Lily wong right now they have been around for over a decade in some places closer to two and Merced Heights and no one has been here in a super long time and so some of those are functional still. You can still play on them, but the trends and in design and whennure compare the quality of those play structures to Mission Playground on valencia street its a dramatic before and after so we can certainly talk about what i think a replacement cycle should look like. I think the department has learned a lot over the past decade about how to improve the durablity of the playgrounds that we build and also the ease of maintenance. We made a number of policy decisions over the past 10 years. For example a decade ago we were ordering playgrounds from germany and fancy things from other places and we discovered the replacement time when you break it there is a lag time to order a replacement part from a high end designer in germany when the yard is here in San Francisco and it broke last week and
At bo decker for example at lily wong right now they have been around for over a decade in some places closer to two and Merced Heights and no one has been here in a super long time and so some of those are functional still. You can still play on them, but the trends and in design and whennure compare the quality of those play structures to Mission Playground on valencia street its a dramatic before and after so we can certainly talk about what i think a replacement cycle should look like. I think the department has learned a lot over the past decade about how to improve the durablity of the playgrounds that we build and also the ease of maintenance. We made a number of policy decisions over the past 10 years. For example a decade ago we were ordering playgrounds from germany and fancy things from other places and we discovered the replacement time when you break it there is a lag time to order a replacement part from a high end designer in germany when the yard is here in San Francisc
Reiterate or under score that dawn did mention. First the staff. I would agree with dawn having participated in a number of these process and ones that had the passion and commitment to parks and open space that could potentially be therefore very contentious and this was not for a number of reasons. The first of which in my mind was the incredible Staff Support and analysis that went into preparation that dawn referenced so again thank you to dawn and the entire team, and then secondly the masterful facilitation skills of steve his last name . Cansian. Was just phenomenal in guiding the process and ensuring that Task Force Member as well as Community Members felt their voice was being heard and options and issues of importance were being considered so really, really fantastic, and then in addition to the members of the task task force each brought commitment and intelligent and passion around the issues i want to under score. How valuable it was to have community in the room and again
Money than reducing spending because the choices are harder and this was done with facts and the community and i think the outcomes are very, very credible and i really do want to thank dawn and stacy and the entire Steering Committee for their participation in it. I ulc want to thank the San Francisco Parks Alliance which has taken up playgrounds as a cause and i cant think of a more noble one. I know matt ogrady is here and i want to thank them and the Parks Alliance board for their interest. This is at the top of our philanthropic list frankly. We want to leverage this opportunity. We have a chunk of public money that if we can figure out and attract some private support we can do more and we can do it better and more boldly and the trick will be trying to attract and get commitments for that support in a time frame that works with the first phase of renovations, but this is on our list. Its something that Lisa Bransten thinks about everyday and she and i talk about everyday so hope
This happens to be alice chalmers. This is the basketball area and part of the tennis area and its all cracked and pavement is broken up. A little more on the right on the basketball area. I will show you Merced Heights. This is Merced Heights their tennis court on the left and a little bit of their Basketball Court on the right. This is the excelsior tennis court and basketball on the right. And this is Crocker Amazon as basketball and open play and le grande halfcourt. The reason i bring this up, i dont think 250,000 for a onetime expenditure will be enough. This is just one district and there are several districts throughout the city, and i think this is probably a need for annual expenditures which is what i am suggesting for my supervisor and i hope that is also amended when this goes forward as well. Also, on the second item, which is the lower crocker area converting the dirt lot this has been a problematic areas since the soccer fields have gone in. There are cars parking on th