responsible, you know, basically, it, you know, you get farther than you thought you could. >> if you raise the bar people reach it. >> i'm the second one in my family to receive a high school diploma 80 so i want to change the kindly. >> in order to change the pathway instead of a job you need a foundation of education. >> they give a handout you have to reach. >> work hard. >> this is to help me grow so i'm more ready to deal with real life. >> it helps you to bring down the barriers no. your life. >> yesterday wasn't a good day to n be in school. >> people kur7b8gd me stick

with that. i never had encouragement that was good it felt good >> i i know i'm getting way more than i expected i only wanted my diploma i started working as an aide. >> it has over $230,000 aches so we do control and removal. >> it's peace of mind out here. >> i love the field the field is outdoors and around nature sometimes, it's a bit much but (laughter). >> i love it. >> it's a good thing doing something you love. >> i love excitement. >> you catch me on the rock everyday. one thing we take pride in is

the cleanest trash out here. we've capacity the number of events and able to make sure no matter how big the event the rekrooij systems work >> i think about how san francisco stand in the way how other cities are and i'm glad. we restore the precious nature environment we have hero in san francisco that's beautiful but needs love and maintenance and we do the same thing with young people help to restore and maintain and help to bloom those young people to become wonderful young adults arrest there's a young man who graduated if the program >> i know that i noted to get my high school diploma i made

it. >> he's got full-time employment. >> next year i know he's cool he knows we have a full-time job and i get paid. >> i want to go to college and get a degree but this is wonderful. >> for like this we help each other out. >> back on track. >> my sister now is joining the core so it helped to attract. >> i'm triblt to my community and making a difference i want to make a change and be a role model if patrick can do it

that's my fuel. >> when i joined this program it was two weeks i wanted to be proud i worked for a good company and wanted to learn and if it wasn't for this program i wouldn't success. i can only thank sf cc i found my dream so thanks sf cc >> you're fine. >> thank you very much. for your attention. i want to (inaudible) >> hi, i'm - i came to this core to obtain a high school diploma and make a better life

for me and my son. when i first came to the core i didn't have any tenant/landlord relationship or sloop or construction experience. my first project was the brewster community garden we rebuilt their garden retainer walls and got rid of a lot of debris and did a lot of soil maintenance. now we have a wonderful community garden. my goal is to finish my concretes and get the certification i need. i'm not sure what i really want to do after the core but i'm thinking about going back to school to try to further my career >> thank you. >> good morning.

>> good morning. >> hello i came to the san francisco conservatism core about 8 mortuaries. why i joined the core i needed employment and that was one of the things i wanted to gain employment and be able to earn my high school diploma at the same time. so i ended up joining the skepticism core and they taught me a lot. what i've been learning it great profession skills and life skills such as a code switching and i mean be able to change how you act towards your friends in front of professional people in a professional environment. and my job site is currently at the bayview hills. what i've been learning is how

to use and clean a chainsaw correctly and thoroughly and proper safety procures going down the hill like holding into the fence so i don't slip and fall. and i've run into a lot of certifications such my cpr afraid and my ocean 10 and my fork left and panel certifications. i plan on i getting any harassing met certification next. when i've done is eastern my high school diploma. i've learned a lot of skills with my certifications will will benefit me learning. my goal is to get into the

carpenters union. thank you >> (clapping) >> thank you. i was going to say in full disclosure about 15 years ago i was president of the san francisco conservatism core and i'll tell you that the graduation ceremony they do for the kids that get their diploma through the charter schools or ged eventual is a recharging of the batteries that's a wonderful occasion and annie graduate you on how many years the wonderful core is doing and the men and women helping rec and park so thank you very much. ed >> thank you ann i feel and . >> commissioner harrison. >> yeah. just a short comment. i know ann and janet when i

worked for a living. and very supportive of the conservatism core not only for the work they do and the work ethic and the trainings they get from doing those training for rec and park in particular but they teach the folks college diploma and assistance with bank accounts and stuff things they don't teach in school. those are extremely survival tucks so thank you ann for what you do >> thank you ann. >> well thanks for indulging us and i thought it was important to remind us have to t this

great relationship. >> i promised to keep it short there have so many other things i'm not going to talk about but i'm going to end this with a short video with rec and parks ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we campaign we're coming out and doing things in the community. every single time the mba shows up you come out with your hands and heart so thank you annoys for being hero we look forward to this and i want you to come to this park it's a golden secret like the golden state

warriors. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> let me tloul how to build a community garden like that you start with a really good idea and then you add a great deafly community need and entire you mexico in an extraordinary amount of patience and you add contingent and corporate support like folks from echo core and levies and sun and water and presto you get this.

awesome >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (shouting and screaming). >> four blocks today, i came and played in this park on the appointment and in the equipment on i wouldn't i am going any other place i'd rather be my parents and sisters are here. i walk in this park and to the neighbors and to the moms and dads this is a glorious time in our neighborhood whether it's

tim or it's for mcclarence park we're seeking a transformation here open the local level. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> happy thanksgiving and that concludes the general manager's report. >> thank you general manager. would anyone like to comment on the general manager's report seeing none, public comment is closed. we're on item 4 which is the general public comment. (calling names) so if you could come up and as a reminder i have 3 minutes each.

come on up. >> good morning. i'm mark hawthorne i'm representing a couple of organizations which you know 33 camp has had it's choomgdz with the foyer and so forth i want to say that as a member of the friends of camp massachusetts our committee who are obviously devoted to helping the commission. i know that mr. kislingbury has been in contact are our president joe in helping to counterfeit the cam so again, i want to extend myself there. the other organization i represent it the horseman's association. and again, i'd like to offer our

assistance in things in san francisco to help out especially berry kit field for example, that is in disrepair and the area is closed to horse riders and so forth the gates locked it makes it difficult for people to bring in their rigs and a horses and try to do an event and i would as the president of the organization offer our services to the recreation and park department to help to improve the facilities through our organization and perhaps developing a friends organization and getting other atrocities to assist in this venue i think it's important that san francisco don't lose out on the ability to come out

to golden gate park and learn about horses. so thank you very much >> thank you. next speaker, please embed and speak. i know but - go ahead and go ahead and speak i'll pass them out. >> so there was a lot of talk about the good things in recreation and i'm going to talk the recreation and park last year like last week the spray was applied again, the herb acids were applied again god knows how many years we were claiming for 13 years. it's not nice at all. those herb side and anything but nature it was completely

unnatural it's a criminal problem. the herb acids are toxic and they're leading to several cancers including prostrate and a luke and cancers and more and more things are being found in those chemicals and all sorts of problems miss carriage and loss sperm count and distractions and you've heard how important this is. and why are they using city parks to restore somethings that's negative. it's something which somebody declared to be nature which presumably has been grown here 1 hundred years why not 5 hundred

why not many years ago. herb acids are toxic and more toxic by the nature areas has increased and dramaticly since the 2009. i gave my chat so i don't know remember it's 5 times more than it was before and complaining about it i pay a number on this no's they told you oh, according t the manufacturer it is save and the courts upheld the federal and state find for the attorneys it's not by any stretch of the

illness as safe as table salt. it's clarified as tier two and spreads and didn't breakdown easily. it's breakdown is toxic and it's been 3w5u7bd from europe and neighborhoods are fighting against it being used in california. thank you very much. thank you, very much. >> i'm asking it to be discontinued. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> still mothers calling on congress to reform the chemical laws the actor lead the way and she's worried about the chemicals kids are exposures to everyday. i'm a mother.

i'm tired of debating about artifical tomb and those black platelets that are every were and they contain denying seen and all kinds of carbons and now flame retardants what's good for a satire is not good for a child. there's no such thing asia acceptable lead for children. i'm so tired of read into the record quote-unquote is product it safe only to find out the product was funded by the industry. we know you have the talent pool to do better and things we're exposed to everyday like synthetic playing fields have

begun un plaza tested in aggregate. for me and many of us today, this is simply not acceptable. there is nothing more important than protecting the health of our children and generations to come and no one's profit margin can justify profit for future generations >> bailey's and her supporters are pushing to put safety ahead of property. alex cbs news >> jennifer your meeting with the members of congress. >> the rates of asthma and all kinds of which would illness that have gone up. >> there was rubber that was put in there's a fill of

refurbished tires that carry are carried by california. somehow children are thinking it's okay to play on >> you mentioned the existing law is because the united states has never followed the precautionary rules. >> there's bipartisan groups but 0 no one's profit margin can justify harming children. >> thank you. this is the same material that's been used at many levies like a hundred thousand tons of this stuff. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning. i'm ronnie

represent the forest alliance and have lived in san francisco for 40 years between market street davg and i'd like to make a statement and use the overhead for one item or two. is that viewable. i generally am speaking after the natives that are involved in the control of the san francisco rec and park department. natives are not the only stakeholder in our parks, however, the native area program includes everyone but them the reason i say that their quin and using the parks as an excuse

taking the popular prognosticated we saw how wonderful the parks are to go in and saying this go background needs renovation elizabeth's other areas get december mat this year this is the children's tree in grand canyon park this is a climbing tree kids love to play on and there's no reason this should have been taken down it's not an invasive tree. there are stakeholders that the rec department needs to know about including myself i love the nature getting into out symbol parks we love to see the keeping you informed oats and there's rock clifrmz and people

experiencing. get out into nature. all of this should be included in the plan that the native area program is a part of. and to make the alternatives and grand canyon is being having the trails widened and including the favorite tree the commission needs to know this is a unique and special wildlife area and what's being done to it. to create we'd patches is the way of it instead of trees >> thank you. >> and the last speaker card is for linda. >> there we go.

>> hi. when you said linda i didn't know who you were talking about i'm called sunshine and once again it's time of the year to see people like me at uncle square too i think it was many years about 20 i told the north pole was far too cold & so i decided to jump plays and uncle square was where i decided to stay. i want to wish everyone a happy mccain season and i'll be in union square i looked to seeing everyone there >> thank you. >> there anyone else who wants to make general comment. >> seeing none, public comment is closed. we're now on item 5 which the the consent calendar.

is there anyone who wants to make a comment on consent calendar >> seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners we need a motion >> entertain a motion. >> it's been moved and second. >> all in favor, say i. . so moved. >> okay. we're now on item 6 which is the san francisco zoo. >> i'm tonya peter i'm president of the san francisco zoo. i'm casual this is the for the first time i've ever worn jeans at city hall. (laughter) >> so you're not the person i thought you were. >> again, we gave shirts out to

celebrate our new background and got a logo. this is actively a remodel of a ancient and rusty prognosticated. this is the slide. where we are on attendance. year to date we're 9 thousand 20th century 2 hundred over projections. our prognosticated opens this subpoenaed and wool have a members productive in the morning of november 24th i want to thank our general manager whose going to inaugurate our banners. so your major donors have a

chance to play on saturday. we light up the zoo last year, we do the it for a week and this year we're to do it through the weekends. in terms of the animal updates oh, no let me talk about the playground. we want to emphasize there are frogs and turtles all kinds and as a reminder it's 3 zones and the next slide we have a parlor cap those are for kids have to 8. this is a gentle reminder to have the kids reunite. on the left we have a river play

area for the toddlers. there's some messaging will water conservatism on the right is for the elder children and this is for a bit of risk-taking we have other things for the disabled. this is a remodel of the eleanor friend playground that's been there roughly 29 years and we had a $3 million face lift now the animal updates. those are not pigs although they look like that this is a south american wild boar. we only knew of them as