commissioner hallisy. jupiter-jones. >> here >> commissioner louie. >> here and mazzola. >> here and commissioner wintroup and zwart are excused. san francisco rec and park acknowledges we occupant unceded home land of the ramaytush ohlone peoples the original

inhappen tans. we honor the peoples for commitment to mother earth. as protectors of this land and with their traditions than i have never left nor forgotten their responsibilities as care takers and people who is reside here. the stewards of p land we honor them if [inaudible]. we are affirm rights as first peoples and wish to pay respects to the ramaytush ohlone community. good morning and welcome to the rec and park meeting december 21 of 23. turn down electronic devices.

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must activate. elevators will return to the first floor and not available for use. if you need assistance make your way across the hall in the men's strom there is a speaker box. press and security will answer. let them know your location. this commission meeting is recordd and available for later viewing on sfgov.org. president's report. >> actually i will ask to you help me watch the things we wanted hit if i miss it let me know. >> good morning, everybody. happy holidays. our last mite meeting for 2023. the board of supervisors changed the rules to discontinue remote comment. we aline with that body and many other commissions we will do the

same. and someone who is abled needs help we want to support that. we always are looking out for those who need extra help. reach out to our liaison ashley summers. or e mail us as recpork. commission sfgov.org part of the president's report includes opening of events we had a lovely opening at a park called the fillmore turk minipark. next to the mc donald on fillmore left week. it was a love low festive event.

recommend people going out and out. >> we had visitations from santa claus and hiself helpers and arts, crafts. music. dj, our mayor came out. total low joy us and in her element this is a community endeavour. i think goes back when she was air supervisor. and it truly has been takes a village to get this going. we had incredible pro bono work done by a designer, sailoral mention that later in the general manager's report. kudos to all involved. in the opening of the minipark. for a bit of fun we i think under budget time wise. have had a ribbon cutting that rain got in the way but had

stall work pickle ballers this came out on december 18 for reopening of the carl larson pickle ball complex out 18th avenue. this is an anticipated complex in the sunset district. this marked a mile stone and rec and park effort to accommodate larity of the sport. and added on meet the demand. the department increased the numbers of court 7 fold. bring 12 in 2018 to 80 places to play today. and also we're anticipating

looking at ways to also share bound easier with in tennis courts. we are thoughtful in the approach >> only -- 355 thousand dollars came out of our 2016 prop b dollars for deferred maintenance. that was a creative use of those funds and i have a special guest star here the elf commissioner louie who has a few words and some performance art for us. go ahead commissioner louie. thank you, president cat. back in november of last year. the rec and park specific low beverly and dana hosted a vanish important community meeting at the county fair building over

300 people came and voiced how many they love today and tennis. so, you know this is the giving season and the department kudos to all of you the staff, general manager be sarah and everyone got involved. assessed under used tennis courts and came up with this location. society ground break was uneventful. it was not this is 8 reasons why the giving season the department stepped up and weep upon listened to you know public comment that day. and what they wanted was we want dedicated courts. so 8 courts were built at larson. and though it was not evaluateful, we wanted to be there. so, general manager was excited he was going to wear this

ornament. he is away and does not have the event i just president cat wants me to show what the general manager would have worn at the larson pickle ball ground break i might have have to stand for this. they did toefrg make this happen and continue to ordinary care sesz we like the department for every time court sport and thank you. thank you, commissioner. for all of your efforts. crafty and otherwise. i'm going to -- turn to more

serious matters. we lost 2 more important people to rec and park. paul spring son of jack spring who's name is on the dining hall at camp mather. passed away unexpectedly a few weeks ago. there was a memory yell at the boast house he was much beloved speakers at this rec and park supported memorial include our naturalists. neil who is 96 years old and possible low our oldest ever rec and park employee and tom graham. upon toby price and sydney ankle who steward and lead were there as well. and i want to thank everybody who was involved with that

service and wanted to comment because i knew paul, too. such a sweet man. completely dedicated to camp mather and the community there. not just the summer time but year round community there. very kind. give you the shirt off his back. the kind of people you want to be surrounded with all the time. and we have another voice sorry this we will not see him anymore. and our sxrars love go to his family and friends. another huge loss. dennis kaern. who was our director of operations for 18 years. 85% of department employees. he may not be a household name

in san francisco but not a park, open space or program this denny did not impact with his work. there will be a memorial service. his wife, kate visited the rec and park department holiday party on monday night and addressed a group. and she was upbeat and generous and sharing how important this job and career and this community and department and the city san franciscans were to denny. he was dedicated to that role. never hadmented retire. basically cancer sucks and it took him out. and i wanted to give ashley opportunity if you wanted to because she worked across from him and there is also a life low letter that phil wrote to the

staff. did you want to? i think phil's letter will cover it if you wanted to read this. >> okay. do you want to do it sarah? you want me to do it. okay. okay. so -- phil wrote to all of us on sunday. evening. which was the day that denny passed away. commissioners with heavy heart i share the sad news of denny kaern's passing this morning. you may recall denny retired in october after a career in the navy. and 18 years as director of operations. i wanted say i did research myself about denny. he did not share this with many people but in the public record this he was in the pentagon on

911 had the plane crashed. where he was by most people's floating assessment in the moment they were trapped. there was a construction wall that went up this prep vented people from moving down the other exits were blocked and smoke and jet fuel and all that pouring in the building and i think he crashed through the temp refer construction wall to lead people to safety. and did not leave until he could see made their way to safety. his leadership and knowledge in key departments lead to key numerous accomplishments including the reorganization of the rec division to a more efficient and industry standard staffing model.

management of our covid-19 response. got gardeners rec staff and maintenance workers to work above and beyond during this time. improved our 73 wide park maintenance score from 86 to 90. consistently. since 2015. developd and grow "the apprentice"ship program. water irrigation use exceeding the puc goal of 11%. converted 4 remember 84 green waste toland scape products. love that reuse and recycle. helped grow the park ranger division citywide.

they are contributing to our safety all over the city. not just the park. >> and organizational development and employee recognition program. a place people can share anecdoteos his retirement. if you want the link we am arrange to get it to you >> legacy and leadership support and coaching comraderie will be missed by so many of us. he was proud of all of us and the legacy of caring excellence and fostered in the park system a legacy i hope lives on for i long time. i know now from kate kaern that his memorial service will be grace cathedral on january 11. and i believe we will have a special service in the park it

seems odd but we will move along to more commission business. that was that one is that was hurt losing our colleague and friends. it seems like the world should stop. you know and grieve. on a loiter note. we received an e mail from a

gentlemen ashley i'm looking for it. the highlighted 1. >> on the page. >> lovely gentlemen named, howard shonin. wroechlt hello lucas [inaudible] on sunday afternoon september 10, i went for a roadway on the sky star wheel in the park. it was my second time -- there and first to encounter this was a gentlemen in a wheel chair. john and his colleagues were welcoming and knew how to operate the lift. board and exiting were smooth, quick and easy. the lift was learning enough for my power wheel chair easily. it is 25 and a half to 26 inches wide and 40 inches long with a foot rest the ramp was long and

space on the platform if the slope of the ramp was gradual. the lift ridge as wide as the opening minus the thickness of the edges and in other words -- the bridge was wide given the width of the gondola door. i used lifts many times in italy. the lifts you obtained is an lent design and seems sturdy. he said. more things about enjoy am of the gondola. hereby is someone who's work benefited not just himself but our differently abled users. park. that is wonderful. thank you very much for write to

us, howard. >> when -- i had the opportunity to become inter~im chair after resignation of mark beautiful. i read again the by laws and i saw that the commission was required to create an annual report. so -- meet the first annual and possible low first ever annual sum row from the commission by the commission with the incredible help of ashley summers here. has 2 sides. you can get it in card stock or cheap piece of paper.

i like to highlight that we will sends this sum row to our mayor and appointment's director and jesse. during 2023, in the responsiveness category. part of the mission. we returned meetings to in person at city hall. we responded today over 110 sunshine requests. updated commission website include complete information for public and worked with the major's office on disability to improve language across our agendas and web page. under relationships, we held our first meeting commission meeting in the bayview. commissioners attended 50 events including ground break ribbon,

graduations and other celebrations. i know we are almost at every one of them. somebody attended 2 meeting of prozac and people attend women's and men's afinity group. lunch to 60 staff member who is worked create the tree lighting. . the beginning of december. celebrated the william hall awards and recognized 8 incredible san franciscans who passd and made contributions to our department. upon the first majority and

female commission of this body in the history. under result, updated by laws. improve the new commissioner on boarding process. hosted 2 sessions with staff. and sent 80 years worth of files to be digitized. i can tell you as a lawyer this is a very important project. which ashley you did all by yourself? yes. >> no, no. a lot of people helped me figure out the contracting process. >> team effort. >>. we have many photos showing what your 100 dollars a month for us commissioners get you. >> thank you for that. thank you. an amazing team. to be a part of and i'm honored and we have a lot of fun, too.

i think that is all the stuff ash low told me to do and i want to know if other commissioners would like to speak during the president's report. >> can you hear me okay. i have a story about denny. i was appointed to the commission in september 2020. and that was we were in the midst of the pandemic. both ani and i were sworn in remotely. and about a week in, to being a commissioner, i was assigned to denny.

to show me the behind the scenes work of the rec and park department. i had not met denny before i knew of him and knew of his accomplishments. i knew he had a military background. when i showed up. he as he did, was highly organized and had a binder for me. he showed mow when we were going to do for the entire day and upon commissioner we are going to do this and go here and meet this person. i said, denny, i have been a

commissioner for a week. now i got 3 years in and i'm still not sure i earned the title. i knew after i week hi not. have you a background in the military? yes, 30 years. in the navy. and i said what was your rank sarah i thinkllow lute colonel? yes. captain? i said what was your rank? he i was captain and for the last 10 years of his 30 year naval career. i said i know you earned your rank i have not. and any time going forward you call me commissioner i'm going to call you captain. and from that time on every time

i saw denny. we laugh and heed say goods morning joe and i would say good morning denny he would say commissioner i would say captain. he was a trish man. never were sought attention. he basically revamp third degree entire department when he came on board as director of operations. and i miss himful we exchanged hundreds of texts and every time i texted him he get back to me. and i texted him on every vet veteran's day. thank you for your service and in november. i texted him and i did not get a reply and at that point i knew that the end was near.

but just a terrific individual. and he lived his life a certain way. and a way to be respected and honored. we just we were luck tow have had him in our lives. >> thank you vice president. i think that ends the president's report. okay. commissioners we take public comment on item 2. on the president's report. are you approaching, richard. come on up. i'm richard and about denny my role in prozac came to our meetings often and every time i asked him a question he always answered it. i might not agree with him but he was very nice and you know i

came here to talk about the mayor's public comment. not all commissioners are following the mayor's directive you might want to listen to the board of permit appeals and first meet nothing december. they had a discussion about it. and i just think it is not only as seniors and people with families and people who work during the day. cannot come to city hall on thursday at 10 o'clock. may be if the commission will do this men they should have more meetings in the evening and meetings out in the community. so more people can participate. because you know some of these issues are very contentious and people have strong feelings

about them. so, hope you find a way that so that everybody can participate in these -- deliberations. be thank you. >> thank you. other public comment. happy holidays they arrived and parks are bugz including tree lightings and night time light shoes. lights adorn our trees at plazas. like the one outside the lodge in union square and bow decker park. featuring a lighted boat parade and roadways with santa. 2 free light shoes.

entwined on the prom nayed and love for all season's show projected on the conservatory. >> we have a few more holiday events before the 25th. including the india basin toy give away this friday december 22 nd at the shore line park. there will be fro art and crafts. a photo booth. will raffles and business for last minute shopping. and a quanza celebration. live performs. and the holiday ice rink at union square will provide holiday cheer through january 16. president anderson talked about the pickle ball complex. just to add to that there are 8 new courts there.

and part of our learninger effort to meet the demands for this sport. over 5 years we increased the number of court upon 7 fold in the city. bring the number of courts do i stop now. >> no. >> please, continue. why bringing the total number from 12 in 2018 to more than 80. we are grateful to the pickle ball working groupful tennis coalition, our commission and commissioner louie, thank you. . work is not done we got more in the new year. look forward to working with you. in other racket sportings embarcadero plaza for were pidel. the sport is tennis and squash and 10 minute players worldwide. under a year pop up park pidel

operate 2 courts they are free from 2-4 monday-thursday and these other first opened in northern california. come check them out. commissioner around son talked about our minipark renovation and i wanted to add to that thanking the new foundation for the renovation. we worked with them as part of our committee at the opening. as part of this community driven project. left week 200 staff attended a summit at oracle park hosted by center for heeling and justice through port and helped coaches with skills to create of safe environments for young people. combine training with research to teach how to support emotional stress through port and movement. our first training with the

group in the bay and thankful to the emgiant says. and calm their mind for helping them put this together. >> and our park upon maintenance report is out the controller office released the park maintenance yesterday. report gradeos clone liness and conscience athletics, gray grounds. courts and picnic areas. park scores for this year at 91%. we have 2 parks that achieved perfect scores the minipark and sunny side. the scores rekosovo a shift in the distribution of high and low scoring. upon between 2015 and 2019 higher scoring parks were located in the northern areas.

eligible to work to 25 hours during the week and applications available at sf rec/park. org. camp mather coming up on 100th season. lottery closes january fifth if you want to get you our friends

and family up there do it by the fifth. camp week long sessions from june second through august 17 and inclusion week on families with family members that have a disability is july 28-august third. if you want to rej steer had to sf rec/park. org or call us they will help you. move to public comment is there anyone who would like to comment on item 3. okay. do we have hands raised? public comment is closed item 4 general public comment. up to 15 minutes this will be continued to 9 at this time members may address on items of interest to the public within the jurisdiction of the commission and don't appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda items you

can address the commission when it is reached in the needing richard and then you can come on up after. opening of cole tower. in of this want to plan an effort on october 19th next year. for the party for the opening of the coit tower. rec and park need to take care of murals at coit tower. that's all i have to say. main thing since now you will require everybody to come to city hall to dm to etch meetings will you ask staff to put the chairs and benches back in the park across the street, dana proposal is unacceptable. i don't know why the benches

should be there as they were before the pandemic. if you want us to come to city hall make it places where people can sit either before or after meetings or place where is they can have their lunch. you know it is just i talked to staff about it and i don't get satisfaction. i hope the commission will ask the staff to put the benches back across the park. thank you. we do bikeos trails throughout the city i. the public comment.

thank you for your demonstration. i got the prize to hear about denny my condolences to that. >> thank you. looking forward to see will report and the history of the commission availabl may be we can attach that. >> cool to see that. online is good what we did this year with reshg and park the work was with planning. outside the park commission we are known for workers at laguna hospital.

weer item 5. consent calendar. public comment on item 5 is there anyone here withhold like to comment on consent? and i know we have a few callers on the line. if anyone on the line would like to comment on something under item 5 now is the time to raise

your hand. i believe this there motorbike a few people who wanted comment on -- i'm waiting. okay. no hands. seeing no hands raised for item 5 public comment is closed. commissioners? move to approve. >> consent. okay. i have a motion and a second. all in favor say, aye. >> aye. >> opposition? the consent is approved. thank you. item 6 the zoo report. with alicia from the zoo. happy holidays. alicia? no.

all right. you will correct the record for us. >> alisia. alysia. director. camps and class at the san francisco zoo. thank you for having me today. here to report on youth education programs throughout the year. we had over 300 school coming to the zoo the past year and 18,000 kids. participate in our field trip programs and specific low i'm here to talk about our zoo camp program. where we do a summer camp and spring camp in spanish and this year in mandarin.

and also fall and winner camps are happening next week. had 2,000 students participate in this program and we were able to offer 39 scholarships to families across san francisco. we open our scholarship applications and we were able to fit the needs for every family that applied. and general low, we service kids pre-k. 4 years old through 6 grid in summer camp program. our zoo camp program shifted a conversation camp. around our 14 critically endangered species. and leaning in this a bit more in messaging. across the zoo with the public

but in our education programs. we had a bilingual zoo camp that has been well received and able to offer scholarships and provide that free to families who are requesting them. last summer able to offer back our female leadership program. at the zoo and bring nothing diverse group of teens from across the city to provide again focusing on conversation messaging and teaching them about enrichment and providing mentorship and support to zoo campers. i'm fairly new to the zoo. we have a lot of zoo staff who have been there for years i have been there for a year.

i come from the space and science center. my goal was to bring more science and art in our zoo camp and classes. providing students with scientific notebooks so they can take observations. learn about the animals. and increase awareness and produce conversation stickers and things to bring back to community in their families and from that. we were able to have a bunch of zoo campers in 5 and sixth grade got behind saving species and went back over the summer to bake sales and other things to provide awareness around endangered species. lastly i. today bring the science and the art in the program. and so we have dedicated art

teachers in our programs that make them do sketching and turn them in fun art projects. and finally the zoo staff was also concerned and made aware of denny's passing we wanted provide the naming of our prairie dogs after den and he post this to you. that's sweet. >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you. commissioners have any questions? well done i'm excite body this new initiative. thank you. >> our regards to tonya, please. >> we are on public comment on item 6. is there public comment in room 416?

okay. and then no hands on the web ex. public comment is closed item 7 jeopardy an town contract award with marion. good morning. i'm marion cost. and i'm a project manager with the capitol division. good morning to our president. and vice president. welcome. >> general manager. >> and all of you. today is -- somber moment as well. but celebration. because i'm here to share an ask for approval on a mile stone in japantown. it is discussion and possible action to apart the contract

number 0008378 to pleasant construction company lp in the amount of up to 15, 453, 216. that is for the base bid. 12 million. 543. laugh so this project meets 323 of our planning goals to inspire public space and investment. and japan ton plaza in d 5. post street, gear competence, lines buick an an and about 32,000 square feet and i shared

a bit it is this commission has seen it twice. one time for the concept approval in 2019 and earlier this year to seek approval for the grants federal and state. and automatic00 actually at this time. in march there was a baptist tweaks and changes to the design and that's the same plan you saw informingal capitol committee. so why am i here in to share about the bid process and what happened with that. you remember there was a prosecute test we were not abling to ask for approval during capitol committee. we received 3 bids after 9 week. the 2 below pleasant in in the

last few months. >> and city tournament they did not have plans. therefore, gives mote opportunity to come here and ask for you know the next step. let's see. i think that is about it. just broadly we are trying to start construction on site in the spring. and which means issuing it earlytory get the paperwork in place. and it is a 17 month period. however, on like existing building and the weather. we are look at reopening in springtime of 2026. so -- with this i'm ready for questions.

i want to congratulate you and the division and the department on this labor of love a lot of work gone in and this is amazing mile stone and i know speaking on behalf of phil we're grateful for you and that you working with bev lead this complex process. i wanted say, thank you. >> thank you. >> may i add another piece of this is this we had over accounting 60 of public meetings with the community. half were before. and concept approval in 2019 the others virtual come now we are coming in person. so this is really on it to be part of the team and help folk this is is an effort from the community because that is where i came from. than i developed the 5 goal

andmented to continue to meet the 5 goals and we did that as well. in every aspect. thank you for that i share it with my folks. >> thank you very much. commissioner louie. i will go ahead like to hear from commissionerllow and he then public comment. >> thank you for this. this is -- a long project. this is japantown where i grew up. went to high school 2 blocks away. so, that peace plaza area really is needs upgrading and so many nonprofits irrelevantment this.

we were talking about 6 blocks. and jeopardy an town is 6 square blocks china town is 30 square blocks. this is a community that really enjoys shopping, eating and invites visitors, people from all over the world come to visit here. this is a long awaited project, vital and thank you for presenting today. we can't wait to break ground. thank you. see if there is public comment and come back to commissioner questions. okay. is there anyone in for public comment on item 7? come forward, thank you. >> good afternoon. still morning. good morning.

rich ashed i'm one of the cochairs of the japantown peace mrs.asm i came up here to express our appreciation to all of you. i know that you have supported the project. and wanted give you history about where how we came to about today. so -- the current japantown design and renovation has been in the works since 2017. that is when the foundation spearheaded this project and funded the feasibility study. to get it kick started and then witness we got kick started and we had numerous town hall meetings and than i used to get to where we are today. i have been through the past 2 renovations of the peace plaza. tells you how long i have been

there. those 2 has no community input. brought up our concerns and we wasted our opinions. our preeshsz that the community had to as well i voice in this design. he really intresz third degree. we were pleased at that and i want to thank you, commissioners. for all of your support throughout the years. you came out to inspect and visit the mrs.asm saw the problems with the plaza and today there are crews replacing broken tiles.

i want to thank the staff and all the people that have been working on this throughout the years. and marion and jennifer cooper and want to thank all of you not out of the woods yet buoy want to express my appreciation and urge you to support the construction for this project. thank you. >> thank you. richard. okay are there other speakeros item 7 in room 416. i believe we have one hand raise federal well is anyone on the call press star 3. unmute the first caller, please. >> emlow executive director of japantown task force the project

has been a high priority for and you know a letter to the commission and strong support the contract award and want to thank general manager phil ginsburg and the deputy director beverly and marion and jennifer cooper commissioner it is important to the effort and i know the president has made multiple visits to japantown. i want to acknowledge that the japantown community leaders worked request phil ting and house peeshg nancy pelosi to fill a funding gap we urge approval. thank you. >> i figured you walked you were here to speak. come on up.

2 minutes. >> i'm on behalf of japantown. we are an arts hub in japantown. i have worked close with rich. marian, emlow and a lot of the japantown leaders this project is important you to. i stand here on behalf of the future of japantown. the future leaders of jeopardy an town the peace mraz as is significant and important. and i have been hearing a lot of the history of what went wrong in the past and i think this time around everyone is cautious. millions under a huge microscope to make sure this project guess well and stays under budget and

on time. we can get back to the festivals and the community garthings japantown loves and the city love os behalf of cultural aspects and beautiful fabric of the san francisco of what it really means to be here. i was raise in the san francisco. and jeopardy an town has a very close personal place in my heart. many of our commune members are. so -- we are here to make sure that everything guess well and excited for all of you to help us make that happen. thank you. anyone else to comment. public comment is closed. commissioners? thank you. i wanted acknowledge the letter come on and speak the executive

director of the jeopardy an town task force and wrote a letter and wanted to let you know if you are listening we did get it and appreciate all of the efforts she mentioned that the jeopardy an town community has been engaged in the peace plaza renovation since the start in 2017. jtf cochars john oshg sack and he rich whom you heard this morning advocated strong low for additional funding that fill a short fall and -- they were pan dek demmic related costs. commissionerllow and he i.

some funding leader pelosi obtaind and combine with the funding for the city and the residents of san francisco this is a beloved endeavour. we turned again for the cherry blossom festival our mayor was there, too much this was so important in herb district. d5 and she is an add vocate of this on behalf of her she appointed us and we support our mayor and the great projects she gets we want to say, thank you it all of our communities stake holders. the love, blood. sweat and tierce and we will keep an eye on thing and make sure this we earn your trust. commissioner louie? >> can we move on this? yes. love to start a vote >> so. i motion to accept the award bid

from planned construction for japantown peace plaza. >> second. >> all in favor? aye. >> opposition? we not think you rude if you like to leave the room but stay if you want more entertainment >> we're item 8. 2500 mayor poseasm shadow on franklin square.

the presentation is ready. thank you, americans. commissioner liaison. and good afternoon, commissioners. hello, brian. it is -- not quite afternoon. i'm brian i'm a planner with the planning division. and i'm joined by a planning department staff who will present a portion of the presentation. pertaining to the project description aspects of the project. my portion will focus on the shade and shadow analysis upon the park. our presentation will provide you with a summary of the sfmta potrero yard mixed use development. 2500 mariposa and shadow affects on the franklin square. review of the shadow cast by the

project supports objective 1.2 of the strategic flan to strengthen the quality of existing p and facilities. as a reminder your review of shadow on rec/park land is codified by planning code 295. and the 1989 memo adopted by planning and the rec and park commission. the proposed potrero yard project replace the sfmta bus yard with a new bus maintenance and storage include housing, commercial and retail. note that the project will include a public restroom at the corner of bryant and 17th marked by the yellow circle to the right. be able to users including the children's play area marked in the left oval.

the project is located in mission. the project experience has 2 for the project from the paira transit only has more shade than other options. i like to invite gabriella from plan to provide an over view of description, out reach and public good aspects of the project. >> good morning. commissioners. thank you. a brief on the project this is the project over 6 years of work by sfmta and pn c collective.

beghan 2070 with the robust neighborhood out reach. since then 2017 >> latoya: worked collectively with all including the partial sfmta employees and affordable housing advocates to the project to when it is today. the project team held over 140 out reach sessions including recuring meetings with neighborhood working group includes friends of franklin square park. public tours of the site and experienced events and listening sessions. demo the existing 2 story building and park lot on mariposa street. and construct 1.3 million dollars square foot mixed use building include public

transportation, public utility for the use of sfmta. and that max 465 dwelling units include studios, 1 bedroom and over 50% 2 and 3 bedrooms 2, 320 square feast commercial space. the paira transit variant will be include. and in addition to the [inaudible] listed with little change is there will be abadditional level of sfmta infrastructure. will be dedicated to the paratransit division and reduction in dwelling from 465 to 104. new state of the art facility

for sfmta. include a public restroom made available on 17th and bryant street. public art. street improve ams a street tree, landscaping. bicycle park, ad a ramps and some affordable housing. back to brian. the experience has 2 alternatives for the project. the paratransit alternative and the re9ed housing alternative. both include an improved bus yard housing. commercial space and public restroom. both cast similar amounts of shade on the square at similar

times of year and are times of day and location within the park. however, the commission will review the shade impacts from the paratransit alternative only casts slightly more on the park compared to the housing alternative. for orientation purposes the image the the bottom right shows the location of the site in blue in relation to franklin in orange. the others are arial views other site and park. you see the project site is adjacent to the square in the block south of the park sharing 17th frontages. site takes up a city block by 17th bryant. mariposa and hampshire and is occupied by the existing potrero bus yard gooding proposed to be rebuilt. >> regarding franklin square

provides a detail of the park the 4.480 are park by mixed use buildingos hampshire to the east am bryant to the west and 17th not south and 16th to the north. sock and children's play area and adult fitness area. path ways weaved around the edges of the park. the slide provides the full year shady fan. helpful to eventualize the over all shadow impact upon the park throughout the year. on the full year shadow fan the project site is in orange. and annualized shadow fan sfoopt in blue. with darker blue more shadows

and lighter blue the less frequent shadows. you see the project shadow would cover the southern half of franklin square. project shadows are most frequent around the project footprint. but and become less further frequent further away. new shadow present during all times of day. however peek during the morning and decreasing throughout the end of the day.

here is a time lapse showing the new shade from the project during the winter. it is the day of maximum new shadow. today also happens to be the winter solstice. note that the shade is more significant in the morning. the play ground is shown number one on the map and fitness area number 5. shade leaves and sun returns to the play ground area around 10 a.m. while in shade does cover part of the play ground after 2 p.m. comparrisom here a different

time lapse showing the product this falls during the fall and spring in september and march. note the shade does fall on the southwest corner steps at 8 a.m. none of the play fwround or fitness area are shaded at this time of year. in closing i like to highlight the 89 memo provides criteria for determining whether a project shadow upon a rec park property will have a significant adverse impact upon the use of the park. quantitative the park greater than 2 acres with less then and there 20% shading in the case of franklin square. memo recommends a shadow increase up to a percent. in the case of franklin the park is 4.4 acres experiencing 1.36

existing shadow load and the project would add 1.87% additional shadow for 3.23%. above the 89 memo guidance of 1%. however, it will well below the 20% existing threshold the guidance references. qualitative it is to consider includes the time day of new shadow, year, shadow size, shadow duration, location and public good served by the project. as noted, the key public good to park users would be the new public restroom the project installs. would have 2 toilets and wash basin and will be easy low accessible from the park and visible for park goers to use. we have received 9 letters of support for the project. including the friends of

franklin square. this concludes my presentation. planning staff and i are available for comment and question. thank you. weer public comment is there anyone when would like to comment on item 8? commissioners i'm connie i'm public, faris for the sfmta program. we did not want we have a few slides as well. okay. fine. perfect. and so we are excite body this project. and it does provide a new bus yard for the sfmta it is prioritizing strong public transit the most important tools we have to fight climate change it is a critical public benefit improving efficiency and working conditions for staff. the buses can be repaired faster improving reliability for the

community at large. and this improving work conditions for staff is key for the sfmta they are working lit irrelevant hundred plus year old yard now. and will accommodate 54% more bus critical in the needs of muni for the future float. talk a little about public benefits. housing is a key benefit. the proposal the primary refined project proposal the housing maximizes affordability and unit count and this is the primary alternative entitling up to 513 units for the project than i are president of the housing element already. the housing is both for affordable family housing. which is for those makingum to 80% of income and when terms workforce you housing.

also working closely this is a workforce housing proposed on the project and looking close low at that creating a preference for sfmta frontline staff to live there. as you heard there is a public restroom and part of this project this is that cornir closeup of the 17th and bryant that is across from the children's play ground that public restroom came about because of feedback and input from friends of franklin square. we are excited provide that benefit part of that project you see here that the project supports active transportation along 17thistry with improve ams to the 17th street bikeway. admissible art as part of the project you see a rendering of

afternoon art piece for the mosaic or piece to the left of that entry way well and further on left there is a glass wall along 17th that p users will see in and be able to watch the bus this is a public art opportunity as well. well is another retail space the other side of 17th and then here is the other view of the public art opportunity in the northern and this is the public city's first public/private per inship project with per contrary neighborhood collective. we are excited partner with them. we had public out reach when we began the working group and excited have a strong

partnership with friends of franklin square. thank you very much and i'm happy to answer questions. >> thank you. now public comment. >> is there anyone in the room here to comment on item 8. step forward? you have 2 minutes. commissioners, thank you for the time. i'm chris a respiratory for potrero neighborhood collective the developer. i wanted share more about tnc and the values this guided us and will guide us in the project. for our values yb partnership to meet city needs. we're partner to improve transit. needs for housing and a number of public benefits and aline with priorities with project stake holders including supporting the commission to maintain beautiful parks and

preserve the environment. intasked with designing a seismically safe project in the design guidelines respecting the use of franklin square. creating local and economic inclusion. retail program prioritized community businesses new crossingos 17th street prosecute mote safe ways for pedestrian and park goers and support the local businesses. access to green pace is crucial. applaud the city to being the first in the nation to have a 10 minute walk to a park the project new housing opportunity further close the gap. left real, listen to community voices one example through our engage am press we heard this franklin square is an asset we

worked heard to maintain a design that will not have adverse impact on the use of the square. thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning. president anderson. i will give a disclaimer i'm used to be on the other side i'm a former police commissioner and now serve on the sheriff department over site board and thank you guys for what it is that you do. i think after tax its is like 91 dollars. i wanted share that as a disclaimer i come buffer the coe of young community developer. a nonprofit organization in bayview. we celebrated 50 years of our existence providing workforce, educational and housing services to residents in the community. i wanted to share the work we

vehicle doing at potrero yard come focusing on the need activate the grown spaces. we heard a bit earlier today and i'm happy to hear that are when we look at community our parks are increases. and we think about the process we are talking about more eyes on the p and the street. it helps increase safety with more people and feet and boots on the ground. you heard adding the restroom is manage we are in support of and want to shout out to my team who has been working on this project. a project manager with us in upon community develop ergs doing a phenomenonal job and the fire mighty team as a whole. we are in support of it. appreciate all do you and look forward to push forward. thank you.

>> thank you. other members of public wish to comment on item 8? we have one hand raiseod web ex. first caller, please. i'm [inaudible] over look the park and will be close neighbor of the new development. i want to speak in favor of temperature someone who is concerned about mass transit in san francisco. and also the need to address the housing crisis. i think this is a great project and novel thel san francisco is doing this. and also i am xoit body all the people that will move in the neighborhood. new neighbors and a lot of energy. so, i again thank you is a great project. thank you. >> thank you.

i'm scott sweeny i'm a member of the potreroiard working group since 2018. and i'm a neighbor. exitmented to call in support of the project. i seen through the neighborhood working group there has been a lot of out reach. during the project this has really [inaudible] and the team behind them is listening and i think designed this project in a thoughtful way that will improve the square. i ask for your support. thank you. >> thank you. okay seeing no further callers in the room. public comment is closed. commissioners? commissioner jones? >> thank you. so far to know me know this i'm protective of the parks and open space in my home neighborhood in the mission district. franklin square where i spent

time as a child and teen not practicing such good park behaviors. i -- i and the potrero hill bus yard is an iconic part of the community walk i walked by it today and remembered and shared a story when i was in 7th grade my best friend's father was a muni driver. they debuted the new bus or i fancy bus the first one took us there for a photo shoot. i have an album full of us with this cute muni bus, a lot of good memory there is and yes in project will have an impact on the shadow and we look at it when it is on a play ground or a recreation use not the best thing but i if in support because i believe the public

good of this project is worth giving up shadow in this park. i think the public restrooms are extremely vital and much appreciated by this neighborhood and users of the square. affordable housing is valuable and so necessary. in our city and the neighborhood. and i just love the partnership with the departments and the amazing community organizations and you can see the demonstration of how much can be accomplished with collaboration and shared resources and so in our case. our resource is giving up a bit of the shadow and feel is worth it. i'm excited see it come to light. i know we are not the art commission. the mission makes good art. so i'm excited see what this municipality come up with and the public art part of the project -- and lastly i'm

excited the design will be able to seat bus that is a heart warming thing. as an and i had an adult excited to see our muni operators working on the bus i'm in support of this project. commissioner mazzola. following up a lot was what i was going to say. i will add this developer has and done the right thing by the city and continue to. and they feel it is important. not have opportunity to get in

the programs and through city build. and when have you. kids from the neighborhood and i think the staff did a great job showing us the design showing us how it would affect the park. i. agree that -- i don't think it has as much adverse impact for me to say then and there is an important of a job to needed housing. and a new bus yard that is in dire need of being replaced. i think the developer is high road developer this has done right by the city and see it as a great project and vote that this guess through and does in the have an adverse impact on the park. anymorings wish to speak. i wanted share something to our

guests they may not realize. before a project like this, where there may be a shadow t. is offered to commissioners we have briefings. i had mine with department staff from sfmta as well as rec and park staff and they very thoughtful and carefully go through the important aspects of the project. let us know about community engagement and there hen in this case as in other cases that has gone on for years. i feel like of course. our staff and they are committed to hearing from neighbors. stake holders. and tried their best there is only 895,000 opinion in san

francisco. and you can't please everybody all the time. i feel like the sfmta and other staff irrelevant spent a lot of time trying to reach outeen when -- public contact might be aneapic they go out and find people. to have community engagement with. it hurts me when i hear member say nobody told me orred anything. where were you hiding because we really all do our best to find people who can tell us what do park usersment. we have that you fell processes and don't hear this for the first time. we spent spend a lot of time on the materials and with the people. instrumental in all endefers

other friends this the locals the neighbors. and so i have a lovely letter of support from the friends of franklin square and they do support this project. and what the potrero collective is doing. they were reasons why they want this there is residential development. we heard. which is going to support workforce housing as well as affordable. and i think housing for all comers. they believe that when people live close it a park they will be invest in the the p's well being. that is true. the importance of the project

and all that is brings the benefits including housing out way that small expectation. it is in the severe and what i noticed when we saw the moving eventual system the shadow is cast on a day like today but not spring and fall when most kids are outside playing all hours of the day. they heard them when they said they wanted a bathroom and will be commercial spaces and raised pedestrian crosswalk and things done to improve and enhance safety and make it safer to ride bicycles. that was the meat of this letter and i want to thank al hand i

don't, anna and julie and emanuela for writing in. make a motion? >> hear a motion. >> a motion to approvech >> do i have a second. >> bear with me the motion will not have -- sorry. did you want to -- reword it? i like to make a motion the project will not have an adverse impact on the quality of the park. >> motion and second. all in favor? aye. opposition? none. motion carries. >> thank you. weer item 9 general public comment from item 4 is there

anyone who did in the get a chance to comment on item 4? thank you. everybody. richard >> hi. >> rich afterward again. i wanted to express my condolences with denny kaern. i met denny and then phil was with him. and said manage is wrong with this picture. he was well dressed in a suit and -- phil was just in his jeans and jacket. should be the other way original and ever since denny has been in a suit. i a suit one of the most well dress person and his smiechl was like a lighting up the room i

will miss that smile and i do share all of your heart 80. and pain. of missing him. >> thank you very much. >> thank you and you know during his time at the in the military he was station in the japan he had affection for japantown. and the japanese tea garden. >> yes, yes. >> and you know a flag 3 on the peace plaza and i was in charge lowering and raising the flags during half staff and i called it a rope he corrected mow and said helliard. will yea. thank you very much. and you know like i said my condolences. thank you for this lifely tribute, >> we have a couple of agenda items. item 10 commissioner matters do you have matters to discuss

today. i don't see anymore we will move on to item 11 new business agenda setting. anything from you all on this? i think i spoke to you about this. >> okay. >> and item 12 communication. there public comment on item 12. seeing none. thank you everyone who writes to you we read them all and collect them sxaul log them in. . and we appreciate your time and your comments and criminalitying to the history of this commission. we are now on item then adjournment. do i hear a motion. wait. not forget this. i would like to propose this we adjourn in memories of paul spring and denny kaern anyone else that my fellow commissions would like to honor?

do i hear a motion? so moved. >> second. all in favor? aye. >> we are adjourned at 11:43 a.m. thank you. >> i don't think you need to be an expert to look around and see the increasing frequency of fires throughout california. they are continuing at an

ever-increasing rate every summer, and as we all know, the drought continues and huge shortages of water right now. i don't think you have to be an expert to see the impact. when people create greenhouse gases, we are doing so by different activities like burning fossil fuels and letting off carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we also do this with food waste. when we waste solid food and leave it in the landfill, it puts methane gas into the atmosphere and that accelerates the rate at which we are warming our planet and makes all the effects of climate change worse. the good news is there are a lot of things that you can be doing, particularly composting and the added benefit is when the compost is actually applied to the soil, it has the ability to reverse climate change by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soil and the t radios. and there is huge amount of science that is breaking right now around that.

>> in the early 90s, san francisco hired some engineers to analyze the material san francisco was sending to landfill. they did a waste characterization study, and that showed that most of the material san francisco was sending to landfill could be composted. it was things like food scraps, coffee grounds and egg shells and sticks and leaves from gardening. together re-ecology in san francisco started this curbside composting program and we were the first city in the country to collect food scraps separately from other trash and turn them into compost. it turns out it was one of the best things we ever did. it kept 2.5 million tons of material out of the landfill, produced a beautiful nutrient rich compost that has gone on to hundreds of farms, orchards and

vineyards. so in that way you can manage your food scraps and produce far less methane. that is part of the solution. that gives people hope that we're doing something to slow down climate change. >> i have been into organic farming my whole life. when we started planting trees, it was natural to have compost from re-ecology. compost is how i work and the soil biology or the microbes feed the plant and our job as regenerative farmers is to feed the microbes with compost and they will feed the plant. it is very much like in business where you say take care of your employees and your employees will take carolinas of your customers. the same thing. take care of the soil microbes and soil life and that will feed and take care of the plants. >> they love compost because it is a nutrient rich soil amendment. it is food for the soil.

that is photosynthesis. pulling carbon from the atmosphere. pushing it back into the soil where it belongs. and the roots exude carbon into the soil. you are helping turn a farm into a carbon sink. it is an international model. delegations from 135 countries have come to study this program. and it actually helped inspire a new law in california, senate bill 1383. which requires cities in california to reduce the amount of compostable materials they send to landfills by 75% by 2025. and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant

percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a food donation program. we keep the edible food local.

and we are not composting it because we don't want to compost edible food. we want that food to get eaten within san francisco and feed folks in need. it is very unique in san francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school district, we have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society

and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. compost helps farms get through these difficult times. how is that? compost is a natural sponge that attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of drought in you farm naturally with compost. farms and cities in california are very hip now to this fact that creating compost, providing compost to farms helps communities survive and get through those dry periods. >> here is the thing. soil health, climate health, human health, one conversation.

if we grow our food differently, we can capture all that excess carbon in the atmosphere and store it in unlimited quantities in the soil, that will create nutrient dense foods that will take care of most of our civilized diseases. so it's one conversation. people have to understand that they are nature. they can't separate. we started prowling the high plains in the 1870s and by the 1930s, 60 year, we turned it into a dust bowl. that is what ignorance looks like when you don't pay attention to nature. nature bats last. so people have to wake up. wake up. compost. >> it is really easy to get frustrated because we have this belief that you have to be completely sustainable 24/7 in all aspects of your life. it is not about being perfect. it is about making a change here, a change there in your life. maybe saying, you know what?

i don't have to drive to that particular place today. today i am going to take the bus or i'm going to walk. it is about having us is stainable in mind. that is -- it is about having sustainability in mind. that is how we move the dial. you don't have to be perfect all the time. >> san francisco has been and will continue to be one of the greener cities because there are communities who care about protecting a special ecosystem and habitat. thinking about the history of the ohlone and the native and indigenous people who are stewards of this land from that history to now with the ambitious climate action plan we just passed and the goals we have, i think we have a dedicated group of people who see the importance of this place. and who put effort into building an infrastructure that actually makes it possible. >> we have a long history starting with the gold rush and the anti-war activism and that is also part of the environmental movement in the 60s and 70s.

and of course, earth day in 1970 which is huge. and i feel very privileged to work for the city because we are on such a forefront of environmental issues, and we get calls from all over the world really to get information. how do cities create waste programs like they do in san francisco. we are looking into the few which you are and we want innovation. we want solutions.

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>> my family's starts in mexico in a small town. my parents are from a very, very small town. so small, that my dad's brother is married to one of my mom's sisters. it's that small. a lot of folks from that town are here in the city. like most immigrant families, my parents wanted a better life for us. my dad came out here first. i think i was almost two-years-old when he sent for us. my mom and myself came out here. we moved to san francisco early

on. in the mission district and moved out to daily city and bounced back to san francisco. we lived across the street from the ups building. for me, when my earliest memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. when i was seven-years-old and i'm in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. i have to make sure that we do our homework. it's a lot of responsibility for a kid. the weekends were always for family. we used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new mission theater and then afterwards going to kentucky fried chicken. that was big for us. we get kentucky fried chicken on sunday. whoa! go crazy! so for me, home is having something where you are all together. whether it's just together for dinner or whether it's together for breakfast or sharing a special moment at the holidays. whether it's thanksgiving or

christmas or birthdays. that is home. being so close to berkley and oakland and san francisco, there's a line. here you don't see a line. even though you see someone that's different from you, they're equal. you've always seen that. a rainbow of colors, a ryan bow of personalities. when you think about it you are supposed to be protecting the kids. they have dreams. they have aspirations. they have goals. and you are take that away from them. right now, the price is a hard fight. they're determined. i mean, these kids, you have to applaud them. their heart is in the right place. there's hope. i mean, out here with the things changing everyday, you just hope the next administration makes a change that makes things right. right now there's a lot of changes on a lot of different

levels. the only thing you hope for is for the future of these young kids and young folks that are getting into politics to make the right move and for the folks who can't speak. >> dy mind motion. >> even though we have a lot of fighters, there's a lot of voice less folks and their voiceless because they're scared. >> who doesn't love cable cars? charging emissions and we're free which we're proud of you know, it's not much free left in the world anymore so we managed to do that through donations and through our gift shops. you got a real look and real appreciation of what early transit systems are like. this was the transit of the day from about 1875 to about 1893 or later, you know. cable car

museum is free, come on in. take a day. come down. rediscover the city. you can spend as time you want and you don't have to make reservations and it's important to be free because we want them to develop a love for cable cars so they do continue to support whether they live here or other places and people come in and say, yes, i have passed by and heard of this and never come in and they always enjoy themselves. people love cable cars and there's none left in the world so if you want to ride a cable car, you've got to come to san francisco. that what makes the city. without the cable cars, you lose part of that, you know, because people who come here and they love it and they love the history ask they can ride a cable car that has been running since 1888 or 1889. wow! that's something. can't do that with other historical museums. rarely, have i run into anybody from outside who didn't come in and didn't feel better from knowing something about the city. it's a true experience you'll remember.

i hope they walk away with a greater appreciation for the history, with the mechanics with people are fascinated by the winding machine and i hope the appreciation, which is a part of our mission and these young kids will appreciate cable cars and the ones who live here and other places, they can make sure there will always be cable cars in san francisco because once they are gone, they are gone. it's the heartbeat of san francisco that founded the cable and the slot and without the cable cars, yeah, we would lose something in san francisco. we would lose part of its heart and soul. it wouldn't be san francisco without cable cars. [bell ringing] >> shared spaces have transformed san francisco's adjacent sidewalks, local business communities are more

resilient and their neighborhood centers are more vibrant and mildly. sidewalks and parking lanes can be used for outdoor seating, dining, merchandising, and other community activities. we're counting on operators of shared spaces to ensure their sites are safe and accessible for all. people with disabilities enjoy all types of spaces. please provide at least 8 feet of open uninterrupted sidewalk so everyone can get through. sidewalk diverter let those who have low vision navigate through dining and other activity areas on the sidewalk. these devices are rectangular planters or boxes that are placed on the sidewalk at the ends of each shared space and need to be at least 12 inches wide and 24 inches long and 30 inches tall. they can be on wheels to make it easy to bring in and out at the start and the end of each day. but during business hours, they

should be stationary and secure. please provide at least one wheelchair accessible dining table in your shared space so the disability people can patronize your business. to ensure that wheelchair users can get to the wheelchair accessible area in the park area, provide an adequate ramp or parklet ramps are even with the curb. nobody wants to trip or get stuck. cable covers or cable ramps can create tripping hazards and difficulties for wheelchair users so they are not permitted on sidewalks. instead, electrical cables should run overhead at least ten feet above sidewalk. these updates to the shared spaces program will help to ensure safety and accessibility for everyone, so

that we can all enjoy these public spaces. more information is available at sf.govt/shared spaces. >> hello and welcome. >> recording in progress. >> hello examine welcome to the tuesday december 19, 2023 entertainment meeting of the commission. i'm the commissioner vice president, we will start with announcements. >> we would like to start the meeting with the land acknowledgment. we the san francisco entertainment commission recognizes that we're on the homeland of the ramaytush ohlone land.