coaches were gar and he tim at the time. And we went in double over time and the team could make the next shot winful it was nerve racking you felt the gyms energy and going back and fourth for 3 possessions. Until i was abling to get a steel. I was going for a drive and heard and saw tim waiving to go for a lay up i stopped mid range and slowing up a shot i swear time stopped for seconds and i med the wing shot. Everyone was going crazy and it was a good feeling. I go become to the bench, and celebrate. Tim yelled his line, vanessa business get down to business which is his nick name he gave me and this day i hold it dear to my heart. There will be takeing rec down that has held so men memories and helped build character for so many people i hope this when it becomes this modern state of the art woulding we never lose itself trough soul. We will keep it alive and we can build more legacies and generations to come. And i look forward to being a part of this. Thank you. [applause]. You can see, this is personal. You know it is a bond for some and another plans and contract for other this is is personal for us. Im michelle the director of community and Family Engagement with United Police born in San Francisco and live in south of market for over 20 years. Thank you, thank you, to everyone who helped us get to this day. We have to give a shout out to former commissioner lee for being soma champion for years. On the park and Rec Commission. Former supervisors kim and mt hene. And a huge shout out to melindz at project manager. She has done her fwoeft stay engage exclude make surety new building the meet Community Needs as much as this one has and they will get in on schedule [laughter] and also huge thanks to the Friends Family for your support of soma and helping to make this place as great as it category. As was stated soma neighborhood with the least amount of Public Open Space and this is our one and only indoor facility. In the neighborhood of crisis and chaos. This has been i safe haven, refuge. A place of rest for men young and old, like. This building held so men events and moments for the community. Good moments, hard moments, but we have done together because of this place. Building never dltd land and oz for kids and Summer Program plays. And the city was the hoyt of the pan dem thick was a life safer. It allowed us in west biit hold the cityy Largest Community hubs for neighborhood kids it do Distance Learning safely. The walls of building have nurtured the neighborhoods future like vanessa. And so many of our staff. So many of staff grownup in this building. My own children grownup in this building. And so we are excited for when the future holds as vanessa tuesday is bitter we. We are so thankful for our partnership with phil and rpd staff. Shout out tim we love you, june. We could not do when we do without this partnership. Buildings only matter because of the people this fill them up. We are so excited be back here with all of you in 2 years or so for a Ribbon Cutting for the new facility or neighborhood deserves. We are committed to moving back in, running program. Holding events and creating community. And continuing this Partnership Society new rec center means as much to the neighborhood and the people in the future as this old building did. Thank you all for being here today this building deserves the most amazing send off and we are happy this we are able to do this in community with all of you. And will see you soon. [applause]. So. Vanessa we have a present for you. And misha you took the thank you section out of mine you were awesome. In honor of coach and his incredible legacy and memory here. And his influence on you, vanaesz this is a net from this building. That we are presenting to you. [applause]. All right. A few thank you and we are going to break grounds there are folks we want to recognize and acknowledge. Supervisor safai, thank you for being here and interested in parks [applause] david mentioned the trust for public land. Guillermo. Thank you for involvement in this project. And your stewardship of an incredible design team. I want to call them out. Mark and elizabeth from architecture landscape [inaudible]. [inaudible]. Youville your moment. Supervisor matt hooern staff member is here. Thank you. [applause] our great rec and p commission helped us steward this project. We got our vice president. Joe and commissioner louie is here. I want to acknowledge allen low for passion in this neighborhoods and the space. And fighting near this community. The San Francisco parks alliance. Their neighbors down the street. They will help us program this space and helped us lift up the culture in San Francisco they deserve applause, too. [applause]. I mention third degree design team and i want to mention the construction team. Misha gave a shout out i will, too. To angie lieu and [inaudible] here [applause] and all come together under city staff, our Public Workers sdreshth carla short is here. With her staff. Our [inaudible] rec and pak sdreshth Stacy Bradley and melinda sullivan. Thank you for your leadership. Carla the executive director of west bay multii Service Center here. Thank you very much the can Equity Center a great per in. I mentioned soma filipino and rec Program Helping elevate the game and make sure all are acceptable to all of us. Thank you and also to our great park staff that will steward the space and David Williams and lucas is here. Im sure i have left folks out. You can remind me of that later. Now we will get down to business and we are going to break ground. So if you know if you are not outside bring outside in here come the dirt. And so i life to have the mayor donny supervisor dorsey. Vanessa and misha and after that we will take some photos i would like to welcome our rec and park commissioners. Guillermo, rodriguez. Carla and june and tim is here. I did in the, oh. Come on up. Hi, june. And we will break ground. Come join us. Here we go 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 [applause] franciscans. bell tolling . Wow. clapping welcome, everyone. Here we are high on a hill. Little morning fog, no rain are we lurking or not were san franciscans. Were here to celebrate a beautiful man in our beautiful cable car cars what better day to do it in valentines day can you bring our hearts all right. My name is rick im the president of the Market Street railway an independent advocate for the history cable car and streetcars we support muni and getting the value is from those priceless civic assets we do that with no government government funding at all we depend on on documentation if people like who love light cable cars i want to recognize a whole lot of the folks with the chinatown merchant betty and carmen chiu the city administrator i hope im not im sure im missing other folks with one phrase and one song hasnt made our cable cars world families how special our city is special especially for diversity and, you know, nothing shows that better than the longstanding presence of very early days of San Francisco of our chineseamerican community the california street cable car line served chinatown since 1878 and last year, we celebrity the one hundred and fifty medical marijuana two blocks it north on clay street and the camp street line built 5 years after that and by a private company led by stanford mark hopkins and Charles Crocker and to serve the mansions and later on those mansions of fellow james claire floods Still Standing there as is Pacific Union across the street and graze by the great granddaughters karen and christen put your hands upcoming come on thats old San Francisco and private companies built 16 cable car lines and electronic streetcars took over those and shaped San Francisco we know today built our neighborhood it and energized businesses to prosper and receipt to grow and more than 70 years now the city cable car lines have been owned by the poach of San Francisco themselves through our city and county government so only fitting we start by hearing from the chief administrator officer of the city and county of San Francisco and i can attest number one, cable car fan the honorable mayor london breed, mayor london breed clapping . So much rick. Thank you to the Market Street rally railway for all yourself done to maintain the integrity and history of the cable cars in the city and county of San Francisco. As rick state weve been celebrating the cars one hundred and fifty get anniversary reminding us that San Francisco was the first place to have cable cars but more importantly that we are the only city no where that is operating manual cable cars so thank you, state of florida and our City Employees that are working hard to maintain and run those cable cars for visits from all over. Today, is an extraordinary day we are celebrating a try legend and hes right here. Tony bennett was an extraordinary icon in 1961 we fir performed i left my heart in San Francisco in the van everyone room people fell in love in 1969 San Francisco paid it our official so we know with hi come to San Francisco you, you always leave our heart here and been an extraordinary ambassador but he isnt just an extraordinary artist but a flicht it supports San Francisco in our time of need with the former mayor Dianne Feinstein trying to save our embarrasseds from 1980 tony bennett helped us to it appeal to the people to make sure that we protect and save and preserve the cable cars for People Like Us to enjoy today and in 1984 stood with mayor feinstein to commemorate to raise the resources and doing the work to get our cable cars back on track so great were all here today but his generosity didnt stop he was a great patient and when the hearts of San Francisco came to be in San Francisco in 2004 painted a heart so San FranciscoGeneral Hospital has used the hearts as a way to raise money for the foundation to help people who are in need of healthcare and support and pained one of those heart and in effect if you want to see that same heart it is right in the lobby of the fairmd hotel for all to enjoy. clapping. we all fell in love are him and his music so many so three mayor ed lee when he was alive declared tony bennett we recognize to commemorate his extraordinary work in the city and county of San Francisco he was a try desirable leader of fulfill pistil and so of us love and admired we can only think about San Francisco without thinking about tony bennett and vaedz and celebrate this dedication my honor to be here to recognize the contribution and officially declare our cable cars the one we came in on dedicated to him and his legacy halfway through the st. Marys of 1873 commemorating tony bennett as is year of the cable cars went into effect in San Francisco one hundred and 50 years ago. clapping. and with that, i want to say thank you to all the people joining us today, people who love the city and people who are seeing the city transform and all the people who are family members and friends of tony bennett we appreciate the fact youre here to celebrate this milestone on valentines day and here to talk about mr. Bennett and his amazing contributions and what he meant to San Francisco and the rest of word is his wife susan. clapping. and. Thank you, everyone. Tony was oh, my goodness he meant so much too, so many that people everyone producing laid and claim to tony to the people of queens neighborhood where we grew up in new york the local boys made it big and rocked to star donate and italy hes the great singer who never forgot his italian families and in washington, d. C. The artist of central park with the museum and the simile is beloved by people all over the world his brilliant smile and charm may have captured hearts on a San Francisco one city that sold him and San Francisco you have tonys heart. clapping. and for todays historic dedication of a cable car in the prior celebrations recognition he bestowed on my husband please know this i also have any heart and profound gratitude clapping. i know tony would be thrilled by the cable car so, please allow me to thank mayor london breed and the fall back city of San Francisco and all the good friends have been a part rather of prooifrg tonys legacy and in particular everyone at Fairmont Hotel wherewith he first sank the song im overjoyed to be here with you on valentines day in the very city tony and i first met and where hits signature song got the start when i left my heart in San Francisco became a citizen and every growing audience was San Francisco anthem but tonys he never tired of singing the song and audience neither tired and thanks to the fascinating statute in the lobby and now this special cable car and fans into all over the world will forever have a blast to visit and feel close to tony nothing would have thrilled my husband more. Thank you very much. clapping. please a round of applause for susan we are blessed show came out here and um, and, you know, some people know of cable cars is just for tourists people in the audience know that is not true we rise as often as we can and the people in the neighborhoods along the cable car routes from the financial district and chinatown to, you know, to the russian hill all count on is cable car not only to provide them transcription by provide them a touch of the soul this is. San francisco is. And their ride was shoulder to shoulder if guests and keeping the cable cars looking great is the responsibility of San Francisco mpu Commission Transportation agency sorry i should know by few and it is um, overseen not only muni the Transit Agency by the bikes and parking and taxis all sorts of other stuff by the next speaker cities director of transportation jeff tumble listen. Thank you, rick and thank you for all you do to support us at muni and thank you to the Fairmont Hotel for hosting this wonderful event and to it member of the board for your strong leadership in those challenging times you cable cars 5 three has been 2r0678d with the contribute of tony bennett for all the garage barns it took this moment and transformed this art into a. Contributed id like to personally thank our a entire cable car crew but the staff who hard work has made that a royalty and meriting and and click on watch sfgov 2. Members of the public please take this opportunity along with everyone who supports you can we give a roifrmd for the incredible country clapping. and id like to thank the leadership of our as we have julie hospital the general manager of muni runnings things and my job to say yes and the director of board of directors thank you for coming today clapping. Tony Bennetts i left my heart on a San Francisco immoshthd the cities charm but captured the hearts of people worldwide the lyrics with the essence of San Francisco with cable cars climb halfway to the stars making that a city contribute and dictate a cable car to tony bennett and finally, i 7, 8, 9 to thank all of you all not only for showing up here today but opening your heart to make that possible for us to continue operating embarrasses garages bus ever your heartfelt leave of this rolling working work of art we continue it operate cable cars in San Francisco and i also want to thank you. Your open heart and love of this extraordinary city that allows all of us to rise to the occasion of the transition between a bus e economic because out of you are collective love of San Francisco that that every single san franciscan has made this transition that we have reinvented when San Francisco southsouthwest love in our heart as well as a deep appreciation and love for our cities glorious history thank you all of you and welcome back clapping. thank you, jeff. Um, i may be given a person moment my groundwater gaepz came to it town in german from a small dell tissue on Market Street my dad said youre not going into this business i went to college and got out my first job was a one hundred dollar job in a station and their studios were here in the Fairmont Hotel when i stepped foot in the fairmont i saw the venetian room and a marquee and all of a sudden i wasnt a college kid but going to the fairmont will will that without further ado, let me introduce the general manager for the Fairmont Hotel mark. clapping thank you, rick. Well, good morning and welcome to mason street better known as tony bennett way were thrilled to be host and i would said to thank everyone for participating and more importantly mr. Bennett will look down from above. Um, as San Francisco mr. Bennett has the place a permanent place in our heart and mentioned up to now, first performed the legendary son in the venetian room started a long journey endured in the convenientlytion room and proud and honored this moment in history links us to the mr. Bennett in the amazing city we call home couldnt be prouder to go in the cable cars waving as it passes by the hotel and proud honored to continue the legacy so join necessary many welcoming rose for a tribute to mr. Bennett. clapping and. music . music for i left my heart in San Francisco . Instrumental. Your golden sun. Will shine for me. Thank you rose lets give another round of applause what an amazing rendition clapping. so lastly, you should have a full glass if you dont raise your empty glass i hope you can join me on that day of has the right to raise a glass to the legendary memory and man in celebration of cable cars cheers to all of you clapping. here we go. Everybody ready. Okay. 1, 2, 3, 4 cheering clapping. oh, this is television. music . My name is vet at a original artist based in San Francisco. I love it i love it ive never seen Something Else and we see how the people see which is happening and what is going on. Kind of cool i wanted to be part of that. I saw it 2, 3, 4, 5 minutes you yeah. So we have you yeah. I started going when i was young but not the type of kid would get food but this is something i really have been progressing on a talent from like other artists. This is amazing. This is so good yeah, it is so good like the artists. I love it. What a great project. Part of the part for have i grants. Yeah. I love it. I serve in for 2 two years now and i really am fortunate to live in a place for art. An effort creating places it serve San Francisco soul and that makes them want to see this place; right . With the experience of art in san jose experience in from the getgo sometimes our environmentalist has created tests but we have an opportunity for that and have artists in the storefront part of project you can walk in and experience and hoping well be there for a long time. This is the first farther easy way of going to spaces i didnt know how it is really cool it would be and were forced to be in the moment when were test and creating something really cool. Makes us feel good. As far unintelligible done all temporary and took them down i like the temporary aspect base unintelligible microphone distorted not permanent can enjoy it. Good afternoon and welcome to the march 12, 2024 meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Thank you mr. President. Chan, present. Dorsey, present. Engardio, present. Mandelman, not