narrow. it does not even consider this other proposal for that portion of the park, not only in the park but in the immediate neighborhood, so we would like to reiterate that request that you schedule the consideration of both together, and we will be there to support nor oppose both projects. one thing we have with regard to the present draft eir that has concerned us is there is an implication for the soccer fields that the only thing that would take place on them when the lights are up would be sports activities.

there is evidence that when you have an open field and permanent light, it comes back to life. we hope that is not the case. now thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. i am a third-generation san franciscan. i believe i am the only one in this room who has worked for the parks department for 37 years. i worked on the master plan. i worked on the assessment report. now we are 76% of the people that we are serving wanted to walking, hiking, biking trails in a natural setting. could i also urge taxpayers to

vote for it, because amongst other things was renovation of athletics. there is nowhere in that document stating the field would be paved over. i once talked to a soccer coach in my young days. besides playing soccer, we would go on field trips. now we walked down to the beach shalala -- chalet. the kids marvel at the forest and wondered what country they were in. i was shocked the kids had never seen that many trees, and being from the hunters point project, maybe they have never seen a tree. the san francisco wrecked apartment -- rec department has

over 60 soccer pitches but only one golden gate park. the park is an environmental -- the project is an environmental disaster. do not like your legacy beat your paved paradise and put up -- legacy be to pave paradise and put up a parking lot. >> i have been a homeowner in san francisco for 33 years, and i am a green party activist and was also a candidate for mayor in the last election, and i am going to speak only to the draft environmental impact report. we have heard from so many people in so many instances that

now covered or that they were misrepresented or not thought out or followed through. there was a total division between the sides. the people who watch soccer were thrilled by the report, and those who wanted to preserve the nature of golden gate park were disturbed by the report. i feel this report is not objective. it does not serve the function of a deir. the people who wrote this report decided there was an insignificant as that impact of having 150,000 watts of light at

night and 76 huge light bulbs. i do not think anybody is saying, let's stroll and days under the glare of the beautiful wife of the stadium, or let's go watch the sunset behind the light poles. it is idiotic to say there is an insignificant aesthetic impact. the only way someone could say that is if they came to the job of writing this report and studying the situation with orders to come up with a report that absolutely validated the installation of the soccer field. this is not a d i eir, it is a

draft snow job. i think it is incumbent upon the planning commission to reject this and the men something that is not a snow job, that is not something that is just going to push the project of the soccer field through but will objectively examine it from an objective point of view. >> thank you. >> good evening. i have the honor of presenting a letter from several lerner, who was working as a park planner and capital project manager from 1978 until 2001. her comments are most important, because she wrote the golden gate park master plan in 1998, and that is a clear document of the direction they should be

taking that they are not following and which were ignored, so i will leave that here with you. i thing many of you may have heard about the lead paint contamination. the reason i bring it up as the coast near rec and park -- is because rec and park have been ignoring concerns about lead paint. they scraped and basically blew lead paint particulate all over the lake. the reason i am bringing it up is because the draft eir mentions that on all code regulations will be followed. the same could be said about the boat house. the only thing i have not heard is that rec and park just redid the polo fields. do we have a problem with

gophers every day with children and not with horses? it is always interesting. you frequently hear our manager talk about how proud he is of golf courses, and they get a word for how pristine they are and how everyone france about the maintenance, and -- everyone rants about the maintenance, and everyone complains about the soccer fields. our kids need soccer fields, and i know the draft eir needs to be held back. >> joseph butler. [list of names]

after the next speaker, we are going to take a short recess for the court reporter. >> my name is joseph butler. am qualified to make evaluations of historic resources. third we have heard of numerous deficiencies. the exclusion of fact could do not support the objectives. that indicates this is not meeting what is required. the cultural landscape links the

resources. having succeeded, who building of the beach chalet to provide for recreational use of the beach and its adjacent grass fields. preserving the original intent of creating a national sexting -- a natural setting has nothing to do with replacing the natural grass field with a toxic field of rubber, heavy metals, and petroleum byproducts. the architectural historic resources are not only consistent with surrounding cultural landscape, they are responsible for it.

>> we will be taking a short recess. >> commissioners, we are taking a 10 minute recess. thank you.

>> the commission is back in session. we are still in public comment. >> are there any folks still in the overflow row. i want to encourage you to join us in this room. i think we have more cards at

this point. we have over 100 cards, so i just wanted to let people know that when no one was overlooked. we did receive over 100 cards to tonight for speaking. i am going to ask that anyone who is interested in speaking at this point to come up to the microphone. i do not know if you want to line up at this side of the room. it is probably better than lining up at the door. >> did you call my name? >> yes. >> my name is dan richmond. i do not have much to say, because it has been said so eloquently who this evening except for two things.

one of the major deficiencies an it seems to me one of the most vital elements of an urban environment are the people in this city. i wonder if it would be possible to pull all the folks in the western part of the city', and i do not mean just soccer tariff on one side and environmentalists on -- just saw her mother's on one side and environmentalists on another. goosecondly, but children need activities, and there is a problem with obesity and all of

these other factors that are absolutely important. somebody said a funny thing about kids getting out here with shovels as well. why couldn't maintenance of natural fields be implemented into the curriculum of schools? this would give children reaching people complain about how they are so disconnected from nature and the natural world, even the physical world, because they go malmo and get locked into their screens. -- they go home and get locked in. here is a great opportunity for children to become involved and actually maintaining the fields they play on. just think how about would be.

>> thank you for hearing all of our voices tonight. i am the executive director of a nonprofit. we focus on the community in bayview and hunters point. we work with about four android kids each year. i am here to ask you to move forward on the renovation and except when it er -- accept the eir. i am not going to leave this with you, because i came up with so many thoughts, and i do value the process of democracy,

but the natural fields and grass have been shown to be full of toxins, which are incredibly harmful to humans and wildlife. this is explained in higher rates of cancer as well. it seems logical the if we care about public safety, the project appears to be a no-brainer. when i moved to san francisco 12 years ago, many children as if we were still in san francisco when we played lacrosse. they're pretty much always close to make sure $1 million went into rich. -- went into it.

the ugliest always seems to be available. playing lacrosse helps kids who are often forgotten feel a part of something. playing along the ocean will help them feel a part of something spectacular. the eir addresses all of these issues in a safe manner. i cannot express the excitement of our team to be on the field and to know our games would not be rained out us i would like to remind the commission that the field is not just for the citizens