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. public comment will be available for each item unless announced by the president each will have 2 minutes on each item. the commission will take comment from people in person then from attending remote. if you would like to present an item request but don't require you to complete a blue card.

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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 just wanted to say a few words. one is to the parents and to all of the kids. thank you for supporting this program and for trusting us to create a soccer program in the bayview. >> soccer is the world's game, and everybody plays, but in the united states, this is a sport that struggles with access for

certain communities. >> i coached basketball in a coached football for years, it is the same thing. it is about motivating kids and keeping them together, and giving them new opportunities. >> when the kids came out, they had no idea really what the game was. only one or two of them had played soccer before. we gave the kids very simple lessons every day and made sure that they had fun while they were doing it, and you really could see them evolve into a team over the course of the season. >> i think this is a great opportunity to be part of the community and be part of programs like this. >> i get to run around with my other teammates and pass the ball. >> this is new to me. i've always played basketball or football. i am adjusting to be a soccer mom. >> the bayview is like my favorite team. even though we lose it is still fine. >> right on. >> i have lots of favorite memories, but i think one of them is just watching the kids enjoy themselves. >> my favorite memory was just

having fun and playing. >> bayview united will be in soccer camp all summer long. they are going to be at civic centre for two different weeklong sessions with america scores, then they will will have their own soccer camp later in the summer right here, and then they will be back on the pitch next fall. >> now we know a little bit more about soccer, we are learning more, and the kids are really enjoying the program. >> we want to be united in the bayview. that is why this was appropriate >> this guy is the limit. the kids are already athletic, you know, they just need to learn the game. we have some potential college-bound kids, definitely. >> today was the last practice of the season, and the sweetest moment was coming out here while , you know, we were setting up the barbecue and folding their uniforms, and looking out onto the field, and seven or eight of the kids were playing. >> this year we have first and second grade. we are going to expand to third, forth, and fifth grade next year bring them out and if you have

middle school kids, we are starting a team for middle school. >> you know why? >> why? because we are? >> bayview united. >> bayview united. hi, i'm chris and you are watching san francisco rising. this is about rebuilding and reimaging the city. we will talk about revitalizing downtown. >> thank you for having me. >> the initiatives in the downtown area and enjoy businesses. perhaps you can tell us about your plan. >> yeah, sure. well, you know, first i'd like

to acknowledge we are here visiting union scare. this is the heart of the city and people come to celebrate life's greatest moments whether it's the holidays or buying your prom dress or getting married. you always think about union square as a place to celebrate. we would like to continue in that celebration especially postpandemic. this is a great place to celebrate life. we want to be creative getting people outdoors. we are still coming out of the pandemic and enjoying what we have to offer think about the beautiful hotel and historic district. we have world class shopping destinations and theater here we are using our strike

thattic plan there was a time when weus people want r want a bit of everything appeared experience. one of the newest initiatives is union square. in you come down you will see blooms cascading from hotel awnings and blooms on historic building fronts. you will see them on bus stops. you can go to many of our restaurants and they have cocktails. they have food and of course, being connected withification we have our bloom gown that's behind me. so, a announcement f ways to celebrate blooms.

this is another great time of year for union square we are kickoff the holiday celebrations. they bring out the animal window. we have ice skating. music is another great way to come and enjoy union scare. we are a recipient of the latest grant. this is bringing it into the public life. we are doing it here. this is in our park. it's really show this is great when it comes to music. >> we have been ignoring the fact for the districts it's a

pretty common place across the country and opportunity to transform our spaces. >> yeah, i agree with you 100%. >> we have 13,000 hotel rooms. what if we had a school or soccer this is something we couldn't do before. our rates prior to the pandemic was under10%. we are higher now. >> we have businesses like cable car a lot of history and innovation here as well. we want to be ready for the opportunities. this is where some office spaces will come. we are seeing office leases in

union square. the cable car comes through it. why not come to work in a vibrant space. >> a lot of the businesses have been remarkably resilient. can you share success stories and talk about how they have been supporting them. >> this aligned with what i just said about historic neighborhoods. they have seen everything from the great depression on. in fact, the earthquake of 1906. we have been around for hundreds of years. celebrating 116th birthday. open to the public in october. they are not gone. they are just down the street a beautiful store where people find great fabrics.

contemrare just here on powell street. a lot of the luxury retailers are expanding neighborhood print. >> we talk about the area with a rich history. what about the spaces and stronger sense of community. >> yeah, you know. i have to say these challenging times brought the community together. we had a unique opportunity here. was an opportunity to look at the district and assess where we might need something. we need a bit more of everything. we broke it down into different categories. we looked at economic development and change offering. people were accessing, you

know, nightlife, food, or shopping differently out of the pandemic. we wanted to look at marketing and what it meant to the news out about what we were doing in the district. looking at our own organize as well and what we would need to get that out there. also creating a safe space. we are creating a safe and secure area. our locals in particular you can go shopping anywhere in the bay area. any of those places will look like any other place. in san francisco, you are somewhere special. this is a unique place and we needed to get it right. we have done that work and continue to support our district and see different ways to do business here.

to be creative and innovative. we were able to change the planning code to make it more flexible to do business here. we are the c3r. we have three floors of retail maybe today we don't want two levels maybe we just want one level instead of too much retail we need a school or something else. very exciting times and really interesting people and ideas. >> that's great. >> so, i guess, finally, what do you have for san francisco residents and businesses to be apart of this. >> this is the gateway of san francisco. it only drives. right now, we are so many and

still love our great city and what we would like to see. this is san francisco and the residents. look around, have a coffee. listen to music on the weekends. we have so much to offer union square. with that, support these businesses. we have a number of openings, a number of businesses betting on union square. in fact, we have a new hotel. the owner is from back of house, that's the name of the organize. they brought us several other residents and now this wonderful restaurant, i italian restaurant.

this is on top of the old restaurant. it will have a rooftop and one of the largest in san francisco. it's a london based business abdomen and betting on n square. we have a great bar scene popping up and speak easy and pch. hawthorne, school. this is the place to come down and enjoy. come, don't forget union square is the place to be. certainly in the years to come. a very difficult time of course for any major city. we are dealing with the same thing. explore and support our businesses here. we'll continue to thrive. come on down, you will be wildly, also surprised at how beautiful it is since we are still blooming. >> thank you, that's great. it's great to hear your optimistic outlook on

restoring this part of time. >> thank you for having me and taking a little time to showcase our heart of san francisco. >> thanks again. >> thank you. >> that's it for this episode. we'll be back with another one shortly. thank you for watching. >> (clapping). >> happy anniversary sfgov you have been providing access to public meetings to keep folks connected and our original programming highlights the best of information and makes the city proud [music] right here.

then put it and pull it. [music] it is an important part of the work that mission cultural center for well tino arts does. steb in the 1977. as part of the graphic's department. >> mission graphica created block print. cut, screen printing, t-shirts to support social causes. and also the studio inhabited emerging and established artists from all over the world. [music] so the name of this exhibit this is installed at the

hall is public voice. and the exhibition is in partnership with mission cultural center and archives. [music] this installation is 5 decades of the work that they have been doing since the upon upon 70s. it is a chronicle of san francisco's history. >> mission graphica part of latino image makers, educators. activists and memory keepers through the art this body is important it preserves the people's history. >> these are our new historical arsigh files >> every artist donated a piece of art work and so that collection is over 8,000 piece of latino created art work. >> it was exciting to see their incredible archives and what has

been great to see for us is how they work in community. in the ways this community has been in partnership with other communities throughout the last 6-7 dkdzs and longer in the bay area and the nation. political, we grapple with today has been part of our history and part of the print making history of mission graphica. this was the place everybody would come and get their prints med for free or at low cost. >> it will be successful for the area:may be work >> mission graphica is still the most accessible, low cost studios for emerging and established artists. people can come here to clean

screens, expose them, learn the art form at a low cost. we offer studio rental space as well as classes, low cost classes and free workshops and collectives. >> this is like history and contemporary coming together for us. and thinking about how the things that have changed and the things we still need to work on and support. >> i hope the people will recognize the transformtive power of art. and the impact that posters have in a community. posters are accessible they other people's art. anyone can do it. it is a strong tool of communication and social change. the posters have not only mobilized community they have also raised money for communities. and they have raised social consciousness.

which is something this goes well beyond any art exhibit. [latino music] ♪♪♪♪