and official opening in the near plaza is planned for early falls we'll keep you abreast of the time now i will conclude with two special recognize items for the first thing that's that's time for our department quarterly employee recognize. >> thank you good afternoon mr. ginsburg and i'm the human resources director for the department i'm proud and how should to be here to introduce jolene as the award employee recognize program joline started on may six 17997 and promoted up

to the senior personal clerk and payroll clerk and has been the payroll manager for the recreation and park commission since 2002. this past april the recreation and park commission was one of the departments to convert 15 hundred employees to the new payroll program in order to do so we had to train one hundred and 40 supervisors i others yourselves this happened during the busiest he time of the year and when the payroll clerk we were down two payroll clerks joline effectively used all the system and joline dedicated herself no having few glitches and disruptions without jolene's

efforts that would be disrupted did department and couldn't afford that so on behalf of the rules committee we want to thank her (clapping.) >> that's good. >> hey can we please before we

precede i need everyone to take a seat. >> all right. i wanted to conclude the recognition portion there's two special individuals who won of whom has retired lewis are you here and lewis fong and bob ramos if you guys wouldn't mind step forward to the podium we talk about commissioners about the importance the park safety we were very fortunate and blessed to have more investment in the park control officers we can't do it alone we rely on the services the self-med and we're grateful to chief suhr and i

wanted to recognize those two individuals lewis has retired you look great and bobby think your retiring shortly both gentlemen have worked tireless in golden gate park our largest park and the park will probably the most complex and challenging social issues so i'll start with lewis retiring from the san francisco police department since 152007 he was with the motorcycle unit to patrol golden gate park and in the 1980s it was pulled out of the park things thanks to the leadership of chief suhr when we saw vandal ifrm in the park the chief made

the decision to bring him back to insure our gardeners and staff is protected from vandals and bob ramos who is accompanied here bob ramos joined the self-police department in the 81 and working in patrol and in 991 was on the tenderloin task force before we returned to richmond station he's devoted to keeping golden gate park safe for all to enjoy he's are earned silver and bruins metals and highly

respected his enperiodic knowledge and serving for 32 years he calls it the best in the service and we call him the chief of chicken hill we've been blessed with the incredible commenting commitment so it's my honor to join you commissioner president buell in recommending them and martin having you have something to say and we have command tom who would like to make a couple of comments. >> thank you commander tom. >> good morning commissioner president buell and park commissioners i'm general manager i've had the honor to work with those gentlemen the 33

years the commitment to work ethic and bob he's worked for 33 years the last 12 years at gerp offering services and keeping a safe t he starts his days at 4 in the morning and lewis i've known him but both of those guys have worked for 33 years for commitment to the city they've i joined the reserves so, now they're going to be patrolling for free. thank you mr. ginsburg for honoring those fine officers their truly san francisco's finest >> (clapping) >> and to officers fong and

ramos on behalf of the commission and my fellow commissioners we can't thank you enough the parks are only as good as their remuneration to be safe and sclaen and that's due to you, we give you our hearty congratulations thanks (clapping). >> all right. get off the payroll; right? >> that's sounds good.

>> 1, 2, 3. o one more 1, 2, 3. perfect, thank you. . >> i just want to say thank you very much i want to thank the rec and park supervisors that have done so much to help and the park ranchers thank you.

i'm looking forward as a reserve overwhelming to go back into the park and work the same hours and details with the gardener that have gunning done a good job. >> bob said it all i want to thank mr. ginsburg for getting the third bike unit back into golden gate park that's where we are started 40 years ago it's good to help thank you, again to the park ranchers we do wing the secretary potholes are they back up us and we them thank you very much. >> i'll conclude with the short video this month of rec and

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i have to praise you. >> thank you elton that's july out is in happy rec and park and that guess so that concludes my general manager report. >> we're going to be going to general public comment and i'll read off the names i'm going to read a few and continue. (calling names). to start with, please. >> good morning, commissioners general manager mr. ginsburg i'm tom the proprietor of john eagles it's been my privilege to

manage the land i want to thank you for your patience with the pouring of support i want to remind the members of the community you've been one of the great commissions for public golf and golfers we've seen in many, many decades. glen eagle has a rich history and folks stripped the first shots in 1962 pro tem a brand new beginning for that neighborhood internal revenue i think it's 52 year-old 38 developed one of the most challenging golf course and x mayors have played and cops and

for all the lease holders over the past 52 years given giving time the current lease model is not useful the lease holder of the old property is too much for one inhibit to bear pipes are busting and limbs are snapping when the wind blows and the water prices have doubled in the last year and an additional 40 percent the puc go says that will double in 20 years we're looking for party and fairness it is a great resource we love managing it we put our hoults into that everyday and hope to continue

>> next speaker >> good morning out of respect and time we're going to have a group come up and stand behind one of the speakers i'm rodney the hunters point group and we help our people as i look around our community from the southeast from sunnyvale to hunters point it's been some disproportionate offering i'll say i'm happy to see what we see on the televisions with the parks and children playing but between sunnyvale and hunters point glen eagles is trying to have social gain so folks can engage in today's society and we want our

kids it 0 participate in the sliding down the slides and artists showing them how to do things and play golf. at this point now i'd like to say it is let's be fair and invest in our community and glen eagles and hunters point we help our people to help revitalize and shape as we move forward into this now earring of diversion and greatness. please come on up, sir >> can you lift the mike up. >> there you go. >> hi ime i'm i'm in

partnership with the programs thaer their from instead of going against us give us the opportunity and sport we're going to keep doing our jobs as nonprofits and like you all to invest so we have the same opportunity that all the parks have thank you. (clapping.) >> next speaker. >> morning, commissioners and mr. ginsburg i'm carol i'm a resident and homeowner in the cross examininger amazon district of san francisco is

glen eagles golf course is in my backyard i'm here in support of the fester to try to renegotiate a fair and equitable lease so mr. shaw can operate the glen eagles it's clear to us who are regular patrons it has to be a labor of love it's not going to be harding park but it has something and brings something unique to our community not only golfers but it serves as a sign of something in the community t it also is unique it's a 9 hole golf course so many of us who are working people who don't have a lot of time to play golf and glen eagle serves a purpose

i play in the middle of the day between work and get out and play and enjoy i know there's been point flt in the past some uses of the land for other purposes but as long time resident and a heavy yourself of mcclaren park that's a highly underutilized resource so from my prospective i don't see the golf course and it's conversion to other uses if it's contemplated to be worthwhile or worth on investment by the city that's my comments and i appreciate i giving me a couple of moments thank you. >> next speaker. >> my name is albert i started

playing golf in 1964 glen eagles was two years old i'm a senior citizen and can't afford to play harding and even shops i don't live within the city limits this course i can afford to play there i go to hunter's bay about 3 times a week it's got a history and gotten up in the golf world that's a hidden jewel everybody speaks about oh, i'm going to get robbed and killed there in 50 years there's only been one element of robber and the san francisco police department and a member of the

club course he took care of of the business and people had their property back and on top of people weren't from san francisco he somehow got their valuables back there must be a way to renegotiate this lesee couldn't tell you what to do it seems simple give this man a little bit of help so he can maintain this course and charley i've played with guys fluff and other people everybody comes up and increase a little bit of a money going but it's fun really hidden jewels of the city a lot of people don't know it's there

on behalf of the tom shaw and the golf course i appreciate your llgs to me. >> (clapping) >> if you can keep our applause down it will cut into the time. >> before you get started i want to call off a few more names (calling names) go ahead. >> good morning, commissioners general manager ginsburg i'm director at the west mission community technology street one of your facilities we've been in business since december of 2004 and initially start with the 9 year lease that 9 lease end in 2010 and since that point there's been the communication between my agency and yours we

were wondering what's your violation of the facility and should we expect to get and hear from you soon regarding the facility. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good morning. i'm peter diagnosis i play glen eagles for 25 years it gives me joy and it's easy to get to there's a community difficult to describe how you can drive up to that golf course and eel you'll see somebody i know you'll pack our bags and get out there and playing play it's easy to unmake a golf course you leave it a week and it will go to seed it's

extremely expensive to make a golf course if we invest a little bit of money the city seems like it is doing well and if it doesn't let's invest a little bit of money and things get tough let's revisit the problem i've lost some money to some of those guys out here and want the challenge to win it back (laughter). >> >> next speaker. >> hello, i'm eric i've take advantage of the some of the services at the w ta cti want to speak open on behalf of what would be lost if the lease is not renewed i was blown away from the advancement of job skills they do a lot of video

grateful i was blown away those resources available everything else in the community consist of really basic internet skills and how to compose an e-mail essentially. the lost to the community and the benefit and the quality of life that the w a t ct brings to the community is huge i see it as part of the trend san francisco is heading in terms of eliminating resources for low income people i see that as being a big blow to the community. so i check in with those guys every few months and take classes at san francisco state university and so the reason he was moved to come in here you

know, i had heard this was happening and he just think it would be a massive loss to the community i'd hyatt hate to see that happening >> thank you let me make an announcement we have 3 more cards we will extend the general public comment and i've been advised some of the staff have been detailed on item 7 i'd like to move that to the end of the agenda. >> i'll call out the last 3 cards (calling names) i don't know if i'm saying that right. there you go >> well. okay. what i'm trying to do is extend so i'll tell you what we'll cut it off

and continue under general public comment at the end. so i have to ask you to go ahead and take a seat we're going to only have those 3 people that turned in cards we'll go ahead and continue >> i'm david a homeowner in the mission district and a loyal player at glen eagles i have a lot of things to say i was moved by the resident that spoke one thing i did want to congratulate the general manager and commissioners on all the tournaments you're getting at harrods it's would you have for the city and golf and the interesting point what makes we really proud about glen eagles you can have the pga tour and get all those wonderful fence and sponsor them and support

them and all that goes with that. anticipate you can have the same moment a wonderful piece during the pga or during the w cc on glen eagles and think about how that benefits san francisco and shouz shows a diversity of people we put the protecting people and all the parents are going skyrocketing prices the skyline is going away everything is schang but you still care about the people and community. the one thing it strikes me how much tom has carried that course by themselves. there can be a little bit of parity and equality with was the

resources are putting into the golf courses you'll get the best resources from organized and the opinion that are there and just continue to be a delight show at the those events so come out on sunday you'll see a great tournament >> thank you. >> (calling names) tennessee and then we're closing public comment at this point and continue at item 13. >> good morning. i'm trooirl hoffman i've been playing glen elm i'm a member of the mention club and there at least three or four days a week. glen selgz a different praising plays it's one