I dont know if you were able to make it, but as dana mentioned, the conservatory has benefitted from the installation itself, in terms of membership and attendance, bringing people to the park in the evening for a nice fun activity. We support this and hope to see you on december 7th. President buell thank you very much. Is that it . Is there anyone else who wants to make Public Comment . Public comment is closed. Commissioner mcdonnell general manager. I wanted to follow up on katys point. This is probably the best opportunity we have to do a quick reflection on the lighting installation during the summer of love. Since it went live on summer solstice daytime visits are up 40 , membership increased 20 . Were seeing real energy and attraction at the conservatory as a result of the exhibit. The goal here is to keep it going. President buell makes one wonder, if you put lights on the zoo, all right. Commissioner mcdonnell i find it interesting that nighttime lights are driving daytime visiting when you cant see the lights, but whatever works. Im happy to move approval. President buell moved. Moved and seconded. All those in favor . So moved. Thank you. Were on item 10. Geneva powerhouse improvements, award of contract. Good afternoon. Im reem assaf, today is a request to award the contract for the geneva car barn and powerhouse project phase one. As you know, weve been working on the design and funding for the geneva car barn since 2010, a very, very long time. We received the permit this summer and put the project out to bid in september. It has seismic stable sfwlagsization, sidewalk improvements, improved entrances, new roof, restored windows, heating and most importantly, when were done, it will be a Community Space for arts and enrichment programming. With assistance of the department of public works, the department held a prequalification round for contractors in which five general contractors applied and were approved. The department advertised department and received only one bid proposal on october 25, 2017. The bid was submitted by construction in 8,252,300 with alternate of 15,000 in total of 8,267,300. Now the base bid was 1,930,840 above the projected engineer estimate. Now, there are several reasons for the high bid. We are an incredibly impacted construction market. There is limited and overloaded subcontractor market and space constraints with the site relationship with the rail yard that provide complication. So based on the reason, staff does not believe rebidding project would result in a lower bid, so the review has been completed and the Department Recommends approval to award the contract. Is there any Public Comment on this item . Good afternoon, jim salinas, i hope as we deliver these type of contracts and i appreciate the fact that we have two labor representatives here, and robot is a Union General contractor, but local hire should be important to the volunteer citizens on this panel. These projects actually offer often times an opportunity to bring in Young Brothers and sisters from the black and Brown Community and as one of the brothers spoke earlier, were not at a point in San Francisco where we have 3 africanamericans. Thats not the city i grew up in. And so you are all in a perfect position to make a difference. As you obviously make decisions on quality of life issues. Recreation and park centers are concerned, but there is one other added benefit you can bring to the community, thats those jobs. As we deliberate on those things, im not sure there was at one time a Contract Committee on this commission where those things were vetted. I hope that is still in place. So thank you for your ever consideration in that regard, commissioners, its so important. President buell thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to make Public Comment . Seeing none. Public comment is closed. Commissioner mcdonnell just a question related to the last comment in terms of local hire and how that will play out. Yeah, the city does have local hire and Small Business enterprise requirements and the project did fall within the guidelines and did comply with the guidelines. Commissioner low when we enter into contracts, dont we have the first source also . President buell seeing no other comments. Moved and seconded, all those in favor . So moved thank you. Now on item 11. Justin herman plaza. President buell let me make a comment going into this. At the last meeting i feel responsible, at least partially, for the confusion around the vote. I knew that commissioner mcdonnell had expressed and i can say inappropriately to the acting secretary that vote should be recorded. So, i apologize to all those concerned. Now let me say that the item before us came from the board of supervisors as 110 vote asking this commission to remove a name and replace it with its original name of Embarcadero Plaza. What is before us does not have a staff report recommendation because its from the board of supervisors, and two, were not entertaining as part of this action renaming it anything other than Embarcadero Plaza if thats the wish of this commission. So i want to frame this and say that we also heard a great deal of testimony and comments at the last meeting and so what were really doing is trying to correct the voting record here today. With that, please proceed. So we do have Public Comment. I have ace on the case and veronica garcia, after that, if anyone wants to make Public Comment, come on up. Come on up. I accept your apology commissioner, as we thought, with my further research with the secretary, City Attorney, reached out commissioner macdonell, i didnt see anything wrong. The only thing wrong was with the City Attorney office. They had greaser to figure out who was assigned here. Who is at fault . The City Attorney. They werent here. There is always City Attorneys there. But they feel this issue wasnt important. President buell i heard from them shortly after, trust me. Ace, what do you want . I made a big booboo. Well then, i only got two minutes, ridiculous, but im hoping and praying that were going to put together a committee. Know this process is just to remove the name, but there is another process on selecting the name to go on there. That is a process that i dont want no flaws, no mistakes. We want a fair chance to rename the thing. Everybody is up here trying to put this name, that name. Ive got a bombshell. Lets name it barack obama, because there will be no challenge, no denial. We get the federal building, State Government and you can put everything else. That is my proposal. My name is ace, im on the case. Barack obama and his first lady, because thats history there. Blacks come from all over the world just to be in that place there and then learn about the problems we have in the city. Then theyll learn about people that want their names on there, but i say there is no individual in this city, thats deserving to put their name on it, its for all of us. My name is ace and i come from the fillnomore. President buell thank you. Veronica . Good afternoon, commissioners, im hangry, so i can only imagine how youre feeling. Ill be brief. Im from the San FranciscoHuman Rights Commission on behalf of the executive director, she wanted confirm you received the letter from the commission, i have copies if you dont. I wanted to emphasize that the letter has concerns from the Community Related to the name. Ok . President buell thank you. Mr. Salinas . Good afternoon, president buell and commissioner, jim salinas, i was admonished once, but im here not having known this was on the agenda. But commissioners, im here to plead with you, and hopefully convince you that there should be two names for you to consider when you replace or reposition the original name for what was Justin Herman plaza. I would hope that the names of commissioner leroy king, the longest serving city commissioner and lifetime member of the San Francisco patrolmans union would be put into consideration, as well as someone who served on this prestige commission, commissioner larry martin, president of the transport Workers Union. Both served on the recreation and park commission. Both these brothers have long contributed to the wellbeing of this city and i would hope that as you move forward in the future, those two names would be held in consideration. They both made such an impact, such great difference for San Franciscoens across the board. Commissioners i wish you well in your deliberations and thank you for the great work that you all do here. Have great thanksgiving. President buell same to you. Thank you. Next speaker. Im here again, barbara, i chair the committee for David Johnsons name to be placed on the plaza. I was here last time to speak. I did notice mr. King and the other names mentioned, so please consider david johnson. Thank you. President buell thank you. Anyone else who would like to speak on the item . Being no further Public Comment, this item is closed. President buell commissioner anderson. Commissioner anderson thank you, i wrote a statement, because i want to be sure i dont forget anything important. Ive gone through a monthlong discernment on this issue and i have reached out to a lot of people. As i reflect on the resolution before us, i see it in two parts. The first part is to remove a name which many agree its time to do. The second part is to pick a new name. And its that second part that i was focused on from the very beginning. San franciscos public parks and recreational spaces are the most cherished of community treasures. Theyre like no other citys parks and spaces. Iconic welcoming symbols that carve out landscape and skyline attracting millions of visitors yearly. As stewards of these vital spaces were committed to provide safe, clean and accessible parks for our families, our children, coworkers and visitors from all around the world. All members of the public. As importantly, the manner or terms by which those spaces with named can also reflect the highest values and aspirations of the community. In fact, in this letter that we got from cheryl davis, executive director of the Human Rights Commission, she wrote, hrc supports the board of supervisors call for the plaza on the embarcadero to be named for honor resident who embodies San Francisco values of equity, inclusion, and forwardthinking. On the topic of renaming the space, i have engaged with the diversity of distinguished community leaders, residents and advocates regarding their keen, long time and even newly piqued interest in changing the name of the plaza, one of the most visible features of the public spaces and parks. Their interests are clear. Rename the plaza in honor of a person or event that best reflects the values of diversity, inclusion and social progress for which San Francisco aspires and is best known. I will vote to remove the current name of the plaza and i look forward to hearing more Public Comment, i guess in the future since its closed now, about choosing a new name for this vital space. And im looking forward to a broader discussion on Public Policy regarding how we name parks portions of parks in open spaces so that this plaza carries a name and symbolism in which we can all take pride. I heard two awesome suggestions today. Or three, rather. I would like to consider that you might consider females in that in the audience . But thank you for your suggestions and that is it for now. President buell thank you, commissioner. Commissioner mcdonnell. Commissioner mcdonnell first i would add my apology since i caused the ruckous by leaving, only to get several calls after. I apologize for that and im glad were back at this moment. I will restate a portion of what i said. This is such an important another important moment where the city takes a step in my opinion and perspective, a step forward. In some ways, another moment of long time coming. Do the best you can until you know better and then when you know better, do better. And i feel like right now, were doing better, so thank you very much. President buell thank you. Seeing no other comments, would you call i need a motion first. Excuse me, can we backtrack. Commissioner bonilla ok. I voted to i voted in opposition. And the reason i voted in opposition is because frankly, at the board of supervisors level and Committee Meetings prior to the board of supervisors, discussion on this matter, and because i did not see at our last commission meeting, did not see much input from the community, there wasnt really, from my standpoint, i dont think we really deliberated sufficiently on this matter. You look at the people that are here. I know this matter was in the newspapers and i looked on the website and additional to see additional comments that were being made and so on, and it really i mean i really didnt see much many i didnt see how should i say feedback. I really didnt see or read many comments. So i saw, my thinking was that we really hadnt deliberated on this. And at the time i really felt that the comments made by our esteemed president , mark buell, were in my mind, persuasive enough for me not to want to rush to judgment. And for me, not to want to say that or not to be involved in a process of singling out one individual during this whole era. And pointing the finger or blame on this one individual. And speaking i mean not and separating that out from looking at all of the the people, all the powers that be, the board of suits, city managers, administrators, people who were involved in the construction of these all these projects, and you know, spending thousands of hours, im sure, with commitment and passion, with what they were doing. I mean, i have i felt some difficulty in doing that. And i didnt feel that was an appropriate role for me. So that is why i voted a long with my esteemed along with my esteemed along with the president of the commission, whom i have total confidence, trust and no doubt in his leadership. So i felt that being the case, that was, last month, that was the decision i needed to make and that is the same decision i need to make now. President buell thank you, commissioner. With that, i see no other comments, the chair would entertain a motion. Move approval . Second. I want to acknowledge i was one of the attorneys on the panel that allowed that procedural error to go past month, so i also share responsibility. The motion is to remove the name of Justin Herman from the plaza and name the plaza Embarcadero Plaza pending any further action. Second. So were going to do roll call vote. Commissioner anderson . Aye. Commissioner bonilla no. So the motion does pass 42. President buell thank you very much. Were now on item 12. General Obligation Bond, program Lessons Learned. Commissioners, this is discussion only. I know this is out of order, but would you share your sandwich . I know that. If that will guarantee a higher level of participation, id be happy to make that trade. I think shes allowed to eat whenever she wants. Taking food from a baby . No, i would never do that. Do we need a motion . Seriously, if that would help. Of course not. You have my undivided attention. I hope to make it a quick presentation. This is my last day of i go on Maternity Leave for six months. Before i left, ive been cleaning up and putting context and next steps out there for my team and colleagues in other divisions. On one of the things i wanted to do for the commission before i left is reflect on the Lessons Learned from the 2000, 2008 and 2012 geo bond programs. Because we have a couple of big projects really coming up over the next six months to a year. And acting in my stead, she will continue to keep you apprised, but the life cycle project. So weve been reflecting quite a bit about what it means to be entering what ive called the plan to plan phase for the next general Obligation Bond. So were not in the process of start ago public process starting a public process yet, but we took time and the general manager and several other staff. Convened a half day workshop retreat to think about what did we learn from this past 15 plus years of implementation. What lessons are worth caring for and we wanted to share that with you, because as the life cycle data continues to come in, i think its going to raise new questions and its worth reflecting on the past to evaluate the choices we have before us more clearly. I think we have a real history of success. Dozens of ribboncuttings, including one this afternoon, hopefully you can get your sandwich before you go it west sunset. Really delivering on projects for communities and really meeting and managing expectations and then being able to deliver on them. One of the things i wanted to really talk about today was just connect that success as much as possible, to i think the integrity of process and the Due Diligence that went into that. Its very easy as we, five years, eight years later, youre at the ribbon cutting, it all looks great, to forget the tradeoffs and discipline that was necessary to get there. The main lesson of the 2000 bond, is around managing expectations. So this is an article about the 2000 bond projects, which the 2000 general Obligation Bond for parks was at 110 million for parks. Thats it. Unlike todays discussion about mclaren and the detail of what the bon