proposal. it's time to acknowledge that our people are living in district 6 sensuous figures are 93 thousand people in district 6. we really, really need open space and people are mostly to the city not to be just in office building and residential buildings. i live on south park we have thousands of people who use our parks we know this is really, really viable please support this >> thank you. >> is there monthly who want to make public comment on this item? thank you >> thank you. let's hear from the bench.

>> i wanted to make a couple of comments this is an important topic and one of the more optimistic and forward thinking aspects of the work we get to do. that is first, i want to thank the open space workforce and supervisor kim who's been a advocate for the parks in her district and to be perfectly clear we agree. we get it. this is a district that has chang demographics and has an inadequate amount of open space so audio want to thank supervisor kim and for the open space workforce, of course, to holly and dawn. a couple other elements to our

open space thinking i want to augment don's report we're a looking at our existing spaces and how we can maximize those spaces one is in the tenderloin where we've worked together quite collaboratively with the supervisor kim and the tries land committee to protect this park that has had public safety challenges and was designed quite poorly and in a year we'll be celebrating as a corn stor stone of that park. and second we have the teen rec center that's the hub you have recreational programming in the district and we know that there is more demands than that facility can accommodate.

we have long been working for months to start to think about very quietly of expanding that center. there are a lot of community discussion to come but as we think about our capital and goals it's on our radar screen >> one would think that the tech in that part of the world we'll get support. >> i think it's important when we create communities we create communities where we can work and play and live play being the operative word. i want to keep this moving forward in terms of identifying the need and developing strategies around funding. i think the next step is trying

to develop a strategy on identifying parcels and we have to continue that effort with the community in identifying those properties also thinking out of the box you also have to look at creative ideas looking at the park is there parcels we need to close that would add additional recreation space we need to develop those. this is a message this is a good start and let's keep the effort moving forward and keep the commity engaged opted be players is here and that's a great partner >> supervisor kim would you like to say a few words. >> thank you. i apologize i

was a little late in coming to the meeting i don't want to be repeat active but i want to outline a couple of things so excuse me. if i repeat some things. so to give some context, of course, you've heard from our residents about the lack of open space here in district 6. as you know district 6 has the fewest and smallest parks in the area. giving this deficit and the fact it district 6 is the ground development we're seeing in the area it's important that we really think about how we can be creative and creating more open space in san francisco. we don't look just to you guys

we try to be creative as i work with developers and we work with a lot of the exciting property owners. i think there are different ways to think about that the sergeant park can we expand that park there is an alleyway can we consider that. i want to particularly recognize could don who suggested an offer to initiate that. after redistricting there wasn't initialing a park in the bond by the we worked with the staff to put in a million dollars each to put in the playground and our residents are excited about but

that wasn't the last piece of information rec and park they are kworptd are our staff to see how we can have more commotion funds. there is a recent budget and analysis report that was requested by the supervisor avalos that talked about the acquisition fund unfortunately we've notd not used those dollars for our areas and it makes senses. commissioner mcdonald know often our schools don't have the capacity to have the parents teacher association that is ready to write all the grant or have the relationships to do the fundraising for their schools. some of our neighborhoods in the

tenderloin have similar issues that we might not be the one who come up with the fund relationships to inquire those is that a on our own. we're really existed that rec and park has really dedicated a staff resources to those mostly meetings. it's appropriate to look at two or three small sites in the tenderloin. we're asking for more sports from the commission to continue to push this issue. district 6 is growing rapidly and, of course, land s is increasing in price so this the the time and opportunity to look at those sites that were outlined in those reports. i'm happy to answer any questions and thank you for your

service. she was an outstanding member of our community and it's important that our young people and residents know we have someone like her and we had the forsythe to name one of our parks after her >> thank you for being here and your comments. >> thank you, mr. president, and so we're going to explore public comment. >> this is discussion on any other comments from commissioners. >> just to further the discussion on creating communities where we can work and play i want to note in the full october commission meeting we'll hear more from staff on how that linkage can be tied together but the district 68 task force will be an important

part of developing that theme so there's parks which with, plate just active recreation or hanging out. good job to the staff. >> thank you commissioner and a commissioner mcdonald and just one i commend the staff. it's one of the immediate steps 80 is to secure the broker. so what is the timing of moving after that >> my understanding is the rfp to hire a broker right now and the vice president of the real estate john uptight has stated he'll be able to come back with the recommendations like late october and we're moving pretty quickly and it's let's assumed it's the middle of october. >> we can agree on the leads we

evaporate done it quickly like getting an appraisal and going thereto board of supervisors so i think we'd be looking at another 12 months before we get a property but that's actually an aggressive schedule given our schedule of no valley time square. it emphasize the priority we're placing on this particular project >> finally in the interest of both supporting as well as continuing to be informed mr. vice president it would be great to have a regular update. >> thank you commissioners. >> 83 and thank you dawn. >> mr. vice president a good

part of this strategy i'd like to come back and discuss it the allocation and plans of the implicate fees. and so there's actually about $14 million we can anticipate for rec park over the next decade and this last week, we worked the advisory committee to get another $1. million for south park so combined with the obligation fund that park is ready to go >> thank you very much i know this is discussion only so let's move on. >> we're on item 8 the golden gate parks increases.

>> good morning commissioners nick for the department. the item before you would alter the current rate structures of the booting boat house to create a variable price structure during peak and winter months. before i begin talking about the stem i want to give you an update since you probably have not been out to the boat promise. for a little refresh that pr

this is what the boat house looked like before and a snack bar that needs a loving touch up. since in march of 2013 ortega completed this project and we see here the in that case bar which has retained the old character of the building but has been renovated. a boat house interior is open to the public has been decorated with memorabilia about the history of the lake and a booting in general. and, of course, new fleet of rental boats out there at the

boat house. since ortega took over in october of 2003 they've achieved many of the milestones we've asked them to do. they complete the renovation in 2013 and because of those renovations and changed at the boat house we've seen revenue increase over the prior years. we've projected over $192,000 that's up over 48 percent in two years a dramatic turn around. history about the rates and february of 2006 the commission pretends the current rate structure as those rates are set

by commissioner they're not subject to annual c pi increases so they've remained the commission - same but the previous concession increased the that he would boats before the required that they resend those unauthorized increases. also i think that puts into context just exactly how great ortega is going doing even with lower boat rates their increased boat rates over the prior con certification era >> the proposed structure would create both a minimum and maximum rate. the minimum rate would be dental

189 hour an hour for row boats for the max rates would be charged during times of peak demand when with he can have a wait at the boat house up to an hour. the maximum dates w will be increased. in considering this proposal the department veted other boats rates at other locations and found those rates to be in line with the range of prices that are charged at lake cha both it's $30 an hour and a at the

awe civic center it's $23 an hour and in san francisco it's $29 an hour for a kayak boat. should the department approve this available pricing structure the change in the rents received by the department for the boat rentals would be approximately $74,000 this year. that would give us 2 hundred and 75 thoutsdz again significantly increases over the last few years. and i'm swabl for public comment >> we have public comment

(calling names) morning commissioners i'm bruce mccultural i'm the president of the lake corporation that nick referred to. over the years we've come before this commission for price increases. you also took some such opportunities to discuss this. both the operations committee are on notice they're in default open their obligation to the non paying boat house and it's ada bathroom it's even closed to they're paying customers the room is out of service with a locked door. it's puzzling why you're ready to hand them $946,000 of

additional revenue and at the same time remain silent on the ad add and boat house issues. i think you owe it to the folks in san francisco to explain this record are and for the record the c pi increases is contrary to the bid package that we all bid on for this lease. thank you >> thank you. is there monthly who wants to make public comment on this item? you want to make a public comment that is. okay. please come on forward >> hi i'm desh duck we have

made a lot of the same improvements at mirror woods the same thing at the boat house. i feel a lot of pride we welcome the public insides the building into a great space they were never able to enjoy before we try to improve the menu. we think it's mart to have rates that are comparable and we want to charge the rates at those peak times and preserving the lower rates for san francisco visitors and folks. we offer group rates for schools. we want to be an active member of the community. it takes terrorism's pride in

the current staff and we have people that are at the boat house every day and they use the boat house and the bathrooms they sometimes don't buy a coffee but they engage us in conversation and we're responsive to their comments and to the newspaper articles we read about the boat house. and the general visitors they walk by us on the lap around the lake either once a day or so and she's noted a huge difference in the boat house and the friendly staff. they love where they are are the staff takes tremendous pride and we want to improve that operation. we feel this increase will allow us to be more responsive and add

boats to accommodate more visitors >> thank you very much. >> it there - come on up. >> hello, i'm assistant manager at the boat house and i want to talk about what the money would go towards if the approval for the increase does get there. it would go to the upkeep of the boats. for our best day we sold 3 hundred and 8 boats and we only have so many boats so there's a lot of turn around. there's a lot of upkeep to make sure that the peddles are working and people aren't left strangled out in the lake on

electric boats and we want to provide clean boats daily. we want to create opportunities for the community and creating the activities for the kids where they can walk from strawberry hill and we provide discounts for schools and a nonprofit organizations so we want to keep those kids coming because they love the boat highways. we don't do the additional charges for the life jablths we try to charge for other things. we were also looking at the idea of having the same price for locals they'll only have to show their id we're still looking at that. but still have the prices for

all the tourists and stuff >> thank you very much. >> is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed >> commissioner leo. i wonder if we can have mr. kinsey come back to the mike >> the running theme of e-mails of opposition have long been recommended to the (phone ringing). zee zee top it gets my attention and my apologizes (laughter) >> bathrooms can i compliment on the bathrooms. >> yeah. we'll refrain from what we've seen the bathrooms have long been made available to the

public but we've had vandalism. either people damaging the fixtures or dirtying them until staff can service them. there's a lock a code lock on the bathrooms that's given when people does to use them payroll they're looking at switching to a key but they're open and, you know, similar to what we've experienced their shut when in their damaged >> and on the dynamic pricing is this a program that will be in the oversight of the general manager and yeah. we would review their proposal exactly when their have peak times similar like at the golf course x days are going to be peak

hours thaim they'll submit the proelz proposals and we'll have the rough of that. we find that the golf course given the operators they're on the site 3 hundred and 65 days a year they'll be able to respond to the perimeters is the best way to maximize revenue >> commissioner harrison. >> i too was concerned about the restroom situation but i want to compliment you nick you've done a good job on this project apparently but i'm concerned about relinquishing the commissioners authority over price and rate increases. you know, it's something that concerned me giving away that

authority and a those are for c pi increases it's standard for all our fees we don't have to go back to the board of supervisors for an annual c pi increase. this allows for regular annual minor increases rather than what functionly happens sometimes a large amount of staff work it might get put off for years. rather than raising the boat prices we're coming in with a large increase so obviously it's discretion of the commission but the city attorney's office said it's okay. we ask you to help us manage

those increases better. anything beyond c pi we will come back to the board of supervisors >> commissioner. >> yes. last of the accessibility to restrooms. it creates a major hardship to seniors and sdabltd individuals that participate in this venue. i think we have to be up more forceful in terms of making sure if we're going to grant this increase that we have an exception that those facilities will be open. and they have - i understand

there's vandalism and i understand that there's - there will be restraining order problems but we have to dedicate resources adequate resources to keep those rooms open. i mean, if you're going to really truly enjoy this venue re enjoy all the improvements we'll made we have to provide that guarantee. i can't be - i hope i'm being very forceful about this and it's understood that those facilities have to be opened. i've been operating senior programs or community center for seniors and disabled and that's one thing we won't theretofore that when