commission, there was no official action to terminate that. we did get a lot of public comment and i appreciate your. >> next speaker, please? >> i am here on behalf of various organizations, including the national parks conservation organization and the sierra club. we are concerned about the protection of endangered species. we will not discuss the specifics of the recycled water project. we are concerned that the department -- we know through citizen scrutiny that the course of substantial to of, unresolved economic and a garment of problems.

we recently learned the overall water project has nearly 80% of the recycled water dedicated to sharp park, contrary to the way the general manager has been discussing it with the public. it is been said the golf course is a small portion of the project. the commission should be fully briefed before taking action. this project has the potential to be a big waste of federal stimulus dollars. the general manager notified members of organizations that the project can be rerouted if the courts were to be changed to another land use. the sf puc staff contradicted this, stating it would be difficult and expensive. this project that was sold as viable is a lemon. we are thankful that the chairman is now on the commission. thank you. he was not on the commission when all these decisions were taking place.

chairman, you understand that protection should not come at the expense of recreation. you understand that the city should not be wasting stimulus bonds. you understand that real species recovery and building a better public is something that go the eyes of the public. [tone] funds need to be spent by next september. we are counting on you for this issue. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next speaker. after ernestine, we have adele carpenter. >> i am rachel and i am here for the same reason as barbara. i am a resident here in san francisco and a senior at usf. i will talk about the pacific recycling water project at sharp park, which is not on the agenda.

i wanted to bring attention to the fact that this recycling -- recycled water project is going to devote 80% of the water to this golf course, which in no way am i against the use of recycled water. unfortunately, the future of sharp park golf courses on certain. the use of sharp park may soon change, which means the $5 million recycled water pipeline project may be a waste of federal stimulus dollars. furthermore, sf puc has said during their meeting held on september 28, 2010, that redirecting recycled water from sharp park would be difficult. the city should not be wasting stimulus bonds. restoration, species recovery, and building a better part aligned with the public values

of not wasting any of our tax dollars and money, and water. the reason why the species recovery is so important and the reason why we should not give so much of this recycled water to the golf courses because the golf course is environmental history and it has been atrocious. they are on the habitat of not one but two endangered species who are listed under the endangered species act. one of them is the garter snake. the other is the california red like a frog. why should the future existence of these species? [tone] >> thank you. >> thanks. >> good afternoon. we are the organizers of jimmy's

old carpet neck. it was held last saturday. it was a ninth death. the rain did not come until sunday. we worked close with rec and park staff. i want to thank the general manager, sarah ballard, and the park rangers. the commission was instrumental in this. i forgot to thank commissioner lee, who was generous with me in talking through issues. thank you. it was a little bit of a light turnout. 446 cars. that can be explained by the weather and the date change, maybe the uncertainty about whether the event would occur. we will get on it this year and start planning right away. i did hear the public comment about the trees. we did work with rec and park

staff to try and figure out where to park the cars. the day before the picnic, staff came out and actually staked out the areas. i would love to see the report and the pictures. i think there is always room for improvement. we're willing to meet with the various stakeholders and work with rec and park to get it right. those meadows' take a lot of use from the city of san francisco. they went to the hardly strictly bluegrass. they are very hardy. if properly managed, we can all enjoy the use of our park. thanks again to you for your help getting this event continued. >> thank you. commissioner harrison? >> this year was the first year i have attended that. you are right. the weather was pretty chilly out there. i was there with my grandson. i enjoyed it immensely. it was great fun walking around

and seeing those old classics, wrap cars -- rat cars. rat rods. >> thank you very much. >> ernestine, adele, and then we will be a time for general public comment. >> we have a little unfinished business about the remains that were left after peter pan left. there were two huge generators. i do not understand why they were not removed in a more timely manner. i see these ugly stretches. there will never be another incident like this again. number one, when i wrote the jurisdictional transfer of the land, i put in a no-billed clause. nothing should be built on that space. here we are. the only reason it was allowed was because the renovation would take place after that.

however, never, never again is this going to happen. i don't care how much money is offered. it will not take place. it is not ok. i picked up immediately the surrender klaus, number 13, in the contract with peter pan, that says you have to restore the premises exactly the way you found it. there you are. it should have been done better. the second thing is we had many community meetings that said we should have peaceful open space. that means of passive park. we have places that have sports and everything, but that does not belong on the waterfront. five parks do not have a sport. that has got to go. and the amplified sound. people are fed up with it. there is nothere is no reason ie

that loud in a small area. please take care of this. let the people be happy for once and all. >> thank you >> good afternoon hearing your -- good afternoon. >> the market community has been organizing around access to our local recreation center for the past year. we have found that the wreck and park department policies overlook young people and need to be addressed in order for centers to be safe in the long

term. through the efforts to include community input, we have to be given a coordinator who is great and interested in input. there are still other issues that cannot be addressed with just one staff member. we have two other staff members. dothere is no oversight and maintenance at our local parks. hoswe have things to address, ad

one is the recommendation through programming and policies. last is the development of new citywide. >> our last speaker -- >> my name is a dial. i work with a coalition called connect to protect. we became involved in may red -- on rec issues. we were part of trying to support youth programming, getting off the ground with the

u. s phase syouth -- youth space. the space is no longer available in a cost free basis. traditional youth over 18 are not usually considered. today ended up not being a good time for the number who are working with us to present to you the proposal we have been working on, but we have been able to present it to the commission as well as many individual members who served -- who voiced their support. we would like to request but you put us on the agenda, so they can come out and present what

you are working on very good >> i will second the request. -- when you are working on. >> i will second the request. >> we are on item number five. do we have any public comment on the consent calendar? >> i have heard you would like me to make a full report on our activities and donations in the last year, and we will do that, but about $75,000 comes from our memorial bench program.

it was a rather stagnant program before she came onto the project, and she is a patient and persistent. a lot of these are in honor of people. it takes a lot to get it all organized, and lots of times there are members who have a lot of input and suggestions about where the bench should be placed. she does a great job and is a persistent source of revenue, so i wanted to recognize her contributions. >> is there any other comment? public comment is closed. >> moved and seconded. >> opposed? it is unanimous. >> we are on item number six, which is the san francisco zoo.

>> i realize if i have any more foreign john i will turn into a pumpkin -- any more orange, i will turn into a pumpkin. a law was passed by the california senate and assembly without a single no vote. you may recall an individual entered into the habitat at the zoo, but the charges were dismissed. the amendment will now make it a misdemeanor for unauthorized entry, and we will hope this will protect the staff and visitors. i am also pleased to report the zoo is offering a free tram service for a trial basis on the weekend. they will escort guests to the

grisly cult exhibit. -- grizzly gulch exhibits. the children areas will host a haunted nature trail, and children are encouraged to trick or treat to are temporary rainforests. reindeer will return to the zoo this winter. they will have a new home this year. as discussed of last meeting, there is an opportunity for the san francisco zoo to acquire a young hippo.

a young female had an unplanned pregnancy. the male will be left out in the cold if he is not moved. he can be moved before the christmas holiday. on the attendance front, september attendance was over budget by 1520 visitors. october appears to be off to your good start as well with the mission revenue ahead by 23%. the total attendance for our fiscal year is below

projections by 4.5%, and we will restrict expenditures by the same. i am pleased to report we not only closed the year with a balanced budget but had a slight surplus. >> thank you very much. any questions? >> any public comment? we are on item #7.

>> i am here to present our long-awaited out reach. as you know, we currently do not have a policy around outreach, but i did present our approach to outreach and then took a similar presentation to the neighborhood parks council, san francisco parks trust and prozac to talk about what we are doing that works and solicit their input on what should be included. their input was incorporated into the document you have before you. arno there are some folks -- i know there are some folks to

mrs. very valuable. -- to whom this is very valuable. the bulk of the policy a are pretty straightforward her. they are essentially to establish a protocol for community input, and that will give staff, the public, the same road map. they will engage in the formation of ideas so people can

have input early and often. there are a variety of things we do, and out of reach would differ. the policy tries to reflect a 5 feet out reach needs to be scalable based on an -- reflects the fact the outreach needs to be scalable. i am just going to discuss a couple of highlights of the outreach policy. the policy out lines key activities that require out of reach.

and -- outreach. changes to the budget and her apartment-sponsored event superior -- event. it is important we do make this scalable. this will help notify the public, including early notification, citywide notification, and community meetings triggered -- meetings. this is really a fluid process.

we may determine that a category the level of out reach will be appropriate -- category b level of out of reach will be appropriate. there is more interested than we thought. there will be movement within the process. a couple of key items that were not discussed specifically that i want to highlight today are our database, and this was a comment echoed with every single group and constituent we talked to our round-the-clock policy, and that is we may have 40,000 e-mail addresses, but if it is not been, it does not

matter who -- if it is not good, it does not matter. we have solicited a list from all the district supervisors from other district agencies, planning department, muni, to make sure we have the most up- to-date information possible this is a challenging task keeping abreast of the leadership changes, so we will continue to look at that. we are also really excited. we have a community event where we have volunteers and staff out at a table with information on our volunteer programs and who we are generally, and there

is the ability for people to sign up and get information if they are interested. one of the exciting things that has come up of the policy is we have agreed to harner, so that gives us the ability -- to partner, said that gives us the ability. lastly, there are a couple of pieces of feedback that have been implemented. they have a suggestion that during an event, we often do not know what is the process.

that is it for the policy, unless you have questions for any of the division heads. >> any questions? >> i have a question on a later agenda item regarding the committee. you are doing out of reach two weeks before the commission meeting. would it be that you could set it to two weeks prior to the operations committee meeting,

since they will likely look into that issue? they will then have proper notice. i would like to have a note to amend that. second, i would like fun threshold idea. if you receive 50 e-mails if on a particular item that 50 people send e-mail finan or call and say they do not know about this -- send e-mail in and say they do not know about this, that could be a trigger.

how do you bomb it up from your first level of outreach to your second -- how do you bump it from your first level of outreach to your second. we are using e-mails or phone calls as a metric. perhaps that might be helpful. at least his commission can no 50 e-mails came in on this policy. therefore we are going to scale up on this. >> you are still receiving input from various sources.

at some point you can bring this back to the neighborhood park council and the prozac grew. -- group. now they have seen this, they can look get the new input, and they will have possibly more comments. >> you will received a document that shows the comments and shows how if inc. and wide. >> -- and shows how and why.