divine plan. again, when we restore landscapes or more often introduce a set of species are the ones we want to see this, we are altering the landscape to what we want to see there. i thank you all very much for your service. i would like to say, phil, every time i find an open bathroom in the park, i thank you. >> thank you. speaker: next speaker, please. >> good morning, commissioners and general manager. my name is richard rothman. i'm one of the city guides at the tower and i would like to thank sandra and the rest of the staff for giving us the opportunity to make tours. the people really enjoy it and really enjoy

talking about coy towers and looking forward to next year. i was at the proposal for fixing the murals and i'm really happy and excited for what they are doing. they are bringing in a top team to do the survey and to do the renovation. most important, they are going to come up with a management plan. so hopefully we don't to have do this again in 30 years. this is going to be the third time that we had to renovate the murals up there. this part is really exciting and it's really exciting to see that the work is going on and they fix the water leak. but, i'm concerned about the lease, any other we talked about it a couple months ago. i guess there is three or four options floating around. talking to her i ndz --

understand there is a tight line because it involves other city agencies. i hope we can have some kind of community meeting before we come here and we can all settle on a plan and not have it, torpedoed or stops at the board of supervisors. i know some of the past contracts have passed here and not been implemented. this is kind of a -- we want things to do right. i'm sure the commission and the staff, so i think the more community and support we can have. preferably i prefer the first staff recommendations. i was there and i didn't see many people on the concrete. i just think that would be for the vendor. i have heard the other

two proposals. i think it should be up to all of us and the better we have the public input, the sooner we can move along. i want to wish everybody happy holidays! >> thank you. >> next speaker. thank you. >> good morning commissioners, good morning phil, my name is bonnie jones. last march i was well over 300 pounds. just joking. [ laughter ] i'm here on behalf of everyone that enjoys zumba in the parks, zumba program, friday nights in castro, saturday morning in portrero hill and sunset. i attend them all and i even pay for some of them. this is a poster that all the kids got together. when i say kids, i

mean people from ages 9-84. nine is our youngest and 84 is our older.. they sign this because they love zumba, they love the folks that you have chosen. they bring a smile to our face. zumba does so much more than keep us trim and fit. it brings communities together, people out of their homes, neighbors meeting neighbors. i'm going to get upset, but it's really wonderful. especially out in the sunset where people tend not to talk to their neighbors. you get 80, i think last week we had close to 90 men and women dancing around wildly. that video really doesn't do it justice. i was going to bring in music and give you a performance, if you are on portrero hill you are

doing latin and on another it's country. for me it's amazing. what i realized about myself, i don't smile. when you have a zumba structure staring you down with a beautiful set of teeth smiling, you tend to do the same. i have taken up smiling and i want to give you this. it's signed by dozens of men and women thanking all of who is fantastic, i understand she works for you and december who comes from san mateo. thank you for this program. i really enjoy myself. it's a really wonderful opportunity to come together. happy holidays!. >> okay, we are now at our

15-minute limit for general public comment. we are going to item 5 which is the consent calendar. 5 h is off calendar. we'll hear that in just a moment. i do have two public comment cards for the consent calendar, robin andance anastasia. >> hello again. you may think this is inevitable. i first became aware of knapp driving by the park. a san francisco alliance a huge amount is being spent without park users. expand the playground and add a new entrance. in the process they have destroyed nearly every tree surrounding the billion -- building and the

slope around the tennis court's. the eucalyptus tree is gone. the bee tree is gone. i would like to add earlier this we're, a dead owl was found there. that can be traced back to herbicides. all the actual improvements people want are in phase two of the project which will cost $20 million. in a blog by tony holiday who was a trekker who came back to glen canyon park says the park is depressing to look at when one is used to looking at a uniquely wild park. i loved them. i'm starting to avoid them. it feels like the

suburbs. when you are used to looking at a uniquely wild park over the years. people should know better who go through such extremes with their park improvements. i liked it when it was over grown and hidden. changed my mind by thinking of would be cool if trails were cleared out because those don't know when to quit. no tree -- they are spending taxpayers money on the wrong things. so far i'm not impressed with the so-called improvements in the canyon. at least there are trees on the trails. who knows how long they will last. not every trail needs to be bike friendly. i don't like to go on a trail to be run over by

bikers. in a similar situation in the chicago wilderness area, a research social scientist found that while a large majority of cook county residents found that restoring the areas was a good idea but would not require knocking down trees and using herbicides. such feelings were widespread were in the metropolitan. >> you are out of time. anastasia? >> hi. i'm sorry. she is so eloquent and has nice quotations. i want to talk about the same thing. this project you will just add another half million to glen park for restoration or

recreation or whatever it's called. and it being added to a very expensive project. the project is so expensive because it does the things which should never have been allowed. it's a place that tennis players and their own way, where tennis player didn't want. it will be as it was before. i was told to build on that hill it will be at least five times more expensive than to build on this flat area. since the money is spent, it's public money. the exception for this project was based on the lie, a statement that it will be on the program area. not on the hill and not on natural areas of the park. meanwhile over 50 trees which were not in the project area but the neck -- next part of

the park. all of them, the hazardous -- the ability for trees but posted as hazardous for the public. at least you can eucalyptus trees were -- beneath. they were acting as giants holding the soil. no other newly planted trees can do these things. they have at least 300 years of life in them. they were taken out. the way they deposed of trees, they should be careful. shame on rtd for doing this and shame of this commission for supporting

it. i hope you stop doing it. thank you very much. happy holidays! thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to make public comment on item 5, the consent calendar? seeing none, public comment is closed. we need a motion for all items except for item 5 h. >> entertain a moment. >> so moved. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> so moved. >> we are now on item 5 h. >> good morning, director of operations. the item before you is for discussion and possible action to approve the allocation of 608,000 for the replacement of the roof in art studio in golden gate park to be funded by the reserve for

fiscal year 13-14. commissioners, back in february 2010 you an approved the annual use of the 5 percent for the contingency reserve throughout the park maintenance system. for 13-14 this year the open space fund reserve totals $1217,000. the reserve structure are depicted in attachment a in your packet. looking at attachment a, i would highlight the three items. the reserve is broken up into three separate funds, the deferred maintenance and 25 percent for commissioners projects and 25 percent in undesignated receive. the commissioners fund balance was 14, $621 and the undesignated is $148, 238 and the deferred

maintenance problem is $608,000. last year the department identified water main repairs and last year's completion status is on attachment b in your packet. everything is complete except the two projects at maclaren park. they are working on the gym floor repair now. the last year deferred maintenance project should be completed shortly for the item before you, for fy 13-14. the department's proposal to continue major infrastructure repair and replacement as the principal focus of deferred maintenance and among those of the significant requirement the integrity of the studio building roof. this building built in 1888 is victorian

romes k building and two devastating fires one in 1974 and another in 1980. several restorations to the building have been accomplished. in 1991, the original stone slate roof was opened with synthetic slate. it doesn't contain asbestos is now decomposing. it's surrounded the building. our proposed roof replacement will remove the existing synthetic tiles and replace with stone tiles thus restoring the building to its original context and with an exceptionally long life cycle. this project will reuse some of

the pieces that are in good and serviceable condition such as the fiberglass hips and top caps and skylights will be preserved and reused. this level of ornamental structure will be restored. the internal cost estimation places the total process of this roof within the amount available in the reserve fund balance for deferred maintenance. so the staff recommendation is approval of the $608,000 and the maintenance reserve to fund propose deferred maintenance project of the arts studio roof replacement. >> is there any comment on this item? seeing none, public

comment is closed. >> just a question, given the old roof had some as as as as best os, >> the city at the time approved the product. i don't think we can go after them since we approved the product to go on in 1991 and the construction attorney tells me the statute of limitations of expired. >> thank you. is there a motion? >> so moved. >> moved and seconded. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> thank you. >> we are on item 6, the san francisco zoo.

>> good morning. tonya peterson with the san francisco zoo. i will make this brief. and i will try to get to the powerpoint here if i can get to the powerpoint and give you an attendance update. i just want to show we are at our 6-month of date attendance. look at how much of it came in november,

12,000 coming in november . that's because we opened the new playground. if you can't recognize them, that kid there is general manager phil. thank you everybody for coming to the opening. we had 4,000 members come on opening day at the playground. so a huge success. our next slide it's a gorilla baby girl. she will be going on display this weekend on saturday. with that we have come down with a few names, which is mallakai, and it an

integrated troop. the grandmother has done a fantastic job. she actually helps feed the baby. that's terrific news. then we'll go to zoo lights. we are in full programming starting tomorrow. this is the second year from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00. we have food and crafts and even a food truck. look on our website for more programming and information. we have winter camp during the holidays for kindergartners through 5th grade. if anyone is interested, please check our website. lastly, our temporary exhibit about giant bugs ends on january 12th. this received great reviews. the next thing

is on poop and scoops. and that will be interesting for our visitors. don't know how to advertise for that one. that concludes my report. >> thank you very much. >> is there anyone who would like to make public comment on this item. being none, public comment is closed and this was discussion only. item 7, appointment and revise aryary committee. >> good morning commissioners, general manager and secretary. melinda stockton, capital improvements division as well as community gardens program manager and i believe this is the last commission i will be saying interim ag person. i'm coming to you today with an action item, a possible action item to fulfill a position on

the advisory committee and as well as rea pointing the members odd number seats of 1, 3, 5, 7 of farm. it has a new name as last year. it's to improve the saint mary's complex. the management plan was completed in august of 2012 and the cac formation was an integral part of the management plan. the initial committee appointments were made in fall of the 2012. fortunately after serving with the committee, seat no. 2 which is one of the two neighborhood residents in the committee moved out of the city and no longer available or eligible to serve on the committee. the committee is comprised of 9 seats. i'm the representative for staff.

initially the appointments were made so odd numbers for 1 year and even numbers for 2 years to stagger so we didn't lose all of our veterans at once. the farm, cac relies on cat egorical representation so activist, residents and farm practitioners and so forth. i sent last week an annual report to the commissioners through margaret mckartsdzer. after commission appointments were made in september and fall 2012, the committee started meeting officially in january

2013. we have now completed our first year. a lot of getting relationship building and trust building and coalition building and working. i act as a messenger bringing the committees recommendation to the appropriate staff for final approval and commission when appropriate. when seat two was vacated we did extensive outreach through the farm of cac and other stakeholder groups as well as to the citywide urban agriculture working group and supervisor david campos, parks and recreation and staff as well as announcement within 200 feet of the recs center complex. we had several applications. those involved with the review were myself with the community gardens programs manager and

parks and recreation manager kimberly kiefer. she brought a perspective to the review around candidates that will help out the community and bring resources the bear. i'm happy to recommend to the commission this morning that we appoint laura martin to replace seat 2. i'm also pleased to report that laura has made time and sat through a fantastic and emotional ride through commission hearing to make a few comments today. laura holds degrees in environmental and landscape architecture. she lived between her extensive residents here and as well as arizona and worked on johnson grants and hud grants. laura's

combination of technical expertise with landscape arc and landscape and architectural issues with community development make her an excellent advocate for the community and we look forward to working with her and the staff to help the farm. the farm is one of parks and recreation most level of violence and they distribute to a number of groups and many many school and other groups that visit the site for educational purposes. laura is a bruno heights resident and lives between holly park north of the farm. in addition to recommending laura martin, i would like to recommend'

reappointment for the odd number seats. the resident reserved for housing resident, alice caruthers. she has a large historical and knowledge of the farm and a valuable member of the committee. and brett is involved with the farm and a licensed contractor. seat 5, craig heckman. he's a landscape architecture and has working in a lot of naturalized open spaces adjacent to the agricultural production, finally seat 7, bonnie, who has been working at the library and working on the living library nature walk and also implemented a stereotyped for the program use this summer and

continues to work with adjacent schools. i think that concludes my presentation and happy to answer any questions. >> thank you very much. >> is there any public comment on this item? did you want to come forward, laura? >> thank you. i just wanted to say that i'm really excited to participate on the citizens advisory committee and work on the goals that the committee has. i just also wanted to say that urban farms are such a transformative place for participants and i would like to thank the parks and recreation for setting up the infrastructure and like a farm can have a system and survival

for the residents of the city. i'm happy to be part of this committee, thank you. >> thank you for being willing to serve. >> is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> so moved. >> we are on item 8. balboa renovation project award a contract. >> good morning, commissioners. my name is -- dj with the capital division. the item before you today is for possible action to approve an award in architectural and engineering contract to renery for the renovation project for an amount not to exceed

$950,000. just a background. balboa pool renovation is in the phase of the projects for 2012 bond program. a request for proposal for architectural and engineering services was put out in october of this year. the successful firm will be providing architectural mechanical electrical structural services for the project. the scope of work requested focuses on fully renovating the pool building itself. this includes pool circulation systems, pool pumps and dehumid fiction systems and comfort, new pool locker rooms, possible addition of another program room and renovation