Is there any additional general Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. This is an information item. Item number eleven. Adjournment. We are adjourned. Thank you. [gavel] this is a meeting of the recreation Part Commission with the secretary please call that roll call buell, here. Anderson, here. Harrison, here. Mcdonnell, here. And i believe bonilla is on her way. Im going to make a few announcements and then ill get started. As you said this is a meeting of the rec and Park Commission today is october 20 we ask that you would please turn off any sound producing devices that may go off during the meeting. That you take any secondary conversations outside. If you would like to speak today we request you complete a blue card. You do not have to. Commissioner buell would be home any minutes for each how many people you want to testify on one thing or another just to get an idea i think will suffer 3 min. Okay. So as you heard, each person walked 3 min. 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Let them know you are where you are at and they will assist you. With that we are on item number two the president s report thank you. Briefly just a note the november meeting of the rec and Park Commission will commence at 9 am, not 10 am per scheduling person this purpose. I would like to recognize commissioner mcdonnell thank you president buell. Just a quick side note and bar. Somewhat in the spirit of get out and play. As of man of my word we asked for those who are sports fans were in the middle of our fall classic and you also know if you are a giants fan that we suffered defeat at the hands of the chicago cubs. As a result of that i made a wager with puc commissioner that depending on who one one of us would where the apparel of the other team. [laughing] therefore i must today confess i am wearing both cubs cufflinks as well as a cubs tie in commemorationthank you commissioner kwon and so again as a man of my word i am paying my debt can however i will conclude by saying if they lose to the dodgers you only big big time because in all things you must sorry for those who carebla. Thank you, sir we will just watch that under recreation. Thank you very much. Is there anyone who would like to speak make Public Comment under the president s report . Great this item is closed. Orono on the general managers report. Good morning commissioners did after 108 years commissioner mcdonnell you can what whatever cufflinks you want thank you a few quick announcements is with great pleasure that i announce Eric Anderson is a new superintendent at parks and open space to eric selection comes the results of a nationwide search among part professionals from across the country a process that reinforced uncorroborated erics horticultural expertise, schmidt in parkland and leadership of highperforming native stack admitted no eric, came to our department from years as a curator looking Botanical Gardens when of our nations benchmark Public Gardens here in San Francisco he served as a 3422 park supervisor and Neighborhood Services management and Park Services manager the superintendent of Golden Gate Park in our superintendent for all a parks and open space could ask bass rachel, shannon and widely demonstrated leadership and management skills all combine for even greater achievement and delivering beautiful parks and open space did with erics promotion a couple other very quick moves i want to announce. Davebecomes the acting assistant for assistance written for Golden Gate Park which is a move that leverages his very impressive expertise in Irrigation Systems and water application to his leadership in this position will be instrumental as the Golden Gate Park recycled Water Project in your edition retrofit continues in partnership with the puc. Dave leads Park Service Area for which is the growth in lake merced complex was in golden gate responsibilities. So therefore im also pleased to announce Robert Mohammed become the acting manager of Park Service Area and robert moves from the Civic Center Complex ravers and Western Addition for a while and more recently in civic center. Building on roberts performance in these two complex i look forward to in continuing and expanding his achievement in the parks, in his new area of responsibility. I would ask you all join me in congratulating some new leaders in our department. Congratulations some other quick announcement please join us in so breaking the 20th anniversary of our Youth Stewardship Program this saturday. October 22 11 am1 pm at the Golden Gate ParkCommunity Gardens. His 1997 Youth Stewardship Programs work closely with teachers to vote by handson Outdoor Education curriculum centered on Habitat Restoration did this past year quietly served 60 schools and youth organizations partnered with 87 teachers from 2600 and 70 students on 200 seven field trips in our parks. Books on topics like restoration urban agriculture and wetland ecology. This is a very special one to me is our city continues to focus on conversations around equity and access and providing more opportunities for kids to discover and connect with nature that is their own backyard. So i will be there and hope you all be there to. Next thursday, october 27 at noon is the grand opening of the newly valley town square. The square is a former parking lot on 24th st. Commercial corridor. The proposal to establish a Public Open Space at the site involves more than five years of collaboration between rec and Park Community residents from newly valley town square supervisor weiner and parks alliance. Your 13th supervisor weiner authored legislation to use 2. 5 million eligible purchase of the [inaudible] Capital Project is funded primarily from a land and Water Conservation fund grant as well as a variety of other sources and some philanthropy from the residence from newly valley town square. The ribboncutting is next thursday on San Francisco part. A october 28 where you can again done a cubs baseball uniform commissioner mcdonnell from three9 pm is scared road our annual familyfriendly halloween celebration. Every year our entire rec and park that transforms into a ghoulish wonderland complete with haunted houses a wise carnival rides parades and Live Entertainment. It is one of our four seasonal vents we host each year for San Francisco families. This may be our biggest event of the year. Hope you will all come out there for what will be no doubt be a dry day. After this we can. Humorist Robert Horton hears to all volunteers will dedicate a belief who leave and all work and no pay and that probably goes for this commission as well. On saturday, october 29 11 am2 pm we want to invite everyone to join us for a very special volunteer Appreciation Party at the lake merced boathouse as we take the opportunity to thank our cherished volunteers and we pay them in raids and cornbread. Each year volunteers could more than 180,000 hours of their time and energy to our parks and programs which is a gifting kind of the equivalent of more than 5 million to our department. Volunteers will be fed with a barbecue lunch and Live Entertainment with beautiful leiper said as a backup. I make everybody to join me out there to thank the men and women and children who work to make our parks better. Lastly, this is a serious pulse and steve is part of a team effort to address chronic speeding on jfk drive in Golden Gate Park at the Mayors Office in San Francisco municipal transportation c agencys partner with our department in proposing nine and this is just a start but in proposing nine same house, same call first stretch of jfk were compelling data shows high number of incidents of speeding that is resulted in some severe and even fatal traffic injuries. This proposal comes after our mayor in august issued an executive directive on bicycle and Pedestrian Safety which directed city departments to accelerate projects focused on improving San Franciscos streets and Bicycle Network as the city works to achieve its vision zero commitment to and traffic fatalities make San Francisco streets and from our perspective article ego streets and parks safer. Sf mta had a public hearing on the speed up also in september and they have strong support from a number of Community Stakeholders including the by coalition, additionally the proposal was presented at the [inaudible] meeting were committee voted to approve the supporting resolution in favor of the speed hump and his solution is expected in the coming weeks or believe our mayor will be out there next week to talk about this. I had to want to invite two quick people to speak. One is tom choir from mta. Theyre very quickly, tom give a quick perspective that i believe Richard Rothman is here from prozac whats up about prozacs resolution thank you good morning commission. I think those that is also ours the details about this proposal. My name is tom choir sustainable street at sfmta gig in april 22 this Commission Adopted vision zero which is even historic two and traffic they touted by 24 we lose san franciscans on the streets and we can get to zero. Were not the only city doing is Good Business practice of major cities around the world. As the general manager said, the focus here is on jfk target are the vision zero identifying the streets with the most crashes was fatalities take place and unfortunately jfk drive is one of those trees we call high injury noted 12 streets in San Francisco were more than three quarters or serious injuries and fatalities take place. They can jfk drive is april users drives pedestrian cyclist and of course park users the top priority for us. June of this year we remember the tragic death of Heather Miller cyclist riding on jfk drive on 30th st. And to get her death and other deaths happen this year has spurred the departments and the mayor to accelerate safety treatment in the park and thats why my next week we will have the nine speed humps of jfk drive oh west across overdrive all in the areas where we believe the topic speeding is is worse. Of course we look for to in the coming months working with this commission and phil and his staff to find ways to make all the roads and streets safe for park users and reduce speeding and to create an environment where everyone can enjoy the parks safely just like mta is trying to do on all the streets in the city spews thank you, tom. I think we are from prozac Richard Rothman. Good morning commissioners. My name is Richard Rothman and im the first vicechairman of prozac art chairman stefan could not be here. He excused himself. Had to teach a class today. I think in your package you have highresolution that we passed that we support. Vision zero but also i represent district 1 in on prozac and district 15 and four are just concerned that with these measures that it doesnt add two more traffic to lincoln and fulton street so we ask them if mta could come back within six months or after reasonable time when they can compare the traffic between what it is now under three streets, jfk, lincoln, and fulton and now and then in six months to see if theres any increase in traffic and we look forward to hearing from them and working with them. And to solve this problem. Thank you. Thank you. Then very quickly ryan will conclude with our video and the general managers report. [video] good morning everybody want to think you all for coming down to the saddle and handlebar school courts. Is in this beautiful spirit this is gorgeous. I want to thank the Good Tidings Foundation sf rec and park serving you in San Francisco and the Warriors Community foundation it lets have a huge round of applause. [applause] two blocks from era walk into battle barbecue with the idea of honoring eight with a course and we did that 16 years ago with mayor brown. Was a great day. I asked him to take the first ceremonial shot and i know today he would be honored if his teammates and very dear friend jim barnett if he could take a moment and for him to go to the basket and make the ceremonial first shot on this courts. When i think of the great athletes in San Francisco i only think of one. I think of lake thurman. When youre over here your school behind them you should be safe. You should have lots of fun. Also you should learn some good lessons that sports builds character. He was literally the quality of what the mba really stands for and in every way as a player, and as a human being. We were blessed to have this giant among us. [applause] to our kids with the big saying here at rec and park on three i want you to yell get out and play. One, two, three, get out and play. Everybody is here today because everybody must make so much and it is our promise that we make sure that the court shines for you for every. Thank you. [applause] eight thurman Golden State Warriors past policies and that includes the general managers report. Thank you very much i do have one card for this item. [calling Public Comment cards] there you are. Good morning. Dir. Ginsberg and commissioners. My name is Community Organizer the San FranciscoBicycle Coalition. The Bicycle Coalition is a member driven nonprofit with the vision to promote the icicle for everyday transportation. As you mentioned earlier, the tragedy of june 22 two people were killed riding their bicycles still fresh in the minds of many people in San Francisco. When mayor ed lee issued that there is that executive directive in august also his commitment to make our streets safe places for everyone he committed to reducing speeds on jfk drive were one of the fatal collisions occurred on 30th ave. We are thrilled to see that in april the commission resolved to adopt the vision zero resolution for the San Francisco recreation and Park Department could bring the department into alignment with the vision zero goals for the city and county of San Francisco. The proposal from the sfmta a and rec and park two at nine speed humps and one raise crosswalk on jfk drive between transverse and great highway is in line with the goals of vision zero and is an indispensable shortterm measure producing speeds through the park. The Bicycle Coalition appreciates the citys responsiveness especially in light of the executive director. As in addition to the proposal were encouraging the sfmta usb speed zyrtec before and after implementation to measure the effectiveness of speed humps in common speeds along the corridor. The San FranciscoBicycle Coalition has historically advocated for opening access to parks or people biking and walking and strongly believes parks are for people. Thats why we sup