Commissioner anderson. Here. Commissioner harrison. Here. Commissioner mcdonald. Here. Okay. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the may 21st commission meeting. Just a few notes before we get started for the public. Can you hear me, stacy. She is in a different system. Okay. Somebody commented in chat andrew perry. He thinks stacy is on mute. I think she is while she is talking on a separate system to the public. I can see the mute button there. We are now on item 2. The president s report. Thank you very much. The president s report will be very brief. I want to congratulate all commissioners on Technology Skills and being able to get on the call and i want to thank the public for participating remotely. We are trying our best under these circumstances. I want to congratulate all staff and general manager for all of the work getting done during these challenging times, particularly in the broader sense of assisting the mayor and community in trying to solve the broader problems. That
Carpenter would normally play here but since concerts and large gatherings are still restricted due to code 19 cover decided to bring his music to the people so he loaded his organ onto a truck and he drove it to care facilities around the city the result was a surprise enjoyed by everyone. From carpenter has been cool the Company Needs a few are going. Through in the weeks of crisis become clear to the coast moving fast concert halls. Always go into the courtyard of a Senior Citizens home instead. Exact locations of his appearances kept under wraps so the room people. Many come. 20 minutes then comes the finale. Come on carpenters here to give people a bit of enjoyment in this time of coronavirus lockdown. But also a message. For classical musicians you know we spend our whole lives and our work not only studying the great works on the technique of our instrument but also learning what that music means and how to make it mean something to a person whos sitting just a few feet away but
We suggest listeners on the phone turn down your televisions or web browsers while youre listening on the phone. If, for any reason, the queue drops or the system drops a call, you are more than welcome to email the commission at recspark. Commission sfgov. Org. Alternatively, if you are not on the call but still wish to submit comments or questions, again, recpark. Commission sfgov. Org. You may also submit comments via written in writing to the s. F. Recreation and Parks Commission to our office and know that it is being record and will be available on sfgov tv right now. We are now on the president s report, item two thank you, stacey. This is certainly an historic time and i believe the first time that the commission has tried to entertain having a meeting by telephone but we are up to the task and i congratulate all the commissioners for being present today. I want to just make one comment that, in these challenging times, i think we can all be particularly proud of the leadership
San Francisco Health officials blocking people from taking part in an annual vel sel brags. Thanks for joining us. Im terry mcsweeney. Some starts gone open tomorrow. Here, the time line remains uncertain. There are more than 63,000 cases, 199 deaths in the bay area. So far, more than 280,000 tests contested. Close to 724,000 tests delivered. Another 7200 are pending. San francisco homeless shelter continues to see an outbreak of the coronavirus cases. As of today, 96 guests and ten Staff Members in the south facility have gotten covid 1. A decision has been nad to turn the shelter in a Recovery Center for homeless who have tested positive. Overs who have not gotten the busy have moved to hotels. San francisco has a message for people coming to celebrate 4 20 at Golden Gate Park, stay home. The celebration on hippie hill is canceled. What the city is doing today to pro pair. Reporter there are people out here today but the fencing is up and the area will be closed off tomorrow. The mes
They are turning it into a Recovery Center for those tested positive. Others being moved to that site. People in marin the county want to know how coronavirus has affected their community. Theyll find out. They are aiming to come up with specific numbers. One of just a handful to test known in a community. The First Responders will be offered free covid19 tests. One of the organizers raised the money to do this. Cyrus harmon said he is excited to get the process will use dual testing. Were doing something unique. Were testing both for active infekss with the prc test and an Antibody Test to see if people have been previously exposed. That kind of dual testing habits been going on at Community Levels before. That is exciting. The drivethrough testing starts tomorrow. Bolinas has about 1,500 residents. 4 20, always a crowded events at golden gate park. This year the leaders hope to not see anything like last years. What the city is doing to prepare. Reporter the fencing is up today and p