we are going into closed session. thank you all. please stand b $30,000. there was no discussion of anticipated litigation in closed session. directors, it would be appropriate for either motion to disclose or not disclose the information discussed. is there such a motion? no motion, i guess. second. any further discussion? all in favor say aye. aye. opposed? that s it. that concludes the buzzness before you today. thank you. business [adjourned] recreation and park commission would the secretary please call the roll. commissioner buell (here. commissioner low? here. commissioner bonilla? here. commissioner harrison? here. commissioner martin? here. both commissioners levitan and arata are excused. as a reminder we ask you to turn off any electronic devices and we ask that you take any secondary conversations outside. in order for the meeting to proceed as efficiently as possible. if you would like to speak on an item today, please compl
an item today, please complete a blue card. you are not required to complete a blue card. but i will call the names off of those cards first. each person will have three minutes to speak on an item, unless otherwise announced by the president. just as a reminder, general public comment is on item 4 and then again continued on item 12. so if you would like to speak under general public comment, those are the item numbers. last, if you could please address your comments to the commission when you are making public comment. in order to allow equal time for all, neither the commission, nor staff will respond to any questions during public comment. the commission may ask questions of staff, after public comment is closed. with that, we are ready to proceed. and i have one announcement in regard to the agenda. item 5e, which is the department of emergency back lot security will be removed and heard on the general calendar today. we re on item 2, which is the president s report.
are majors in parks recreation and tourism academic concentration at san francisco state. it s a very competitive program and we have an incredibly talented class this year and i know that already. many san francisco state interns have gone on to work with us in our department. so it s a great workforce training opportunity and we are thrilled to have you. so welcome to our commission meeting. so it was just a few short months ago we were saying merry christmas, happy holidays, happy new year and then it was onto a super bowl and then onto to chinese new year and now pitchers and catchers have reported to spring training. so i am here to talk to you about summer camp registration. [ laughter ] it is the end of february, and it s usually when parents are starting to make summer plans for their kids. summer day camp registration begins this saturday, march 16th and this year we re featuring over 70 day camp programs, as well as new camps like lacrosse. and ultimately frisbee an
the recreation and park commission would the secretary please call the roll. commissioner buell (here. commissioner low? here. commissioner bonilla? here. commissioner harrison? here. commissioner martin? here. both commissioners levitan and arata are excused. as a reminder we ask you to turn off any electronic devices and we ask that you take any secondary conversations outside. in order for the meeting to proceed as efficiently as possible. if you would like to speak on an item today, please complete a blue card. you are not required to complete a blue card. but i will call the names off of those cards first. each person will have three minutes to speak on an item, unless otherwise announced by the president. just as a reminder, general public comment is on item 4 and then again continued on item 12. so if you would like to speak under general public comment, those are the item numbers. last, if you could please address your comments to the commissio
still some concern, it s a secret proceeding until the state prosecutor makes an official announcement. it is considered a secret proceeding and that the concern, obviously, is it will leak prematurely. the charges under consideration if officer wilson is indicted. take us through that. there s a variety of charges including obviously murder and manslaughter. that s the big discussion whether or not this grand jury having heard all of the evidence that s been presented and obviously all of the concern whether or not they will choose to do something perhaps on the lesser charge, there s a very high bar, don, as you know for some of these cases given the facts of the case we know publicly, a very high bar with law enforcement and police shootings. so the concern was, perhaps, you know, would you have a grand jury pressured into the lesser charges in order to placate the public. they know, as you said, what the media has been saying and all the public reaction to it. stand