delores park, to name a few. we relied on 130 hours of volunteer time. our on going partnerships with the san francisco police department is also helping us keep our park clean to we partnered with local schools and san francisco general hospital to create a moremural to discourage graffiti. a proposed state pakate park atn gate park. with respect to our recreational choices, we ve talked a lot about this. we put a lot of focus and energy into our recreational activity and is paying off. we ve increased the number of registered hours by 13%, providing more than 76,000 hours of programming to the public. we also had a significant increase of 20% in the total number of program registrations, meaning we have gone this year we were at 48,851. 16,000 alone in our summer camps this year. we ve also gotten off the one- size-fits-all programming and we created new and creative programs to the public with significant input. recreation is not one size fits all. we have skateboarding,
and is paying off. we ve increased the number of registered hours by 13%, providing more than 76,000 hours of programming to the public. we also had a significant increase of 20% in the total number of program registrations, meaning we have gone this year we were at 48,851. 16,000 alone in our summer camps this year. we ve also gotten off the one- size-fits-all programming and we created new and creative programs to the public with significant input. recreation is not one size fits all. we have skateboarding, fishing, serving, kayaking, rock climbing, and biking. we have increased our aquatics programs. we provided programming for l gbtq youth and young adults. we have talked a little bit about our scholarship program. to ensure the program s remain accessible to everyone, we expanded our youth scholarship program by granting over $500 ,000 in programming. this is an increase of 144% from last year. we have talked a lot about this commission has been very involved in supp
additionally, there s a great deal of resentment that this concert was planned with little regard to the residents of the neighborhood and joining golden gate park. i hope there will be fewer problems and other events in the future. your attention to these concerns is greatly appreciated. thank you. i would like to submit this for the record. commissioner buell: thank you. thank you. tom? hello and thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to speak to you. my name is tom and i live in richmond. i got overwhelmed with the amount i would like to say, but i thought i would just address a couple of things. one is the issue of outside lands and the park. i feel that the issue with the park is to fwofold. the goal of the park is to provide recreation for the citizens and to encourage nature it s a natural setting. the falcons that might nest in a tree and then be chased off by a concert. there are many places where what is that? the other issue with the noise. i am
the record. commissioner buell: thank you. thank you. tom? hello and thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to speak to you. my name is tom and i live in richmond. i got overwhelmed with the amount i would like to say, but i thought i would just address a couple of things. one is the issue of outside lands and the park. i feel that the issue with the park is to fwofold. the goal of the park is to provide recreation for the citizens and to encourage nature it s a natural setting. the falcons that might nest in a tree and then be chased off by a concert. there are many places where what is that? the other issue with the noise. i am a little overwhelmed, but the neighborhood was affected greatly, yet they say it was not that loud at the concert. i believe it is an engineering issue. it should be engineered so that it is contained. that might mean elevating the speakers. that might mean creating a sail that you could secure that would bounce the sound in the di
comments. attached are complaints of other residents in the richmond district about the outside lands concert in golden gate park. my experience is similar to those in the attachment. most of the times, it was very unpleasant. i was forced to leave my home in order to get a little peace and quiet. the excessive noise was only part of the problem. the neighborhood was covered with litter. there were illegal cameras in the park and there were complaints of other anti-social behavior. additionally, there s a great deal of resentment that this concert was planned with little regard to the residents of the neighborhood and joining golden gate park. i hope there will be fewer problems and other events in the future. your attention to these concerns is greatly appreciated. thank you. i would like to submit this for the record. commissioner buell: thank you. thank you. tom? hello and thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to speak to you. my name is tom and i live in r