ignated walk your dog on a leash or you can have them off leash but they have to behave and the first time they are sited by another neighbor. the ferrule cat pap yulgz in the parks is a significant issue and we have a spay and neuter program and return them back to the park if someone takes over the colony. the way you know they are handled by the city and we clip their ear and then they go back and the people that feed and love them get the chance to take their [inaudible] it was exextremely contenches over ferrule cats >> i don't they think that is a problem, is it mayor? >> we have ferrule other stuff, but not ferrule cats. we have ferrule trashers. mainss, cost of course in urban settings are much higher i think and that is what we are challenged with is when we

invite a lot of people to come to the city and they do our urban parks are highly used. a higher level of maintenance is one of the challenges. i also think that for both mew and established parks water of course in california is a huge huge challenge. we are about to embark on a very expensive but absolutely need ded reuse water connection between our treatment plants and golden gate park. that is the millions of dollars, but worth it in the long run given the water drought challenges. maintenance is one of the major discussions we are having now because of the intense use of the parks >> we get the same thing on maintenance in the summer when it is 110 in forth worth and die, do we mow or not mow it. [inaudible] fussed at if we are

not mowing, but it is expense v proposition to manage >> it is. i know that we literally have 4 minutes left, i wonder if giving each mayor a opportunity for a minute to talk about just what you would like to give these folks out here that are day to day trying to make parks work and trying to build parks to give some closing thoughts and maybe mayor white we can ask you >> i think the best you can do for parks especially when dool wg people in the private or public sector who have sth funding is take people to the park. one of the problems we have in smaller neighborhood parks that don't have a wide constinch waens because they are not well known and perhaps low income neighborhoods you need to take people on the bus and drive them ov. the kind of people who enjoy and support parks in your city are really already predisposed to support

a smaller park in a community if they are given the chance to be introduced to it. whether it is the fact they don't have adequate bathdrooms or the maintenance isn't kept up, i think getting back to more optimistic message, there are people that have a heart for it and willing to help in a sense that is broader than the big park, but you is to show it to them. there is nothing like taking them there in person and meet the kids and people using it. they tend to call back a month later and say i want to help >> mayor murray >> thank you again for having me here today. i would close by saying that some of the things we are about to do in seattle with public and private partnership have very important and they can add value. look at new york, we know how good those relationships can be, but when it come tooz keeping programs going and maintaining the parks so they can operate, not having a dedicated sfedy

source of income from the public sector means when times get bad and times will get bad again at least in the city like ours where they are good now, parks will suffer. they are one of the first places to suffer and the programming in the parks will suffer. this is alk about how we maintain those parks kw how we maintain those programs thoferb long run. >> thank you. mayor price. >> thank you all for what you do. you really are at the heart and sole och the parks and nation. parks are that critical element that bring to had public to the communetries the health and vitality, the resilience. people want to come and need to be outside. children need to be outside. it is very cyclic and with that comes economic development, the more parks the better the parks and more like lato attract better business and the type of business you want. one thing

you can do is tell your elected officials what you see in the park. stel them what goes on in the park and how they can make your parks better. we rin big and buzzy sit squgz are not aul illways in the park, but you can tell us what you think and that is huge help for any elected official to hear from the people on the front line >> last but not least mayor lee >> i'm glad again for greater and greener conference to be here in san francisco. it is extremely interesting time, very positive time for ideas, for making the right investment choices and if i learned anything in the past few years, parks and open spaces have become a economic driver for the city and you can see the numbers, millions of dollars come into the had city because we maintain and create open

spaces and parks and maintain historic iconic ones we already have that are the signature for many generations. it is a very netesting conversation about steady stream of revenue that has to be matched by the fill philanthropic, the dollars and i'm excited to be philanthopy as part of that because that is also voters and people interetc.ed in high squault parks. when you have over 33 parks in the city, now [inaudible] from the private sector because of the generosity of google and [inaudible] coming together to fund those. you anyhow you have people that are really invested in the quality of this and so it is a great time to have this conversation because ult mltlyimately i think people want that steady stream and also want the philanthopy and understand the role from health

to education to tourism, to just equality of life and the roll of parks being at the center of our infrastructure and quality of what we want the city to be. i'm glad to not only host this but take from this ideas from the parks aliness and trust [inaudible] park department to go forward and see whether we can get to 100 percent of 10 minute walk tooz a park for everyone in the city. >> thank you mayor. please join me in thanking all these mayors. as a society we've basically

failed big portion of our population if you think about the basics of food, shelter safety a lot of people don't have any of those i'm mr. cookie can't speak for all the things but i know say, i have ideas how we can address the food issue. >> open the door and walk through that don't just stand looking out. >> as they grew up in in a how would that had access to good food and our parent cooked this is how you feed yours this is not happening in our country this is a huge pleasure i'm david one of the co-founder so about four year ago we worked with the serviced and got to

know the kid one of the things we figured out was that they didn't know how to cook. >> i heard about the cooking school through the larkin academy a. >> their noting no way to feed themselves so they're eating a lot of fast food and i usually eat whatever safeway is near my home a lot of hot food i was excited that i was eating lunch enough instead of what and eat. >> as i was inviting them over teaching them basic ways to fix good food they were so existed. >> particle learning the skills and the food they were really go it it turned into the is charity foundation i ran into my friend

we were talking about this this do you want to run this charity foundations and she said, yes. >> i'm a co-found and executive director for the cooking project our best classes participation for 10 students are monday they're really fun their chief driven classes we have a different guest around the city they're our stand alone cola's we had a series or series still city of attorney's office style of classes our final are night life diners. >> santa barbara shall comes in and helps us show us things and this is one the owners they help us to socialize and i've been here about a year. >> we want to be sure to serve

as many as we can. >> the san francisco cooking school is an amazing amazing partner. >> it is doing that in that space really elevates the space for the kids special for the chief that make it easy for them to come and it really makes the experience pretty special. >> i'm sutro sue set i'm a chief 2, 3, 4 san francisco. >> that's what those classes afford me the opportunity it breakdown the barriers and is this is not scary this is our choice about you many times this is a feel good what it is that you give them is an opportunity you have to make it seem like it's there for them for the taking show them it is their and they can do that. >> hi, i'm antonio the chief

in san francisco. >> the majority of kids at that age in order to get them into food they need to see something simple and the evidence will show and easy to produce i want to make sure that people can do it with a bowl and spoon and burner and one pan. >> i like is the receipts that are simple and not feel like to make foods the cohesives show something eased. >> i go for vera toilet so someone can't do it or its way out of their range we only use 6 ingredients i can afford 6 ingredient what good is showing you them something they can't use but the

sovereignties what are you going to do more me you're not successful. >> we made a vegetable stir-fry indicators he'd ginger and onion that is really affordable how to balance it was easy to make the food we present i loved it if i having had access to a kitchen i'd cook more. >> some of us have never had a kitchen not taught how to cookie wasn't taught how to cook. >> i have a great appreciation for programs that teach kids food and cooking it is one of the healthiest positive things you can communicate to people that are very young. >> the more programs like the cooking project in general that

can have a positive impact how our kids eat is really, really important i believe that everybody should venting to utilize the kitchen and meet other kids their age to identify they're not alone and their ways in which to pick yours up and move forward that. >> it is really important to me the opportunity exists and so i do everything in my power to keep it that. >> we'll have our new headquarters in the heart of the tenderloin at taylor and kushlg at the end of this summer 2014 we're really excited. >> a lot of the of the conditions in san francisco they have in the rest of the country so our goal to 257bd or expand out of the san francisco in los

angeles and then after that who know. >> we'd never want to tell people want to do or eat only provide the skills and the tools in case that's something people are 2rrd in doing. >> you can't buy a box of psyche you have to put them in the right vein and direction with the right kids with a right place address time those kids don't have this you have to instill they can do it they're good enough now to finding out figure out and find the future for

nology for our first responders. there is a management that will better serve san francisco. public safety personnel better equip and the cutting edge of public safety is [inaudible] >> helly over wn and thank you for being here on this very special occasion. today we mark a new beginning for public safety and earthquake preparedness our r in our great city of san francisco. each of us here will stand witness to had beginning of a new great civic jewel. we in front of the years of planning and coordination that brought this magnificent facility to life, equip with modern tools and prepared to serve. from the architect and? gen earring design devtop tooz the first shoves in the ground and to the installation of the solar panels and art work, this massive project stands here ready to serve the peep olof san francisco beginning this weekend and serving for decades

to come. this building is a step forward in technology for our first responders. there is a change management transitioning happening here that will better serve the resident of san francisco. public safety person elare better equipped and the cutting edge puplic safety is with the kait of the art facility. less paper, less cabinetess, more electronics, more security and communication. this is a major step forward prime uving on first response and onse we are fortunate to have the support of the voters by approvaling bonds measures that fundsing the project and fortunate to live and work here reaping the benefit of this new post-. it is a honor to be here in front of you and recognize the opening of the new police department head quarter squz public safety campus. this morning we will hear from fire

and police departments and we'll acknowledge all the hard work that went into the delivering this project and what it means to the city public safety personal el. i would like to thank you all for coming and point out a few of the special guests we have here with us. former mayor willy brown is here. former mayor frank jordan is here. former police chief an tonio revirs is here. quite a number of supervisors, i see [inaudible] i christensen. [inaudible] cohen is here. so the s the president of the board of supervisors london breed is here. [inaudible] is here. that is the real boss. from

the police commission, we have victor wong, thomas mu zokeo and sonia malara here. from the arts commission, jd [inaudible] are here. from fire [inaudible] steve nucaujo and markal hardman are all here. i see quite a number of department heads, ed riscon, debbie raffial is here, our da [inaudible] recognize him from a police chief. and then many many people it to thank you and and as i go through the event i will thank if i have for gotten you or didn't call your name to be recognized. our partners

from hok paul woodferred, the architects. and working with him [inaudible] carba narrow and associates. and of course our builders, [inaudible] builders 2 very important people, frank murray who is superintend thochbt project and [inaudible] sfaubl for working with all the engineers and architects and making sure we are here today. [inaudible] builders. not to forget all the neighbors from mu drone and [inaudible] housing complex who are neighbors of the project. a big hand for them too, please. we are grateful for your atejd ance to maurk the moment in the cities history. firs up it is a pleasure to introduce someone who is the

champion leadership in making sure our first responders have the tools to serve the city. when it comes to working to identify needs i garner the support for plan for capital improvements, mayor lee gets it done. pub luckwer works has the responsibility of design and construction for 24 projdwreckt jecktd. mayor lee helped shape the capital plan and knows first hand how complex and challenging it can be to deliver the projects. we thank you for your support and please welcome honorable mayor lee to say a few words. >> thaupg [inaudible] this was managed by public works.

he and charles [inaudible] and all the engineers and project managers kept the promise for all of us. let me begin by saying i just did a tour, to a wond rbful place, a complicated project. i'm here briefly this morning because i'm here to replace [inaudible] as i was told. anyway, to our former chiefs, to our former mayors, to our protocol office, by the way you can't get into this building unless tom [inaudible] says yes. our art director and director of emergency management is here rightly so. the office of civic investment is infruc sureture is here. we are all here and welcome everyone to mission day san

francisco. . this was a very carefully chosen site for the very reason we had to assemble a number of different functions on the site. a complicated project from the start. fire station, arson station, police station, police headquarters. a very historically refurbished community room for all the residence to cherish. supervisor kim played a great part and want to thank her office for being here joining all our supervisors and president breed, we all worked together to make sure when we promised the entire public of san francisco that we would begin by making sure our first respondsers were out of unsafe buildings and in, i remember when chief gasstone was in on

the design of the building and may great contribution to this. now he is in another building challenging us to do something else and that is good because we'll get it done. we have to. we have to, dont we? yeah. just because it is inch a different world doesn't make the story go away. when you look at all o of the effort put into this and of course very serious financial couldn't pugzs and contribution and particularly the approval of the voters they said yes and make sure our first responders are there for us. i begin with a they think for the men and women in the police department, fire department, in the commissions and on the city and county of san francisco to say thank you thank you thank you

for what you do every day for the city and as we hear the statistics about the next 25 years the big one may be coming, we have what the voters asked us to do is say let's get the first responders in so they can can help save us and this is what we have done in the complex build{division for first respond aers for the sit a. it is a tribute to the role in the city that we do this today. i want to congrtulation the police and fire commission and department of emergency management for pets this together and having dpw play a great role managing the role of [inaudible] i want to give a special thank tooz willy brown because his vision way back then on a old railroad site

called mission bay and said we can do something with that. i said you are taking away my dribeing arrange and he said yes, but i'll give you the pgatour in exchange. so i accepted that. that vision carried out then by gaven nuse nl with stem cell research and now with my administration and all the people that work for us, today is great celebration of thatd vision now put into the implementation getting it done for the public. all of you got to see this incredible building and i begin by saying thank you to the arts commission. tom, and the artist and commission, i want to say thank you because you wrauck in and are immediately presented with a incredible honor of the spiral dedication and then the wall. before you

get there you have the first responders applausee aand plaza and i know chief [inaudible] is proud of a big bell. she is hanging that bell over [inaudible] as much as she can, but we are all together here and we are all saying this is of course a place everyone will really feel good about working and it is what i know it to be that it is a safe building, it is is one that is equip with the finest epiidated equipment. whenia see the fire station here that has the latest not just doors but the type of change out rooms president breed that when you are on the fire commission you demanded it have because we know and have learned with our fire unions leadship and the

fireman you have geet all this poisonous stuff off their clothes and have the moden station represent that. hopefully that is the standsered for every fire station in the city going forward chblt for the chief of police i know he is honored because he gets to see the water and great ball park while he responds and e-mails me back. but i know he is personally honored with this because i think he understand too that thish is a a tribute not to just him and the haufs but the entire police force that by the way we will get the full force in the next couple years, so you won't be denied that full force. we also did not demolish this building. a lot of people said why is that

in the way? today? t isn't in the way, it is comp lmentary to the history of this city. thank tooz ocii and the fire department, this used to be station 30 and we kept it as part of history and kept and refleshed it for community based use. i know this is going tobe a extremely important part of it because the community wants to be engaged with our police and fire department. every neighborhood wants to be engaged with the police and fire department. not that we work in isolated roles. it is the purpose of the city to engage all the residence in the best way quee and when we have great designers like our designers here, great contractors like [inaudible] working with cap narrow and his folks, we dephrineed appropriate ly everything we need to get done here so we can

reassure when we place the bonds before the public, not only do they get what they wanted, but the high quality it derv d serves. this continues as mohammed said a promise we made to the public. by the way, do you know this is all done without raising property taxes in san francisco and that is a great tribute to the 10 year capital plan that naomi continues and all the administrators continue to do. it is part of the easter bond and earthquake seft and maerns response bunds, but thauls capital plan. we do this professionally and get it done on time so we can show case public money investment so it is a better place to work and public to engage in and more services are done for this brand new arena of mission bay, but