differently. the last -- distribute it differently. the last about getting input and outreach is at the neighborhood park council meeting it was determined with the may -- mayor this last year, the neighborhood park council volunteered to be the convener of four meetings a year with the department and the public in four different locations in san francisco. we opted to accept that invitation, because we thought again given the budget restraints and the idea that change is going to take place and it never is easy that these meetings would be very productive. i'll characterize them as a listening tour, to hear what is going on, and it is possible that it is also an opportunity to tell the public what kind of challenges we're facing and what kind of solutions we're thinking

about. it is not designed as a vehicle to go to the community and tell you what we're doing, it is designed to listen to what you have to say and respond with the department's thinking. i want it to be taken in that vein. with that, that concludes those parts. harrison, a comment? >> do you want them now or at item 12? >> i think if we -- at item 12. we'll get everybody on the same page at the same time. the only other thing i wanted to say i was impressed with the opening of the kimbell playground and i think that happened after the last meeting. so i think that is geary and steiner. geary and pierce. i would recommend to anybody that wants to see a really wonderfully restored play facility, fields and and right across the street from our newly renovated swimming pool,

swimming facility that i recommended to everybody. with that let's move on with the agenda. >> any other public comment on the president's report? please come forward. >> two minutes. >> will the meetings be lelled this this room, the committee meetings? >> yes. >> any other public comment under the president's report? being none, public comment is closed for an item number three which is the general manager's report. >> good afternoon coom missioners. a few items to report. in addition to our second opening of our citi fields project at chem bell which is a spectacular facility, i have other things to brief you on. back to rec 23450eu9. we had 3500 people flock to the

rec center and swimming pool. when we started the open house at 33 swimming pools across the city. they were receiving information on how they could become more involved at their own rec facility. i personally stopped by a half a dozen sites on a two-hour tour. including lovey and mission which alone had more than 250 visitors playing sports and enjoying arts and crafts and enjoying barbecue. this was a very successful event that allowed us to connect with the community and provide information and outreach about our diverse range of programming. it is going to be a annual event every fall. hardly strictly bluegrass. >> as you know the past weekend, music lovers were treated to the 10th annual bluegrass festival courtesy of warren hellmann and the most popular acts in the

world. as you know, we have been lucky and blessed to be able to enjoy the gift for over a decade. an estimated half million people visited golden gate park during the concert. on saturday, mr. hellmann joined newsom on stage to announce another gift to the city. a nearly $75,000 gift for irrigation systems, where our irrigation systems are ant waited and unfortunately have been subject to vandism. and it will have improved fishingancy and access for the meadows to the public. i like to offer just the biggest thank you to mr. hellmann for what ah become a, special, special, special event. every year we improve our partnership with the event producers, don holiday and we make improvements every single year in how the event functions and we're in the process of

debriefing this year. we felt very good about the work that we did with them. >> as was reported, a bit of frustrating news to share. the nine-hole golf course was subject to senselings vandism. the green holes were damaged by a vehicle with the seventh green in particular destroyed, literally beyond all recognition. on monday night, we were actually revisited and the vandals were more brazen in their acts, this time bringing out kens and setting up a basically off-road course. to drive around. we have been working closely with the san francisco police department to identify and arrest -- try to arrest those responsible. we're asking the public and all of our park users to remain vinllant and report cyst suspicious activity.

666-4000. or the anonymous tipline. 575-4444. the public can also send a text message to tip 411. early estimates are the damages total $75,000 and maybe as high as $100,000. again, as you noted, mr. bureblings that's money our department doesn't have. as we all know, we're in a tim of severely stretched resources. any dollars that we have to devote our attention to repairing damage, it is time and energy and resources taken away from our other valuable assets. we'll keep you posted on new developments. p.p.c., p.g.a. i should note before i go in this item that the p.g.a. was wonderfully responsive to the incident that -- at the nine hole golf course and volunteered assistance and are looking into other ways they could support the repair and rebuild of this

very affordable and very accessible nine hole beginning golf course. i want to thank them for their support. according to section 6.1 of the approved management agreement between the city and the tournament players club, p.p.c. was required to enter into a contract with first p, for that organization's operation at harding, first p has been at harding for a long time. this is a relatively standard kemper had the same operation with first tee out at harding. i want you to know that happened and that there's a copy of the agreement in your binder if you have any questions. as you know, the first tee is a nn profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of our city's kids through golf by providing a host of training and education programs. sportsman square garage. commissioner lee you asked for an you know date on lease negotiations. i'm happy to report the negotiations are going well. we're still negotiating about a

couple of points. we expect that -- that a -- a tentative agreement will go before the board. a week from today and before this commission, the week -- first week in november. delores park bathrooms. i know we got another issue brewing. but i thought e i -- i would report in direct response to the -- to the feedback we have gotten and some of the -- of my own personal observations and the mission district community's request for additional facilities at delores park, we placed six toilets there on a long-term basis. in the past we have been trying to get together extra restroom resources and extra porta potties based on special events and a high population weekend but the truth of the matter is that -- the delores park community deserves more resources this issue is quite

powerful, i know. that right now we only have one men's room and one women's rest room and we need to recognize the fact that this park is very loved. starting this week there will be six porta potties out there. joe dimaggio e.i.r. as you know we're excited about the opportunity to to renovate the playground. it is part of a large irproject with the san francisco branch library bond project. our playground renovation would be funded largely through, we hope, state grants through

proposition 84. it is a project we're excited about. it has been before you a couple of times for discussion, but i just -- the planning commission is actually currently hearing public comment on the e.i.r. literally as we speak. we'll keep you posted -- as things develop. public meetings. a public meeting will be held this saturday from noon to 1:00 to solicit support for the tennis complex. this is an exciting opportunity for one of the city's -- for a pro shop tennis less operation at the tennis complex. a request for proposals is scheduled to go before the rec and park commission on october 21st. another public meeting at the visitation valley clubhouse, next thursday october 14th at 6:00, our department will host a meeting to discuss the agency strategy to keep our city's

clubhouses activated in the face of current budget challenges. ultimately we're hoping to issue a request for proposals seekaling neighborhood groups to occupy clubhouses and offer programming to adults and youth of all ages. the clubhouses that will be top tick of discussion will be the valley and lewis sutter and kiouga. scare grove. on october 22nd from 4:00 until 9:00 p.m., our department in partnership with the san francisco parks trust will host our second annual scare grovel event at stern grove. last year was our first foray into hosting a halloween event. it proved to be incredibly successful. this year again, we're offering families a variety of attractions including carnival rides, giant inflatables, hayrides, haunted house and live entertainment and food for sale.

it is $8 per person and families can depind out about ticket purchases by calling 831-600 or going to recpark.org. lastly fall religion jation. we split our fall programming session into two components, a september, session one, which was the month of september to late august and september to align with the new early start of school. we have much fuller programming beginning this month. so tall session two registration is under way. the first week i'm proud to announce that we already processed 4,000 registrations and the combined session one and session two, we got over 5,000 program participants in -- for classes and programs. we continue to encourage everyone to visit us to scomplour our catalog of classes.

we have fan traffic programming being offered this fall for -- for everyone of all ages of all interests and we encourage you to get out and play. that concludes the general manager's report. >> constitution. >> commissioner lee, did you get your question answered? >> go ahead. i too was dismayed -- displayed with what happened at the golden gate golf course. if you consider -- consider it was $75,000, the cost of the daniel is $75,000 and up, so it basically neg gates it. i wonder if we could get a message to the user groups and the people that work with us monitor and be vigilant with the park. it seems like we have beep hit three or four times already in the last year and -- we really need our partners to help us. >> thank you commissioner. >> yes.

we are articulating that message every chance we get. we can't do it alone. we are blessed with -- with tremendous support and loyalty in all of our parks. we do have -- look. this is a small number of people that are impacting the park experience that is so vital to the rest of us. it is unfortunate. our park system is not immune unfortunately from the challenges of urban living and the challenges that this city faces generally. but it is -- it is very, very frustrating and very upsetting. we're range. we're really angry. we encourage everybody to keep their eyes out and open and to report what you see and -- we're just so grateful that we have as many passionate and loyal park stewards who actually support us to the good, with last year over

128,000 hours of volunteer time for example. but the few can do a lot of damage. and we -- we view all of our parks as very sacred assets and they're incredibly vital to the health and well-being of san franciscans and an incredible part of our overall, what makes the city special to residents and visitors alike. it needs to stop. do i want to thank the san francisco police department in ways which are apparent and ways which are very quiet and unapparent. our partnership with the san francisco police department has -- has really never been stronger and -- i do feel comfortable that they're -- they're doing everything they can to investigate and resolve incidents that have happened and they're also working with us to help prevent future incidents. >> thank you. let me make a couple of other comments before i forget it. i mentioned the neighborhood park council outreach. but i think i failed to mention

that the meeting would be saturday october 30th at 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon at the county fair building in golden gate park. secondly, i'm going to ask staff if they would give us their seats to folks that are standing along the line. we need to have everybody seated in the room. there are empty seats around and staff are going do give up seats so you could all sit down. we have a couple of seats that staff might want to take up -- >> does anyone want this one? >> watch out, somebody is going to take it. >> when he seats over here too. >> there's one there. >> we do need everyone to please take a seat.

>> thank you very much. i'm going to ask the clerk a question. we have a big crowd today. i know that on -- item 10, we're going toby required to have a portion of that discussion in closed session. is it possible to move item 10 past item 13, general public comment so we don't send everybody out of the room and have them come back in? >> yes. if you announce that now. >> i'm going to announce that item 10 will be taken up after item 13 in order not to reshuffle everybody out of the room before the last public comment on the agenda. with that let's move on. >> commissioner harrison. >> thank you. you mentioned the porta potties at delores park. they were going to be permanent.

>> porta potties are not permanent by definition, but they're -- they're going to be there a while, yes. >> is there a way to camouflage them. they're not attractive. >> we'll continue to work on that issue. we have to. >> we're trying to accommodate the need out there. if the public decides that -- that there -- they're -- not as necessary, we could obviously adjust our temporary porta potties. i think i may have misspoke but we're going to have them out this every day rather than only on weekends and special events for the time being. >> still there should be some kind of lattice work or camouflage or whatever. >> we'll look at it and do what we can. >> great. >> thanks. >> supposed to be good news. >> go ahead. >> is there any public comment on the general f general manager's report? >> >> i sigh where it is two

minutes. >> two minutes. >> katherine howard, golden gate preservation. i'm here to talk about the bluegrass festival. the festivals seem to have conflicting approachs to vegetation protection. our observations are included in the memo. if anyone would like a copy who is listening or watching, we'll be glad to send it to them, we have a lot of photos. i would say there were some items that were good in terms of protection and some that were very bad. one in particular that stands out is once again the bicycle parking was extremely damaging to the park and the park vegetation. the good news is people are riding their bikes to the concert. the bad news is more people are riding their bikes to the concert. a little disconcerting thing is that a -- a park visitor told me that when -- when asked what to do with the bike, one of the security people hired by the festival told them to chain it

to a tree. so i think we need a little more education for the security. that person by the way was also smoking at the time. we have a little double problem with park codes and what is supposed to go on in the parks. i have given you piggets of some of the good things where trees were protect add vegetation was protected and also areas whereby -- bikes were attached to trees, cars parked on roads, 25th avenue and lake boulevard on the park middle drive all had cashes parked if the landscape and along the lakes a tree was knocked over. i assume by a car because they would have had to back into it. it was not the direction of traffic flow. there's not supposed to be parking at all. it was a tree eight inch diameter. it was a large pine tree. we have suggestions in here for recommendations for future festivals. there's signage at the entrance. let's let people know what they're supposed to do, let's train the security people. let's have -- please let's have

enforcement. thank you very much. >> thank you and thanks for the pictures. the bicycles look like artwork up in the trees. you certain -- this certainly makes the point. >> yeah. mr. president, di omit one important part of my g.m. report which is our wonderful chair of les hell ger who is here to give a quick update about tuesday. >> good afternoon commissioners, last tuesday october 5th was a well attended meeting. at one point it was standing room only. i like to thank those coming. we appreciate sarah for seeking our input. we look forward to continuing to work with her on this important top pick. i also like to thank members of the p.u.c. staff for coming to talk to us about the west side water treatment plant and for patiently waiting through what

became a hong meeting. after prozac discussed their presentation, we passed this resolution, which you have before you, and i just like to read it into the record. it was approved on october 5th, and basically says, prozac wishes to express its stronk concern there's a proposal to locate the water treatment plant on land within the golden gate park. i also like to say that prozac members agreed to send comments for the e.i.r. scoping about the park p.u. crifment project to me and be forwarded to the planning department and the p.u.c. by october 18th which is the deadline. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner harrison. >> may i ask a question. you mentioned you had staff out there that gave you a report on the outreach program. did they give you any information regarding that? >> there was -- there was a presentation at the meeting. >> no paperwork? >> there was paperwork delivered to us at the meeting.

>> thank you. >> thank you. >> is there any other public comment under the general manager's report? >> my name is chris. i'll be brief. speaking to public rest rooms at the park, we have a couple of rest rooms that have been placed next to the shakespeare garden. i sent a note to her and she said it would be looked into. . they're still there, so there must be some permanent placement. could they be serviced because they're smelling up the area around the academy right now. >> thank you. >> any other public comment on this item? >> karen tidwell from the parks trust. i wanted to say that of course we're appalled by the vandalism at the golden gate park golf course, and we'll start the pot for the reward at $1,000. we hope other people will join us. we'll of course get the word out

to our members and other constituents to -- to keep their eyes peeled and see if we could find this person or persons. this joins the award money for the trees. a wonderful organization stepped forward in donating the money for the trees and we'll help as much as we can to try to raise money for this. as was already mentioned, the needs are great already. it seems sad that we have to go out and create a new need because of these unfortunate people. so i hope someone else will step up and help us add to the pot of money for a tip. a stip ster. >> thank you. >> commissioner harrison. >> richard, wait a moment. >> could you tell us where we could -- who we could contact regarding contributing to that? >> yes. as with the trees, they will have to contact the san francisco police department and will also, within 48 hours have a spot on our website for people that like to donate toward that. we recently started something

called the restore fund which is going to be funding gardners. we started our party for the parks. it was so successful that we're going to keep this way of letting people donate directly to garden supplies and tools for gardners and this would fall under that category. that'll be up on our site monday so people could donate to that fund and that will help with the golf course restoration. >> thank you. i'm going to ask the people standing by the door if there are seats available over here, we can't have anybody standing. so if you take the seats, we appreciate that. there's three that i can see from here. >> thank you. >> richard. >> my name is fong. i wanted to tell you that i attended the water project, recycling water project. mr. buell you asked about information that would be handed out. i have copies of the n.o.p.,

out. i have copies of the n.o.p., notice of the project. i wanted to address the commission on what is mitigateable at the project. i think i'm going to stand up and say i'm in frafere of the project. there were a few things that i looked at that were -- are very important, the park that -- if we're going to take 2.8 -- if the project is going to develop 2.8 million gallons of water on a daily basis -- why isn't it you can't get more out of there? that's what i'm thinking because wee in san francisco county, we're in the business of running water and we have other water, this particular water is more costly than the hechey water. when we produce more water, such as through other methods, that are priorityized through the pilot study they have with the saline project, will we be able to -- to get some money back with our -- r.p.d. trying to kick up the kitty a bit from the

water that is hechey and being that we're making an error out of our lands and -- at golden gate park. when -- i wonder if i got that across. it went to 5 million gallons a day and we had that water, we don't use it here in san francisco. there are other counties that buy our hechey water. is there any way that we in san francisco get that type of money back here, sfrpd. to develop funding, so it is going on. now i want to post it. some people brought us something about the mail and other things we recycled water. this wasn't anything that had a buffer base to pass them. we have storage tanks, a common buffer base and -- i like to include that in the -- in the mitigation whether -- with the planning department. >> thank you. >> is there any other public comment under the general manager's report? being none public comment is

closde. we're on item four, which general public comment. at this time members of the public may traci the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter of the commission and don't appear on the agenda. with respect to the items, you're -- your opportunity will be afforded when the items is reached in the meeting. i'm going to call names out. if you could come up, howard, fox, dutierstat. extrasener. ernestine weis and richard fong and muir row. milo. after that. if you could please come up, anyone's name that i called, please come forward. >> good afternoon commissioners.

my name is jill fox with the indiana basin association. 17 years advocating for our neighborhood. i'm an original neighborhood parks councilmember. the district 10 rep to prozac for six years in the beginning and served on the blue greenway task force. i understand from the prozac agenda that rec and park is ready to use the open space fund to acquire property. this is wonderful news. since it has been a number of yous -- years since we required anything, there's an acquisition policy that was designed by prozac and our p.d. staff and approved by the commission. i want to tell you about the historic boatyard which our organization has been advocating for since 1999. it was on the acquisition list in the past but was not es