Please call the roll. [roll called] this is a recreation and Park Commission meeting of october 17, 2019. Welcome to everyone here today. We kindly remind you to turn off Electronic Devices and take any secondary conversations outside in order for the meeting to proceed. If you would like to speak on any item, we request you submit a blue card. Please address your comments to the commission during Public Comment. In order to allow equal time, neither the commission or staff will respond to any questions, but the commission may ask questions of staff after the Public Comment is closed. If there is item not of interest to you, you may speak under general Public Comment and that is item 4. Please note if the fire alarms activate, you must evacuate the building in an orderly fashion with any exit. Our leaders will return to first floor and are not available for use. Please make your way to the closest area of refuge across the hall in the mens restroom. Let them know where you are and they
Any item, we request you submit a blue card. Please address your comments to the commission during Public Comment. In order to allow equal time, neither the commission or staff will respond to any questions, but the commission may ask questions of staff after the Public Comment is closed. If there is item not of interest to you, you may speak under general Public Comment and that is item 4. Please note if the fire alarms activate, you must evacuate the building in an orderly fashion with any exit. Our leaders will return to first floor and are not available for use. Please make your way to the closest area of refuge across the hall in the mens restroom. Let them know where you are and they will assist you. We are on item 2, president s report. President buell thank you. A couple of things. Even though commissioner low is not here, i would like this express my gratitude that he handled last months meeting when i was out of town and everything went quite well. Secondly, i wanted to read
David johnson Photo Processing Lab and create a reading space in the lobby of the center. We have received over 100 letters in support of the request and there have been two Community Meetings held on friday, september 27 and thursday, october 10. Based on the feedback from community members, organizations and rec and Park Department staff, the staff recommends that the Photo Processing Lab at the Harvey Milk Photo Center be named the David Johnson Photo Processing Lab and to create a Reference Library and reading space in his name as well. At this time i will take questions. President buell thank you. Clerk id like to acknowledge that david and Jackie Johnson are here. Theyve requested to come up last, so ill be calling them up after the other cards. I have michael and then barbara and then angela. My name is michael johnson. Full disclosure, i am an employee of rec and park. I work in the Park Rangers Division there. President buell welcome. Im sure ive talked to one or two of you. I
266. 7 back then fast forward to january 25th when that number dropped to 146. Now thats a good sign. But moss, as case rates are still high. More than 400 people are in the ho indoor masking. However, he says face coverings are still going to continue to be important, especially when youre sick. Health experts continue to push for the vaccines as they say, its the best tool to protect yourself against covid moss as Alameda County has not seen its Healthcare System overwhelmed like other places where theres lower vaccination rates. 81. 4 of the population in Alameda County is vaccinated. The question is when are we going to be done with says that life probably wont go back to the way it was before the pandemic. But he says that were inching closer to the new normal. For now, back to you. Thank you, camila for that report. Californias indoor mask mandate is set to expire in less than 2 weeks, but at least one bay area county says that they may wait to lift their restrictions. Speaking a
266. 7 back then fast forward to january 25th when that number dropped to 146. Now thats a good sign. But moss, as case rates are still high. More than 400 people are in the ho indoor masking. However, he says face coverings are still going to continue to be important, especially when youre sick. Health experts continue to push for the vaccines as they say, its the best tool to protect yourself against covid moss as Alameda County has not seen its Healthcare System overwhelmed like other places where theres lower vaccination rates. 81. 4 of the population in Alameda County is vaccinated. The question is when are we going to be done with says that life probably wont go back to the way it was before the pandemic. But he says that were inching closer to the new normal. For now, back to you. Thank you, camila for that report. Californias indoor mask mandate is set to expire in less than 2 weeks, but at least one bay area county says that they may wait to lift their restrictions. Speaking a