with the conditional. we've been teaching our classes since the building was made available. during our time we've put in hundreds of hours and the horizontal design sits skrarl in the element center the liv machine the green revolver and the landscaping we teach to designer as a contractor involved we're going to continue our time there and expand those are oefdz and continue to expand our hours offering scholarships to people in the bayview. i'll keep it short. so thank you >> (calling names). >> dprooet and thank you for your care and care and caution of this issue.

inch kevin i'm with the urban institute with san francisco. we've been happy to participate since the sift of the occupancy was dprapt and we've 2ri7bd or 2ri7bd over 5 hundred hours to the center. we're happy to continue that involvement with everyone that david said. we're happy to support the bayview program and the san francisco conditional >> jonathan wu (calling names). >> good afternoon and thank you. i'm peggy. thank you for that attempt. i'm an environmental science and instructor at the city college of san francisco. i'm also a second generation resident where i continue to reside with my husband and children. i've had the honor of working with the colleagues from city

college and bay natives but nothing short of amazing. my snow students the monitoring and the programming at the eco center. as a representative of conditional it's one of the anticipated first hires i spornl support in for the sturdyship. should our proposal be accepted i look forward to working with the colleagues at both institutions but most important to make sure they have access and a pleas is and i'd like to take a moment to acknowledging our statements with the nelson mandela it's our violation for the stewardship we don't see two proposals but the eco center belongs to everyone.

so i thank you. i see that the bay institute has the expertise and the administrative capacity and the heart to provide that access to provide the support of the programs and the stoufrdship of the program. we'll work together to showing showcase this and to create a sense of pride with the facility. i know we'll be successful because the eco center represents the best example of the resources in the built environment and the only facility in san francisco where students have hands on access. that's with our delivery of environmental programs to all ages and programs with the authenticities open the bayview

point and other san francisco schools. i look forward to working with my colleagues and other lavish 261 and other agencies that are in support. to continue to provide the work experience opportunity particularly related to native landscaping and habitat restoration and europe horizontal and other green careers. i thank you for your time and that's it. i'll stop >> (laughter). >> (calling names). >> keep in mind members of the pun and the port commission and vice president brandon good morning. i'm a receipt of the sunset district and i'm endorsed in the

applied research and sustainability class in the spring. in the two years i've about that enrolled here i've been responsible for the water treatment and assisting the habitat restoration efforts and giving tours for the visitor and more - i'm very proud i've 2r0ib9d the eco center and i want to share this expense with as many as possible. the resources of our skeleton crew and frenzy/stroiftd to make that a wonderful center. we're a diverse groping group that help with the passing one of information. we're ready to move forward and

form long-term phipps and the capacity and historical reliability makes it proposal the best option formals partnership. the bayview advisors committee the eco center will become another place the community can take pride in enjoying area i believe this future is in all our best interests >> (calling names). >> i'm sonya education and volunteer manager. i've worked there about seven years and i love my job. a lot of it has to do with the passion thaft been spoken before. we've brought on many projects

all baselines our mission. we've duplicate that with our amazing teams we have the grant writing team for example. you know, to our best practices we do a lot of i think kerry mentioned the hands on learning but i want to get out into the community. i know we have a long history of offering free programming but that can be difficult for many areas. beef done a few things in the southeast sector but it would be great to offer some of our best practices and be able to support the work they're already doing. thank you >> (calling names). >> i'm dr. bib it i'm in the

biography department. i'm here to bring you my support. i was here to support and i decided to speak at the last minute but i wanted to say i've taken students out to the field and there's nothing like getting in the field into the march and experiencing what that has to offer in terms of the process of science but the stooirdship of the land. having this as a working field site will not only interior and engage and encourage students you know of all economic background but you when you're talking about sea level rise we

can see what having an impact march can do it can be studied at aaron's head it can be an encouragement it is a place to be. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon council. i'm dominique. i'm speaking on behalf of san francisco city college. i was part of the place of residence when it was first offered. it was a great class you know what the students wool really came there and fixed that place of residence up and put in a lot of energy. there's a lot of hands on you

can get from any textbook. it's also part of a sift program that i was lucky enough to get the sustainability certify. i landed a yoob and now i'm looking implementing the sustainability program. it's supporting the eco center and the community >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. james bryant western union director. i know i'll start my position off as you know, i can imagination what david felt after gaga litigate came up but guess what we're the folks.

those are hyphenated the nut i understand has a couple of million dollars in the bank they're able to pay their ceo who works part time $300,000 a year and you know what we can't do that but we can make sure that herself responses head is part of our community. let me start off will i by saying i had a meeting with peggy and the whole group because you, you know, my job is to facilitate and try to bring everybody 80 together. i said let's sit down and put a team together because you may have all the technologies in the future but the major failure is

that they didn't connect with the community they didn't, you know, easy into developing a relationship with folks. and i'll tell you why in 2006 pz&e started dismantling their power plant i was part of that and the folks who lived in the bayview hunter point ear never saw the herself responses facility. there was no violation for them to side they had to cut through a fence or cut around the security to become a part of the scene at herself responses head. it was just recently that the poster came and did a fabulous

job of remaking herself reopens head. i want to express the importance of making sure that you understand that if this - if by the hand this park over to thisable corporation that's the final barrier because there is no richz that any of the folks here have be able to put together not leverage not the bay institute. they keep saying san francisco city college i spent more 7, 8, 9 working with the city college more years and in fact, i was part of the relevant committee to erect the new fabricate i specifically asked him what have

you authorize conditional to use in this process and specifically he has not. and neither has the board is it's a good trick to come in here and say you know what we're doing f that but ledge built that building to serve the bayview hunter community and i hope as i send out my thoughts of leo when he started with local 10 when we said to me you know what it's a humility and i'm talking about humility how do we do something that's right. you've got all those great pieces but you're missing the contact to the community. thank you for your time

>> (calling names). >> hi, i'm charles bayview resident and student. i my fingerprints are that on the monitoring to the wastewater treatment system to the energy system and even the designs for the architect that's going on the roof. you know, i was one of the kids that k y most of you know in guadalupe common i was one of the kids catching undergoes and snakes and lizards and such. it's like right now as the districts we're heading in my

grandkids can't watch that. i have to cut my little speak short i i was asked by you i'm going to chop up a ladies name. she asked me to read this. the program in the office of the public defender supports the bay institute and proposal. b magic has had a 10 year history of serving children through our collaborative network and community - last thing we've supported my program fetters at the her responses head park for bayview providers and other events. given the except the program

efforts we believe they will be in the best positional to expand on the existing program at herself iron head park and working with local youth dproupdz and a schools. b magic is making efforts - looking forward to support and participating open the advisors committee and utilizes our expertise to connect with the cfos. and outreach for the community and we're both in support of the bay institute city college program >> (calling names) >> commissioners and staff my name is john i'm the president and ceo of the aquarium foundation.

i'm here on behalf of the bay senior senior staff applying to this proposal has unanimous support from the entire board of directors. it's an important program we want to inspire the watershed and have been doing that for over thirty years we've been honored to run the eco center. i know the watershed is a nature waterfront. 87 percent of californians don't know what the delta is. so addressing the huge literacy problem is critical and, you know, this is what we do this is our mission. so being able to work with the living tool like the eco center

helps us to he'd that literacy problem head on we'd love our support for the proposal. thank you >> (calling names). >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm mia i'm the student and teacher programs coordinator and bay. i'm here to add my support to the bay area proposal to take occupancy of the herself responses park. i do so because i believe in the power of viral education. in its capacity to enlighten and grandparent and give us up to this point. i believe that the aquarium and the bay institute and city college of san francisco has the

expertise, the resources necessary in order to use this amazing resource eco center at the her responses park and give the great science education to the people in east eastern san francisco. during the program i've worked tirelessly to increase our presence by working with our close relationship with the school district and other inform institutions to provide teachers and family event focusing on science and sponsoring classrooms to have live trout in their classrooms an amazing program run by the wife horrify wildlife. we'll continue to provide this

to neighborhoods that have been denied access to it. (calling names). so arcadia then margaret >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm martha and i'm the faculty in the graduate department at the john fy censured institute we're in support of the conditional san francisco proposal. one of the reasons for that is the course that i teach at the

john f. kennedy university is taught and my intention is to bring my students here in the spring to help them learn about the community in the areas they're going to be in and help them bring their educates to building and strengthening the current eco center that's already there. both organization have a long history of work along the bay front with the port of san francisco. we'll do with our graduate students is work to do a survey and conduct acquires and the estimation to build partnerships and what are the educates and interests of the community to build strong relationships between all the oeshsz

they will assist in learning about the community and help to make connections. i ask you to grant shoourdship to the bay foundation. >> (calling names). >> commissioners. >> corrin had to leave but asked i read here comments. >> go ahead amy read corrin woods statement. i'm very excited about the bay institute aquarium foundation for operation and programming of the eco center at herself reopens head park. the proposal builds on the work and it offers the resources that our community as well as the port and all of san francisco.

this program opens up new opportunity for kids who's transmitting opportunity have been limited. thank you >> (calling names) >> good afternoon i'm jeff general partner of bay native nursery. immediate neighborhoods to the herself responses head park where we've been just over 2 years. it's been my pleasure to be working in that neighborhood and we've taken a great interest in the park from do i day one we've tribltd hundreds of hours in the

landscaping and dine work. we've spent sent volunteers into the landscaping program and donated many hundreds of plant for the landscaping including the garden collection of rare specifications. it's my distinct pleasure to work s with peggy and crew that have demonstrated hard science is run the wastewater management system in the eco center. i was recently kekd contacted by bay natives to a give them insight to let them, you know, about how to do the maintenance. i was impressed they reached out to me and it's clear this is the

candidate that you should choose for this lease and i urge according to give them their favorable consideration >> (calling names). >> good morning, commissioners islam tracy. i am here representing myself. a combrup here in san francisco have been living in hunters point. i was working for literacy for viral justice for 3 years my i did a background of education and did ugh i youth he development. i was running that building by myself. it is a tough job. i know in order to maximize it's full benefit the operation and the programming needs to be integrated and while the

parentheses is not part of the proposal to live up to the full vision of being a classroom having a tenant that has the technical capacity to manage operations as well as do the programming is really crucial i'm here to support the bay institute and city college in the proposal. as we know with the history of the viral movement it's notes alters been inclusive. it's utmost importance the continually of san francisco that as an institution in our city that bends folks and people of color especially in southeast san francisco that they have fro reign and hired folks in the

community liquor carol line and charles with peggy leading the way. they've created an inclusive community at the eco center. it's hard to still stay connected who not been an employee but i'm draunl back to the eco center and wanted to support it because of the work that conditional has exempted. to you definitely second the comments earlier about the vision and commitment and follow through and am in support of their proposal >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. islam's katherine i support the

proposal for from the bay institution pr conditional serves 85 thousand students and in 340i department we have 5 thousand students. we run a pathway program at the south southeast campus your students work in early which would addition education and youth training as credential teachers. i have first-hand knowledge of the environmental deficits in classrooms and commissioner fierro centers in the areas of science. many of our classrooms have minimal science activity areas and minimal science quarter and elementary schools have asphalt parking their yards wre which

were you can't can play and it's black top incriminate instead of green spaces. if we want to encourage kids we have to start with their teachers the straefrnz to have education and training in the ways of incorporating nature environment and know the basic principle of science and environmental education. our department is also very exempted to recruiting teachers they'll be working in the southeast sector their filled with schools and commissioner fierro homes. many of those teachers have had one course in science and that's not enough to answer the questions children