door? we need you to take your seats. on page two, there is a light standard. the weight was distributed unequally, which could damage the lawn. for some reason, the vip s seem to be the only group that does not understand you cannot park on tree roots. the chain of lakes were closed to parking. it looks great. perhaps it s time to start thinking about across-the-park tunnels, as was proposed a few years ago. here, here. i want to know that the general manager said here, here to the tunnel proposal. some pathways were locked for days even after the concert was done. the complaints that i heard about the sound thing some of the gates could have been opened and they were not. it was difficult to get near the polo field at all. we did manage to go around 1 centfence. there was a lot of equipment that was too close. there s so much fencing for this event. we could arrange that so the security areas are fenced first and the rest last, that would be great. bikes were still
cola. we got a gift to help with the golden gate park irrigation of great britain mercedes-benz donated $15,000 for our youth scholarship program. we got a gift from the u.s. soccer foundation for mission soccer field lighting. improving our environmental stewardship. we are committed to being stored of our parks being stewards of our parks in many ways. we implemented and they are being installed as we speak, dual recycling in golden gate park. we have continued efforts to reintroduce the mission blue butterfly to twin peaks. also, a dedicated by calling in golden gate park. our department was recently the recipient of an award from the department of the environment for these efforts. the department has recognized the water resources conservation pre in partnering with th. we have partnered with the puc to reduce water at 12 of the most water-consuming parks. leed silver certification. we ve begun using a variety of alternative fuel, including electric power and compressed
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 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
concrete. i think what you re going to get when we reopen next year is a great facility. thank you fortour. we re all amazed by the work that s been done. commissioner martin: i is what to say you are doing a fantastic job. all the people who have been telling me the wonderful job you guys are doing and stuff like that i wish you the best. commissioner harrison. : i would heartily second that. i think our staff is the greatest in the world and deserve all the credit. getting away from that, i notice we are not having capital report or open space reports in our agendas for a couple of months. i d like to see that. thank you. commissioner buell: thank you. i think that includes the general managers report. we have public comment. catherine, jean, and tom. good morning, commissioners. catherine howard, golden gate park alliance. i m here with the annual report. this report is also available through our web site, golden gate park preservation dot org. we have a summary on
commission will be afforded when that item is reached in the meeting. i have tony, richard, and neal. please come forward. good morning, commissioners. tony is a retired senior animal keeper, speaking today on behalf of the dolores parlor of the native sons of the golden west parlor number one. i saw other members are committed to preserving california history and our western heritage. an important institution in golden state park is the bison which has a history dating back to the turn of the last century when president teddy roosevelt launched an initiative to save the bison from extinction. during the summer myself and other members have been concerned about during our visits to the paddock that this seems to be a considerable disappointment by other park visitors in that the bison are not particularly visible. this is due to the fact that the herd has been reduced from 20 animals to only three rather gare yacht trick geriatric animals and they generally repose in the