just relax. i envision the same thing for the hills park on russian hill and i would like to see the same thing happen there. san francisco is a world class city. but open space is less than 17 percent if we prepare ourselves with some of the great cities in europe such as london. those cities are more than a thousand years old. we are only about 200. if we don't preserve what we have the opportunity to preserve now, we are certainly not going to have chances to do it in the future. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning supervisors. my name is tina moylan. i remember three 3 years ago

meeting with supervisor farrell and part of this business -- working group. working group in poor neighborhoods in san francisco. i like end it last week to wind is surfing in the tsunami which wouldn't happen. we had open meetings. i always felt what's good for folsom california is good for sacramento or what's good for san francisco is good for russian hill and vice versa. i have been to dolores park. all of us have gone to golden gate park. parks is necessary for kids. i never thought i would never see this day. i said to supervisor farrell, if you

can make this happen, i think you should start turning water into wine. [ laughter ] thank you, ms. moylan. next speaker, please. >> john lack man, russian hill improvement association. good morning supervisors. i was going to focus on the collaboration and neighborhood operations but supervisor farrell did a better job than i. the community organizations that has given us their support verbally and many in writing come to the full area of district 3 as well as district 2 which is the natural nearby constituency of the park and many of the residues that would use the park the most have just their

true leather and maybe their bus fare to get to the park. it becomes a really important park for the greater neighborhood as well as the entire city and all the tourist as well. i hope that you don't let this and in these parcels pass us by. thank you >> thank you very much. >> i'm eileen from the parks south side district. i'm urging the committee to support this resolution and to the full board with recommendation. due to its location, francisco park would attract those around san francisco and would be a citywide park rather than just a neighborhood park. the park

would serve by transit making it accessible forrian all city of san francisco. city of >> i represent neighbors on the working group. through my work on this community in the hyde center which is maybe about 5 blocks from the reservoir sight in district 3, i have learned how diverse the community that surrounds this particular parcel of land that's 4 acres. so, down the street yoou got north beach place which is a multi-income multi-race development where a lot of the teens and the families and seniors that we serve at tell hyde

neighborhood center live there and the teen center which is a drop in center for kids and there is a francisco middle school which is an immigrant school and a lot of those kids come from a non-english background. most of those we serve on a daily basis, seniors, toddlers, preschool, most of these people are low income. we sometimes get caught up in the name russian hill. these four 4 acres of land, it sits in the middle of district 3 and 2. i would have to say that if you can vote for this today, you will be serving thousands of kids, thousands of seniors. we've gone seniors who do thai chee in our gym. they can do this

in the park. we've had meetings where we got so much excitement from the y, we talked about intergenerational programming. anyway. we have a lot of speakers. i just want to say thank you to supervisor farrell and margo kelly. please vote for this today. thanks. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> my name is penelope clark and also a member of the working group. i have been working with this for a long time in fact my parents worked for it for many years and i wish they were alive to see this wonderful progress. i'm also a resident for the san francisco neighborhoods. when i brought this to the coalition which represents over 40 neighborhood groups throughout the city, i was just so pleased at the response from so many members who knew the space. and

people from these other neighborhoods comfort fourth of july fireworks and blue angels. they are familiar with this area. once they have this wonderful space instead of trying to pile up on hyde street to watch these things, they will not only come for these events, but they will see this is a place where they will come with their families for picnics and i got overwhelming support from the coalition. i think this truly is a neighborhood all city neighborhood park, not just one neighborhood. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, next speaker, please. >> i will call a few more speaker cards. kaitlyn mann. those are the last speaker

cards that i have. if i have not mentioned your name, and would like to speak, please c'mon up. >> of course we strongly endorse the transfer from the puc to the parks and recreation department to create a new park. three reasons to highlight. the size of the park, the leveraging of the philanthropy involved and to give you context for long-term scheme for acquisition involved in san francisco. this would create as supervisor farrell pointed out a substantial park. four 1/2 acres. it's a rare opportunity to be able to create a park that size and as for location it would have a positive impact on tourism which is the no. 1 driver of our economy. second the leverage of private park

philanthropy. there are about $9 million that are already paid that are lined up in the support of our construction and maintenance of these parks. those are contingent on title of this parcel with the completion of this acquisition to the parks and recreation. so you hold the key to unleashing about $9 million worth of resources already in the pipeline. finally over the 17 years that remain in the open space acquisition funds of the parcel tax, there will be an additional $38 million available after all three of these acquisitions are paid for. so there is plenty of funding available in acquisitions of these parks. so we have a lot more work to do and a lot more resources to apply for creation of open spaces in san francisco. thank you.

>> hello supervisors. i'm speaking on behalf of our executive director and also the organization. to support the transfer of reservoir land within the puc and parks and recreation emancipation of the development of the reservoir to a park and restores the life of san francisco. wout a doubt this is a great opportunity to create a new park for the neighborhoods. as from previous meetings the puc and the parks and recreation the community support for this project is very high. i would like to say that the working group has been working very hard and has been successful in raising over $9 million in private support to develop the land igsz itself. it's very u nique to have san francisco

to making it much more beautiful. i would like to say supervisor farrell thank you for your leadership and it's great that you are working towards making san francisco beautiful. i urge you to approve the land transfer today and the next board of supervisors meeting. we look forward to your continued support to make san francisco more beautiful. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. the better stores of the restaurant. chinese people there. it's so crowded, overall populated. without the public there, i'm going to send it back. but i don't know how to regulate this issue. then for the --

[speaking foreign language] >> >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> i guess it's afternoon now. good afternoon supervisors. again with the parks alliance. i'm speaking in support of the san francisco reservoir. as we've heard this is a once in a lifetime opportunity in a

densely populated area. it will serve the community very well for now as well as into the future. we strongly support this acquisition today and thank you very much. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is gene lack man and retired schoolteacher. our family moved to san francisco in 76. we raised our children there and loved it. according to an article in the marina times. it states that san jose has 25,000 people per square mile. san francisco has an -- astonishing 877,000 people per square miles. as our cities population increases and we build more high rise units, it is essential that we as human beings have a place to play, to run, to relax, to picnic.

the francisco park is for all of san francisco. this area needs it, but more importantly san francisco needs this as well. this would be an extraordinary legacy for the board of supervisors and a lasting tribute of it's stewardship for our beautiful city. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. kelly nice from san francisco's sports alliance. today you have two opportunities to make this a world class place. our mothers had the best for san francisco and let's do that for our children by approving this acquisition. thank you. >> goomg good afternoon,

board of supervisors, i'm the chair of the middle polk neighborhood association. i would like to thank the team that put this project together. you have done an outstanding job. the plan was presented to the middle polk neighborhood association at our june 16th monthly meeting. it received 100 percent support of our members and a very enthusiastic 100 percent support. our neighborhood in those surrounding my neighborhood are starving for green space. while this particular park is not in my neighborhood, it is walking distance from my neighbors. it would be a fantastic amenity for our tourist. please approve. thank you. >> thank you. next speak. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is frank dawkins. i

reside in vernal heights. i often take my family to the other side of the city. when i heard about this, i want to encourage you to make this happen wechlt enjoy amenities on the water front. that will make the areas in the cities more compelling for families and seniors. i hope that that you will vote today to make this a reality. thank you very much. >> good afternoon supervisors, chair farrell, i'm bruce keen, 27 -year resident and familiar with a lack for children's facilities to throw a ball or frisby or safe place to take pictures all the way down from lombardy street. there have been many properties in transition from

the parks and recreation in 1948. unfortunately there was no finances to them. even in 55 plans done and approved by the city, failed to go anywhere. this plan was different as many of referenced the community has been able to raise $9 million out of the budget. this has been done under difficult circumstances with no promise of success and in fact skepticism since nothing has happened to this park in decades. this can be considered a model public private partnership. not only in terms of the private funds to construct the park, but to maintain it going forward so it doesn't affect parks and recreation budget. once this

gets transferred, i'm sure more funds will be available. we are asking your support in helps us create a new and beautiful park for san francisco, thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is lyell a, i'm speaking in support of the park. i moved to san francisco from the midwest 15 years ago. the first thing i was struck by was all the criss cross wires so much holding a city down, a city i thought would be so green. the opportunity before you, before us to create an open space beautiful narcotics

-- park that the entire city enjoys is very portant to me. i encourage the board of supervisors to approve this motion. >> thank you very much, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, my name is andy chiu with the downtown ymca. chuck collins our present ceo has written a letter in support of this. we are looking forward to this new park. my experience in working with the families in the neighborhoods, chinatown doesn't have a lot of open space. this is what's needed and i thank you for bringing all the children to this brand new park. thank you. >> thank you very much. are there any other members of the public who wish to speak on item no. 2? seeing none. public comment is closed. colleagues, i want to thank

you for sitting through this item and as all the public comment and as has been mentioned this is a project that's been talked about for decades, six plus years and through my office with a lot of work and the parks and recreation department and puc. i appreciate your hearing involvement from all the community and a lot of people have taken a lot of pride on what's happened and excited for the future. i want to thank you for your support and specifically margo kelly from my office. we would not be here today without her help and dedication to this project. our budget analyst has recommended a few items. colleagues unless there are any other comments can i entertain a motion to accept the budget analyst recommendations? >> can we take that without objection? and colleagues i would like to entertain a motion to send this forward to the full board with positive

recommendation. >> i so move. i want to thank you for all of your work on this project and the many people in this community who also made it happen. i know from my experience in knowey valley this requires many years and enormous amount of effort. i know there has been a discussion about equity and the project and that will do, i think this fits in very nicely. this is a citywide park and all parks that this park in particular and it's going to be an amazing addition to our park system oovm thank you we have a recommendation to send this forward without objection? okay. so moved. [ applause ] >> madam clerk, can you call

item 3. city clerk: item no. 3. interim treasure island development authority budget. resolution approving the interim budget of the treasure island development authority. >> we have our ports planning division. thanks for being here. go ahead. >> good afternoon supervisors. i'm megan wallet from the port of san francisco i'm here to request support for the port for artwork for the $200,000 from the james art committee which is a 501 c 3 charitable organization. the item is in the lobby of the terminal on pier 27. the installation was

designed by the collective identified by the help of auto desk from the tenant that is in the residency program. james r herman was an important figure in history and i would like to invite john farly from the international foreman union to give a brief background on mr. herman. >> good afternoon. i wanted to first quickly note that i come from jimmy's local. jimmy became president in 1964 by the local w 34. he became a true san francisco. minnie silver is part of the committee. an honorary member is democratic leader pelosi.

jimmy hadden credible values. it was the propensity to reach out to individuals and raise up everybody. you noticed that with his cooperation and work with delancey stleet. he wanted to have a vision of the people in san francisco where everybody had equal access, where immigrants, people of color, etc, really had a second chance to do things. after jimmy became president of local 34, he went on to be the second international president of the union. and he succeeded larry bridges, a legendary figure. shortly before he became president for the board commission and served in that

capacity for 10 years. you can see he very much very much became a true san franciscans. it's fantastic if you know the truly model terminal is named after him and to my knowledge is the only labor leader and activist that has a public building named for him in that way. i really wanted to say thank you to the cosponsors, the mayor. representative chiu and representative avalos. thank you very much. i found out the other day that you are part of the family and grow up with us and understand the values. so thank you for your sponsorship. >> to the picnic at peck park ever july 5th. >> you know us well. you are

welcomed to our july 5th anytime you want to come. in closing, fantastic man. i didn't personally know him, but working on this committee, i'm probably minority. i list everyone who knew him and they all said phenomenal things. a short story. one guy driving jimmy to the airport and when he was going to the airport he made him stop and reach into his pocket and pulled out $200 and said to the man, "you need help, right?" that's who he was. >> thank you. any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues can i send this forward with a recommendation? we can make that without objection. we are going to call the next item. i'm going to say we have a number of people for a larger hearing and discussion around

our soda tax on item 16. we are going to pile through until 12:30 at which point we will call item 16. if you are in jeopardy of not making that cutoff, i apologize. please feel free to come back. i know there are a number of people coming before this. madam clerk, can you call item no. 4. city clerk: item no. 4 a russian approving the budget of the treasure development authority. >> we have brand benson from the port. >> good afternoon, members of the committee. director of special projects for the port. >> can you call item 5 with this. >> city clerk: item no. 5, a resolution of an agreement to purchase a yard of the

northeast corner of north 22nd street from pg & e for $63 dollars $63 or approximately $8.3 million. >> thank you. here to present a project. the agreement before a license from the port and pg & e to submerge the property and an option agreement to acquire some pg & e own land near the ports pier 70. you heard this item in january. it's substantially the same along with the recommendations of the budget analyst. i'm going to breeze through this fairly quickly. if i can turn to the overhead project or, please. okay, san

francisco's current system in the city includes 100 kv system and 230 kv system which is shown in light blue here. that's the system that served downtown san francisco. the two lines serving that system run over areas of the city that are subject to liquefaction. that's the reason for this project is to provide redundant service to downtown in the case for a major seismic event. the rational was studied by the california public studies commission. they recognize a major seismic risk that one or both cables can be severed over the next 30 years for the next seismic event and these cables would be sound. fl

were no power after an earthquake there would be loses. the direct losses would be up to $3 billion. you will see here the downtown area lined in red the embarcadero substation north of mission creek including south beach and south of market. this is the route for the proposed facility. this would run and enter the bay at that location. traps it south about three 1/2 miles and come back on shore around 23rd street. at the foot of portrero hill. the cables would connect to a new 230 kv bus station right jace enter to the embarcadero substation and in the portrero area, to a new 23