in the assignment and subletting clause. i'm leaving probably my colleague to address hours of operation and fees, but i think with respect to the concerns for other uses of the premises, we do capture in the assignment and subletting clause. >> commissioner harrison. >> i was looking at the amount of money received there was $1.3 million, nick? and then that the department derives $750,000 out of that $103 million and aside from collecting those fees there is

$550,000 left, where does that go? >> the total revenue was $1.3 million and the remaining $1.3 million minus $750,000 are both operating expenses and initial capital investment to build the kiosks and get the program up and running. >> so it just going back -- any excess funds going back into the garden? >> the fee issue itself isn't before you today, but the way that this has worked as you recall, this happened during a time of profound budget challenges from which we are not completely out of. >> right. >> that the $250,000 that has gone to the department each year essentially pays for three of the 11 gardeners that are there. there is a -- and then the society pays for the 11th. so now we have basically

subsidized through this program four of the 11 gardeners. and as you recall, if i can just sort of provide some context as to why we did this, is that the 55 acres has 11 gardeners and this location requires an intense amount of care and nurture and maintenance. and we were looking for some strategies to help subsidize the costs of that, so that we can continue to operate many other parts of the city and other facilities. >> i think the essence of the answer to commissioner harrison's questions, there were some capital start-up costs that had to be put in effect in order to capture those fees and that is why it looks like a large number initially. >> correct. >> also, there is $250,000 here that goes to the arboretum

society for outreach and stuff. who did the outreach before we started collecting these fees? >> the $250,000 that -- so the way this would work in the future and again, this is in the lease and the fee it'll will be before the board. the way this would work is that first costs are reimbursed from the revenue that comes from in from the fee. operating costs are reimbursed. second the department gets the $250,000 to substance subsidize the three gardener and grant or give $250,000 to the society to subsidize the in-kind services and we're basically helping to subsidize the programming at garden, which we this is important and after that the remaining money

goes to deferred maintenance. so we have money for costs, money for staff, money for youth programming. money for maintenance. >> so let me get this straight. if the fee itself then relieves -- these fees that we pay to the gardening, to support the gardening staff and their activities and relieves the department from putting that out of our regular general fund? >> the programming -- no, it basically helps the society provide the programming without the revenue there wouldn't be the programming or the programming would have to be curtailed. so the second $250,000 that goes to the society or the money that goes to the society is going to subsidize the youth programs and activities. >> commissioner levitan. >> i am just echoing what some of my colleagues already have said and i expect that we'll work on this and staff will work on this before it gets to the board, just on name especially. you know, to make sure that

we're totally consistent in this lease, and that we are clear about the location of the strybing arboretum to make sure that is included correctly. and the subleasing, because cell towers are not an option and i want to make sure that we're really, really clear when we work that out. thank you. >> seeing no other questions from commissioners, i want to ask the general manager then to work with the society and the staff and put together a response to the recommendations in the letter that can go to the board of supervisors recommending that changes be done there rather than here. >> okay. >> with that, can i entertain a motion. >> move to approve. >> second. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor? >> aye. >> thank you very much. >> we are now on item 12.

state grant lack merced boat launching facility improvemented. >> good morning commissioners, my name is toni moran the grant manager for the planning and capital improvement division and the item before you is a grant for lake merced launching improvements and this particular report is requesting four actions from the commission related to the grant. first action is to adopt a resolution to retroactively apply for a $500,000 grant from the department of boating waterways, for improvements to the public boat launch at lake merced. the second action is a resolution -- >> we have something on the overhead. >> thank you. yes. this is the area where the

project is located in lake merced on the north lake. the second action is a resolution authorizing the general manager to enter into a grant agreement with the department of boating waterways for the scope of work. the third action is to direct the staff to move forward with design and environmental review for the project and the fourth action is to recommend to the board of supervisors to accept and expend the grant. so on the overhead you see the project location. it is in lake merced. it is the public boat launch on the north lake. currently the facility is quite old and in bad shape. jim is providing some photos here. this is jim wheeler the recreation manager for aquatics and leisure services and he will provide photos from time to time. a little background on this. in 2012 the recreation and park

staff met with the department of boating and waterways to discuss potential funding opportunitis to improve this public boat launch. the department of boating waterways has a unique program where they come out to the site before they allow you to apply for their grant funding. they will come out and look at the site and do topography, maps and try to determine the best location. and types of improvements for your boating facility. so they met with us back in december, and then later in december, they approached staff asking us to submit an application for $500,000 for some department of boating waterway grant funds. it just so happens that at this time, it was towards the end of the year and there was $500,000 that needed to be allocated before the end of the year. so we went ahead and moved forward with the application to make improvements to this particular facility. in march our department was notified that we were awarded

the $500,000. the scope of work that was in that grant application involves demolishing this facility, demolishing the old dock and constructing a new low-board doke and improvement to the access road, and installation of ada parking so the design is included in the staff report it's attachment 3. the total project cost is $621,000. at the time of the report we had the $500,000 grant and identified funding sources for the costs that we identified in the project budget. those funding sources are the costco funds and funds from the

mayor's office of disability. part of the grant program requires that the commission certify that before we initiate construction of the project, that we have secured all the funding needed to complete the project. and so that is why we are sharing information about the two additional funding sources. at this time, i would like to ask -- if you have questions, jim miller can come up and discuss a little bit about the current condition of the ramp or provide more information on the scope of work. >> do we have public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners. >> moved. >> seconded. >> all those in favor? >> aye. >> thank you. >> would you like to go to the general manager's report? >> i think i would like to

hear what he has to say. >> thank you, commissioners. i will try to be brief -- sorry. >> i was just going to say we're on the general manager's report, go ahead, phil. >> we have a couple of items for people waiting patiently and if you could just hang with me for a few moments. i am sorry i was late i was an event for the san francisco police league at harding and they were honoring supervisor elsbernd and i was there with a number of people honoring sean and the course is looking great. i told them cart path only, not allowed to drive on the fairways. and our rec and park team is doing a great job as we prepare for the return of the schwab cup in october. eye going to start with golf and tell you a story that you may or may not have seen of the first tee of san francisco, the mentoring youth that partner

with. rayon griffin, a student at apg middle school won a national video contest sponsored by wells fargo and his winning video he talked about how important the first tee has been for him and the lessons he has learned about life through the game of golf and he had the opportunity to play with professional golfer ricky fowler during a pro-am event at the wells fargo championship two weeks ago and this 13-year-old completely undaunted by playing with a professional golfer and stepped up to the first tee and ripped a shot and went on to break 1 00 for the round, becoming an instant hit for the spectators and media. this got national and international exposure and i thought it was worth noting and we're very proud of our relationship with the first tee

and this first story shares. >> i had the golf channel on accidentally and saw the whole thing. >> accidentally. [ laughter ] >> last week the california coastal commission voted unanimously to uphold the project at the west wednesday of golden gate park and perhaps the most vetted soccer field in u.s. history and the vote means that the renovation project can move forward. i wanted to thank you all for your patience in the project it will result in additional hours of play and save nearly 6 million gallons of water each year. the project is part of a public-private partnership between the city and city fields foundation which has worked tremendously with us. it has and a successful

partnership in our city for our kids and enabled us to add 2400 new san francisco kids playing ball and 200 new youth sports team as a result of this work that we have done together. the theme is soccer today. so earlier this week, the city devin dufty is work with the hope opportunity engagement announced that we are very privileged to be hosting street soccer usa, the west coast cup, which is a tournament to raise awareness for homelessness and to bridge the good between our various communities. the tournament takes place in june and includes both corporate teams and homeless teams from cities across the nation, playing and competing with each other. this story got some coverage, and i think some people were

saying huh? homelessness, soccer and i wanted to bring up the founder of street soccer usa to tell us a little bit more about the tournament and show us a short video. rob, come on up. >> thank you for your time. >> come up to the mic. >> thank you guys for your time. and i wanted to show you a couple of quick videos. the basis of it is as we talked -- phil was just speaking about these new hours that we have for our youth across -- to have more hours to play sports and we feel the same way with the homeless. we have youth programs that teaches leadership skills and we're using the same principles that apply to team sports with our homeless population and we have folks who come in and we go into shelters and drug rehab centers and teach them job and life skill through a basic curriculum. they set 3, 6 and 1-month goals

12-month goals and connect to services. >> another update, bay area [pwrao-erbgsz/] the women's professional soccer team in the world league, basically triple air has announced kezar stadium as their home stadium and the breeze will be competing now through july with six home-games at kezar.while video

we have a couple of staff recognition items that i wanted to share. last week the board of supervisors did take time out to recognize and thank various members of our gardening custodial park maintenance staff who went above and beyond the call of duty to get our beloved golden gate park. 4/20 is the date when we are unfortunately welcomed tens of thousands of visitors who did not necessarily use our parks as responsibly as we would have liked. and it was a mess. and yet, within probably 24 hours, 24 hours, sharon meadow looked as good as new and that is a total tribute to our staff and thank supervisor london breed who took the time out to recognize our team at the board. and it's this kind of

dedication and continued efforts, which are why this week travel and leisure magazine named golden gate as one of the world's most beautiful city parks. rob am i done stalling are are you ready? >> i'm ready. this is the portable street soccer that we hosted in washington, d.c. and last year we held it in times square new york. this is an intro to the event in 2010. [ music ] >> what you guys are proving is that we have - [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] it's amazing what you guys do. >> we gather in this community and that is what this country is about, showing off in the nation's capital. that is what we are doing with

street soccer. [ music ] >> to raise each other up and get people off streets. >> i have gotten housing and i am no longer housing. >> they are doing a loto help out homeless youth

authentic other homeless people. >> what can i say about these guys? it's growing and i hope it gets bigger and bigger and i hope more people become aware of it. >> it's gaining momentum everyday. it brings local leaders and local citizens together with our national key marks around the country all coming together for a great cause. >> it's another way, a creative way in order to get people off the streets and get them involved with something positive. it's going to help their self-esteem. >> they know they are respected and there is dignity and it can change their lives. >> so this event takes place june 22, 2013 in jutin herman plause plaza. and we'll have those programs competing as well an open tournament for others to compete in.

you know everyone thinks that the homeless person is the person begging for money and you see people in uniforms helping each other out and they are sweating and runing and really challenging people's stereotypes of who the homeless are and what they are capable had? >> thank you, rob, from a park's perspective, so much of the conversation that we have about homelessness is really focused on the regulatory and kind of the negative and enforcement and when rob presented this opportunity to us, we really seized that we have a motto here that everybody deserves a chance to get out and play and here is an opportunity to do something positive for truly our most vulnerable community in san francisco and to promote health and competition and it follows along the lines of rec and park commitment to have positive change through sports.

you see that in our programs and we're really proud to host that and grateful to have soccer usa for wanting to come to san francisco. thank you, rob. >> last, but not least, he has been waiting patiently and it's time for our employee quarterly recognition and i want to bring up mark, who is the proud recipient -- mark, if you could just sort of stand right there. >> item. [ applause ] >> mark is very clearly popular in our department and that is because he makes everything work. mark is our information systems business analyst extraordinaire and so much of the front-end programs that we are able to provide are really dependent upon our technology and our systems. and you know, i have said often that our goal is to make the recreation and park department the most technologically robust and savvy and innovative parks department in the country and it's great to say that, but

without people like -- without people like mark, it really can't happen. and so mark is this quarter's employee recognition certificate and i want to read the accolades that his own colleagues -- this is a peer-driven award have said. mark pitts who started with the recreation and park department's misdivision in 2007 is the chief designer of our computerized business processes and data management for all of the different areas department. which has the benefit of saving recreation and park columbialy time and money of his recent review of several years of at&t bills noticed inconsistent and inaccurate billing that mark proceeded to connect through the central bill system and ended saving recreation and park annual costs. in the last couple of years he has accomplished considerable innovative work, including create a revenue tracking system for the finance division, creating a cost tracking system and internal payroll system for over 650

temporary recreation staff weas move to our new rec model, the burden has been immense. the class system, creating a tracking system between recreation and park and dpw and working on upgrating our total managed asset system, which tracks all our deferred maintenance and all of our fix-its, our work orders in the system. mark has been in the middle of it all and we lost mark for a while. mark was a very highly coveted free agent, and another department lured him away, and we all were very sad. but then kind of like -- i don't know, cliff lee returning to the phillies, give me another example? he missed his family at recreation and park. and he came home.

and it just show his true dedication to our mission and for that mark, we want to give you this certificate of appreciation. [ applause ] >> i don't have much to say, it it all sounds excessive when it's enumerated like that. thank you. >> thank you for everything. [ applause ] >> we will conclude the gm report and jamie is going to put that up there and then we're done.

[ music ] [ music ] >> the parks are the core of the city and really what makes the city great and i am very proud that everyone has been able to accomplish it and i

know we'll keep making things better and better and better and it's one of the true crown jewels of our system and so congratulations. [ applause ] [ music ] [ [ [ music ] >> it has been well over 100 years and an incredible philanthropic organization that is focused on giving back and that really means something, something very important and something very serious in the parks world, where we are charged with stewarding over 4,000 acres of open space and 220 parks all around the city. we can't do it alone and we can only do it with the help of companies like yours and individuals like all of you.

[ music ] [ music ] >> and that concludes the general manager's report. >> thank you very much. >> is there any public comment on this item? being none, public item is closed and we're on item 13, general public comment continued. anyone wishing to make general public comment? this item is closed. commissioner items, commissioner matter s >> nothing matters. [ laughter ] >> no, commissioners' matters. public comments? being none, this item is closed. >> new business and agenda-setting, is there any public comment? being mon, this item is closed. communications, public comment? being none, this item is closed and we're on 17, adjournment.

>> move. >> second. >> moved and seconded. so moved. [ gavel ] happy new year, everybody. i love the fact that we are doing a tournament here at the center. when i was in eighth grade i played on a basketball teechl. team. i have to admit i

very good at it. i always aspired to be an nba player. regardless of playing in college or nba, i expect many of you have be leading us because of the leadership skills you are learning on tes test, test, test, test, test, test, test >> good morning today t is wednesday may 15, 2013 this is a