There some clear requirements about the operational planning about the strategic planning, and that planning will have to be drive the budget priorities, we fully intend to Parks Alliance two Oldest Department accountable and work with them closely on the development of those operational plans and how those operational plans translate into budget priorities. I think they will do that. I think that committed to us that they will do that. I think they want to do that for themselves. I think this really can usher in a new era for us much smarter and effective park policy. Thank you. Thank you very much for are there any other members of the public would like to comment on item number two . Seeing none, will close Public Comments. [gavel] commissioner farrell thank you everyone who came out today to speak on this measure. And to our rec center part and Parks Alliance and other members working on this for quite some time now. We look forward to the continuing discussions. Again want to thin
Evans. Any announcements . Please silence all cells phone and Electronic Devices and completed speaker cards should be submit today the clerk. Items today will appear january 12 meeting unless otherwise stated would like to thank Jessie Larsson squh gym smith for braus braud casting todays meeting. Item 1 is consider apointding 3 members terms ending february 1, 2015 to the parks and recreation Advisory Committee. There are 3 seats and 3 appicates great, we have seberate members of prosack who are here today. Looks like [inaudible] is first is not going to be able to make it. She has written testimony boy robert brooust, if you can please come forward. Good morning, supervisors. I am robert braust and thank you very much for hearing and giving me the opportunity to introduce myself, explain why i was original picked to represent district 8 on prosack. Explain a little of what i managed to get done in the first 2 years and what i hope to get done in the next. I am a Founding Member of d
June 7, 2017. Okay, supervisor farrell. Thank you supervisor avalos and supervisor cohen and everyone who is here. I will keep my comment brief. We brought this item before committee and will continue today until the next rules committee, but want to reiterate the purpose behind this. I think everyone shares this here, the parks inside the sit a are some the greatest assets qu provide a high quality of life and as the city grows in terms of population and otherwise and we feel it every day, the parks are used with greater intensity more than ever before. Over the last few years inside of city hall the parks budget has note grown and if we want to maintain had parks and new open space we ptd to develop in San Francisco, we need to make sure spending for the park saz priority and that is what this amendment does. Before i introduce this we had a huge neighborhood process across the city. I want to thank the Parks Alliance for a great partner throughout the process. Neighborhood groups in
The control must provide the background to this is the Library System has the exact same funding arrangement being proposed for the park and existing 75 fund from property tax and a baseline funding from the discretionary general fund. But the library has specified Spending Priorities for the setaside money in the charter. They must specified use of the unspent setaside fund at years end. The controller is required to calculate and publish the actual amount of city money for the library. We would like the same words to be inserted into this. The addendum is from proposition d. Further information 2007 the Library Preservation Fund Amendment to charter provided as example of specificity. Thank you. Good morning. Im nancy wilson can form a member of the yet im deeply concerned voters will not be getting the maintenance for our parks that is been promised to them with this new Charter Amendment. Unless the requirements tackle the problems are specified in the legal language. Big state tha
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