And with that, that concludes the general managers report. Thank you. Thank you. Do we have Public Comment on this item . Please come forward. Council, were going to speak on 4 also . [speaker not understood]. Thank you. [speaker not understood]. Go ahead. Kathrin howard, golden gate prer vation alliance. And we have the screen, please. Thank you. Today im going to talk about the outside lands festival. As you know every year we walk the park and we give a review and our interest is in preservation of the park and trees in the park. Next screen, please. Trees need the roots. Trees cannot survive without roots. They breathe through their roots and absorb nutrition through their roots. They cannot thrive if their roots are continually damaged and they cannot thrive in compacted soil. What compacts soil . Heavy equipment, constant pressure. Next, please. This is a drawing from the Arbor Day Foundation and just very quickly tree roots, people think they go down, but they actually go out. T
I am the Vice President of the Greater West Portal Neighborhood Association and also the chair of the land use committee. And i just wanted to talk to you a little bit about west portal today and what i perceive to be the park needs of that neighborhood, which is a real family neighborhood. I mean, i chose that neighborhood because of the open space in the area, very green. It had two parks within each walking distance of our home. Mount davidson and West Portal Playground, and my children both went to west Portal School. And, so, i just some of the changes that ive seen in the neighborhood in terms of access to open space in fact, all of them have been for the worst. And i just wanted to talk to you about them and my ideas of how to address them. When i raised my kids in West Portal Playground there was a woman, i think her name was pat, who was on staff every day starting early in the morning, and she would literally rake the sand every day, every morning so that when the kids got th
Pat, who was on staff every day starting early in the morning, and she would literally rake the sand every day, every morning so that when the kids got there, any objects that might be in the sand had been removed. And she would sweep the sand on the sidewalk so that the kids could run around. That person there is no person like that any more. Nobody cleans out the sand. The rec center is usually closed. Theres nobody there keeping the place clean and neat. And i guess thats for lack of money, which is a shame and later on in the program were going to be theres going to be some discussion of funding for some other things. And i would say its a higher priority to have somebody there keeping the place clean and safe. There was a tennis court there is a tennis court right next to us, portal playground and i used to play tennis there all the time. I believe its the only was the only lit tennis court west of twin peaks in the city. That tennis court has been without a net for years. Its usu
You can sit back and enjoy the entertainment. So, once again, thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you. Is there any other Public Comment under the general managers report . Okay, being none, Public Comment is closed. We are now on item 4, which is general Public Comment. At this time members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission but that do not appear on the agenda. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. I have one card and that is kelly watts. Sfgovtv have a video . First of all, welcome, commissioner mcdonald, and congratulations. Prior to this meeting i electronically submitted to this commission a short video clip for your consideration. It is in part presented to address the shortcomings of the reports that have been generated by the rpd and zvi Fields Foundation partnership as well as
Changes that ive seen in the neighborhood in terms of access to open space in fact, all of them have been for the worst. And i just wanted to talk to you about them and my ideas of how to address them. When i raised my kids in West Portal Playground there was a woman, i think her name was pat, who was on staff every day starting early in the morning, and she would literally rake the sand every day, every morning so that when the kids got there, any objects that might be in the sand had been removed. And she would sweep the sand on the sidewalk so that the kids could run around. That person there is no person like that any more. Nobody cleans out the sand. The rec center is usually closed. Theres nobody there keeping the place clean and neat. And i guess thats for lack of money, which is a shame and later on in the program were going to be theres going to be some discussion of funding for some other things. And i would say its a higher priority to have somebody there keeping the place c