Receive kudos in person. There will be a celebration for him out at harding i think next week. And we will pass along information for that if any of you are available to attend. That is the conclusion of my recognition. We have this month in parks, we have a special video that may or may not have seen. It is our annual report. 2017. In retrospect. [ ] its been another amazing year for us at the San Francisco rec and park with 220 parks, 4,000 acres of open space, we have one of the most special parks in the entire country, but what makes our park system so special are all of you. The people who use the parks every day. Who participate in your recreation programs, who volunteer, who advocate, and who work in our parks. Our accomplishments are your accomplishments. And without all of you our park system would not be as lively and vibrant. Enjoy this look back at the past year in our parks. We have a great park system. A lot of folks. Safe clean and fun. We promote our parks historic and
We planned for parks of the future. We make our parks safer and cleaner. We celebrated our history and culture. We promoted active living for the diverse and growing population. We help folks play ball. We let kids be kids regardless of whether they can afford to and connected them with the natural world. We let seniors be seniors and we made sure everyone can get out and play. In the last two years, weve hosted more than 172,000 events . Our parks, little ones, big ones, fast ones, slow ones, strange ones, earthy ones. We inspire letsplaysf a campaign to build new playgrounds. We created a new light art installation on the conservatory iconic facade. We worked with the Golden State Warriors foundation to resurface the basketball court. We renovated the soccer pitch. We partnered with the San Francisco conservancy to design a new park. We renovated and reopened south park and lincoln park. We helped to ensure that all san franciscans can get out and play. We didnt just inspire capital,
One is difficult with even animals. Why would an animal be in solitary there. I thought perhaps we could have another crane or others to accompany such animals. And the fish that were put in there, the koi fish, theyre doing good, keeping the bottom clean, but theyre prolific breeders, so i dont know which animals are attracted to getting the small fish, but thats part of that wildlife to it. Thats the food chain. Sometimes if you see the crane there, it doesnt even look like its alive, so i thought maybe you had another one there. Hopefully, i can get that from the zoo, where they find another matching crane. But i also heard from the director of operations it doesnt want them breeding, so you got to have the same gender. President buell thank you. Secretary anyone else who would like to make Public Comment under the zoo item . Being none, this item is closed. This was discussion only. Were on item 8, the joseph l. Alioto piazza, approval of a temporary art installation. Good morning,
Meet a lot of great friends and glad oo coupt cory and javier great friends and positive addition to the neighborhood. Thank you. Jeff and lived in San Francisco since 2008 and live on polk street. I met javier and cory in law school. Im a attorney as wem as they are. I want to talk about them prnlly, they are fantastic peem people. I vust them with my kids lives. There are so many things i can say about them but they are concerned about the community and building up that neighborhood so fully recommend approval of the project. Thank you. My name is ron john from india, went to scoom school in texas and moved to polk street about 12 years ago and when was there i serve public convenience and necessity. Thank you, sarge chblt sergeantsdy San Francisco police. You have before you a pcn report for trade r joes. This would allow beer, wine and distilled spirits off the property. There are two letters of protest, no letters of support. They are located in plot 210 which is considered high c
The subject matter jurisdiction of recreation and Park Commission, you may speak under general Public Comment and that is item 4 and it is continued again on item 10. Please address your comments to the commission during Public Comment on items in order to allow equal time for all neither the commission nor staff will respond to any questions during Public Comment. The commission may ask questions of staff after Public Comment is closed. Last, if the fire alarms activate, you must evacuate the building in an orderly fashion using any exit, please note elevators will immediately return to the first floor and are not available for use. If you need assistance out of the building, please make your way to the closest area of refuge which is across the hall in the mens restroom inside the restroom is a speaker box, press it and city hall security will answer, let them know where you are a and they will assist you, with that, we are on item number 2, the president s report. Well, the vicepres