there is definitely not enough open space. the proposed property is accessible by a number of muni lines and especially by the hyde street cable car lines. the project

has brought citywide support and i hope that all of you will support it as well. thank you so much. >> this you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning supervisors. my name is tyler, an intern. i'm in favor of this vision. this is a great opportunity for all san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. i'm going to call a few more people. >> hello, i'm didi. i live downhill from the reservoir near galileo. i'm a retired schoolteacher. i have 10 grand children. so i think i know something about the parks

and kids and the benefit this would have for all. the area is bounded by van ness. chinatown is one of the most densely populated areas in the country and it is as we've talked about, it's severely under parked. although technically the political district 2, the majority of residents would most likely use the park live in district 3. it's expected that the park would primarily serve seniors, schools and the east side of van ness. that's where the green open space opportunity is sparse and there isn't an unmet need for recreational opportunities for children. i hope that all of you support this project. it's been a wonderful project to work on. thank you. >> next speaker, please.

>> good morning. my name is george. i live on chestnut street. i'm there is president of the russian hill improvement association. i'm speaking in support of this project. we who live up there see everyday hundreds of people coming from all parts of the city toen jo i the views and take pictures and go down to fisherman wharf. right now they have to take pictures where they are in danger where people are driving by. now they can relax and take pictures and walk whenever they want from there. this is an ideal place to do it. it serves a lot of public transportation systems. the cable cars bring next to it from tenderloin, chinatown quite easily as well as

people from russian hill. there are bus lines going on bay street and union street and van ness. people from all over the city can come down there and have a good time and they are welcomed and we would love to see them there. like supervisor said, there are people that are old and young and new people coming to the area. right now it's difficult to get them to walk down to another park. the hills are very steep. so a park in that area would be ideal for them and they would certainly appreciate it. the regarding the comment that supervisor avalos made about parks in other areas, a lot of us as individuals we would be happy to support parks in other areas of the city. this is one city and we love it. we'll do whatever we can to support efforts in other areas to

create parks for the benefit of everybody in the city. thank you very much.a >> good morning, my name is andre a kin. management of the boys club. i'm a parent. to have a nice, safe outdoor experience is anything a parent can ask for to spend time with their children. tools have the anlt and -- ability and to have a place where no matter where from and what part of the city that you liven there is a place that you can come and spend outdoor time that you can have some other experiences that this place is going to provide. i would say is priceless. so i appreciate the fact that you undertook this taking and that you are bringing this for the entire city. thank you.

>> next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is -- i live in knowey valley across town from this wonderful potential park. i know how important it is to have open space. the city has been very accommodating and done wonderful things for the knowey valley recreational center and also open space on 24th street. i also live close to dolores park and see how important it is for families and children to have a place where they can hang out and 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 important 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 wn