>> great suggestion. next speaker. >> hi good afternoon supervisors. my name is michelle lee and a resident of district 4 and at local high school and chair of the youth commission. thank you for having us today and at this time. we definitely support the bill of rights and a laudable goal to connect youth with nature and we see it definitely as a need especially in the urban city of san francisco, but as you see there are many concerns over this bill of rights and the youth commission does ask that when considering this rpd can draft a supplemental that is more able to practically describe what the points of the bill of rights actually mean, and also we hope that when drafting the future budget for rpd that they do take into consideration all of the concerns that we heard today. thank you very much for your

time and we hope to work with you in the future. >> thank you. next speaker. if there is anyone else that would like to speak please come forward before we close public comment. >> i am david yang. i go to high school and i want to talk about my experiences with parks, and how i feel about them, so i understand that parks are important and it's a great place for children to socialize but as a teenager myself i always feel very uncomfortable when i go to parks. i feel very excluded from all of the children who play at the play structures that i cannot go on and whenever i go to parks i know it's unintentional but i feel the eye s stare at me and think that teenagers like myself are just loitering at the parks and look

suspicious and i hope you guys can help and include both children of all ages. yeah. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i didn't know we were going to talking about parks and gardens today but this is a picture that shows you leisure life in the park. >> you want to mention your name? >> i am larry ed mend -- juicy edmund and i'm a park advocate. i like outdoors. i was at golden gate park on martin luther king's birthday and i want to show you not too long ago we didn't have gardens -- there we go. we don't have

gardens in park we suffer. i live in an sro in the tl and we don't get a chance to -- i call it the concrete jungle but i want to show you walking in the haight when you go out to the park but one day i was in golden gate park and birds and butterflies came and i wrote this on one of the my lucky dollars. it says in memory of lois p [inaudible] -- memory of her father james p bronxon 1952. a hummingbird came up and hit the sign and how great it was showing me something so we don't have parks. you don't get to see hummingbirds and butterflies. a lot of people don't know you put your face

down into the grass and get refreshed so we must have parks. as the city builds up parks are part of nature and bill of rights for our kids in parks. thank you. >> thank you. anyone else to speak? public comment is closed. supervisor christensen. >> so this is a dear one to my heart. before i was a supervisor i was a community advocate that worked hard on the parks in district 3 so i'm pleased to see the youth from my district because it's for you guys that i put in all of the extra hours. i think this is not only about childrens' rights. i think this is human beings rights. a lot of times when i worked on the parks in the neighborhood people assume today was about kids but it was also about our seniors and a lot of adults who live in the sros and in small apartments in north beach and knob hill. i went to

a park planning group years ago and we talked about play and the director asked each of us to close our eyes and think of the place we played as children and asked how many were outside? everybody's hands go up. how many were outside of eyes of adults? they all went up. how many had things to change and logs and branches and in the dirt and grass and everybody's hands went up and he asked how many have a place like that today to play? and very few hands went up and it made me sad. my husband grew up in golden gate park making tree forts. we asked the kids at the pool how many had seen the ocean and more than a third hadn't seen the ocean growing up in san francisco so i think those

speakers who mentioned the need to take action it's an important part of this. joe dimaggio playground in north beach was one of the first in the city built for children. we had the carousel out at golden gate park but before 1900's parks were for grownups and in 1907 the city of san francisco set aside money for parks for children and north beach because of the 10aments were designated one of the two most needy sites in the city and that hasn't changed and over a hundred years and still some of the neediest neighborhoods when it comes to open space so unfortunately i can't promise the children grass and sand and trees and a place to get away and dig and plant as much as i would like but i can promise i

would like work with some of the youth commissioners and some of the children that have come here today. i would like to work out to figure out as your supervisor my staff and i can help connect the youth of district 3 with programs that can help open up some of these opportunities for them. i know there's a lot of good programs already in district 3, but i would like to see how we can do a better job of corporate sponsorships of opportunities and i know certainly the presidio offers many of those. i know you can go camping on alcatraz and so rosa and the rest of you if you would work with us let's make a plan to figure out to help you and help your colleagues in district 3. thank you very much for being here today. >> thank you supervisor christensen. i wanted to ask if

our presenters mr. rafa or ms. burton from the rec and park department could respond to some of the comments that the young people and suggestions. that would be helpful for me to understand if the presidio trust and the coalition that looking at strategies to fully fund safety accessibility, free and/or affordable programs expanding scholarships and a lot of the other recommendations, and then clarifying sleeping under the stars as a right, but also sensitivity to various homeless and sro youth and others, but i know those were concerns raised, and making sure that a compact is something that could be put into practice that is fully funded and that is made real as well(paused).

>> >> and unfortunately all i can do is really offer my moral support and as a colleague of those working in city parks to be supportive of making the changes necessary so that you all feel safe and welcome in city park lands regardless of their status whether city or state parks. i wanted to start with that. regarding some of the suggestions making it a little more real so we created a poster that was intentionally somewhat simple, something we would like to see in public places all over san francisco from school classrooms to libraries to pediatricians offices, perhaps to the walls of city hall. we absolutely do not want it to be symbolic. we are ready taken steps in response to what we

heard from you at the last commission meeting. and what an map would look like with internet activity and select one of them and go in san francisco and have the experiences. one thing we clarified at the last youth commission meeting it's not teen, it's child, and our steering comment response to that was wow we might have over looked an important audience here. what about the teens? and some of the experiences listed on the childrens' outdoor bill of rights and they're more children oriented and we can be honest about that and our

response is let's work together and come up with a youth version, a teen version, like a part two over time that can deliver effectively on some of the things that you guys are concerned about that you want to see. i'm going to look over to my colleagues if i forgotten about any of the things we're planning do in the year ahead. language access. okay. i actually was a little unclear of that. i think what that means in public parks the signs that are there can be read experienced meaningfully by people that don't speak english. is that accurate? >> [inaudible] >> so can i just say that we're going to try to wrap up in a >>

>> and translation and signage and other ways so that everyone who speaks english and others that speak other languages are treated equally and about language equality and we are all required to do that and rec and park is one but i wanted supervisor campos to weigh in on the conversation but i appreciate it. >> and the posters are trilingual at least and have spanish and english and chinese on there. >> thank you. i will be brief because i have to go to a meeting. i want to thank the youth for coming out and speaking. i am always impressed by the caliber of the comments that come from young people.

we have a lot to learn from you and we want to make sure that you know that your opinion really matters and it makes a big different. i want to thank supervisor farrell for his leadership and of course to ms. stephanie for all of the work that went into this and i know they're going to continue to push for this very important issue, and supervisor farrell is the chair of budget so that's a good alley to have on your side as the budget process begins. and i always want to thank larkin and all of the organizations, meta that have been here and of course adele and allen who do a incredible job with the commission and it's important to make this a priority and i think having a bill of rights makes a great deal of sense and we want to make sure it's not just words

only but actually a real thing so i look forward to working with you. thank you mr. chairman and supervisor christensen and look forward to working with you guys. >> and to ms. burton from the rec and park department and mr. rafa from presidio trust we will follow up with you and work with supervisor farrell on some of the great ideas from the young people and thank you very much to catherine and stephanie from supervisor farrell's office for being here. i wanted to mention one point they think the youth commissioner rosa chin hit the nail on the head with a recommendation that we have equity with policies like this and looking at the southeast neighborhoods, soma, the various areas where i think there is an inequality of access to outdoor activities and the others that recommended the scholarships to be expanded, how we work with rec and park and the school district and others to ensure they're real and to the

community reps and the larkin street and meta and the others i think really great partnerships with community, not just the government agencies, but with the community organizations as well, but i want to say thank you for opening our eyes and the door to a longer conversation and then the young people especially to use the document like this to make it real so it impacts every child regardless of income and where they come from, so i really appreciate this, and now kind of we're at the point we need a motion on this item and i am wondering if supervisor christensen can make a motion on this? >> [inaudible] >> well i think the resolution that's put forward by supervisor farrell that we're acting on. >> which is to? go forward or

does it get filed. >> if we move it forward with a positive recommendation with great thanks to the coalition and the young people behind it. >> so moved. >> thank you. can we do this without objection? thank you . [gavel] thank you for spending time in your busy afternoons. is there any more business before us? >> there is no more business mr. chairman. >> thank you. meeting adjourned. [gavel]

>> >> >> >> >> [roll [calling roll] >> >> we have public comment. i have no speaker cards. >> any member of the public wish to speak on items not on our agenda? seeing none, we'll close public comments. >> i would like to get the word out as much as possible for people who want

to come and apply to have a short-term rental application registration. we'll be having evening hours on march 18th, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and we'll take drop in appointments for people who want to come in and register for short-term rental unit. just as a reminder it does require not only appropriate materials but it requires a business license by code before we can approve a registration for short-term rent al. so get a business license for the short-term rental. we are getting hundreds and hundreds of phone calls and much interest in doing this. we are trying to register as many people as possible. that concludes my report. >> is the treasurers office going to be there for those issuing a

business license or application? >> at that time, no. we are trying to stream line that. for this one. they won't be available but for future ones we hope they can do that. >> thank you. >> commissioners if there is nothing further item 26789 review of past events at the planning commission, staff reports. >> good afternoon. i have no formal report of the planning commission, however i have a couple of items to share with you. first of all congratulations to our commissioners who have been recently reappointed. i look forward to working with you. secondly i want to put out a letter put in why you are correspondence packet regarding the certificate of appropriateness and regarding the traffic signal at city hall. as you recall there were three conditions of approval outlined within the hpc's

approval and the mta has issued this letter stating that of the three they will be able to honor the painting of the traffic signal to the dark blue. but the other conditions or recommendations we will not be able to fulfill. certainly if you have this one, to have a broader situation with mta to have a future date forward. they indicated that they agree that working more closely with the department is a good thing and will continue to do that. i was actually had a discussion with some other folks from mta about some additional traffic signals and light poles within the center district this morning. just want to let you know that coordination is already occurring. then the last thing i wanted

to just mention to you in this in particular i think is useful for our cultural heritage assets subcommittee. this past weekend i was in washington d.c. at a meeting hosted by the national parks service and they were talking about their budget for the next two fiscal years. there are two competitive grants that will be issued hopefully the fiscal year '16 one will remain unchanged but as you know with the federal budget they are constantly in flux. the two grants i wanted to mention to you is in fiscal year 15-16. a program for under represented community and includes documentation and interpretation. this was offered through the office of state historic preservation at the state

level. they are now going to allow for local governments to apply for this grant. we can certainly bring this back to you at a future date and figure out what projects or what types of initiatives would be more closely aligned with the requirements of the grant. the recreation and parks say the application will be available in may. i will keep you posted to provide information of similar projects awarded in grants in previous years. maybe we can come up with some ideas. the second is in the fiscal year '16 budget, the president is in particular is interested in providing grants related to civil rights sites associated with african american history and it will be brick and mortar projects

interpretation and this is a pretty exciting endeavor. right now it will be limited to african american history. they are hope based on the success of the grants and projects coming out of it that there will be a more of a multicultural representation of civil rights and human history and grant proposals this year the one available in march is a $500000 grant pool, but there's no indication of the size of grant we can apply for, but certainly once i have that information i will forward it along to you. that concludes my comments unless you have any questions? >> commissioner matsuda? >> are these capital grants or grants used for a number of purposes? >> my understanding is that they can be for a variety of different

purposes, for survey, landmark reports, modules local communities and ways for local government to get local communities engaged in projects. i certainly have a better understanding of what they have awarded and granted in the future i'm hoping we'll have a better understanding then. >> if you can get a copy of applications submitted and what was awarded and what was selected from that grant would be helpful. today i know that wayne donaldson is conducting an asian pacific american site meeting and i'm sure we can also ask him to provide some assistance as well. thank you. >> seeing no other questions. >> commissioners it will place you on commission matters item no.

3. president's reports and announcements. >> during the confirmation hearing it became a pitch for citywide survey. >> item 4, consideration of adoption draft minutes for february 18, 2015. >> commissioners, do we have any corrections? seeing none, anyone from the public wish to comment on the draft minutes. seeing none, i close public comment. >> i move. >> second. >> on that motion, to adopt, commissioner johnck, commissioner matsuda, commissioner wolf and president hasz. that places you on item 5.

>> commissioner johnck? >> yeah, i just want to say that the pan pacific fine arts was really great. i was pleased to see the throngs attending that. the historical events. the work that went into that is phenomenal. we are going to be seeing more of that. i wanted to thank commissioner matsuda for reminding us all to check into that. the history expo was great. it was well attended. so i was pleased with that. very exciting. i want to say thank you for the staff time to put this together. >> fantastic. seeing no other comments. we'll move on. >> commissioners, this puts

you on items proposed for continuance. item 6. 20140655 a proposed to continue. item 7. 20141383 cultural landscape inventory is also proposed continuance to april 15, 2015. i have no speaker cards. >> commissioners, any comments? seeing none, any member of the public wish to comment on the continuance. i will close public comment. >> i wish to move. >> thank you. >> on that motion to continue both items as proposed, commissioner johnck, matsuda, wolfram and

john, /tphaoul that places you to item 7. consent calendar. is all matters listed here under constitute a consent calendar are considered to be routine by historic preservation commission and maybe acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. >> item 8. 20141363. 970 guerrero street. >> commissioners, would you like to pull this off consent. >> any member of public? seeing none. >> i move approval. >> second. >> thank you. commissioners, on that motion to approve item 8 with conditions, commissioner johnck, matsuda, wolfram, hasz. that motion passes unanimously 5-0 and places you under your