very well. i want to talk a little bit about the exciting news the tarantulas. this is not your favorite animal but they are a very misunderstood species. we have a fantastic exhibit with 20 species of these animals. please learn something about tarantulas. let me go into the conservation report. i want to talk about the global programs. the first of these is about living with lions. these programs they are programs funded by the san francisco zoo, a conservation group that works in kenya with the people that live with clients, and traditionally they would kill lions for our right of passage, and also when they killed the cattle. this is changing their thoughts to save lives, and there is an economic event hitch in tourism. by supporting these groups, lions are being protected. we have donated close to $30,000. this is not the san francisco zoo. we have a donation jar from when this opened in 2002. these are contributions made by the public to this project of over $30,000
of the staff. i had some pictures i ve brought along to share. this is of the volunteers with the interior of the store. my husband and i stayed on for the senior camp, which is a success, and i just wanted to tell you about one of the successes. normally i come before with a lot of complaints but this is going very well. we have time for one more. morning, mr. president. i am here on behalf of the friends of joe dimaggio playground and the over 1000 north beach residents who support the plan for the new library. last week, the board of supervisors ruled unanimously to approve of this project. with the funding secure, we have to move forward on the playground innovation. i asked to approve this resolution, to extend this for the renovation of the playground. on a different matter, from the parents and children who use the playground, i would like to thank the general manager for finding a way to reopen the clubhouse. this is very appreciated during the summer holiday.
to move forward on the playground innovation. i asked to approve this resolution, to extend this for the renovation of the playground. on a different matter, from the parents and children who use the playground, i would like to thank the general manager for finding a way to reopen the clubhouse. this is very appreciated during the summer holiday. this includes general public comment. we are on the consent calendar and one person would like to speak. this is just an inquiry, perhaps. i wanted to know if it was possible to get a copy of the lease for the playground, for the children s nursery school. is this something did you look into the general public information? this is in the consent calendar for today. is there someone else would like to make public comment on the consent calendar? public, disclosed. commissioners? i entertain a motion. all of those in favor signify by saying aye. we are now on item 6, the san francisco zoo. thank you. good morning, c
the san francisco zoo is working with working to determine scientific data that will help this turtle in the wild places. we re actually had starting turtles that have been taken out of the wild for genetic research and we grow them up and release them into the wild. this is an important project, with the oakland zoo and the san francisco zoo, working to help this turtle. this is a very exciting one, and we re just not getting involved with this. it turns out there is a global collapse of amphibians, they re disappearing globally for a lot of reasons. one of them is a fungus, sweeping through california in the high sierra. it has obliterated population of populations of the yellow legged frog. what we are doing is collaborating with the scientists, one of the premier scientists, and we re working with him and his population of frogs that were taken out of a while before this fungus swept through, and these are the only remaining species from this population. we will work
as the parks and recreation department. i would like to introduce the executive director who is here to tell you about the parks and recreation the parks and recreation center. we are thrilled about the partnership, and this is a critical and instrumental partner for the program offerings to kids and adults. let me introduce this item for you today. i want to finish on a high note with another presentation to the department. this is something that we talk about a few years ago. we will continue to raise funding, and we collaborate together to create this request. this is excellent teamwork and collaboration between the parks and recreation staff, and this is from the global community grants fund. this will provide hardware, including laptop computers, we have a digital arts mobile program that will give digital arts training to children and adults in recreation centers across san francisco. this is based on experience from the harvey milk recreation center. this enables