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happen and the contractor we're appreciative for the work that the dba lot brothers did and finally before i bring up the next speaker i want to acknowledge several of my colleagues are here the folks that funded the project but the board of supervisors appropriated the money to make this project happen so two of my colleagues are here the president of the board of supervisors david chiu and my colleague supervisor campos so thank you, colleagues for being here tonight. >> so with that, we're at mayor ed lee will be here support shortly i want to thank when i pass the bond i went into the mayor's office i want our support and he immediately said, yes so i want to thank mayor ed lee for emphasis support he'll be here shortly i want to bring
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up two amazing people the director of public works mohammed nuru and one of any predecessors the great mark len so no come on up mohammed. >> good evening are you all excited as i am. >> yes. >> i'm excited i remember many, many years ago all the discussions that we were having and what we could do for the castro and year and a half ago we went to many meetings down the street do you remember that all your idea and all that was brought into the plan that made today happen both situations you remember what they used to feel like how do you like them now?
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all right. we have trees out there and plays and nice lights all a the overhead lights have been changed this is the first of many projects that will be done around the city we started here because this is the area that was the most important i'm very, very very happy and excited to be part of this project there are also many things that are happening within city government under the leadership of our mayor we're going to make sure we get the projects and we've heard from the supervisor wiener and the planning commission and public works and puc and rec and park we all work together to make sure we can deliver those amenities to you a few people i want to thank very special people that worked on the project our contractor railings who worked all the way
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to get us to this point and we still have further to go but i want to thank the businesses themselves just being patient with the construction happening and a lot of the impacts that effect all the businesses so you know please a big hand to all did businesses for the patience with us (clapping) for the project team our city engineering is here under foreclosed and john thomas they lead the implementation of the project we also have john dennis and everybody know john dennis he was here everyday making sure we put our heads together to get this implemented and michelle and ashley i saw ashley just making sure things were happening and dean smith and
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alex part of the public works team that made this happen and finally i'm excited as well let's get the rest of our citywideer sidewalks and easier to walk around san francisco thank you very much thank you, thank you (clapping) >> hey one more time let's hear it for mohammed nuru the department of public works and the planning department, (clapping.) mayor ed lee who is behind this from day one and, of course, this wouldn't have happened without supervisor scott wiener thank you scott (clapping.) and let me i'd like to take full credit but all those other folks we're here to say thank you and say on a extra special thank you to those who put out the most and surviving the most this is
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the merchant of the streets they were lost a lot of business and foot traffic and not easy on the neighbors but thank you merchants for opening your doors every day you know each day you have to start up again and it can be interpreting to see how difficult it is getting the customers in the doors while construction is going on things are looking brighter and let finish i'm sure you've been to the jewish wedding there's breathing breaking of glasses but in times of joyfully celebration we break the glass to remind ourselves the word is broken and suffering i know that
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supervisor wiener knows this our job is not complete until we found a way to make sure the castro is affordable for as many people as possible thank you for coming out tonight and supervisor wiener our dedication and tenacity and to the beautiful, beautiful community tonight thank you (clapping). >> thank you senator mark leno and now the mayor has arrived and mr. mayor i told the crowd before, after, the bond passed i came to our office and said i want to fund the bond and we're deeply appreciative let's hear it for our mayor, mayor ed lee. >> i want to thank you you 0 hours everybody hostiles the world series? >> all right. well i want to just say introduce you to
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another lee name lee is final lee final lee we got this done and there's a lot of thanks to go around you've heard in mohammed at dpw and now from the puc and the mta and certainly supervisor wiener advocacy is very, very strong and senator mark leno said it right this is an historic street we've got to take care of it and improved it and find the street to be one of the most beautiful streets in san francisco as it deserves yes (clapping) i just saw keith jones thank you, thank you very much for your historic lifetime leadership lee jones thank you, very much. he's getting the scissors ready (clapping.) you know supervisor wiener and i
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have been working a lot and i want to make sure you know that 8 point that $3 million that we just spent while we can do things faster we wouldn't be able to do my of it without your help those bonds are available to the city we need to pass those bonds and the honor that we will place to you ever we get those bonds transportation bonds our responsibility is to spend it ate and get it done to go on to the next thing; right? and yeah. >> our beautiful street and invest in our city and in castro it's about our history you'll have great fun not only tomorrow but every day of every year we get to celebrate you'll find me down here bye my hot cookies and doing my breakfasts detain here
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this is one of the most wonderful neighborhood investments we could make all over the city we're investing in our neighborhoods making the city stronger and bringing people cogent and conquer the need for more affordable housing and better transportation and stop evictions and slow down the eviction and build for 55 laguna how about that more housing for our residents thank you to the cd and the castro merchants association they're so painter and you'll see my dollars spent down here i join i all to great city this world-class neighborhood of castro street thank you very much let's all celebrate (clapping.) yeah. >> okay. now we're going to cut gilbert bakers beautiful ribbon i want to welcome a few
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additional people lee jones, of course, and the city fester naomi keeling and john ram and this is the guy i've talked about nick who helped us to the design process and john dennis our dpw project manager and thank you, welcome to the neighborhood those are part of our community so lee i want to cut the ribbon. >> i want to send love from gilbert baker he lives in new york i called him and said we need a ribbon she got out her ribbon and sued all weekend long and get it to use it was gilbert's idea to make the robin rainbow the symbol of our movement so he's in new york and
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as the supervisor do the honors and cut it on the seam (laughter.) >> (clapping) >> yeah. (clapping) yeah.
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(clapping) well, i live in n this neighborhood i'm so glad this is over oh, my god what a mess okay folks get off my stage matt are you ready now okay. we're going to have wonderful music please welcome matt (clapping.) >> hello people ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ what's going on san francisco hey, i'm here are you ready to distance with me i like or romantic songs now here you go
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again, you say you need a friend well, who am i to keep you down it's only- to wrap around our finger have you any dreams you'd like to sell dreams of loneliness heart beats and still it's rumbling oh, what you are and what you have oh, what you love come on you guys want to sing oh, thunder on
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week. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the san francisco. the reporter: has many opportunities to get out and placing play a 4 thousand acres of play rec and park has a place win the high sincerely the place to remove user from the upper life and transform into one of mother nachdz place go into the rec and park camp mather located one hundred and 80
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square miles from the bay bridge past the oakland bridge and on and on camp mather the city owned sierra nevada camping facility is outings outside the gate of yosemite park it dates back before the area became is a popular vacation it i sites it was home to indians who made the camp where the coral now stands up and artifacts are found sometimes arrest this was the tree that the native people calm for the ac accordions that had a high food value the acorns were fatally off the trees in september but they would come up prosecute the foothills and were recipe the same as the people
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that came to camp camp is celebrating it's 90th year and the indians were up here for 4 thousand we see every day of them in the grinding rocks around the camp we have about 15 grinding sites in came so it was a major summer report area for the 92 hawks. >> through there are signs that prosperity were in the area it was not until the early part of the century with the 76 began the construction of damn in helpfully a say mill was billed open the left hand of the math for the construction by which lake was used to float logs needed for the project
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at the same time the yosemite park and company used the other side of the camp to house tourists interesting in seeing the national park and the constructions of damn when the u son damn was completed many of the facilities were not needed then the city of san francisco donated the property it was named camp mather the first director it was named after him tuesday morning away amongst the pine the giant sequoia is the giants inventories first name if our title is camp means there's going to be dirt and bugs and so long as you can get past that part this place it pretty awesome
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i see i see. >> with a little taste of freedom from the city life you can soak up the country life with swimming and volley ball and swimming and horseback riding there you go buddy. >> we do offer and really good amount of programming and give a sample p of san francisco rec and park department has to offer hopefully we've been here 90 years my camp name is falcon i'm a
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recession he leader i've been leading the bill clinton and anarchy and have had sometimes arts and crafts a lot of our guests have been coming for many years and have almost glutin up, up here he activity or children activity or parent activity here at camp mather you are experiencing as a family without having to get into a car and drive somewhere fill your day with with what can to back fun at the majestic life
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the essence of camp mather one thing a that's been interesting i think as it evolves there's no representation here oh, there's no representation so all the adults are engine i you know disconnected so there's more connection the adults and parents are really friendly but i think in our modern culture i you know everyone's is used to be on their phones and people are eager to engagement and talk they don't have their social
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media so here they are at camp mather how are i doing. >> how are you doing it has over one hundred hundred cabins those rustic structures gives camp mather the old atmosphere that enhances the total wilderness experience and old woolen dressers and poaches and rug i do lay out people want to decorate the front of thaifr their cabins and front poefrnz their living room is outside in this awesome environment they're not inviting their guests inside where the berms are people get
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creative with the latin-american and the bull frogs start the trees grow and camp mather is seen in a different light we're approaching dinner time in the construction of the hetch hetchy damn the yosemite park built jackson diane hauling hall to serve the guests it does was it dbe does best service s serve the food. >> i'm the executive chef i served over 15 hundred meals a day for the camp mather folks breakfasts are pancakes and french toast and skranld eggs and hash brown's our meal formulate is we have
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roost lion it's reflecting of the audience we have people love our meals and love the idea they can pick up a meal and do worry about doing the dishes can have a great time at camp mather after camp people indulge themselves everyone racks go in a place that's crisis that i air after the crackinging of a campfire a campfire. >> the evening is kept up with a tenant show a longed tradition
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it features music i tried this trick and - this talent show is famous for traditional things but we have new things ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the first 7, 8, 9 being on stage and being embarrassed and doing random things >> unlike my anothers twinkling stars are an unforcible memory ♪
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♪ ♪ admission to camp mather is through a lottery it includes meals and camp programs remember all applicant registration on line into a lottery and have a rec and park department family account to register registration typically begins the first week of january and ends the first week in february this hey sierra oasis is a great place to enjoy lifeiest outside of the hustle and bustle and kickback and enjoy and a half >> everything is so huge and beautiful. >> the children grew up her playing around and riding their bites e bicycles it's a great place to let the children see
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what's outside of the city common experience is a this unique camp when you get lost in the high sierra wilderness camp mather is waiting and we look forward to city manager's office you here soon ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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. >> good afternoon, today is october 24th, 2014, and giants are in the world series playing in san francisco. we're very excited about that and we will have to make some special announce. about them later on in our lafco meeting but we are in the lafco, local area formation commission. to my immediate left is commissioner cynthia crews and eric mar. madam clerk, could you call the next item. >> item 22, appral of the lafco mibts from the september 12, 20 foerb special meeting. >> colleagues, have you approved the minutes and can we get any
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comments or questions and seeing none we will go on to public comment is open for minutes from our last lafco meeting. seeing none, we will go forward. motion to approve from commissioner crews and secretary lindo >> item 3, community choice aggregation activities report, a, status update on clean power sf program and b, status update on proceedings at the california public utilities commission. >> jason creed, lafco staff. yesterday we got the final staff version from the build out that is available to look at on the web site under the what's new section. at this point it's a very low bust large report, it's