on various boats. in the past, there is a lot of options for the public to have boats there. we're hoping to turn this around and reiterate that this could happen with more access. time is short and i encourage you to see what happens. >> next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. i want to say thank-you to all of you for your willingness to

be crossed out, talked dirty to. don't get worried. i want ology to know, what you are seeing is years and years of frustration. i just pray that they're different than what we were in the sixties and they don't want to comment blow everything up. let's give the lot on opportunity to work. i am 100% with mr. jackson. one of the problems that we have had is that there is no teeth to

these. i would say do you to get someone in their to ensure that these contractors are not getting wealthy on city jobs. thank-you and got less all of you. >> i am the founder and ceo of -- a year ago, a venture capitalist friend of mine who are talking to about to and the start of said that you need to come out of the bay area. when i came, there was this energy that emanated and it was here 38. this serves as a nexus for venture capitalists, very talented people call law and

businesses and risk takers. if you look at san francisco as the speaking, pier 38 was the filament of that. this is a shame to see this go this way. >> i have been told by the court staff that there is a meeting that will be convened likely by the end of this week with various city staffers. we hope that everyone will be able to come, i know that we

have visited pier 38, this is an incredible place. we want to make sure that we do everything we can to figure out a good resolution. we want to let you know tuesday to end and you can call supervisor kim's office. >> there is someone here to speak with the people at pier 38. we have been speaking closely with some of the tenants to coordinate this meeting. if you're not in touch with our office, that is our way of keeping in touch with you but we have been in touch with the mayor's office of the finding a resolution.

>> thank you very much for being here. next speaker. >> i live across the street. they have been a good neighbor. they bring healthy people coming and going to work in our neighborhood. the overhead is not seem to be working. i will switch the subjects and i will ask you to choose between two neighbors. here is bayside village, it has been here. the parking spaces are

ventilated. this is about the size of a space. across the street, we have the water mark. that is a parking garage. this is tied to the power grid. it blows fumes. on the front side, it blows noise. this is equal to the bridge. which would you like to have in front of your neighborhood, in

front of your home where you live? to have noise in a building, it gets dumped. the noise is garbage. thank you. >> thank-you. >> good afternoon. i am from a district 10. i started to work as an

electrician because of the program that they had back in 1977 to get people in the area to work. bill local six electricians are good at that. if they don't like you, they will bankrupt you. there should be more emphasis on hiring people in this city to keep this function in. if people cannot get a job, this

goes to people in livermore, modesto, santa rosa. there seems to be a lot of collusion and ways to bust the system. i would like to thank you for the up to 80 to have people come and speak on their causes and to represent themselves. thank you. >> are there any other members of the public that bush to speak in general public comment? general public comment is closed. why don't we go to the adoption without committee reference calendar? >> these items will be acted upon by a single vote unless a member requests a discussion of the item. >> would anyone like to sever

any items? could you please call the roll? >> those resolutions are adopted. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals on behalf of supervisor kim, wiener, cohen, and avalos, for the late mr. would burn. for the late mr. cox. on behalf of carmen chu, for helen mcdonald on behalf of

mirkarimi, on behalf of -- >> if we can have miss westbrook for the entire board, without objection, that will be the case. and leicester's any business and from the this board, i think we are returned for to -- unless there is any business in front of this board, i think we are adjourned for the day.

if you would like to make general public comment on an item that is not on calendar, that is item four and continued

again on item 15. last, please address your comments to the commission during comment on public comment. neither commission or staff will respond to public questions but will respond after public comment is closed. with that, i think there was announcements about items. >> yes. the basketball court renovations will be removed from the consent calendar and be heard on the general calendar. items, 10, 11, and 12, have been removed from the calendar and will not be heard today. if anyone is here on those items, they have been taken off the calendar. we are now on item number two, the president's report. >commissioner buell: i will be

brief. that is the general manager and i and abroad committee and community work with a spur for the last six months on a report on the funding of the public parts and challenging financial climate, and i want to acknowledge the work they did and think them for taking the initiative on it, and managing the process. i think the record they came out with is a good one and will inform the public on where we would like to go, because as many of you know over the past five years, $41 million has been cut from the general fund, and it has been challenging to say the least. this was an effort, and will be an ongoing effort to try to find solutions to that problem -- term. i want to acknowledge spur. the chinatown resolution --

recognition center, we had a ceremony, which was really quite nice. in the process of preparing for that, i concluded that i think that is the largest expenditure for recreation center in the department's history in terms of the amount of money that is being put into that beautiful facility, and it is very appropriate. a very nice day and event, and more to come on that subject in the next couple commission meetings. with that, i would like to ask commissioner lee to give us a report on the ping-pong tournament. commissioner lee: we have two tournaments to talk about. i have the ping-pong tournament organizers on their way up. i was wondering if i could indulge the commission to wait until -- call this side of back up later when they come up.

they have photographs of things of that nature. commissioner buell: may be under public comment we will call them up and give them a reprieve under the chair if it takes for prevent three minutes. -- takes longer than three minutes. commissioner lee: we had a terrific event at the richmond center three weeks ago. it was really well attended with i believe that some of the most amazing pingpong players this side of china. it is a testament to the department that we were able to pull it off, and that we were able to partner with a great organization to get it off the ground. it was the united states table

ping-pong association with the judge and cash prices -- prizes. the top prize was $500, and there was quite a battle to win the $500 check. we had players come from all over the bay area and internationally. i hope that this is just the beginning of what will be a tradition here at the department for hosting professional level for amateur level -- or amateur level tournaments because there is so much interest in table tennis. with that, i think i will ask the organizers to come back when they arrived and show you pictures from the event. i think you will be amazed at

how well organized it was and how a large part of a set up it was. thank you. >> any public comment under the president's report? being done, item number two is closed. item number three, general managers report. >> good morning, commissioners. a number of announcements today. california coastal cleanup day is saturday, september 17. help take part in california's largest volunteer event. it is an annual event that focuses on the much-needed beaches and waterways. last year more than 82,500 volunteers removed more than 1.2 million pounds of trash and recyclables from our beaches, lakes, and waterways statewide. to register for this event, please visit our web site and visit the high light section and

click and get you registered to participate. the song is the sport of the month. on sunday there will be a city- wide ping pong event. -- ping pont is thng is the spot of the omonth. mike savear and the stock for their participation. i did go, and it was amazing to see -- i have never played on a professional table, and there were at least 40 of them in the gym. the pingpong was incredible, including kids that were younkers thger than my own chiln

that were fantastic. thank you for bringing attention to the sport in bringing such positive attention over labor day weekend. party for the parks. next friday, september 23, there will be a party for the parks, a special event celebrating our beloved parks. on october 3, the san francisco park trust officially become the san francisco park alliance. this is one of their last big parties. last year's event raised over $400,000. it even had a very world renown silent auction near participated in the event. a world renowned not socinus auctioneer, mark buelle. there are still tickets available for all of you

partygoers. this year's event will be at the beautiful parasol plaza. they do for involvement as a bishop of the event. -- thank you for involvement in the event. harley strickley event taking off september 30. on the afternoon on the 30th, the event is visited by numerous public schools who send all their kids for a special noontime concert and presentation out in golden gate park. this year's concert is chris christophersen, merle haggard, chris i sit, jimmie dale gilmore, and the famous [inaudible] . hope to see everyone out at golden gate park.

also in the way of upcoming announcements, scare growgrove. it is an annual halloween family event. also for information on that, log on your web site. -- on our website. i would now like to call a commissioners for release short presentation for short program i mentioned in august. working with the mayor, the school district, dcwy and the san francisco police department, for the first time ever brought up to 37 at risk youth to spend four days with us in the high sierras.

i had the pleasure of being there for a part of that trip, and honestly it was one of the most special, fabulous things i have ever participated in and city government. with that i will turn it over to bob to give you more detail. >> good morning. superintendent of community services. as phil stated, this math -- past june the mayor was walking through the mission district in response to a shooting that had happened the day before. he was walking with community members, and through those discussions he had with those folks he determined that the city really needed to provide some alternatives and new experiences for our most vulnerable youth. from those discussions he asked that city agencies convene a meeting to figure out how we could potentially do that. juvenile probation, d.c. white

up, the school district, mayor's office, and the number of city cbo's partner together to plan and implement a very special program. three weeks ago, august 25 through 28, our department in the above-mentioned partners, a team together to make 37 our risk youth, ages 14 to 17 to the camp. campers participated in activities such as interpreter of heights, the navigation classis, fishing, sports and athletics come early morning runs and hikes, archery, aquatics, conflict resolution. the producer did it in a talent show, and a very memorable trip to hit tetchtch hetchy. we hope to identify teenagers that could move into the department work -- recreation

program, use leadership program, and potentially to become leaders to keep some of our outdoor courses in extreme forces its sports. thi10 of those students are beig selected immediately to begin work this october. they will put throughout the city in different competencies' to start providing some of those services. that is a really great thing. i would like to recognize some of our staff that planned this for weeks and weeks. we of leery because be -- larry mcnesby from the feeder services division. they did a great job. i have provided bill with a list of people but i will put a letter of accommodation into their files for the leaders that did a terrific job. you would all be so proud of

them for what they did and how the venture their children. it was remarkable. what i would like to do now is before i play a video, i would like to bring up chief semermen and chief nash were instrumental in the process. they were instrumental in our ability to pull this off, so i would like to bring them up. >> thank you. i am chief william zimmerman from that recreation department here in san francisco. i am here this morning primarily to present to you our deep, heartfelt gratitude for the support of rec and park in the creation of a magnificent event that is more than just the feel good activity, that was set up

for kids to we have the greatest amount of faith in their ability to transform behavior based on the guidance of leadership provided by positive adult role models. i am here to express the gratitude. anything that has happened in the past 6.5 years since i have arrived here that involves juvenile's always winds up, and we're very appreciative of digital probation department to produce a rate in discussions. with this was first presented to us, we were extremely appreciative of the opportunity to participate in the creation and delivery of the significant experience. i have been a probation officer for 41 years, and this is one of the most positive experiences that i can recall in my entire career working with juveniles.

it really has a destination in mind, a destination that leads youngsters on a pathway towards the development of competencies' that will enable them to make positive contributions to the community as they approach adulthood. i cannot say enough about the work that the assistant chief completed in his participation in this event. he would be here to extend his appreciation as well, but he is traveling to los angeles on department business. i especially want to thank bill ginsberg and bob for their participation, their vision and leadership and a partnership with all of the other entities, but most primarily the partnership with the juvenile

the patient -- probation department. we are very excited about the next that we're quantitate, and follow up, in particular, with the 10 youth that we're hoping will reach the point of employment and can generate other opportunities for other kids along the way. thank you very much for your support. >> think you. -- thank you. >> thank you, cheap. i do want to acknowledge really quickly, and not because he is sitting here and my boss, but still was instrumental in this. i know a lot of times he sits up there and is a target for a lot of criticism, but a lot of the great things we been able to