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doesn't have a great need as california with the languages that are spoken and people that don't have the fluency you need. the 3 to one federal match is a excelling 0 thing because the lions share is a covered by the federal fund but has a flow to the state >> for the hospitals that need more treerlts. >> it would mean more interpreters on the ground and in some cases it would also mean translation services are available remotely so you'd have trick or treats for the language interpretation that are remotely assessed that are less common but more specific now net

incomes has a variety of languages in san francisco but if you have someone that spoke russian that's less common you'll get case to those services. >> if there's an emergency like the flight asiana you could employ people. >> you can deploy them remotely. >> we would have had the reality there were so many provider in san francisco that had the language skills necessary for a passenger based upon significantly which ones

and korean was very important for that flight. >> this is san francisco remembering kree commission. >> commissioner brul. >> commissioner lo. >> here. >> commissioner mcdonald. >> here. >> harrison and lovington do have excused absences for today. just as a reminder, if you have any electronic devices, if you could turn those off so they do not go off during the meeting. also, on each item, each person will have commissioner, three minutes? >> yes. >> three minutes for public comment on each item. general public comment is items number 4 on

the agenda, and that's if you want to speak on an item not on calendar today. it will be continued again on item 10. and just lastly as a reminder, when you come up for public comment, address your comment to the commission, neither the commission nor staff will respond to public comment. the commissioner may ask staff to comment after you're through with public comment. we're on item 2, the president's report. >> i have a few honorary things to perform before the agenda. there's three people i want to acknowledge. first is alex randolph who is the director of community affairs with the department. and i want to read a brief note and that's dear alex, i write upon your departure from the recreation

and park department to express my heart felt gratitude for all your works. you're gifted with public -- please know that you have my best wishes as you transition to an exciting next chapter in which i know will be a rewarding life. best mark fuel. i want to note where alex is headed. he's been appointed by president obama as the special assist tant with the general assistant in reach nine. alex. >> commissioner, if i could -- >> general manager, before we bring alex up, i want to offer a couple of remarks because when this happened rather quickly, and if

there is ever been bittersweet news, this is it. and it's bittersweet because i'm very sad we're losing truly one of our most talented and dedicated staffers. alex has this incredible grace about him in his approach to community engagement, that he has been able to foster collaboration and consensus while keeping his eye on the key priority for open space and for our department. he was as responsible as anyone for the city and county of san francisco landing. the 2015 greater to greener international parks conference. this is several cities competed to host the conference that will be in san francisco and large part because of alex's work on our application and his excellent project manager with

ten other open space agencies around the bay area. and it's also the bitter piece of this is i'm sad because i've had the great pleasure of working with alex in not just this job, but i had the pleasure of hiring alex in his first job in city government in 2007 when i was working in the mayor's office and alex was a fresh and idealistic man. we worked in that capacity, but wait, there's more. i had pleasure of being alex's professor. alex went to get his master's in public administration from san francisco state and a semester and i was teaching a sexy course in human resources and alex was one of my students and he got an a and

he earned it. and so i'm sad, but i also because of our personal relationship, alex i take a great amount of pride in this next stage in your career and in a sense in your decision to follow your star. you are the -- i know you didn't make this decision lightly but we should be encouraged to follow your stars and i'm glad you're following yours. congratulations. [ applause ]

>> i'm usually not very speechless, but for the last 8 years, i've worked very hard not to be the focus or inquiry of a commission or board of supervisor's meeting, so this is a new experience, but mr. president, commissioners, and phil and public affairs team, i'm very honored and humbled to be recognized here today. last week at our division staff meeting last week from public affairs said this is the easiest and happiest job and not because i didn't do anything or because i didn't get yelled at but i got to go to work to be with the hardest working people in city government and a lot of them

are here from the capital team, from the san francisco state interns that come every spring to my amazing colleagues kimberly, stacy white who keeps everything together and the general manager's office and greets you with a smile every morning and my boss and connie chin is not here, but she's amazing. and elton and jaime hopper, so those are all the amazing people that i got to work with over the last three years in the department and before that, working for supervisor duffdy and the mayor. i'm committed to this and i'm excited i get to stay in san francisco and serve the region for the president and the regional administrator, public services runs deep in my family. and my husband trevor who is here and

who is going to officer candidate school up in newport rhode island and we thank you for all you do. >> thank you, alex. >> the second honor i have is on behalf of the commission, the city and county of san francisco certificate of appreciation recreation and park commission thanks park santiago for his dedication and commitment to the city and county of san francisco and the national football league major league baseball and the fans with the -- with his extraordinary performance at candle stick park. phil, do you want to add? >> thank you for allowing me to tag team on the president's report. a few months back, we were --

we recognized our hard working staff that had been -- spent time serving at candle stick and keeping it a safe place for people to visit and keeping it in the high quality that the nfl expects, and when we went about this assignment, we asked -- we reached out to marcus and said, marcus can you let us know the individuals in the park rangers division who had spent time candle stick and were assigned there and several park rangers were recognized and it's an indication and symbol of marcus's humility and his sense of putting organization first and him second that he forgot to include himself. and he had spent years keeping candle stick safe for our visitors. and it is only just a small bit of what marcus santiago does everyday to keep

our park safe. he's one of this department's best ambassadors and one of the hard working and loyal and kind and compassionate people i know and he truly epitamize the spirit and i know his boss and director here and smiling because i know they feel the same way. it's great joy that we give marcus his day and the recognition he so very much deserve.

>> do you want to say a few words? you don't have to. [ applause ] >> moving right along. finally, this is another heart felt expression. this is a long resolution from the san francisco recreation and park commission. i don't see i could get through the whole thing without being a little emotional, but let's just put it this way. whereas in 200 franscica joined the team and gave the department detail and extensive

knowledge and wise council. and whereas francesca is firm but understanding and has a deep an appreciation and she didn't tell us what we wanted to hear but told us what the law says. appreciation of the importance of public parks and a passion for open space and where recreation has been -- even if only for two years, and whereas she'll have time to enjoy her family, i don't know. she's going to go to work for the mayor's office for crying out loud. she's never going to see her family. i'll skip that one. she'll be sorely missed as will her input and ex per ties including the beach soccer field and the san francisco marine harbor and the palace of

fine arts, now therefore be solved. on behalf of the city of san francisco do hear by franchesca and wish her success in all her futuren defbers. endeavors. >> we have a car waited outside for you. >> i just want to thank you all. it has been my pleasure and my honor to serve the commission

and the department for the last two years. it has been extremely challenging, exciting, interesting and fun assignment, getting to know all of you has been my honor and i look forward to seeing you at least around center hall. i'm sure our paths will cross and thank you again. it has been a great experience and i agree with phillip, it's the hardest team in the city. keep up the good work. >> thank you, and good luck. >> that concludes my report. >> is there anyone who would like to make public comment on the president's report? >> being none. public comment is closed. we're on item 3, the general manager's report. >> good morning, commissioners. several exciting upcoming events to report starting with this saturday, march 22nd from 1:00 to 5:00. i invite everyone out to a little triangular circumstance of

golden gate park to celebrate improvements to the small but important neighborhood green space. these improvements were made thanks to the support the david and carla foundation and the excellent stewardship by the parks alliance. keyzar provides an approach that has art and community engagement, working in collaboration with our staff, the community, the parks alliance, miller, the miller transforms an under utilized meadow by walking paths and it has amazing features. i'm going to insert a second here. when you think about the transformative change that happened between the golden gate park community and now the trees are

triangle. this has become a great way to the park. saturday is a picnic, giant bubbles, cirques workshops, live music, art and nature tours and activities for the whole family. so i invite everyone out there, saturday march 22nd. then if that weren't enough, today is the first day of spring, and on that cheery note, you're all invited to our spring ex travel began saturday on saturday april 19th from 11:00 to 3:00 at sharon meadow golden park and it's an egg hunt for kids, carnival rides and live entertainments and a heated barbeque competition between ssf police, that this year includes a healthy barbecued entre'. commissioners, don't boo. that's good. commissioners, each of you have the opportunity to come out and be a guest judge for this

competition and everyone visit, visit our website at ssfwreckpark.com. they work in various open spaces throughout of san francisco, and meet with park and staff, community members and partners and create placed base projects and before projects are interested in. participants with meet with those their own age and gain crucial skills in facilitating workshops, and environmental and community engagement. if you know those who work in the southeast of our city or attend school, applications for the upcoming year can be found at our website. this is our third year of our green ageers program and i want to

thank kimberly for their leadership forgetting this going. this is one of the things you should be proud about. >> we have a trail naming contest. become apart of san francisco history. help name our trails at glen canyon parks. beyond the rec center and beyond the ball field and tennis court and the beautiful play ground and pathways we cut a ribbon on, it has a canyon that has wild flower displays and rock formations and a creek which is the remaining flow creeks in san francisco. the wilderness -- it's a network of hiking trails lead to hab tats and it leads to

where wild flowers spring. it's poetic. an online entry form can be found on our website. and entries is exciting names such as canyon cliff crosses, ten thousand and one steps of inspiration and wise trail. join the phrase and maybe your entry will be picked. we move onto dolores park. your dolores park is being renovated and we have loved this park to death and it's time for a rehabilitation project for improvements. on march 15th, supervisor wiener and chiu and joins the dolores park neighbors and the work will happen in two phases, the first to be completed this fall and by summer of 2015 the new and improved dolores park will have

new bathrooms and renovated tennis and basketball courts, improved dog play areas, new bike racks, new pathways, new overlook in the southeast corner, improved irrigation and eda access and yes the much celebrated and acclaimed p-pod. these are made thanks to san francisco voters who approved the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood bonds and $13.2 million is dedicated to dolores park. if you haven't been there, the fences are up and the construction is underway. so understand you can't eat in a kitchen you're renovating. be mindful we have a large construction project out there and while the south phase of the park remains open for now, we ask for people's extra patience and understandinging during the construction process. just a few quick personnel items and i'll conclude one is a sad note and

i actually many going to read a brief letter from the park collaborative. dear commissioners, on february 17th, claron lost frank. he was a mac claron park stewart and we feel his loss. he was the public face for many years and president of thumb. in this position he attended public meetings. he was a champions and created funding for his park. he led nature hikes throughout the park. he liked bringing new people to discover mac claron park. he talked about his childhood growing up by the park and considered it being his backyard. he defended the park

that it was a dangerous place with few amenities. he inspired many who created park appreciation and stewardship. as the park collaborative, we want to bring together the groups and individuals who loved this special park. we do this primarily by networking to share information and collaborating with the department, the san francisco park's alliance and the park advocacy, we hope to continue the work started by the friends of mac claron's park. we wish you to share afternoon and tribute dedicated to frank on saturday may 31 at 1:00. it will be a day of music from local youth performers and remembrances of frank. more details to follow and i want to

thank linda for sharing that with us. on a more up beat note, on a happier note, on march 11th, lisa, she was honored by the san francisco and urban association spur with its 2014 m-fact manager excellence award. lisa was chosen for leading san francisco's initiative to manage and care for its natural areas which comprise 868 acres of parkland within the city. she's been the lead architect and visionary of the park department natural area program since 1997. lisa developed the framework and hired 11 staff. she led efforts to restore and develop urban trails such as in glen canyon and preserve 10,000 plants and create a large court contributing almost $5 million

volunteer hours and she had a planning document to guide the management of the city's precious natural resources. lisa joins a pretty impressive club which includes steve in 2012 from our golf and turf team. we're so proud of lisa and she's probably out working some place, but i just wanted to make sure that you all knew that we had such an amazing winner of this award. >> nice. >> lastly, a little bit of recognition. in honor of women's history month, more recognitions, so throughout the month of march, in honor's history month, we have highlighted the women who played a significant role in rec and park history. if you've been on our website, you've learned about rocky, who is the on historic

silver bullet, and an all female baseball team that competed a decade or go. you've learned about the 11 city parks that we have. and you have met navina hill. today i want to recognize a group of women who's determination and hard work are making a difference in our parks and our communities. the lady bug gardeners have been providing to the park and rec. led by the neighborhood advocates, join and kate, the lady bug gardeners who engage a cross section of community members, kids and seniors and long time resident. on any given saturday, you'll see join and kate planting and weed, and beautifying the

gardens and kate focusing on a native garden. we're grateful for the contribution of the lady bugs to the community. since january 2009, they have 50 volunteer parties and have contributed volunteer hours to the recreation center. we're proud and thankful for their efforts and in honor of women's history month, one final certificate of appreciation goes to the lady bugs. [ applause ]

>> i would like to thank everybody for this award. it brings pleasure, i think to the rest of our community up at nolly valley which is a trekky neighborhood and we're being sur rounded by all the nannies there and the place is being used 24/7 between soccer, baseball, the nanny's, tennis and the dog park, and you we don't have enough gardeners. please, try to get more gardeners. we had one owe >> please talk to the mayor. >> our people are worked to the bone and that's how i