for 24 parking spots in downtown san francisco, covered spots and go up to $7,800 in the coming fiscal year. i cannot confirm this we heard there is an attorney that the attorney offices maybe moving. if they move out of san francisco that obligation of course ends. >> do we displace -- because obviously they're not all working on our project. >> they were formerly parking in the trans bay terminal and that's why it's part of the cooperative agreement. >> i see. we don't need to take action on this item but the budget will come to the full board in june i believe. >> correct. >> okay. well thank you very much. >> this is an opportunity for the public -- it's a public hearing so they have an opportunity to comment on it and

we have not received any indication that a member of the public wishes to do so. >> okay. if there are no members of the public that wishes to speak on this item we can move on to item eight. >> okay seeing none item eight is approving the operating assistance for april 30, 2013 and for the resolution of project compliance for the allocation of the measure 2 funds in the amount of $4,231,795 for the transbay transit center. >> this is before you every year to get the funds for the temporary terminal. it will be an allocation of 4.$2 million. that funds the -- >> >> that covers the operation and maintenance expenses. we also have a small amount of advertising and rent that you see in the operating budget and the previous item that goes to the reserve but this allocation covers the o and m for the

terminal and this resolution is a formality required by mtc. >> and just a quick clarifying question. i know the differential before the operating budget and the one that is covered by the regional measure two is roughly about $1.4 million that is complete covered by advertising and rental costs. >> and a construction from ac transit. we're unable to use the rm2 money to fund the operating and maintenance reserve required by the lease agreement by ac transit, so in turn for having their additional expenses at the terminal covered they are making a contribution to the operating reserve and that's what the additional 1.4 is. >> thank you. >> director harper. >> move approval. >> so we have a motion to move forward and we have a second. actually was there any public comment on this item?

>> not they am aware of. >> let's take roll call on this item. >> director harper. >> aye. >> director lloyd. >> aye. >> director metcalf. >> aye. >> director reiskin. >> aye. >> and chair kim. >> aye. >> that is five aye's and item eight is approved. >> thank you. at this point we will recess the special meeting and to convene into closed session. can we take a motion to convene into closed session. >> moved. >> second. >> we have a motion and a second. >> we do have one public comment on closed session and comment on item 15. >> hello again and thank you for the opportunity. i mentioned sfg tv earlier and i want to quote from transcripts to highlight issues and staffing with rections on

multilotions. as example chair directed staff to come back to the board and discussion [inaudible] and the december or january meetings and director metcalf asked that this be considered in the supplemental eir. the board has the opportunity to address this issue during closed session. my reminding that the chief executive that california does this -- and moving this forward is transfer the project to a different lead agency. thank you and i look forward to your report on closed session. >> thank you. >> that was the only member of the public that indicated wanted to address you and at this time we can clear the room and get you into

. >> the tjpa meeting is back in session and counsel will report on closed session. >> in regard to item 131 regarding existing litigation and the payment for property and interest in 85 natoma street #9 the board unanimously authorizes the executive director to have an agreement with wendy roess-decenzo and christopher decenzo to purchase 85 natoma street #9 and upon successful closing of the property tjpa board releases the eminent domain action and in regard to 60 tehama street and property

and interest in same the board authorizes the executive director to authorize a purchase agreement with peter byrne for the trustee of the peter f. bryne revocable trust and for the purchase of property the board releases the eminent domain action. as to item 14 conference for legal counsel for balfour beatty there is no action to report and for the next section there is no action to report of that i'm aware of. >> thank you. could we please call item 17. >> item 17 is thurz the executive director to execute an agreement with dispute resolution agreement with webcor,obayashi not joint ventue for the performance of its work.

>> directors if you have questions we have someone available. >> i would like to move. >> second. >> we have a motion and a second. is there about public comment on this? >> i meant mike [inaudible] >> there is no public comment. can we cake roll call on this item. director harper. >> no. >> director lloyd. >> aye. >> director metcalf. >> aye. >> director reiskin. >> aye. >> chair kim. >> aye. >> that is approved. >> thank you. are there any other items on the agenda? >> no. >> seeing none the meeting is adjourned. thank you everyone

>> this is a meet of the recreation and parks commission and will the secretary please call the roll. >> commissioner buell? >> here. >> commissioner low?

>> here. >> commissioner arata? >> here. >> commissioner bonilla. >> commissioner harrison. >> here. >> and commissioner levitan is on her way. we are -- let me just make a couple of announcements. first of all, item 6 and 6a will be heard as one. and 6 is only a discussion item and 6a is to be voted on, but the two will be heard together. as a reminder, we ask that you turn off any electronic-sounding devices that may go off during the proceedings. we would also ask that you please take any secondary conversations outside in order for the meeting to proceed as efficiently as possible. if you would like to speak on any item, please complete a blue card unless otherwise announced by the president, each person will have three minutes for public comment on each item. if there is any item of interest to you not on the agenda, it is under the

subject-matter jurisdiction of the commission. you may speak under general public comment, which is item 4, and then continued on item 13. last, please address your comments to the commission during public comment on items in order to allow equal time for all, neither the commission, nor staff will respond to any questions during public comment. the commission may ask questions of staff, after public comment is closed. and with that, we are the president's report. >> thank you. i understand that there is quite a line downstairs for some other item in city hall and so some of our staff may be arriving a little late, due to no fault of their own. i know that our general manager is at a morning meeting and probably will be arriving late, and so we'll get his report at the end of the agenda. let

comments and then i have a couple of introductions to make during my president's report. first, i would like to congratulate those folks from the zoo and the san francisco zoological society, doing a fund raising that broke all records and i think it reflects in a larger picture there is a large body of the public that genuinely loves and supports the worker that they are doing and i want to add my congratulations to everybody involved with the zoo. i think they are in good shape and doing a great job. the san francisco botanical garden luncheon was yesterday and it was a fine gathering of folks who enthusiastical support the work that they are doing and i want to add my congratulation tosses s to them and they have a large and enthusiastic following people who are helping achieve their

efforts and it was a great lunch.a separate matter, but somewhat related at chrissy field, under the auspices of the national park service the san francisco museum of modern art and conservancy have jointly sponsored a viewing and installation of seven or eight major art pieces and i highly recommend that you all take advantage of seeing it. i think saturday is the launch date for it, they are being installed as we speak. the park service is lucky enough to have the art exhibits and to get this collection from around the world to be exhibited through the auspices of moma is a great deal. do you want me to read the

friends the alvarez lake? >> please. >> and we'll have a ceremony for folks connected with that and today the san francisco recreation and parks commission recognizes the group's group and for their extraordinary efforts during earth day, this past april. the work party on april 27th in celebration of earn day was a great success in all more than 32 volunteers from a variety of organizations arrived ready to work. friends of the lake and other volunteers cleaned the lake bed of algae, removing the thick material with large shovels and rakes. the entire lake bed area was then swept clear of remaining debris and invasive weed as round the parameter of the lake, invasive breed were also removed and during the regular volunteer work days, they have achieved a great deal of

success in an area of the park that creates some pep challenges. over the past six months, volunteers are mulch the perimeter of the lake and a variety of native plants have been planted around the stanyan street entrance including agave, california fuschia -- and cleared much of the debris arunted lake on behalf of the recreation and park and commission and recreation and park department we thank you for your efforts and look forward to our continued success working together to improve our public park spaces, and i will add that it just sounds like a lot of work that not everybody would look forward to doing. so we very much appreciate it and you will

get -- we'll present you with a certificate, minus the general manager, who is just not here to partake. [ applause ] >> thank you commission for this recognition and honor. it's been long number of years and we are not giving up and, in fact, friends of the lake have vision for larger projects. so we're hoping to engage parks alliance to make that area right at the end stanyan right at the end of

haight near stanyan very presentable and very enjoyable for all people that come of all ages. i want to recognize karen, the original founder for the group and just recently turned the reigns to me. ted and robert, these two have partnered with me to help form the friends of the lake and to make our projects expand beyond the immediate smaller things, but to really epgage that area and turn it into a beautiful spot and gloria has been a consistent volunteer and harry, who shows up no matter what weather is like and hopefully we'll see you every other thursday. thank you. >> [phra*-uplt/] >> this is a project we started in 2005, the east end of golden gate park to help the

east end of the park department and thank you to the parks department for assigning a planner to work with our group and it just happened and it's a very, very powerful and positive move that we're going to go forward with and thanks to the recreation and park department for that. >> thank you. [applause] >> good morning i just wanted to say briefly are trying to embark on a plan as susan discussed. as that goes forward we're working with staff and hope to have your involvement and support in developing a community plan that will make the eastern end of golden gate park a showpiece for the park and the city. thank you. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] so i would like to conclude

my report by asking a member of public to make a very brief presentation and to frame this issue i was always impressed with dubois park because the way the uses were allocated was not something that came from the park service and rec and park department down, but through a number of years of collaboration and many people who had an interest in the park. and the forerunner of the park alliance played a large role in that as well. it's my view that with the 220 parks that we have in the system, that the best way, because of the competing uses of dogs on leash, dogs off-leash, playgrounds, seniors, families that want to use the park, that the best way to resolve these issues is to have the community work on their own dream for what their

park ought to be and resolve those issues and bring them to us. having said that, the huntington park has been starting a process, and i wanted greg chang, who is the nob hill association president to make a brief statement on where they are. i first met greg because as a parent he was very interested in upgrading the playground there and you has moved to another role and if you could be brief and tell us where we are, i would appreciate that greg. >> thank you, president buell and commissioners for all you do for our community. a couple of quick stories that are happy endings to some land use issues. probably aware of the masonic and live nation intensification of that location in our

neighborhood and a settlement that the community signed with them that directly benefits the community and the park in particular and a couple of highlights of things that i think impact the park. one, a reduction of events from 95 to 54, a cram tick reduction of bars and traffic and vandalism in the park at night, but the most exciting part of the settle is a huntington park preservation fund. so beginning with their construction in 2014, in january, we'll get some upfront cash payments and a percentage of ticket sales over 20 years, that will be in an amount between $1 million and $3 million and to be able to put investment in the capital structure and over time to be able to maintain it. the community has worked hard to be very transparent many this process, so that nobody is surprised. we already started to have a number of conversations with all of the different

constituencies and we're going to have public meetings in june and the other sort of part of the story is a really exciting opportunity that we have. greg, our new park chairman is doing a little digging and chronicle books that talk about nob hill neighborhoods and there was a fence around the huntington mansion that was rumored to go somewhere down the peninsula and greg started to make some calls and found the fence, the original huntington fence. in 1914 the flood family attorney bought it from huntedington and put it on boxcars to mental menlo park and there is a preservationist who wants to sell it to us and we have a memorandum of understanding and we're going to have community meetings to talk what that looks like and feel like. pretty exciting to bring back a

100-year-old fence back to its original location. thank you for the time. >> greg, thank you. that concludes the president's report. >> is there any public comment on the president's report? being none, public comment is closed. commissioner, did you want to go to general manager's report? >> we'll put the general manager's report at the end of the meeting and move on to general public comment. >> so we're now on item 4, general public comment up to 15 minutes at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the commission and that do not appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda items your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. and i do have one card, linda lighthouser. >> good morning, commissioners, today i am here to represent a group called

friends of the amphitheater in mcclaren park. i am happy to announce that we have a plan to produce six free family-friendly events and concerts at amphitheater later this year. we're calling this project "saturday in the park mcclaren." and it will start to take place from august 17 to october 26th. we're very excited about this project for a number of reasons of it's been five years in the making, a lot of talking about how some kind of a process could take place. we forged an exciting collaboration with the rec and park department in two divisions particularly, permits and reservations and volunteer services. we're also fiscally sponsored by the san francisco parks alliance and we have the support of the community. this small project is about engaging our neighbors in the communities that are around the park to be both the producers and performers at the amphitheater and to put on

events. some of these events will be geared strictly towards children and very young children, who have not had any opportunity to have events at that venue. we're also putting together the first-ever dosant program at the amphitheater and this will be able to support the department with oversight and supervision of events which is something that hasn't been able to take place in the place and we're would welcoming with ingleside police and park patrol to create assistance in putting that piece into effect. the amphitheater is an amazing place, but it has its challenges, partly because of the remote, and so the dosant program is very key to this. we think we hit on a good process and we want to keep the commission informed as we go along and move through the program and we're very excited. thank you very much.

>> thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to make general public comment? being none, the item is closed and wire on item 5 the consent calendar. any public comment on the consent calendar? soing none, public comment is closed. commissioners. >> move to approve. >> second. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor, ? >> aye. >> so moved >> we are now on item 6, and 6a. the san francisco zoological society and their request for an increase to admission fees. >> good morning. thank you for your kind remarks earlier. i will start with attendance and try to make the first part move more quickly, since we have the second part. where we are with attendance

year-to-date is 727,374 visitors verse projections of 627,800 visitors. so as we end our fiscal year we are nearly 100,000 visitors ahead of schedule and quite an amazing job by everyone and i know a lot of it had to do with the tiger cub coming at the time. it's that time of year, that is actually a little penguin poping there and popping there and you will be able to work with the penguin and teach them how to be hand-fed.