or we broke the ground and this happened really fast. this is pretty amazing. and, you know, to make a park like this to happen, and it is absolutely beautiful! it is so amazing. and i am so happy that today finally kids will be able to play in playgrounds all over san francisco. this is amazing. and i ll tell you that the reason why i m so happy, because it is hard for children right now. you know, our private schools have opened and our public schools haven t. kids are not in school and they re in front of a screen on a regular basis. and that is not good for them. we know that it s not good for them. it s why i have been putting, of course, as much pressure as i can on the public to do our part to wear our masks and to wash our hands and to socially distance ourselves, and as much as we want to be around each other we have to make sacrifices for our children. so that they can go back to school, so they can play in playgrounds, so they can have a well-rounded life, becaus
the san francisco playground s hitsvery dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 1950s, the sen consider was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities including basketball, line dancing, playing ping-pong and arts can crafts. you can use it for whatever you want to do, you can do it here. on friday, november 16, the dedication and ribbon cutting took place at the sunset playground and recreation center, celebra
the pier 740 master plan which eventually led to historic core, it resulted in those buildings being rehabilitated and rfp that resulted in brookfield taking over the waterfront site as our partner on that location and the next slide, built on to that process in 2013. our planning and environment group developed a crane cove park plan. you can see here it s very similar to what ultimately has been delivered on site which is very exciting. and the kneass building was not addressed with use it might serve. building 49 was. it s in the center of the slide. we opened it would be used for water recreation and bicycle parking on site so we re not sure if we need additional as well as a site and next slide. please. there are eight goals that apply to the southern waterfront and we ve pulled out throw in particular that we think really speaks to what might go i go ine buildings. number two listed in the staff report has to do withens hancements water recreation and enhancement to the
the meeting will come to order. welcome to the october 19th, 2020, meeting of the rules committee. i m supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. with me is the vice-chair catherine stefani and gordon mar. our clerk today is victor young and i would like to thank sfgov-tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? clerk: to protect the board members and the city employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, the members will participate in the meeting remotely. the committee members will attend through video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. both channel 26 and sfgov-tv.org are streaming the numbers across the screen. and public comment is an opportunity to speak via phone by calling 1-(415)-655-0001. and, again, that s 1-(415)-655-0001. and the meeting i
good afternoon, welcome to the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, october 19th, 2020. i am the chair of the committee supervisor peskin joined by committee member dean preston and soon-to-be joined by vice-chair supervisor safai. our court is miss erika major. do you have any announcements, ms. major? due to the covid-19 health emergency, and to protect board members the legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to state and federal orders. committee members will attend the meeting through the conference and participate in the meeting to the same ex at the present time as if there s physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. both channel 26 and sfgot.org are streaming the number across the screen. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments are oppo