for the people in the community. thank you for your time >> thank you. >> hi i'm going to be brief i live within 5 minutes walking dissents of the park. and i fully am in favor of the current plan. i think it serves the did you go owners, it serves the active sport people and the parents and the little kids and bigger kids we are lacking at the moment a green space. i think, you know, on a sunny day i walk to delores a 20 minute walk to get somewhere for a picnic blanket down. i think this is really one of the reasons i'm not using the park as much as is would there's no green grass area. that's to me the biggest and

most important thing about the implement plan separating the people and the having the green space >> thank you. >> any public comment on that item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner low. i think this process really demonstrates the need for small property owner in san francisco. i mean particularly we're going to add thirty thousand households by 2020 everyone is rights but it demonstrates our need for more small property owner and redemption that's for a later discussion and like the general manager to join me in that authenticity leadership with the may someday and excuse me. mr. president, too (laughter) >> but i think on balance this

plan well, not perfect xhaufz the best amongst the competing needs of the neighbors. we've heard this and capital committee and understood the comments from the neighbors but really in my mind achieves probably the best balance. i would say this is only a conceptual plan there will be more confinement and i look to marvin to better deny the dog friendly area so should dogs become off leash we have a barrier to prevent them from intruding into the people area. so could possibly be used for other purposes when there's no dogs in the area but that rewill

come when we're into the architecture plan. i do have reservations about building something we can't build phase one and two will prolong the discussion under the neighborhood if only phase one st. is built. i said the community opportunity award is going to come in september? >> september. >> september, october. i'd like to see this conceptual plan moved but if this is not a - if there's not adequate funding this come back before us >> thank you commissioner levitan. >> marvin i have a couple of questions this is one i'm struggling with because i feel

for both sides of the issue. there's a part of me that feels if we were enforcing the rules that were on the books and listen to what amazed to a quite a few of the people that are fine with the park it might work for everybody does not but grouping in the city we g didn't have a big background so my dad said that's what the park is for. i also know that a hard escape is violating important for our kids to be active. my parent used to send me to hit balls against the wall in the park and learned basketball basketball it was an option for me as a city kid. i'm not crazy about the idea of losing the hard escape but i want to ask you marvin about the

methodology i don't have the numbers but you said in taking the numbers there's a large number of folks who want to keep the park the same but you voted for some of the 0 change i struggle with this is my own struggle but what if people are give them the option of one option over another. i'm not suggesting to go back to public meetings but i guess what i come back to if we tweaked what we had we might be able to appeal to the greater number of people and that's the chief one is the dog issue. the birthing concern is nothing is going to change we have those beautiful small property owner area why do we think somehow it's going to chance unless we

enforce it i fear all for nothing i fear what supervisor wiener wants to do by getting nor park patrol but i have worries about that. so i reluctantly will support this but i also sort wonder it started off as a restroom renovation and now we've morphed into something that's better so - and marvin was there a question in there for marvin (laughter) >> well, i - no, no we arrived at this conclusion leave people not a big descriptioncy this many people don't want it how did you arrive at then president

change? >> well, i mean yeah. marvin you can answer that one because you did the community meeting and supervisor wiener said it best this is one we're really to to pieflz he piece the right way to design this park better a clear consensus didn't work. and so it's like, you know, in an constant run off there's not a clear majority that emerged so tlrns there's a strong sense if i said it, i misspoke the park was not working for anyone but the park design given the current usage has it's changes so there's a consensus for change. or there was enough of a consensus for change.

let's talk about that commissioner. with respect to off leash doing are not method doing their realistic based on resource constraints you'll suggest that 7 days a week during the park hours we'll have to have a that is correct control officer on duty almost all the mind that just isn't realistic. i think we can perhaps do more with siemg and education even if we're able to have more park parolee we need more park patrol officers there will be far more hours with no park enforcement so you try to improve things through design are we one hundred percent sure this is

going to exhaustive everybody does not no, but a great deal professionals tried to make design modification to the park that were more likely to meet some of the community needs we've heard decreed to we're not creating an off leash area only a place for fepg area for people. the other piece of green space we know that they're to be dogs in the park you have a accommodate people bus that's a multi use space. one thing that might make it easier i want to remind people of the discussions of asphalt and the need for active playing that's my part time i get it i'm

synthetic for that. one thing i'll add because of the partnership with the school district we w have a robust active area two schools are participating in the share program they don't have asphalt so i think there's a balance of recreational areas in the neighborhood that's what we're striving for >> thank you commissioner bonilla. >> i think there's a problem with definition. i think most dog owners define people space as having a place to take their dogs. i mean, that's pure and simple that has been is case with all

of our parks that the dog owners see being able to take their dogs to any of the parks walk with them and play with them and especially play with them with their children, you know. that's seep as a family activity. and so how do you get around that. it's very difficult i can't get around that. that being said i think it's any opportunity where we can have grass vs. synthetic fields i think we ought to seize that opportunity. we need to i mean- we need to

have natural grass wherever we can pit it into the parks for picnicking and for sitting out in the sun and enjoying the sun. if there's any way possible to do that that's a good thing. and we ought to strive for it. we might not be able to get the park patrols we need. and not been able to use i mean or have park patrol coverage to enforce the leash laws but it's not set in stone that we can't try and put every effort forward to have grass and to have the park patrols that we need to if

we don't try we don't make the effort whatsoever and just accept the fact it this whole city has to be turned into synthetic fields, you know, i don't think we want to go there. i'm talking about hard keeping hard areas vs. not, you know, having grass i mean, i think we need to have as much a pet park the grassy areas that we can make it. and that's actually what i'm referring to not that i'm complaining about synthetic fields >> commissioner low. i compromising didn't realize commissioner harrison wanted to

say something >> commissioner harrison. >> on mr. general manager with regards to the landscape do those tennis courts or basketball court can we line those areas that define the tennis or basketball courts for the schools. >> are you talking about the shared playground. >> that's both the basketball and tennis i don't know what affordable housing adversary but there are a couple of. >> alvarado has 2 and lake 6. >> so their defined lines and . >> i don't know about the tennis backboards their might be other people who know about the backboards at lake i know. >> it in it is interesting to

find out if we could install a tennis court somewhere and line it. >> where. >> in one of the schools that are nearby, you know. >> i mean our school district that doesn't get brought up but our school district adds to the playgrounds tennis courts are most likely no our upper schools our high schools rather than our middle school but our school district has tennis court. >> do we have one in close proximity to the noah courts and superstitions i don't know. i think supervisor wiener mentioned as part of this resurface to tennis courts that are currently out of operation to add to our intention court

inventory we care about we are working with folks in the room to improve the access of quality of tennis courts in san francisco, you know, your job is competing with park values on any site. >> seeing no other comments commissioner low do you want to a make a motion. >> yes. with the modification there's only one phase that phase one and two be constructed subject to the award of the community opportunity fund sometime in the fall and should that opportunity fund not come through that this matter be remained by the commission to come back before us. >> is there a second. >> so moved all in favor, say

i. and everybody does not looks perplexed to what happened. >> we're on item 10 general public comment this is continued from item 4. is there anybody who wants to make general public comment seeing none, this item is closed >> item 11 commissioner matters. i want to say one thing informing for who those how were not and library opening it's a great architecture i'm trying to get this power anchored the general manager is there are that's a simple for north beach and when joe d gets improved theres a mecca for the chinatown area.

any public comment on that item? seeing none, public comment is closed. item 12 is new business agenda that item? . seeing none, public comment is closed. item 13 is communications. any public comment on that item? . seeing none, public comment is closed. and item 14 is adjournment >> move to adjourn. >> moved and seconded. we're gñfñ??ññw