Speaker cards and any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today well be on the january 20 agenda. I would like to extend a warm welcome to supervisor haney. Item 1 is resolution approving an agreement with the nonprofit Owners Association for administration and management of the established propertybased Community Benefit district known as the downtown Community Benefit district. Supervisor mar thank you. Supervisor peskin, any . Supervisor peskin i do not. Supervisor mar i know we were supposed to have the Economic Workforce Development to present. I dont see him here. Maybe we can go to Public Comment. Are there any members of the public that wish to testify on item number 1 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. I guess we can send this to the full board with positive recommendation. Supervisor peskin happy to move that. Supervisor mar without objection . Great. Mr. Clerk, item number 2. Item 2 is a motion directing the budget and legislative analyst to conduct a performance audit in 201920 of the Ethics Commission. Supervisor mar as you know, the San Francisco Ethics Commission was created by local voters with the passage of proposition k. This is the entity that the city relies on for the Impartial Administration and enforcement of laws related to Public Financing of candidates, conflict of interest, and registration and reporting by lobbyists. Campaign consultants, permit consultants and major developers. These are critically important functions because without an Ethics Commission that is able to do its work, all of our Good Government and policies are just words on paper. The last audit was performed in 2012 by the boards budget analyst. Since that time weve had new laws approved, including legislation that i have championed regarding shining a light on campaign financing. New lobbies restrictions and a Financial Disclosure system that is under way. So how is our Ethics Commission doing when it comes to oversight . Is oversight being performed in a timely manner . Is it effective . Are there best practices used by other ethics departments we should be looking at and adopting . When investigations take an unreasonable amount of time to complete, when it seems as though the lowest hanging fruit are the targets of investigations, rather than the more sophisticated operations, when there is not realtime enforcement of violations of ethics laws and reported violations are only acted upon after the campaign is over, that is not reassuring the public that we are maintaining scrupulous oversight to ensure a transparent government. What kind of resources do we need to ensure that our Ethics Commission has order to be effective . In a Political Landscape like the one were in, it is critical we do what we can to show the public that government can adhere to the highest ethical standards and where we fall short, we have an oversight body that is operating in the publics best interests to keep government accountable. So i look forward to the outcome of the audit and thank the budget and legislative analysts in advance for their work on this issue. And to supervisor yee for introducing this request. Are there any members of the public who wish to testify on these items . Thank you. Public comment is closed. Can we recommend this item to the full board without objection . Thank you. Mr. Clerk, please call item number 3. Item 3, resolution authorizing and approving lease with npu, a California Corporation for the United States old mint at 88 fifth street at the Monthly Base Rent of 20,000, requiring the tenant to be responsible for all utilities, rental fees for a twoyear term. With three oneyear options to extend, adopting appropriate findings and making findings that the proposed transaction is in conformity with the general plan and the eight priority policies. Supervisor mar thank you. I understand the Mayors Office is from the Mayors Office this item is not ready to move forward. As such, after Public Comment, i will make a motion to continue this to the call of the chair. Are there any members of the public who wish to testify on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Colleagues, can we continue this to the call of the chair without objection . Okay great. Mr. Clerk, please call items 4 through 18 for closed session. Agenda items 4 through 18 are various ordinances and resolutions authorizing settlement of lawsuits and litigating claims and authorizing the service of offer to compromise in a lawsuit against the city and county of San Francisco. Supervisor mar any members of the public who wish to testify on the items that will be heard in closed session today . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Do we have a motion to convene in closed session . So moved. Supervisor mar were now back in open session. During the litigation agenda, they acted unanimously to submit 4 through 18 to the board of supervisors. Supervisor mar do i have a motion not to disclose the proceedings from the closed session . Supervisor peskin so moved. Supervisor mar any further business. No further business. Supervisor mar we are adjourned, thank you. We have private and Public Gardens throughout the garden tour. All of the gardens are volunteers. The only requirement is youre willing to show your garden for a day. So we have gardens that vary from all stages of development and all gardens, family gardens, private gardens, some of them as small as postage stamps and others pretty expansive. Its a variety all of the world is represented in our gardens here in the portola. I have been coming to the portola garden tour for the past seven or eight years ever since i learned about it because it is the most important event of the neighborhood, and the reason it is so important is because it links this neighborhood back to its history. In the early 1800s the portola was farmland. The regions flowers were grown in this neighborhood. If you wanted flowers anywhere future bay area, you would come to this area to get them. In the past decade, the area has tried to reclaim its roots as the garden district. One of the ways it has done that is through the portola garden tour, where neighbors open their gardens open their gardens to people of San Francisco so they can share that history. When i started meeting with the neighbors and seeing their gardens, i came up with this idea that it would be a great idea to fundraise. We started doing this as a fundraiser. Since we established it, we awarded 23 scholarships and six work projects for the students. The Scholarship Programs that we have developed in association with the portola is just a winwinwin situation all around. The Scholarship Program is important because it helps people to be able to tin in their situation and afford to take classes. I was not sure how i would stay in San Francisco. It is so expensive here. I prayed so i would receive enough so i could stay in San Francisco and finish my school, which is fantastic, because i dont know where else i would have gone to finish. The scholarships make the difference between students being able to stay here in the city and take classes and having to go somewhere else. [ ] [ ] you come into someones home and its theyre private and personal space. Its all about them and really their garden and in the city and urban environment, the garden is the extension of their indoor environment, their Outdoor Living room. Why are you here at this garden core . Its amazing and i volunteer here every year. This is fantastic. Its a beautiful day. You walk around and look at gardens. You meet people that love gardens. Its fantastic. The portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year. Mark your calendars every year. You can see us on the website my name is alan schumer. I am a fourth generation san franciscan. In december, this building will be 103 years of age. It is an incredibly rich, rich history. [ ] my core responsibility as city hall historian is to keep the history of this building alive. I am also the tour program manager, and i chair the city advisory commission. I have two ways of looking at my life. I want it to be i wanted to be a Fashion Designer for the movies, and the other one, a political figure because i had some force from family members, so it was a constant battle between both. I ended up, for many years, doing the fashion, not for the movies, but for for san franciscan his and then in turn, big changes, and now i am here. The work that i do at city hall makes my life a broader, a richer, more fulfilling than if i was doing something in the Garment Industry. I had the opportunity to develop relationships with my docents. It is almost like an extended family. I have formed incredible relationships with them, and also some of the people that come to take a tour. She was a dressmaker of the first order. I would go visit her, and it was a special treat. I was a tiny little girl. I would go with my wool coat on and my special little dress because at that period in time, girls did not wear pants. The Garment Industry had the at the time that i was in it and i was a retailer, as well as the designer, was not particularly favourable to women. You will see the predominant designers, owners of huge complexes are huge stores were all male. Women were sort of relegated to a lesser position, so that, you reached a point where it was a difficult to survive and survive financially. There was a woman by the name of diana. She was editor of the bazaar, and evoke, and went on and she was a miraculous individual, but she had something that was a very unique. She classified it as a third i. Will lewis brown junior, who was mayor of San Francisco, and was the champion of reopening this building on january 5th of 1999. I believe he has not a third eye , but some kind of antenna attached to his head because he had the ability to go through this building almost on a daily basis during the restoration and corrects everything so that it would appear as it was when it opened in december of 1915. The board of supervisors approved that, i signed it into law. Jeffrey heller, the city and county of San Francisco oh, and and your band of architects a great thing, just a great thing. To impart to the history of this building is remarkable. To see a person who comes in with a gloomy look on their face , and all of a sudden you Start Talking about this building, the gloomy look disappears and a smile registers across their face. With children, and i do mainly all of the childrens tours, that is a totally different feeling because you are imparting knowledge that they have no idea where it came from, how it was developed, and you can Start Talking about how things were before we had computer screens, cell phones, lake in 1915, the mayor of San Francisco used to answer the telephone and he would say, good morning, this is the mayor. At times, my clothes make me feel powerful. Powerful in a different sense. I am not the biggest person in the world, so therefore, i have to have something that would draw your eye to me. Usually i do that through color, or just the simplicity of the look, or sometimes the complication of the look. I have had people say, do those shoes really match that outfit . Retirement to me is a very strange words. I dont really ever want to retire because i would like to be able to impart the knowledge that i have, the knowledge that i have learned and the ongoing honor of working in the peoples palace. You want a longterm career, and you truly want to give something to do whatever you do, so long as you know that you are giving to someone or something youre then yourself. Follow your passion and learn how to enrich the feelings along the way. Welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. It is the only facility that has an integrated Swimming Pool and Recreation Center combined. We have to pools, the citys water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide. Exercises for everybody. Hi have a great time. The ladies and guys that come, it is for the community and we really make it fun. People think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. I have been coming to the pool for a long time now. It is nice, they are sweet. In the aquatics center, they are very committed to combining for people in San Francisco. And also ensuring that they have public safety. There are a lot of different personalities that come through here and it makes it very exciting all the time. They, their family or teach their kids have a swim. Of the gem is fantastic, there is an Incredible Program going on there, both of my girls have learned to swim there. It is a fantastic place, check it out. It is an incredible indication of what bonn dollars can do with our hearts and facilities. It is as good as anything you will find out why mca. Parents come from all over. There are not too many pools that are still around, and this is onestop shopping for kids. You can bring your kid here and have a cool summer. If you want to see some of the youth and young men throughout San Francisco play some great pickup games, come wednesday night for midnight basketball. On saturdays, we have a senior lyons dance that has a great time getting exercise and a movement. We have all the music going, the generally have a good time. Whether it is awkward camp or junior guard. From more information, visit as a woman of color who grew up in San Francisco i understand how institutions can have an impact on communities of color. I think having my voice was important. That is where my passion lies when the opportunity to lead an office in such a new space came up. I couldnt turn it down. I was with the District Attorneys Office for a little over nine years, if you include the time as an intern as well as volunteer da, all most 13 years. During the time with the das office i had an opportunity to serve the community not only as the assistant District Attorney but as director of community relations. That afforded the opportunity to have impact on the community in an immediate way. It is one thing to work to serve the rights of those without rights, victims. It is really rewarding to work to to further the goals of our office and the commitment we have as City Employees and advocates for people who dont have a voice. I dont know of anyone surprised to see me in this role. Maybe people have an impression what the director of the office of cannabis should be like, what their beliefs should be. I smash all of that. You grew up in the inner city of San Francisco. My career path is not traditional. I dont think a person should limit themselves to reach full potential. I say that to young women and girls. That is important. You want to see leadership that looks diverse because your path is not predetermined. I didnt wake up thinking i was going to be a prosecutor in my life. The city administrator reached out and wanted to have a conversation and gave me interest in the new role. I thought you must not know what i do for a living. It was the opposite. She had foresight in realizing it would be helpful for somebody not only a former prosecutor but interested in shaping criminal Justice Reform for the city would be the right person for the space. I appreciate the foresight of the mayor to be open how we can be leaders in San Francisco. I was able to transition to the policy space. Here i was able to work on legislation, community relations, communication and start to shape the ways our office was going to reform the criminal Justice System. It is fulfilling for me. I could create programs and see those impact peoples lives. I am the change. It took truants youth to meet with Civil Rights Movement leaders who fought to have access to education. Being a young person to understand that helped the young people realize this was an important thing to give up. What we find is that young people who are truanted have a really high homicide rate in our city, which is a sad statistic. We want to change that. Coming from a community we are black and brown. I dont reach out to other people. I dont think they feel the same way. I had the great opportunity to work on Prison Reform issues and criminal Justice Reform issues. We created a program at san quentin where we brought district opportunities t to lifs and talk about how we are all impacted by the criminal Justice System. We brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation. Now we are inviting the police department. Our formerly incarcerated group born out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal Justice System specifically in San Francisco impacts the community. I was attracted to the role. There was a component of equity that was part of this process. The Equity Community here in San Francisco is a community that i had already worked with. Before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who ha had been impacted. That conversation needed to happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. The das office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. The District Attorney was really focused on the right side of history for this. We realized it would be quite a heavy lift for individuals who have been negatively impacted by the war on drugs to expunge the record. It was important to figure out the framework to make it seamless and easy. They put their minds to it after some time and many conversations the data analysts and other policy walk throughs on the team came up with the idea to engage the Tech Community in this process. Code for america helped us developed the rhythm to be used for any jurisdiction across the state that was important to create a solution to be used to assist all jurisdictions dealing with this matter. The office of cannabis is the first office to have a completely digital application process. We worked with the digital team to develop the online application. There are going to be hiccups. We are first to do it. It is one of the most rewarding parts to offer a seamless to offer a seamless approach. That is how they can find solutions to solve many of the community challenges. The best way to respond to prop 64 was to retroactively expunge 9,000 cannabis related records for San Francisco. It feels like justice full circle for my personal experience. In the past i was furthering the war on drugs just as my directive. Really coming from a place of public safety. That was the mandate and understanding. It is nice to see that pass a society we are able to look at some of our laws and say, you know what . We got it wrong. Lets get this right. I had the privilege of being in the existing framework. My predecessor Nicole Elliott did an incredible job bringing together the individuals superpassionate about cannabis. The office was created in july of 2017. I came in early 2018. I have been able to see the Offices Development over time which is nice. It is exciting to be in the space, stickily in thinking about her leadership. Looking for the office it is always we might be before my time when i was working for the board oforboard of supervisors. I learn new things every day it is challenging and rewarding for me. We get the privilege to work in an office tha that is innova. We get to spearhead the robust exprogram. I am excited she came on board to leverage experience as a prosecutor 10 years as we contemplate enforcements but approaching it without replicating the war on drugs. I was hired by cam laharris. I havent seen a District Attorney that looked kind of like me. That could be a path in my life. I might not have considered it. It is important that women and certainly women of color and spaces of leadership really do their part to bring on and mentor as many young people as they can. It is superimportant to take advantage of as many opportunities a as they can when they can intern because the doors are wide open. Plans change and that is okay. The way this was shaped because i took a risk to try something new and explore something and show that i was capable. You are capable, right . It was about leaning in and being at the table to say my voice matters. You find your passion, the sky the meeting of the sane sky francisco recreation and Parks Department. Would you please call the roll. [roll call] this is the recreation and Park Commission meeting of january 16, 2020. We kindly remind you to please silence all electronic devices. And to take any secondary conversations outside in order for the meeting to proceed as efficiently at possible. Unless otherwise announced by the chair, each person will have three minutes for Public Comment. Neither the commission or staff will respond to any questions during Public Comment, but the commission may ask questions of staff after Public Comment comment closed. You may speak under general Public Comment, and that is for item 4. Please note if the fire alarms activate, you must evacuate the building in an orderly fashion. If you need assistance out of the building, please make your way to the closest area of access. Which is across the hall from the mens restroom. There is a button. Let them know, and they will assist you. We are now on item 2. Thank you. Two items quickly. One is a letter, which i received that id like to just read because i enjoyed getting it. Dear mark, i was deeply touched by the honour you and the commission granted to me with the placement of the plaque in my honor at the tennis courts. It was a complete surprise. As you know, politicians usually get a leak about some pending event involving them. But not this one. I wanted to show off the plaque to my 4yearold grandson, daniel, and he is just learning to spell his name, and recognized agnus. Thank you for making me look good with my grandson. Sincerely, art agnus. And another, which i wont read in its entirety because it is too long, and it starts, im a preschool teacher at the pacific primary preschool. We met briefly this summer at the childrens playground when your team gave a presentation to a group of teachers about how the playground was designed. My class of 5yearolds were on a field trip, enjoying the new playground. The design is wonderful, especially the natural elements, like the stone. Etc. , etc. My students had a lot of questions and they started calling out, and the workers so patient, friendly, and knowledgeable with us. As they worked, they explained to the children what they were doing and one. One man in particular, fred, was particularly kind and helpful to the children. A big thank you to you and your team for including even the youngest s. F. Residents in your work. As a result, giving them a strong sense of stewardship and responsible for their park. General manager, please tell fred we appreciate him being a good ambassador. That concludes my report. Chairwoman is there any Public Comment . Seeing none, the Public Comment is closed. Im sorry. Mr. Ginsburg, the general manager. Mr. President , i normally dont speak during the president s report because i have a general managers report, but today i did because today i would like to mark your 10th anniversary a as the president of this commission. And often during your president s report, you provide accomodations and recognition to people who have engaged in yowft outstanding public service. Today it is my honor to do that for you. As your fellow commissioners know, you are quite a poet. So today, in honor of your 10th anniversary, i on baf of your colleagues on the commission and the rec and parks staff, offer you one back. Congratulations, mr. President , on 10 fine years in the chair, and through all of the doc hearings, you still have most of your hair. The city is grateful for your leadership of this commission, which you lead with grace, charm, and some great intuition. According to t. P. L. , the chamber, and the controllers estimation, you have steered us to having the best parks in the nation. Now 10years as our president is a long, long time, but i still dont think youve birdied hole number nine. But lets admit to grant him his 10th anniversary wish, we would have to allow the pond to be stocked with real fish. We would like to present you with this cool rec and parks sign. But before you retire and hang it on your door, we would like you to get out and play for at least a decade more. Yay [applause] thank you. Youre a fine fellow. Very nice. And i thank my fellow all of the commissioners. Hang on. I want to say one thing. You probably should know what is coming. Victory as many parents, and defeat is an orphan. So i thank everyone who helps along the way. No one person does it. But thank you, im quite honored. [applause] it takes a village. [applause] chairwoman we are now on item 3, general managers report. All right. Back to business. A few quick announcements, the San Francisco recreation and Parks Department, along with other government agencies, and community organizations, including the airport, Sheriffs Office and the school district, is hosting a series of job a series of saturday job fairs this month from 10 00 a. M. To 1 00 p. M. The next fair is this saturday, followed by one on january 25th at the county fair building. Weve already had a couple swing by and find the right job for you, preferably with us. We invite everyone to join us next tuesday, january 28th, from 10 30 a. M. To 1 00 p. M. To help kick off goldengate parks celebration. We will help to plan 150 trees around golden view park, beginning with the first one on john f. Kennedy drive at 11 00 a. M the beginning of our 150th celebration is april 4th, which is 150 years to the day, the state legislature created Golden Gate Park and San Franciscos park system. But we give a little bit of a preview of all of the exciting things to come on january 28th with our treeplanting. Speaking of g. G. P. 150, and an observation wheel, i want to report back that yesterday the Historic Preservation Committee Approved the appropriateness of the wheel by a 41vote, and added to conditions, which were certainly fine with us. They clarified we would not be applying to have the wheel there permanently, which has never been our in tint, and ask that we have a process to deal with any Community Concerns that may happen over the year with respect to lighting in the concourse. That is our natural course of process, anyway. The wheel, we did get final approval from h. P. C. To have the wheel there for one year, and were very excited about it. Moving on to our budget, youll hear the first of a few presentations today about the citys upcoming and the departments up coming budget process. Rec and park will host two public budget meetings to get feedback on our proposed budget. On tuesday, january 28th, 6 00 to 8 00 p. M. , and on thursday, february 6th, from 6 00 to 8 00point. 00 p. M. And you can share with us your own priorities. Check out sfrecparks. Org. This weekend well celebrating dr. Martin luther king. And we actually begin today, right now, in the ring at delores park, and then move over to a drier baby playground on saturday from 9 00 a. M. To noon. And well be at vis valley green way on saturday, and grand Community Garden on saturday when mission continues. You can sign up to participate on our m. L. K. Day of Service Projects at sfrecpark. Org. And tomorrow wer host we host or m. L. K. Lunch with speakers. It is january, it is cold and wet, but that doesnt mean it is too early to start thinking about summer. The recreation and Parks Department and the department of children, youth, and families, will once again cohost the citys annual summary source fair on saturday, february 8th, from 11 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. At the county fair building. Featuring representatives from over 150 summer camps, classes, programs, and services, from toddlers to teens. While parents are looking for summer options for their kids, there will be games, arts and crafts, and our mobile rec climbing wall to occupy their beloved children. Moving on, we invite everyone to join us in celebrating our newest graduating class of greenagers, on saturday, at the lake mers sed boathouseed boathouse. It offers teens a chance to play an Important Role in the community by promoting green spaces and developing their leadership skills. This is an Incredible Program. I think our proudest legacies over the last decade. Please join us as we celebrate our youths accomplishments over the last year. Im very pleased to report that the racket Sports Industry magazine, which i know you all subscribe to, has named its 2019 champions of tennis, and your San Francisco rec and Parks Department has won agency of the year award for our work on the golden gate center, and our Tennis Program which includes five neighborhood sites, where we partner with nearby elementary schools, and kids come to these sites every day for a mix of academic support and beginning tennis instruction. And once the kids complete fifth grade in the junior program, they will move on to Golden Gate Park and the tennis center, where theyll have their own dedicated space for hopefully more advanced tennis at the tennis learning centers new flagship headquarters in Golden Gate Park. Thour staff, including our partnerships team, lisa in particularly, and our Recreation Team deserve a ton of credit, and so do our partners at the San Francisco parks and lands, and the Tennis Coalition of San Francisco. It has been a real team effort, and were so excited to be cutting a ribbon during our Golden Gate Park 150th celebration later this summer. Finally, it is the new year, and we wanted to look back at some of our highlights over the past year. None of the accomplishments could have happened without this leaderships support, and so i wanted to offer the latest community report, which i actually already distributed. Commissioner anderson, there is your copy. Please enjoy it and feel proud about all we have accomplished as we dive head first into 2020. And that leads us to this months video, which are 20 ways to get outside in 2020, including diving head first. Happy new year, commissioners. Chairwoman is there any Public Comment. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Were on item 4. At this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public, but are within the subject matter and jurisdiction of the commission and that do not appear on the agenda. Youll have the opportunity to address the commission when the item is reached in the meeting. I have one blue card for bob hall. Did you know that San Francisco recreation and parks manages over 4100 acres and 220 parks, and yet it has zero naturalists on staff to interpret the parks for the public. Why is that . East bay parks has two naturalists on staff. San mattisan mateo parks has one,they used to have one. There is no one to expose the kids to the grasslands all around them. If you hired a park naturalist, not only could they help the public understand the historic, natural, and scientific significance of their parks, they would determine how best to plan, organize, and direct programs, whether through verbal presentations, practical demonstrations, or interactive programs. A naturalist could help foster a sense of pride in our surroundings, and teach people why it is important to preserve our hill tops, parks, and natural in general. Do you know why San Francisco has 1 17 berens, bere . Our parks are filled with mysteries. Lets unlock those adventurers. Please make appointing a naturalist a priority in 2020 and help our citizens find out what makes San Francisco recreation and parks green spaces so great. Thank you. Thank you very much. Commissioner, just a quick postscript, and i appreciate the sentiment of that Public Comment, and i chime in here because i actually forgot to announce this, but we do have a naturalist, dylan haze, who was just awarded the empowering employee of the year. And we have several other staff in our Natural Resources program who have naturalist skills. It is an area that deserves to grow and be invested in. But not only do we have a naturalist, we have the citys most empowering employee according to our city residents. Thank you. Thank you. Chairwoman is there any other Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Were now on item 5, consent calendar. Commissioners, is there any item you would like removed from the concept calendar . Is there any Public Comment on the consent calendar. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. I need a motion. Move to approve. Second. All those in favor . Yea. So moved. Chairwoman were on item 6, election of officers. Is there any Public Comment before we start on the election of officers . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners, i will just go through the process very quickly for the election. We will start with the president. Well need a motion and a second to open the nominations, followed by a vote. I will then ask for nominations for president. Nominations will need a second. Once all of the nominations are complete, i will close nominations and then well vote on the nominations. And well repeat that for vice president. Ill ask for a motion to open the nomination for president. So moved. Second. Moved and seconded. All those in favor. Yea. Yeah. Chairwoman what own like to make a nomination. Id like to make a motion to extend the wonderful 10 years that commissioner bule has led this commission and departments and made it one of the best departments in the city. With that, i would like to nominate mark bule for president. I would like to second that. Moved and seconded. All those in favor. Yea. I thank you very much. Chairwoman i will need a motion to open the notions for vice president. So moved. Seconded. Moved and seconded all those in favor . Yea. I would like to nominate our great commissioner, the biggest cal bears fan in the world. Moved, abbreviated, and second. Yea. Congratulations. Chairwoman and now were on item 7, the San Francisco zoo. Good morning. Vince grubbs, c. F. O. With the zoo. In San Francisco on december 27, nearly 200 burgers with the audubon took part in what is considered the oldest cents event in the world. Iit tracks the health of the bird populations. The zoo hosted bird encounters, and the height was a sighting of a rare bird, and it caused quite a stir, with birders flocking to the zoo over the following days. You can develop your drawing skills at our new illustration workshops. Mark simmons will cover a few basics before you head to the zoo zoo and see your subjects. Basic materials will be provided, but you can bring your own supplies. Upcoming classes will be held on january 25th, its theme being cute critters, and february 8th, beautiful bears. You can find mere o more on our website. Mark your calendars for the upcoming science lecture of january 25th. David mcguire, founder and director of sharp stewards will discuss the latest Ocean Conservation projects in the bay area. To commemorate the year of the rat, the zoo will be hosting Lunar New Year celebrations. There will be chinese line and folk dance performances at 11 00 and 1 30 each day. And you can go on the zodiac Scavenger Hunt to learn fun facts. And check out the full calendar events on aur our website. The zoo supports future Conservation Action by engaging Youth Department volunteer opportunities. We have popular summer and yearround programs that are designed to be fun, while developing job readiness schools, and inspiring youth to care for nature. It includes a zoo crew, nature trail, talk on the wild side, and zoo teacher assistance. Registration takes place in february, and you can find out more information on our website, s. F. Zoo. Org. The zoo is home to various ambassadors to australian wildlife, and were distressed by the devastating loss of life. The zoo is directing its Conservation Fund to the rescue, care, and recovery of wildlife in australia. Please consider making a donation at collection boxes stationed around the zoo, or you can donate directly at bushservicewildlifefund. Chairwoman is there any Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Were at now on item 8. Good morning, mrs. President , and members of the commission. Im derek chew, the director of the San Francisco recreation and Parks Department. Im here today to present an overview of the mayors budget instructions, and of the departments fiscal rear 20 and 21 budgets. The mayor released her budget instructions in december, and as of this time, they are projecting that Revenue Growth is slowing. Interest earnings are declining, there is moderate business text growth, and the transfer taxes projected to decline to norms in the future years, which basically says that revenues are not growing as at fast a pace as they have in prior years. Coupled with that are cost pressures that are continuing in the city. The main cost pressures include growing employee wages, debt and Capital Expenditures, large costs in several different departments, and inflation on nonpersonnel services. That combines to create the ongoing deficit problem for the city, resulting in a projected deficit in fiscal year 2021of 195 million, growing to an ag great an aggree of 220 million in the budget year. The mayor has stated her main priorities for this city and the departments, and they include facing the challenges for those struggling on the streets, including housing, shelter and services for those in need, clean and safe streets for everyone, and healthy and vibrant neighborhoods. The last item is new to the mayors priorities, health and vibrant neighborhoods, and i think that bodes well for the department because you cannot have health and environment in neighborhoods without parks and recreation. The mayor has also asked the department to help assisting those on our streets, being responsive to residents, and supporting city workers out there trying to make a difference. That last point speaks directly to the terrific staff we have out there in our city parks and Recreation Centers. So specifically budget instructions to departments includes focus on accountability and outcomes. Demonstrating the effective use of existing city funding. Prioritizing Funding Initiatives for residents of the highest need. She is also requiring departments to present 3. 5 general Fund Reductions in the budget year and continuing into the budget year plus one. And she is also asking that we Seek Solutions that prioritize core functions, and off void avoid layoffs. We do have stability from prop b, in which we dont need to present a budget reduction, as other departments that receive general funds do. We will continue to maintain a 15 million fund commitment. And we will continue to look at new Revenue Growth to support the programs in our department. The department, though, must absorb all cost increases, including cola increases for our staff, as well as fringe benefits. Briefly, as a reminder, our current year budget is just under 220 million, with an operating budget of 173 million, and a Capital Budget just under 47 million. We have a Permanent Civil Service staff of just under a thousand positions. To so wher show where we receive our funding, from the open space fund, general subsidy from the city, earned income, and our bond revenues as well as reserves and other grants. A little more detail on our earned income, we are receiving approximately 11 million in concessions, just under 10 million in permit and facility rentals, 8 million in program fees, 10 million in garages, and 12 million in golf, and 6 million in our arena. Foin the current year, at the six month mark, were tracking well on expenditures and revenues, so were not projecting a surplus or deficit in the current year at this time. We are seeing some softness in our garage revenues, but we expect other revenues to make up that deficit. So the next few slides show some pie charts of our expenditure budget and our revenue budget, which im going to pass through and move on to again, just a reminder of the comprehensive planning that guides our budget process, and that includes our strategic plan, our operational plan, and our capital plan, with a focus on our equity metrics. As always, well be looking to enhance revenues, including program revenue, open space fund allocation, and our leases and concessions area. We will also be looking on the expenditure side, looking for service, delivery efficiencies, as well as utility usage going forward. Finally, we have an expensive outreach effort to present and discuss our budget, our budget priorities, both to you, the commission, and to the community. We will be presenting on january 28th and february 6th to the community at muni lovey ward at portsmith clubhouse. I will be back here february 4th i will be back before sorry, before the Operations Committee on february 6th. We will hold a staff brown bag, and then ill be back on february 20th to present the final proposal for your review and approval. Thank you. Thank you very much. Commissioner mazola . Thank you for your report. Chairwoman Public Comment. Excuse me. Yes. Chairwoman is there any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you for your report. So how is a 3. 5 cut being implemented . Our department, because of proposition b, we do not need to present a 3. 5 cut to the office in our budget year plus one. Okay. However, to be clear, we are required to absorb our cost increases. So there is this is proposition proposition b makes us a little more independent and doesnt its certainly no windfall. What we are doing, however, commissioner, we have asked staff to prepare sort of contingency reduction from there their own divisions and teams, to see what they look like, because the mayor has also asked us to focus on redirecting resources to the priorities, which she stated in both her on budge instructions, as well as her inauguration, which is obviously a focus on healthy street behavior and homelessness and housing i think it interplays with us with respect to our ability to keep our parks clean, healthy, and safe. So were looking at all of that, but were not as derek said, were not required under proposition b to submit a 3. 5 cut. A followup pinpoint question would be are there current fulltime employee permanent positions that are being affected by this that are not being utilized at this point, that are vacant . Are vacant positions not being backfilled because of this . Does that make sense . Yeah, and it is a complicated one to answer. Because were all expected every year to have a certain level of sort of attrition fittings. So too soon to tell. We dont know yet. Were not balanced. But were not anticipating any there wont be any layoffs as a result of the budget. There has to be some vacant positions out there, though, right . That is correct. Were required to keep a certain percentage of our budgeted positions vacant. It is part of the its sort of part of our structural budget. Every department has to do that. Last question this year it shows that the earned income is going down, is that because of the garage income only . Primarily. Yeah, primarily garage income pretty much all of it is because of the garage. And why is that . Uber. Exactly. It is the change in the dynamics of driving and parking in our neighborhoods and in the downtown. I discussed this yesterday, and 100 because of uber and lyft. With some of the downtown garages, it is cheaper, for sure. On that note, just as an interesting fact, the bonds for the bridge, bay bridge, may be in jeopardy by vir che vertu of fewer people crossing the bridge. I guess, recognizing the changing economics of our garages what is our strategy in adapting to this new world. So, were working with the garage operators and with the m. T. A. , who help manage the garages for us. Were looking at ways that we can market the Garage Services to bring back costumers or bring in new costumers. And we are also looking at Cost Containment if were losing revenues, we need to start looking at the operations and figure out ways to make sure those are as efficient as possible. Is that the right approach, to encourage people to drive and park more . Knowing that people are taking uber and lyft . I dont know. It is complicated because there is transit first. But because we are receiving our revenues from the garages, there could be other uses for those garages. But it is issues that were working on right now. It is a really good topic to grapple with over the next several years. Yeah. I mean, thats the question. If were seeing fewer drivers an parking in our garages, is it time to start the discussion of what do we do . How do we change our model . Uhhuh. Um, i think the answer is yes. I think it is really a conversation to be led by m. T. A. I do think its worth it for us to explore some so that we di can continue to preserve our programs, and the revenue to fund our programs. It is important to explore alternative Revenue Streams in our garages. For example, in civic center, part of our revenue stream comes from reserve spaces from the Public Utilities commission, because they do have staff and they need space to put their cars. At union station, i believe there are a handful of carshare spaces. I think there are opportunities to develop alternative Revenue Streams, which i think we should be looking at. Parking revenues are down throughout the city. Thank you. Commissioner anderson. Id like to just get in the minutes because i think it is nice to get the little sound bytes. If you could just remind us, once everything was reconciled with the budget from last fiscal year, what was the number as compared to what is the number that were dealing with this fiscal year . The bottom line. The bottom line the currents year of the budget is just over 219 million. At the sixmonth mark we are on target, both on the expenditures and revenues. When you look at the ag greaaggregate and balance them out. We are balanced at this point in time, which is always a good thing. We dont expect to need any other assistance from the Mayors Office to get us through the next six months. And just as a reminder, looking forward, we dont have a budget yet, right . No. And were putting together a budget that is consistent with the mayors structions instructions, that we come back to you for approval that we then submit to the Mayors Office, and then the Mayors Office and the Department Work together on the budget that gets submitted to the board of supervisors on june 1st. And then the department and the board of supervisors Work Together on the budget. And then its what is finalized that becomes our budget for 21. So it is premature you dont understand my question. What is the final number when everything was reconciled from the last fiscal year. I know were dealing with 2019 now, what was it last year . I dont have that number for 2018 19. But i can report we ended the year with a surplus. We exceeded revenues by 72,000. And our expenditure budget was not exceeded. We had a slight surplus in that area. Those are the things the taxpayers love to hear. Thank you very much. Youre welcome. Commissioner harrison . Compliments to that. Getting back to commissioner mazolas points, on the employee vacancies positions, how long can a vacancy remain on our employee list before they disappear . There is no set expiration for positions that are vacant. Potentially the mayor or the board of supervisors can delete positions, whether filled or vacant. But there is no Expiration Date for vacant positions. So a given position can stay on for 10 years . Potentially. But they dont . They normally dont. We have a lot of service needs. We do our best to fill vacant positions that we have the funding available to do so. But as the general manager stated, our budget has a builtin attrition savings line item of approximately negative 12 million. So we need to keep positions that equate to 12 million vacant throughout the year to meet that budget target. Thats not to say that it is the same position that may be vacant for all 12 years. We may end up filling a gardener, and then having another position that vacates take its place. A position may be vacant for six months and may be filled, and another position may become vacant and it will stay vacant for a period of time. There is natural attrition and the budgeted attrition that we need to meet on an annual basis. So there actually could be some hiring . Oh, yes, there is definitely hiring going on. Our h. R. Department division is very busy. Hiring is constant. Again, it is just natural attrition. People leave the department for various reasons. And positions become vacant and we fill them based upon the priorities commissioner, correct me if im wrong, last year we were in within 1 of our total salary line budget. Which means that we are filling all of the positions that we have funding to fill. Right. So there is a difference between having a position in the budget, and then we have an overall salary budget. And some of this depends on the type of process that is needed to fill a position, how quickly we fill, the capacity of our h. R. Staff, shifting needs and priorities, which do exist. Were not really Holding Anything back on our salary budget. Were trying to fill whatever weve got. Great. Thank you. Thank you. Seeing no other questions, derek, thank you for a very clear and concise presentation. Thank you. Chairwoman we are now on item 9, capital plan fiscal year 21 to fiscal year 22. Good morning, commissioners, im the director of Capital Planning. Good morning. May i have the projection, please . Thank you. The item before you today is discussion and possible action to approve and recommend that the board of supervisors approve the annual Capital Expenditure plan as required by charter section 16. 107. The charter section, and the charter language itself, provides guidance on what the plan should address, including plans for renovation of capital assets. Or acquisition plan and equity analysis, using the equity metrics that we also created with passage of prop b. Additional capital reporting, the department provides this thin includes the commissions Monthly Financial report, our quarterly geobond reports. To back to the citys capital plan, to the board of supervisors, which is updated annually, and that is part of the budget process, which derek just provided. The proposed Capital Expenditure plan covers two fiscal years, consistent with the operations plan, presented to the commission in december, and the twoyear budget cycle. The plan is comprised of three tables. All of these tables were provided as part of your commission package. As for context, we are currently we currently have over 70 active projects going on, worth over 400 million in our portfolio. Those include bond projects, grants, general fund, atbacks, and philanthropy. 50 projects are either in planning or design. Highlighted in your package, some equityrelated capital initiatives from fiscal year 1920, and from the fiscal year 19, to 23, four oe projects are scheduled to be concluded this spring. And in the southeast section quadrant, and hopefully it will go into construction this spring, for any bases, and were also on track to complete the construction documents later this year, also. Were proceeding and moving forward to finalize the m. O. U. And complete planning. Additional initiatives include some of the important work related to the 150th anniversary, which were about to embark upon in april of this year. Some of the projects that are associated with this celebration including the Golden Gate Park tennis, which is in construction now, and were deeply excited about that. We are proceeding with the improvements that will be done by april 4th. Were commencing on implementation of the golden gate dog play area, also. Breaking ground, hopefully this year, on the Golden Gate Park midlake restoration project, which youll hear more about from dan at this Commission Meeting today. And last, but not least, were proceeding on commencing on design and implementation of th ninth and lincoln gateway project, also. Highlighted in d of your package are our plan and recent acquisitions during the fiscal year 19 through 23, since 2011, we have completed shan kahall, the town square, and were currently in design in the basing, and this spring, im excited to say well be opening guy place, shore view, and also francisco lake this year. Were deeply excited about that. [inaudible] are all in initial planning faces. Phases. This slide sort of highlights some of the work that we are doing that have been open to the public. It opened in the spring, to great accolades. The Community Garden, which came out of our Community Opportunity fund through our bond program. Panhandle playground, which also opened in late fall of 2019, and, of course, the honor trail in Golden Gate Park. This slide also sort of highlights some of our past and current projects in our equity zones. As you see, heyward, which is one of our biggest projects in the 2012 bond, is slated to be complete in early summer. Somerset heights is another one that came out of our lets play initiative. And phelps is another project that has been funded through our general fund, base line work. And silver carriage, which was opened late last year, also. As i mentioned, the next six months is our most ambitious and most exciting period in terms of implementation of work. Were slated to open close to about 12 projects during that time. Some of the highlights, as i sort of mentioned, is tennis, the golf facility, which i toured with our general manager about a week ago, is slated to be complete also. Heyward, from the 2012 bond program, shore view, which is under the acquisition, and we have current pictures of the work that is happening. Over the past three years, the department has dedicated general fund dollars to defer maintenance and improvements throughout the city. We build capacity on our Operations Team with city fulltime project managers. We continue to implement projects throughout the system, using our base line funding. Highlights include resurfacing over 20 basketball courts, tennis and pickle ball courts all around this city. We finished six gym naturals lasgymnasiums last yea. Were adding, paving, improving irrigation at over 13 parks. As we prepare for the bond ballot proposal, our staff is focused on the project lifecycle, which focuses on an asset Life Management system to provide direction on the investments required to preserve and to extend the live assets of our system. The live cycle allows you to plan preventive maintenance, to maximize our capitalessets, and capital d finally replace our capital renewal asset program. Weve made a comi commitment to allocate funds to the departments backlog, shift from an emergency focused maintenance practice to a preventive one. [inaudible] preserving our Natural Resources, a city parks system, we will be at the forefront of providing equitable, open space for all. Given this context, and a need to examine our assets, a 15member working group was convened of past, current, and new partners from the recreation and parks. Each working partner brings a Broad Perspective and expertise regarding our citys parks, recreational facility, and park patrons. The diversity of the working Group Members represent the countless neighborhoods that work in strong fabric of the community they serve. Their ability to understand each community will help provide for the next bond. Building on the success of the 2008 and the 2012 bond, project selection for the next bond will be a process with the community, with various park advisory groups and bodies, with the rec Park Commission, and it will probably include the following criteria conditions assessment, high needs and equity zone, and our multiuse hubbs. Those criteria will continue to guide our decisions. As Additional Information is available, the general manager and the Capital Planning team will continue to provide updates. Our strategy to provide specific parks and programs, to provide flexibility to address most needs in our facilities. Thank you. Ill be happy to answer any questions you have. Thank you very much. Chairwoman is there any Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. This is an action item. I dont see any questions from commissioners. The chair would entertain a motion. Motion. Seconded. Chairwoman we are now on item 10. GolGolden Gate Park rehabilitation project. Technologychallenged. My apologies. Good morning, commissioner, and general manager. Dan marrow with the Capital Improvement commission. He briefly mentioned this in his presentation, regarding Golden Gate Park middle lake. This is a project im excited to be working on. Ive been working with the community and the parks, and we have a concept plan were looking for your approval on. Im going to give a brief background. There are 10 lakes in Golden Gate Park, along with some other bodies of water that arent considered lakes, but it dates back to the late 1800s, and middle lake is comprised of a series of chain of lakes. Chain of lakes drive runs right by them, its south lake, north lake and middle late. And they were constructed back in 1988, i believe. Most of the features and lakes are some of the most naturalistic and iconic features. Unfortunately, middle lake, you probably dont recognize it is a lake. It has been compromised for many, many years, and hence the reason im here today is because the department feels it is a high priority and focus area for our bond program and funding that was part of the 2012 bond. Our lakes have been assessed over many, many decades here. In fact, when Golden Gate Park went through its 1992 assessment, they did a exree comprehensive lake study. They had issues with regard to vegetation, growth, and base materials, and compromised lake bottoms, which caused the lake to leak. So we went back to that old report and dusted that off and looked at all of the recommendations, and hired new consultants to help us develop a new program here, and have come up with an approach that not only meets the old recommendations, it addresses all of the elements outlined in the master plan, as part of lake rehabilitation. And then our consultants that weve hired to actually move this project forward, weve implemented their recommendations as well. So it is a comprehensive project to the project here. So in general, ill give a brief overview. Lets see here. Some existing photos that were in your packet, it looks like a lot of land and park space and open space, but a lot of these pictures should be demonstrating open bodies of water for middle lake. But a lot of it has been overgrown with base materials, cape weed, blackberry and other invasive materials. Part of the program is to rehabilitate the facility and eliminate that. You can see on the bottom right, there have been large trees that have fallen into the lake over the years, compromising the lake bottom and the clay liner at that facility. We have a pretty aggressive tree program here, where were removing quite a few trees around the lake, and also planting additional trees to continue the parks forestry program. Again, just a few more photos of the area. Again, were talking about 1. 3 acres of area, so it is hard to capture here in one photo. A lot of erosion occurring around the lake. There is also an old what were calling for lack of a better description, a creek, that comes down from the flycasting pools that leads into middle lake. It was actually used as part of the water circulation system in the park when it was originally constructed over the years, it is actually used as a spillway when our Operation Team goes out and maintains and has to drain the flycasting pools, they drain it through that service channel. But the become right photo shows some of the erosion of the pedestrian path that leads into that lake. That will be i included as part of this project. It is difficult to read this for people looking at the screen, but ill give it a highlevel overview of the main points of renovation here. The scope of work essentially is there is actually a pedestrian pathway currently, and that is the framework for our work for this project. Were going to replace that pathway, which has degraded over the years, with new surfaces so the public has clean and safe access around the facility. Were going to move all of the vegetation down to waters edge and into the lake, where we Aquatic Vegetation engulfing the lake. All of that material will be removed. You cant see this currently at the facility, but there are two islands identified, and well reestablish those as well. Over the years, a lot of sediment, leaves, erosion material and soils have intruded into the lake. It originally was constructed it was estimated it was about a six foot depth lake. The average depth is now three, three and a half feet. Today it might be a little higher. But it was estimated back in 1994, when we did the assessment. Assessment, that the lake is losing 85,000 gallons a day through leaching and into the aquifer below. Were going to excavate roughly around 10,000 yards of infill material that is sediment material thanks for being here hathatsbeen lin. Were going to look at six feet at some of the smaller areas, and as part of that, well introduce a mechanical system to ai aerate the water out there. This body of water doesnt receive water, other than from rain. Water is pumped into south lake, that runs through a pipe that goes to middle lake, and once it fills up, it goes into north lake. So it is basically an interim body of water, bathtub, so to speak. Again, were going to look at doing new planting and irrigation around the perimeter of the lake. Were working with some of our Key Stakeholders in the community, the audubon society, and were working with lisa wayne and Spencer Potter to make sure we have comprehensive planting program here. We want to bring this back a naturalistic setting, and make sure it is viable for wildlife and plant habitat. So essentially, that is it. There are going to be some other improvements around there, like park furnishing, and trash cans, like we see in Golden Gate Park. Here is a couple of sections, again, difficult to read, but it basically shows the water depth. Im not going to spend too much time there. Some of the site furnishings were trying to get back to naturalistic fields, were going to try to recycle some of the fallen trees that are out there and turn them into benches, where appropriate. Were going to put a little boardwalk over that channel that comes down from the flycasting pools, that is represented in the upper righthand corner. The spillway that comes in from south lake, were going to do a rock cascade element there, and then this is kind of a depiction of what were looking at as the creek that comes down from the flycasting pools. It will be a combination of rocks and paths that lead up to that space. There is also another little area that is kind of hi hidden out there. It is a small grass patch of area that you have to move your way through the landscape to get to. It has hosted several weddings over the decades. Iit has kind of fallen apart a little bit. A lot of overgrowth material, and were going to refurbish that space and make it a destination space so it is friendly and more inviting for the public to enter to experience lakes from that perspective. Lastly, north lake was renovated. I was privileged to be part of that project in 2002, 2004, as part of the original golden gate pond program. These are some photos i shared with the public. These are representative of rec vegetation removal, the spreading of a new clay liner, an 18inch clay liner, and then new landscape and irrigation around the perimeter. That is something i shared with the public. Again, i hosted several tours at the site with some of these organizations that have a vested interest out here. A Community Meeting that was wellreceived by all that attended. Public funding, this is part of the 2012 park bond. Well supplement some of those funds with open space funds to create a project that were estimating at 8 million. The Construction Costs are roughly 7 million, and 1. 7 million for soft costs. With approval, we move forward, and then go through a bid process and come back to you folks for approval for a contract. Were working really closely with lisa wayne and Spencer Potter in the natural areas division. Unlike many other projects, when youre dealing with a body of water in Golden Gate Park along the west end, there are a lot of regulatory agencies that play a hand in this. We got approval from the historic standpoint, and they have given a clearance under an exemption status. Status. If you recall, during the Golden Gate Park project, the Coast Commission bumps up into Golden Gate Park, up through the middle lake area. So we engaged with the Planning Department of justice odepartment onthat. We also had applications into the California Department of fish and game, the United States fish and wildlife, and getting their approval to engage out here. We have a qualified biologist on our team to help us maneuver through those pathways. And were hoping that theyll give us authority to move forward with this in the next several months. We also determined, as of yesterday, the army corps of engineers doesnt want any part of our project, which is good. In any case, im excited about the project, hopefully you are, and i would like your approval to move forward. Thank you, dan. It takes 6,000 to 9 nos collected by both parents over the course of 16 days to raise a nest of chickadee babies and theyre just a third of an ounce. Imagine how many caterpillars to raise a woodbecker. Wood pecker. If we dont have host plants, there will be no caterpillars and thus no baby birds. I look forward to meadow lake restoration and parks playing a role in the bio diversity crisis and i think were in good hands with dan mauer. Thank you. Thank you. Any other Public Comment on this item . This is groundwater and theres the pumping back up. Where is the cleaning out, the algae and others, does it get through a recirculation cleanout . I dont see anything in there but pumped back up to Shallow Water and there will be algae, and, of course, the frogs and that will cause i think we have enough turtles in the zoo to restock if they put them in when the project is finish. I dont think its ready for that yet. But the wildlife, i heard him mention birds and the worms and thats fine and dandy and i dont think its at that stage right now. About the lakes, though, in the future, when you start dealing with the quality of water that moves around there, i think somewhere in between pump it back up as it falls back down. Somewhere in there, there should be charcoal, nation would trap the sediment and other stuff thats junky. So that water, when i go there and i take a look at it when its all done, i want to see that water Crystal Clear and i want to be able to see the bottom and see how all of the plants are growing. But if that water is murky, i think well have a problem. So before that happens, the planning, maybe we can include that. Other than that, i think its a stupendous thing to deal with these parks. Of the project itself, i think the departments get a thumbs up and its going along pretty good and everything is working out fine. Thank you, dan mauer and thank you, chair. Thank you. Any other Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. This is an action item to approve the conceptionual plan. Chair would entertain a motion. So moved. Moved and seconded. All those in favour . So moved. We are on item 11, Washington Square conservation project. Good morning, commissioners. I am here standing in for kelly rogers who is out today. The item before you today is discussion on possible action to amend construction contract with a zoo works for the Washington Square conservation project, to increase the contract amount by up to 340,000, bringing the total to 2,000,530, which is greater than the 10 of what the original approved contract amount. This is a request to increase Contract Authority only and this is not a request for additional funds. This project is fully funded. And if you recall, the project came before you in march of 2019. We started construction on this project in june. We opened and the project was actually complete 15 days ahead of construction, of the actual end date. Photos of the ribboncutting ceremony are on the last page of the report and some of you were there on the open day and it was a gorgeous day. The Community Response to this project has been overwhelmingly positive. Just to provide quick context for this request, this contract included two alternates which were the pavers and the interest at filbert and union street and cobble edging around the planters which were important to the design of the project. The bids came in low enough we could afford them. We added them for an additional 143,000. So todays staff is now recommending that this construction contract to zoo works be increased to an amount of 340,000, which is greater than 10 of the project. This is the last sort of contractual act that is required to close out the project. Ill be happy to answer any questions have. Thank you. Is there any Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is close. Commissioner anderson . Good morning. Im just wondering if you could just flush out publically if we approve this, what will these additional funds be used for or have they already been in some way . Yes. A good portion of it is actually already used, and has been executed. We added two alternates to this project. One is the pavers that the committee wanted on the union and, also, on the filbert entrances and we also added some additional sort of planting, modifications to both works during the construction itself and some minor repairs. So this work has actually been complete. Ok, thank you. Thank you. Seeing no other comments, this is an action item and chair would entertain a motion. So moved. Moved and seconded and all those in favour. So moved and thank you. Thank you. We are on item 12, Adam Rogers Park acquisition of real property. Good morning, commissioners. My name is janice paris. Im a planner with the capitol and planning division. The item before you today is the discussion and possible action to adopt a resolution urging the board of supervisors to accept an acquisition of real property, a. 11acre parcel adjacent to the existing Adam Rogers Park from the office of Community Investment and infrastructure, otherwise known as oci. The adam rogers addition is block 4700,