think this would experience any different kinds of things that run around the area, particularly the 47 and i don't think we see a significant impact on the bus routes. we have much more of a surge -- things like that or we have -- is going right down to the station and it seems like we are able to manage that pretty well. >> it is designed to attract employers and businesses and i think that is a laudable goal. i am happy to move the item. >> i have a motion and a second.

any opposed? the motion passes. >> item 13, authorizing two enter into an agreement for a parking meter collection for five years and to extend into a mound -- into a amount. there is no member of the public and has expressed an interest in addressing this matter. >> we do have a brief presentation if you are interested. >> with any board members like to hear the presentation? >> i think that because of the size of the contract -- it's just the information in the staff report but for the benefit of the public, just a few slides to do the context. -- to defuse the context.

>> very quickly, this is rfp you approved in december 2011. i'm going to start on slide #3. we have eight potential vendors show up. unfortunately, only one vendor responded to the rfp. we reached out to the other vendors to find out why they didn't respond and they give a several reasons. the main reason was they felt the contract had such a significant amount of work and they have other things in the hopper and they did not want to take this on. the contract is very specific on what we asked for from the vendor and he had a lot of specific san francisco-related issues that required a lot of programming and things like that and that's why we didn't get any

of the vendors responding. we also did break up the service. it has historically been a combination of coin collecting as well as processing the meters. we have broken it up now and to coin collection because we're going to be getting new meters and we did not want to combine these two. the main schley want to talk about is no. 5 which brings out the dollars for the contract of. the current contract, we pay about $5.4 million and we're projecting that will increase to a little over $9 million. the majority is an increase in technology we will be making on communications and credit card fees. that is the majority of increases. this is all little over $40 million a year in parking

revenue and we expect to see that go up as we enhance our parking meters. the cost of the contract is about one year of the revenues and we get over $200 million plus over the five years. with that, we are asking for your support on this item. >> i have one question. thank you for explaining why none of the other folks submitted bids. do you have concerns about agreeing to a five-year contract as opposed to a shorter contract when we only received one bid or is this the nature of the contract and the economies are such that doing it for shorter times does make sense? >> i would imagine because of the level of specificity that we need that doing a term short and five would be significantly less viable and we would get a significantly higher price. the core service pricing is

actually down a little bit from what it was in the previous contract. had that been moving in a significantly in another direction, we might have wanted to pause and rebid but since we were able to get the core pricing in line with what we had before, we thought it was reasonable. >> we are generally satisfied with the experience we have had so far. i am prepared to move the item. >> any other questions? i have a motion, to have a second? all in favor? the motion passes. item 14 is whether to conduct a close session. >> motion to conduct a closed session? all in favor. it will take a moment to put the room into closed session and we will take a break.

>> a motion to disclose or not disclose what we discussed in closed session. all in favor? >> that concludes your business today. >> thank you. we are adjourned. thank you very much.

>> this is a meeting of the recreation and park commission. could the secretary please call the world? >> commissioner buell. commissioner harrison. commissioner r. rafa. commissioner bosnia. commissioner levet hand. commissioner martin.

commissioner lee. this is the recreation and park commission meeting of may, 2012. we welcome everyone here today and ask that you turn off the electronic devices. we would please ask that you take secondary conversations outside. but if you would like to speak on any item today, we will call your name for the item you requested to speak on, unless otherwise announced by the president, each person will have three minutes for public comment. if you wish to speak under general public comment, that is number 12 on the agenda. and please address your comments to the commission on public comment in order to allow equal time for all. neither the commission nor the staff will respond to any questions to staff during public

comment. questions can be addressed to the staff after public comment is closed. >> in the interest of time and brevity i will make two announcements. one, we had a very nice groundbreaking at lafayette park for a $10 -- $10 million improvement. that raises the issue that many of us raised in the newspaper that we are quite to have a bond issue next november, about $185 million for the park. while this is in the formative stages of putting a campaign together, i would like to encourage anyone who would like to volunteer or participate to express that interest at any time. having said that, you may notice that commissioner david lee is no longer here. he resigned in the interest of avoiding a conflict as he pursues a political career in

san francisco. we wish commissioner lee the best, but it is my honor to welcome a new commissioner, allyn low who comes from a distinguished family of public service in san francisco. he is a lawyer with nixon peabody. welcome, commissioner. any comments you would like to make? >> thank you, commissioner buell. ichristopher playground in glen park canyon was my backyard growing up. lake merced was a constant running course for me. and now, my kids, their home playgrounds are julias, and park and receive no heights -- recito heights park.

i love the bike lanes. gregg's everybody does. gregg's well, i ride the bike spirited -- >> everybody does. >> well, i ride bikes. >> thank you, commissioner. very nice to have you aboard. let's proceed. >> any public comment? public comment is closed. item three, the general managers' report. >> thank you, commissioners. and welcome, commissioner lowe. how many of you are watching the "american idell"? >> with my daughter. >> i am watching it with my daughters as well, occasionally, when i'm not working. and given the fact that you occasionally watch it, you know

there is a guy named phillips who is in the top three. i'm proud to announce that we will have this summer our own version of that show called "rekhrec idi,." if you are between the ages of 13 to 24, register now for "recreation idol." registration begins june 1st with auditions june 21st. you can find out more information on how you can become this summer's rec idol. and if you do that, who knows what is next? maybe become public works idol or mta idol. [laughter] i'm very happy to announce our

play field project with the city field foundation. it has resulted in almost an extra 170 hours of play for our kids overall through the programming. our next day a planning will be with the park department and the city fields with a grand opening on may 22nd at 930 a m. there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony, project information, and soccer drills for students. please join mayor ed lee, the friends of the boros park, and the san francisco parks alliance this saturday for the grand opening of the new use play area dubose park. it is part of a citywide celebration of parks. we have volunteer events and programming at neighborhood parks all through the city. the opening of the play area is

a culmination of a more than three-year community-led effort to reclaim a sliver of space at the park and to transform it into a vibrant area for older youths. we have a young person's playground at the park, but there was a definite need for something with older kids. the project was part of, or is part of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bonds. it is evidence of the great partnership between the city and the park communities that the community opportune find -- opportunity fund brings. the may 19th through been getting will be followed by a kid from the activities and food and a cultural arts program. it is one of 13 events citywide. in every district, making up alliances for the love your

parks day. for a full list of events, please visit loveyourparks.org. habitat for humanity is going to be teaming up with us at one of the events. there will be a park beautification and revitalization project for the park. may 19th, which is this saturday, is part of love your park today, and may 26th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and we are very proud that hilltop park received a $4 million grant from the state of california's proposition 84 from the city parks pond. -- the city parks bond for renovation. we're thrilled about what is happening there. lol, i feel very much in touch with my inner 11-year-old daughter.

we are all treated to some belly laughs courtesy of lol, which is a comedy program for children -- and a fund-raiser for children in the autism's spectrum. the organizers do this out of the goodness of their heart. i did not get to stick around for dennis, but i saw mark and mike, who has been on letterman. they were extremely funny. although, not all of their humor was appropriate for a commission meeting. and i want to thank the rec and services commissioner -- committee chairman, bob. he partnered with greg. this was his vision he helped at the silent auction and he raised a few thousand dollars for children with autism. it is a great indication of the

spirit and heart of the recreation and park department staff. music fans, what do stevie wonder, metallica, neil young, back, and the food fighters -- beck, and the foo fighters have in common? mr. president, do you know who the foo fighters are? >> i will pass. >> they are all legendary musicians. and they will be asked a music festival at golden gate park this year. visits sfoutsideland.com for more information or to purchase a ticket we have -- purchase a ticket. we have a $195 million bond

measure co-sponsored by board president david -- david chiu and other supervisors. the 2012 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond will address more than $1 million in capital needs faced by the park department -- dilapidated playgrounds, deteriorating swimming pools, where and tear due to a lifetime of use, while outdated playgrounds and forestry services stretched already thin resources and exasperate -- exacerbate needed jet -- exacerbate challenges. $9 million for golden gate park. $10 million for john mclaren park. and $2 million for lake merced.

in addition, the bond would address forestry, trail, and water conservation needs, and provide $12 million for the commit -- the community continuation find that we just spoke about. it is a capital fund that would allow residents and neighborhood park advocates to initiate programs by matching private funds with public funding and there will be a water project, including a new project at pier 43. a great development. thank you to this commission for your continued support. the next stop is the consideration of the board of supervisors and then off we go, i hope. speaking of lake merced, which has been in the news a little bit. -- a little bit, because we all are actually very impatient to help that lake live up to its

potential. from the recreation and parks department perspective, there's a lot of good news on the horizon. there is a $2 million investment around the lake being proposed. we manage and operate harding golf course. we also have maintenance agreements with the puc to do maintenance in natural areas around the lake. and we are also responsible for helping to program the lake. and we have a number of partners out there. since our restoration model occurred in 20 -- in 2009-10, that want to put an emphasis on water conservation. we have america's cup coming, and that has ever won concerned about the waterfront. we received over $100,000 in grant funding from coca-cola. that allowed the purchase of a

variety of year. this summer, we will have out at the lake eight different camps spending time at the light as part of their programming -- at the lake as part of their programming during kayaking, stand up voting, dragging voting. and in the fall we will have an adult boot camp out there, more kayaking, more paddle's serving, something called cashing -- echo caching and canoeing. we are have a very exciting turning point with respect to lakers -- lake merced. and we are going to come back to you hopefully in june with a bit more information about this. and at long last, revitalize the boat house. the puc and the parks and wrecked apartment are partnering -- the parks and

recreation department are partnering. we hope to have a fitness room there. it will be a space that can be used for enhanced programming out at the lake, and there will again be significant communities based for the birthday parties and weddings and the special events that used to happen and occur out on the lake. and we will also hopefully be able to have a small concession where people will be able to buy fishing in addition to getting something to eat with some fishing tackle and some gear. we are really excited about the future there. and this just in, i'm very pleased and proud to announce that harding park golf course will be hosting by monday, june 4th, one of the qualifying tournament for the u.s. open two weeks later. we will have 120 qualifiers for

how many spots, tom? 120 golfers, but trying to qualify for how many spots, do you know? just a few spots. the u.s. open is -- and as mr. buell knows, it allows any amateur to qualify and get in with the pros, right? >> anyone with a certain handicap that can qualify to get into that, yes. i may not know food fight, but i know the u.s. open. >> foo fighters, sir. [laughter] >> i will be ready next time. >> harding park has become known as one of the very best municipal golf courses in the world, something maintained by our own staff. we should all be proud.

>> i'm keeping my fingers crossed because my niece's boyfriend is going to be one of those persons. >> how about that? gregg's yes, exactly. he goes around the country doing this and the -- >> yes exactly. he does run the country doing this and he is hoping to qualify. >> what is his name? >> kory. that is when he goes by. >> all right, tom, make the grain is nice and flat, and the holes big. with that, we have jamie hopper, who does such an incredible job with sf gov tv and we have our very own video to show you this week with parks.

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>> is a partnership with our city, but also our neighborhoods here. especially people who are willing to come forward and contribute and match the funds to make our parks better. this is about quality for our families. ♪ >> is a free program for kids in elementary through 12th grade. they can come out for up to five field trips and we have habitat

restrictions. ♪ >> and that concludes the general managers' report. >> any public comment on this item? >> seeing none, public comment is closed.. we are now on item four, general comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission and do not appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda items

from your perch energy to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. item five, the consent calendar. >> i will entertain a motion. >> some of. >> is there a second? >> second. >> all in favor? >> we have one card. >> and i think we wanted to pull one item off the calendar. sorry, that was my fault. gregg's we are prepared to address -- >> we are prepared to address item "d" on the consent calendar. >> my name is barack. -- brock. i am the director at large of

the san francisco bay yacht racing association. i'm here to address the 46 burst of the san francisco marina project. i have been involved in this program development for the last several years and had multiple public meetings. it's very early in the process, the rec and park department presented their key development -- the key objectives for marina development. one of those was to address the needs of the existing boating community. when it was pointed out that the distribution that was being proposed for the marina distribution would eliminate the smaller birds, the smaller birds went from 84 to -- smaller berths, the smaller