not a criticism of any there are staffing resources is there a particular department it is having the most challenges? my sense is that dbi has is a >> the dpw has a program they are permitting functions design functions and implementation few minutes that's the one department that has the most in the project is make the projects helping happy right now, we're understaffed in that department. >> in terms of where and point in the budget it's not come to the board yet but goes to the mayor's office with their requests is dpw or any of the departments potentially raising this issue those are not dramatic staff increases is that

a part of the budget discussions within the departments so that the mayor can at least consider and the board consider what to do? >> i don't know if dpw wants to comment on that ms. short. >> carli short department of public works bureau strait mapping i think what we've found from the permitting side we needed additional staffing to help particularly with some reviewing of the permit requests and tracking some of the administration active functions to make sure we're getting the data into our programs and the city entities are understanding that a park let might be in the future or a temporary plaza so part of the our budgeted eave identified additional fat on the administration active side to support this program.

>> thank you very much. >> i might add that in as part of strategic planning exercise we look at closely other park let and plaza programs like new york and los angeles what makes them wonderful and fetch the city the stakeholder the big group of stakeholder that move forward with the implementations and design and we saw some of our pilot projects and couple of the recent ones a lot of the design work and implementation is on the project sponsor so we found it w40erg9 to see that the departments that prelims department for instance, dpw has the expertise in the upper design and having the infrastructure to go out and actually lay pavement on the

ground to deliver soil to a site we'd like love to have those be more of a more robust program moving forward. >> and is that part of the budget discussion as well? >> wouldn't as - we put together the estimates for staff time and the capital budgets in 2013 yes we included those functions we would like to see - >> i'll assume i hope for the design that the planning department will be involved in my xhrngs with the planning department is involved that's a positive thing not the detailed but the conceptual. >> yes. >> okay. thank you everyone at this point we'll go to. with permission of the chair public comment had been 2 minutes we have

(calling names) >> thank you. >> thank you, supervisors matt the ceo of the san francisco parks and alliance 10 years ago the city created a new collaboration with the parks alliance with the street parks that is a terrific success one hundred and 25 opinion public will open spaces with the leftovers steep hillside, etc. those wastes bit and pieces turned into beautiful open spaces created by this neighborhoods who adapted them that's part of the striation and this project is a better open space those act as a creation of

long term public spaces rich in meaning and value for our community you may also have seen the economic benefit study of san francisco parks that was commissions by the parks alliance that document a near billion dollars in economic benefits for parks and open spaces our those pavements so park projects build on in pattern increasing the value to the city the parks alliance work on projects like the persia triangle and we support those strategy plan goals and encourage you to advocate for the expansion of the pavement to parks program thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. thank you for holding this hearing and looking at this wonderful program we at bicycle coalition are a big fan of the paperwork

to pavement we actually first footed and advocated for the park let program and pavement to parks as part of our speech program almost 10 years ago during the bicycle introduction we realized one of the best ways to help people said their streets as public spaces that creates to take advantage and participate 2, 3, 4 street life we've been i'd say pleased to see the leadership in sf planning and i think one of the things their demand for the program we get dozens of calls from merchant and business strict and communicated organizations who want to help create a park let and part of our neighborhood or want to take open space and gather so the

more we can fund and support in program the more we'll respond to the needs and interests in the community we've as mentioned great benefits on the economic this we think this is not just about you know making a few things happening but revitalizing the neighborhood we're interested in seeing the tie for vision zero and the way those parklets and use of public spaces make our streets safer for everyone. >> thank you very much ms. smishd. >> i'm nicole schneider the executive director of walk sf we've been pleased with the ma accomplishment of the pavement to parks program that has achieved with in - with such a

small budget in such a short amount of time a lot of projects we think take over a decade to come to life and we think the projects are shaping our streets in a way to promote safety and public safety in addition to traffic safety and create open space where it exists and we want to make sure you know this teaspoons to expand we continue to see the creativity solution that pavement to parks has come up with as we go forward we love to see mta and the dpw work or have more capacity to work with the sf pavement to park i feel this is a great way to rethink a lot of the access public or street space we have

like the persia triangle that narrows that street down and reclaim the excessive roadway in order to protect pedestrians and increase safety it's a great way for community members to get involved and shape what we want their community to look like and the alley to bring the open space and create pedestrian safety where there's not as much spates thank you to the staff for this program and your time today. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors first, i thank you for having this hearing for this awesome and creativity program i'm here with the san francisco beautiful to wage my support for the program there's no doubt this

helps the better streets plan by encouraging beautifying and pedestrian safety i'd like to before your accident to the finding of the programs for the citywide reports that from the productive of san francisco beautiful it helps us to realize this program is good and want to support it's permanent 90 percent of the parklets used to spend money wildly but you know the physical improvements like the parklets and plaza impact the offer all feel, and, secondly the study found socially the new parklets rated highest amongst the people and one of the highest observed activities in the parklets and

adjacent sidewalks to the plazas provides the proposition of neighborhood interaction so not only in the commercial zone but this is working great and finally the community wanting to keep those spaces active and clean and the pavement and parks ask folks to work together to create a connection and the sense of ownership around those those a ma reasons sf beautiful supports the promissory note program last year they supported the park let operations we look forward to your collaboration so i request you support the program thank you. >> thank you very much >> next speaker good afternoon, supervisors as the parks alliance pavement

to parks we asking act as a fiscal especially the triangle i support the program formalizing the agency role is necessary to address the current and future needs pavement to parks led to the creation in the areas it is needed the most that's why we support in program wholeheartedly. >> thank you very much any public comment madam chair may we close public comment. >> all right. any discussion. >> i want to thank the department for the helpful presentation this is a successful program optometry levies and it is popular which is why we have staffing challenges to make sure we have the resources necessary to make

the program a success so i hope we'll keep that in mind i know i will as we powerful move into the process madam chair i'll move item 4 to the call of the chair. >> i have a motion to move to the call of the chair and cemented by supervisor kim this motion is made madam clerk , any other business before this commission? >> there's no further business. >> thank you. this committee is adjourned

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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 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 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 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 recession he leader i've been leading the bill clinton and anarchy and have had sometimes

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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 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 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 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 it features music i tried this trick and - this

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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 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 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪.

>> of the commission on environmental review authorization the successor agency to the redevelopment welcome to members of the public madam clerk call the first item. >> the first order of business is roll call vote pr commissioner mondejar commissioner singh sxhooufrt madam chair rosales all members of the commission are present next order of business is