with a young woman who was visiting the garden for many years and takes classes at city college and studies at the garden. up with other aspect cooperation of the agreement and cooperation with the city are the many opportunities for volunteers. there are hundreds and hundreds of volunteers there. these volunteers have an opportunity to have an engagement with their community, something that enriches their lives and enriches the lives of san franciscans who visit there and enjoy the benefits. so i urge you to support this lease agreement. thank you. joseph, lawrence, barry- [speaker not understood] . good morning commissioners, i am here to speak? support of the new lease and management agreement between the department of recreation and park and the botanical garden society. the new agreement will replace the initial agreement, which was implemented in 2002. by way of introduction, i am dr. joe i serve as a life member of the board of the botanical garden society and
flowers with branchs that float like a hand kerchief in the wind along with other plans in the cloud forest collection because of work done by the botanical garden society. morning aspect talked about is the library and justed yesterday in the garden i spoke with a young woman who was visiting the garden for many years and takes classes at city college and studies at the garden. up with other aspect cooperation of the agreement and cooperation with the city are the many opportunities for volunteers. there are hundreds and hundreds of volunteers there. these volunteers have an opportunity to have an engagement with their community, something that enriches their lives and enriches the lives of san franciscans who visit there and enjoy the benefits. so i urge you to support this lease agreement. thank you. joseph, lawrence, barry- [speaker not understood] . good morning commissioners, i am here to speak? support of the new lease and management agreement between the departm
docent, but pay to take classes that the public can and i am a parent of two as well. i support this lease and i am glad that many you came to the garden yesterday. it was wonderful. the warmer was amazing and thank you for hearing me and please reconsider the fee, if that is in this discussion at all. thank you. thank you. mary, joseph, lawrence, barry. good morning, commissioners. i want could you speak into the mic, please. sorry. thanks. my name is mary pitts a long-term resident of san francisco and volunteer at the botanical garden for 15 years and i m currently a trustee there. i have seen firsthand as a volunteer, but more important as a parent with raising children in san francisco, going to the botanical garden and enjoying what was there, but seeing it develop beautifully over the 40 or more years that i have been here. yes, we love the trees in the botanical garden. the san francisco botanical garden at strybing arboretum, but some of those trees a