two plains and the recent one moved in 2003 because the lead abatement because of the paint after planning and design in a of 2014 this commission approved the awarded contract to j.b. contractor and sons the fiscal sponsor entered into an agreement with the contract and been that is did delivery and installation of plan while the parks alliance covered the structure itself we preceded with construction in the mid of last year and in november there we beginning gap concerns that the plain was not going to be delivered we were ref no scheduled updates or photos of progress being made and

unfortunately in march of 2014 the park alliance had had to cancel with the vendor would in plane being built no plane to install we felt with orange the scope of work from the contractor and this contract amendment in the amount of is relying high compared to what we see in replacing an item we found a vendor that will provide the measures and develop a plane we're working on the details but it includes the navigation of the plane commissioners commissioner levitan and commissioner low commissioner low have requested the fund undesignated con sip

reserve in addition to the fund we're holding backlight rec and park is holding back from the original plane designer and fantastic indicator we're hoping to deliver the new plane structure this fall. >> we have one blue card for this item and jane lids. >> okay. is ms. listing is not here oh different item. >> my apologies your number 9 sorry if anyone want to comement

please come on up. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm rachel from the san francisco parks alliance i want to thank you for the proposed proposition to complete this work at larson i think jake did an a.d. milk job we're as disappointed as everyone the original kr5k9 didn't workout as planned but we in agreement with the staff that the new plan is a good explain that is the new vendor will deliver the planes that everyone envisioned and wanted and provides a great experience for kids and exist and harassed a climbing net so i urge you to approve the proposal in front of the you and i lord

to seeing you all at grand opening of larson >> is there any additional public comment. >> good afternoon, everyone i'm ash from sxhauns office i want to support this this is 0 robust community process behind larson park i'm confident that rec and park it doing everybody to deliver a plane the community will be excited about i want to lend her support. >> we're honored to be joined by the asserts our chiu. >> thank you commissioner president buell and the commissioner thank you for having me it is a period of time since i've been at the public hearing i'm a bit rusty i want to say it has been about more than two years ago i came to ask

for your support i underscore the importance of this project it serves as a node to the history that flies this but making an investment to the kids in the future i wanted to say thank you for your past support we've come a long way and we're almost there this action will bring us to the final place i want to take a quick manipulate to thank phil ginsburg and your team in the capital division that worked hand in hand with the supervisors office and the friends to make sure that all steps we were updated and working together to make that a possibility to thank you for that thank you. >> thank you. >> is there any additional public comment on this item seeing none, public comment is closed. >> let's see commissioner harrison. >> i know you said you were working on some kind of a design

will it be similar to the one - and yes. very very similar in fact we're 10r9 out the detailed the scale to the net structure we're going getting getting into that detail to meet the communities expectation. >> thank you. >> commissioner low. >> was there or is there any recovery from the fund from the original designer. >> we're working with the city attorney's office to get those funds it is in process. >> 1yrgsd ginsburg and commissioners i want to thank all of you not only for this item about the one that preceded it and the next one we we were able to make sure that things happened where they needed to happen you all have your interests and passions but thank

you all for helping the community and helping the department execute some of the important projects that is a great example the open space reserve at work and working very, very well, on behalf of the community so thanks. >> thank you. >> no other public comment? so i'll entertain a motion >> so moved. >> second i want to say the old sunset guy i'm happy to have this plane returned you can't have the playground without it arrest all in favor, say i. >> we're on item 9 the park connector trail and open space fund on designated conserve designation. >> good afternoon commissioners lisa open space manager with the

rec and park department i want to echo actually what the general manager just said about a thanks and freeshgs to the commissioners that have been deeply involved in this project up until well on monday night commissioner away was out norwalk and talking with the community all the way up into the last days it's our leadership we're at this place to thank you very much commissioners and it was with regards to that commissioner bonilla and commissioner president buell hfa have asked that item be put forth for the undesignated contingency reserve so the walter trail is on the

north slorp of the park and sits between billy goat hills and the active part in the diamond heights neighborhood currently an undesignated trail shown on the orange line that links those two parklands these kinds of linkages are support by adjoin plan 3.2 and 3 enhancing that work and green ways throughout the city current site conditions as i said it is 4 hundred plus linear feet shown on the top photo and the took up and bottom of trail is an earth trail with a switch back fwn we've had conversation for sometime about what to do with

the particular area and in order to get a sense from the community how to move forward we held a community meeting on december 10th of last year, it was a very lively and subcontractor active meeting a lot of people participated and we question what's the best connection that balances everyone's needs on the site so we looked at 3 alternatives no connection a trail connection with the earthen scale with the top and bottom stairway is is a dog and the steps saw i think i see a leash. >> i think i saw the glen eagle park presentation the dog gets

around with you we were asked to look at the pros and cons and voted for the took up pick it was not complete consensus in the room with the steps at the top and bottom received the performance of o are preponderance of support and created the plan in front of you today in addition the participant asked for additional items be considered to make the plan even better one was to look at buffers with the neighboring properties to minimize the impact overall of the trail to keep the wilderness and address erosion there's erosion issues and make the site more welcoming so as a followup to the community meeting we've conducted a variety of surveys hazard tree

assessment and ceqa review we held meeting with the two adjacent neighbors one of which is here jane i know you'll be speaking, too, and fred has a medical issue i think he submitted comments in writing i want to appreciate they both met with us to go through the details and came up with a balanced plan in an effort to then gather more input from the larger community we held on open house that described the elements thinking of the with the concept plan we envision the trail to go what the fenced might look like and variety of design combhoernt thinking about for the plan itself we received communications i believe

are in your packet that stated the general support for the concept plan and also a few some folks at the open house that that lingering concerns primarily related to the number of steps we're proposing as well as where the trail entry will come into the trail so here's the schematic for the trail the blue areas with the buffer areas next to our neighbors orange areas are the box steps in the yellow areas are the earth and trail so in going through this process and identifying the buffer areas we had less room to work with we're trying to stay out of the buffer areas to be good neighbors what resulted was a plan that has

more box steps then what we talked about at the community meeting at the community meeting we said we thought co-we could do an earthquake trail that was before we looked at the buffer issue once we took out the hundred or so or hundred and 50 feet custom 86 we have to add additional steps to get up to the slope then the other thing to note in the overall plan the entrance to the trail at&t's at the park is itch closer to the where the folks want to go the children's area and the basketball portion of park, if you will, so the advantage of the concept we're showing here and so then a little bit of

details we envision there will be about 5 hundred and 60 linear feet of earth trail about hundred and 20 feet of boxes steps 80 percent of the trail is earth and trail we have included measures for split rail fence to announce the entries one of the things the neighborhood want to make it more welcoming it is sort of now undleptd unknown open space so a little bit of the modesty fence from the bottom right we inevitable will help announce it and make the site more welcoming and guide users to the new entry we would decommission the existing trail deal with the erosion and do screening planning department for the neighbors and to screen people that are using the trail to

promoted the wildness pies as well arborists finding do 5 trees and we went through that with the community and their obviously fallen over the trail unhealthy trees and many, many trees will remain on the wooded hillside and the estimated cost is hundred and $47,000 so staff believes that the elements of this sxheptd plan really address the spirit of what we said we'll do in the community meeting an december 10th we've addressed the 4 items we feel like in terms of making it more welcoming and reducing the impacts and addressing the there is no with the neighbors and minimizing the impact overall we believe that plan balances the immediate neighbors interests and community twrrz overall with

that said, we intend to meet one more time with the folks that have loirng concerned about the number of steps and some of the design issues to see if we can think think outside the box to come up with design solutions it reduce the number of steps we're in favor of as well so we will be meeting with them before we go to final design review so in summary the staff recommends you approve he did hundred and $47,000 for the open space undesignated contingency reserve i'll be happy to answer any questions. >> jean lids. >> good afternoon, commissioners my name is jane i'm speaking behavior of my husband and our immediate neighbors on beacon

street we own the property open the southeast end of the wooded area under the proposed plan to build a connecting trail so the folks own the property to the northwest boundary fred couldn't be here today he ask i speak for the four of united states we want to reiterate the approval the excellent e excellent plan designed by the rec and park we voiced our past, present, and future and leslie a john have done a great job of license to the neighbors and coming up with a terrific plan that he recent meeting there were a few people that want to place the entrance inside the buffer zone it protects our home from e and

give us privacy spending e extending the trail closer to our home dollars the need for 4 steps out of 70 planned for the trail deserve for fewer steps to prefer the wilderness of the area is contra indicated by moving closer to the hours and civilization this is mreshths this makes it hazardous to cross beacon street the kids run out in the street and the elderly need to pass we have a terrific problem with speeding and turns in the road the staff has come up with a beautiful plan heavy effort good visibility in into

directions and between the two trees will be minimally pruned to create a lovely welcoming arc we very concerned about safety a few weeks ago i called 9-1-1 for people trespassing and breaking and entering our home they came from another illegal trail that is designed as the buffer zone am i out of time. >> you have thirty seconds keep going. >> we've had conversation about the plans so it will be beautiful and discourage trespassers there's is a lot of litter it is used condoms and broken glass all hazardous to the dogs and children and wildlife in the area. >> well, your speaking for fred as well i'll give you a few more

sessions. >> the food attracts rats and my from the food is healthy for the are a consciousness ever or coyotes i'm ahead of the group 25 people met with the captain at our next door neighbor's home there is concern about the night life illegal activity there is noise i didn't parties and drunken kids throwing bottles and graffiti we've having had graffiti open our house we may disagree on the stairs but we unanimously agree we need to have a budget in place to have weekly maintenance of this trail to keep the hfa hazardous litter from the trail i want to say please keep the buffers and the industry

location where it is and thank you and the staff at rec and park you've done a great job. >> thank you. >> is there any additional public comment. >> hello, i live in the area this has been my home since 1942 in the late 70s my grandmothers father and mother to home at beacon street it was purchased to raise our goats hence named billy goat hill i've built trails one 4 hundred feet with the proposed trail the major frustration only 2 and a half days to review the lay out of the trail it is on just a few

dialysis on monday and an inaccurate map me and many of the on the major concern is the 70 to proposed stairs the trades on the hillside in the canyon is an example of that beautiful trails almost all the stairs would be eliminated 10 percent this will result in an interesting naturally shaped trail with 3 straight runs the eliminations of the stairs would afford an commenced hiking experience with each steps one-on-one each one can have their own gate this concept that consistent

with the steps with to 50 percent grade not degree grades another concern the location of the start of the trail the logical place is oppose the existing path to billy goat hill and the starting point if it would give us a little bit more room to make a trail and the main objection is the house jeans house this can be having shrubs and trees removed a physical barrier in any case we need more time to reach a skwoepgs what the actual trails

should look like thank you. >> thank you. >> is there any additional public comment open this item. >> good afternoon commissioners once again that's correct for your patience. >> thank you, commissioner for your hands on it is an ongoing saga as we you'll know the point i'd like to make today is to address the so-called concept and particular some important points involved the concept i act and speak on behalf of that few people in attendance on monday from 4:00 p.m. to 73, 4,

5 i acted particular on behalf of those who stated the course so to speak and actually walked the course which took place at the tail end of that meeting without which i wouldn't be able to speak residential we were observing a proposing propose pro-prospering proposal that was submitted pie the adjoining neighbors it was new to us terms of onsite emperor when we got there several people got there the community notice we were given sheets of paper to sign our concerns no pad or pen in the wind and trying to listen

most people wrote down individual comments that's not the story the story i'd like to convey is that i'm representing the handful of people and get concrete february and good advice in terms of making that trail a much better trail than what we saw going qoc to the meeting on december 10th we felt this is in keeping with the consensus areas such as earth and path like the one that is there now the social path we didn't find that when we were there so we preceded to bring out the point we thought were recommended by the community

such as the opening space to beacon street it was dramatically moved it was in keeping with phil ginsburg early vision an earlier connector in this instance we perceived what was prepared no for thought given to that is it is now an easy cross over mr. president for example. >> thank you. >> may i say. >> others i represent. >> i understand make it brief if you know. >> i will unfortunately, it has become an issue as to the adjacent neighbors having more of a say than we do in terms of but for

and so forth we've enjoyed excellent communication with the neighbors and like to ask their support in a meeting we can all get together at the site and come up with reasonable compromises concerning the beautifies that limits the trail that was earlier envisioned thank you very much. >> thank you. >> is there any additional public comment on this item seeing none, public comment is closed. >> let me say a few words about this because first, i want to thank commissioner for going to the meeting it's been over a year by the neighbors on either side there was problems we had an illegal path and neighbors with problems and our primary concern as often is the case we're to try a accommodate a number of

policies and make them work the neighbors wanted offends and if you ask some of the neighbors that would have had strung barbed wire at the top that's how bad the situation but the police department and fire department that uber you'll bees batting the problems the ones that shouldn't be in there wouldn't be there and you'll have the law breakers inside and if that an accident or fire or someone slipped and broke a bumper-to-bumper you couldn't get anesthesia it with blocking that off the general manager advised us a park policy to connect folks that's probable in part why this