lead goal certification and also to art installations on the campus that was designed and constructed to better sense of ability so for example we're using solar water heaters we're also urging gray water for reuse inform flush water and rainwater for the cooling and irrigation locked on third street and mission rock is it serves the motorbike neighborhood and motorbike i moiks is a growing neighborhood and the intent of the bond to have please and fire serves to serve the community. >> hemming helping to keep the building and the stay safe was the not the only opportunity it creates many jobs with 82 bleb businesses overall san franciscans contributed one

hundred and 87 thousand hours to help to complete the project it shows the city of san francisco the elected officials and police officers and more importantly the voters that paid for the building this is what we can do with when we wrorpt this is a beacon when we need to build new extra we can trust them with the money and the plan they did a good job the san francisco public is a reminder of the importance of being presented and will continue to serve the residents for decades to come issue. >> homeless in san francisco is a challenging issue that effects owner in the city in many different was as of the 2014 homeless census over 64 homeless

in individual in the city to try to address the issue we've got a program for chronic homeless welcome to the navigation center. >> this pilot project is for people living on the street what makes it different the navigation center is able to accommodate homeless encampments lowell u allowing people to keep their pets and bring their personal bloonlz. >> the full realization that people don't want to be homeless not refuse services but from the services don't meet them and not relevant they're not going to be successful if you look at the budget losses we've got a

community sacrifice important people to get food and laundry we're standing next to the bathrooms it is designed to be a dynamic and brief residential experience where right of on this site city staff to connect you to homeless places to return to family dine is up for medi-cal and all those things that are complicated for people. >> the other exciting thing city agencies come on site and provided the services for folks this is existed to see when the goal of streamlining a a whole processes of getting people on go gentle assistance into housing as much as possible. >> way totally different you can come and agree as please and get laundry services and showers any time of the day and night

it's twenty-four hours a day whatever and twhefr it's not like any other she recalls. >> they come and help people for what it is they're required the issues they need and reach out and do what we can to say okay how can we accommodate you to get you set up and straight never in my mind imagined a program like this this place it different and a a lot a lot that better it works. >> the navigation is center is a collaboration of partnerships too city departments one is the homeless outreach team managed by the san francisco distributing i look forward to the navigation center we'll have our agents go out and help and say don't go anymore over and over send our dayshift out they've meet the

population and hang out and hang in the encampment and transport people and be with them and make immediate impacts with me and my staff. >> bringing our wloongz whatever you go presents a problem this place their help with the storage i don't have to worry about it staying here you know you're getting things done they need to get things down done to get off the street avenue of the hope alsoness is gone. >> they help you if you're hungry go eat if e you need to go places go. >> they're 4th district it awe auto. >> it was funded through a

unanimous donation and of may 2015 an additional $3 million to help to continue the program beyond 18 months. >> you see people coming out they're ready to being so the future homes you know how variable the navigation center is my message for the constituents yes something can be done do break chronic homelessness it is being done. >> this is a community that sets an example but i how to pick an area that was funky they've seen we're trying to do is help their neighbors they've seen getting sicker and more frail and broken down on the streets and welcomed us that's a powerful statement people are exist and president in they're becoming to see the movement for folks and people on the streets are only survival

modes where is there next meal and their itch more carefree. >> the staff here is interpretation the first day i have a appointment and everything was made all you do is go through them this makes a huge difference. >> to get settled in a helping hand to get on my feet take care of the issues i have and get out of bed and help. >> even though the navigation center has been up in march 2014 the program is creating successful outreach for it's clients. >> a month ago they came to me

and asked me to go into a new program i moved into here and now 3 months later i have my own place it is mine i lock my door don't worry about my stuff it feels human againis a meeting of the recreation and park commission. could the secretary please call the roll. >> commissioner buell. >> here. >> commissioner low. >> here. >> commissioner [kpwrao-eupbl/]. >> here. >> commissioner harrison. >> here. >> commissioner mcdonnell. >> here. >> and commissioner levitan will be here in just a moment. just a couple of quick

reminders. this is a special meeting of the recreation and park commission of july 16th. we ask that you turn off any sound-producing devices that may go off during the meeting. if you would like to have a secondary conversation with someone, please take it outside, so that we can proceed as efficiently as possible. if you would like to speak on an item today, that is not on the agenda, but falls under the jurisdiction of the recreation and park commission, would you speak on item no. 4. if you don't have an opportunity to do it then, it will be continued to item 10. and last, when you make public comment, please address your comments to the commission. neither the commission, nor staff will respond during public comment, but the commission may ask staff to respond after public comment is closed. with that we're on item 2 the president's report. >> i will be very brief. i just want to congratulate

staff and particularly the recipients of the awards for william hammond hall yesterday and margaret, i thought the whole event was very well-done. so congratulations, all the way around. that concludes my report. >> is there any public comment on the president's report? seeing none, public comment is -- public comment is closed. we're on item 3 the general manager's report. >> good morning commissioners. i doubt i will be as brief and pithy as the commission president, but i will do my best. this month is national pus parks and recreation and the nrpa and park agencies across the country we're celebrating our parks by highlighting some of the events going on throughout the month that illustrate the value and important role our parks play in the community. last night's william hammond hall event is in july intentionally as part of the

national park and recreation month. we couldn't have asked for pay better opening to parks and recreation month by co-hosting the women's world cup on july 5th outside of the civic center where more than 3,000 fans packed in to watch the u.s. women's soccer team beat the japan team 5-2 and if you blinked it was already 4-0 and as we all know the women's team brought home the world cup. overall we hosted three viewing parties during the tournament which each one growing in anticipation and excitement as the tournament wore on, particularly for girl and women's sports programs across the country. this was a really important moment in women's sports history. a big special special thanks to lisa branston and her entire team for pulling off such a huge effort. parks and recreation month continues with a special

volunteer with volunteers for outdoor california, which is hosting its annual weekend volunteer and camping event. this is the only time that camping is actually allowed in our park system. this year's event takes place at glen canyon and includes a variety of volunteer protprograms after which participants enjoy activities. they have worked on a major trail project and will be with lisa wayne work on creeks to peaks and with vo cal's efforts the 2008 bond dollars and some other grant funding that we have obtained this will knock off a big part of the creek to peak trails structures. play day, next saturday, july 25th from 11 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. we're hosting a special play day event that includes sports,

games, crafts and live entertainment, a free family event, one of four free family events that we host throughout the year and it's a great opportunity to get out and enjoy and of were you newren vated park. it may be one of our smaller parks, but we love it. tomorrow afternoon from 4-7 p.m. we'll celebrate newly completed improvements with a special community event including our mobile rec climbing wall, zumba class for anyone who shows un, including you commissioner, low and bar-b-q. the park improvements include new amenities like benches, bbq pits and improved irrigation upgrades which were funded by the city's general fund and open space program. and then just a quick reminder about a couple of events coming up in august, like i need to remind anyone about this one: outside lands returns to golden gate park august 7-9 and

features top selections in music, food, wine, beer and comedy and somed of year's lineup includes the black keys, mumford and sons, sam smith and sir elton john himself on sunday evening. on august 15th, and 16th, soccer returns to civic center. each summer street soccer usa holds a weekend street soccer festival in the heart of civic center to promote its mission of improving the lives of homeless and at-risk youth through sports. this event is free to the public and also includes food trucks, djs, celebrity appearances. visit streetsoccer.org and recreation and park has a team in the tournament. and it is really, really amazing. after each match non-teams with

non-homeless participants match up with homeless participants and they do team and group exercises together and learn a little about their lives and learn from each other and it's probably the best example of sport being a catalyst for social change that i know. it's really an amazing, amazing organization, street soccer usa and this is their key event of the year. before we move on to employment recognitions, a bit of sad news is worth noting. we received word very recently that one of our long time employees percy true, when or who began his career with the department in 195 and spent 52 years with us before returning in 2004 passed away. percy was a fitchture at the chinese recreation center throughout his career with us and most noted for being quite a basketball player and coach in his own right. there is a very rich transaction of

basketball that day dates back to the 19 30s percy played with the team and coached many, many generations of players after that. obviously our condolences go out to the family and his friend and family at recreation and park and we would respectfully request mr. president that the meeting be adjourned in percy's honor today. moving on to tough transition, but i would like to move on to employee -- our quarterly employee reckion and i'm going turn it over to ken to make the presentations. we are recognizing two employees, very, very special employees today and ken, after you do your thing, maybe i could chime in just a little bit for each of them because they are well-deserving. >> okay. good morning commissioners, and general manager ginsburg. my name is ken gee and i'm the human resources director for the recreation and park department. i am proud to be here today to introduce the award resipins of

the quarterly recognition program. the individual award recipient and the group award going to kimberly deford and her committee for their work on the greater and greener conference. there is the 7263 maintenance manager for the department. will started in september of 2005s a truck driver with the san francisco recreation and park department. in april of 2013, will was appointed as the 7263 maintenance manager. steve flannery, who nominated mr. toggle has nomed will foyer three projects. the stabilization and roof replacement and the golden gate park recycle water project. as you know the house is an historic 1912 dwelling lombard street.

it fell in complete disrepair over the years. before the property became completely unusable, will worked with the contracts to renovate the interior, which allowed the house to be safely used again. he worked on the historic 1888 build building that underwent renovation in 1984, but the roof was an asbestos-based one and now restored with special molding to its original design. the third project involved the golden gate park water mapping -- the water and approximately 13-mile irrigation system. originally there was underground water well, which supplied park with gravity-fed water system updated with additional plumbing in the

mid-1990s from the existing groundwater practice to a compliant recycled water distribution system in golden gate park within the past two years. the new distribution system was rpd with future water conservation strategies. there is working with kate u our engineer to entirely remap the system, as well as coordinate the work with the structural maintenance, plumbing and operational and engineering staff. on behalf of the san francisco recreation and park department, we want to thank will for his dedication and look forward to his if you knowed success as the employee with the san francisco recreation and park department. >> thank you. i was so pleased steve that you had the good forethought to nominate will for this award because it brings attention not just to will's incredible professionalism, but the importancing of our structural

unit. they are the backbone of our organization and we have a very, very old park system, and the public just expects that it's going to work , whether it's our irrigation systems our boilers and our plumbing systems and pools, our playgrounds are safe and it's the men and women who work for the yard that really keep our parks, do so much to keep our parks safe and keep them functioning. they don't get as much attention, frankly, and credit, as they deserve, because we just expect things are going to work. they are often behind-the-scenes and they work very closely with our capital division to make sure that the new parks and facilitis that we're renovating there is a seamless handoff between the construction firms that are building the new projects and then it becomes our responsibility for generations and generations to maintain them. and so while i certainly celebrate the folks who are here today, representing the yard and i see jack smith and

steve flannery have come to support will and there is a new level of professional in the yard and i want to thank them for their hard work. will today we single you out for your dedication and customer service between the yard and many different business units in the department, that are you're your customers. this is well-deserved and i was very pleased to see it happen. thank you, will. [ applause ]

ken, the next one i have the pleasure of doing. is that our script? >> yes. >> the next person we're recognizing is the wonderful, kimberly keefer is being

recognized today for the lion's share of the 2015 greater and greener international parks conference in april. kimberly is our volunteer and outreach coordinator and she does many, many, many things and this conference goes into the category of "other duties as required." while this was certainly a large volunteer component to making this conference successful, kimberly did so much more and really was the point-person on the ground, working with five or six other local agencies over 150 park agencies that are members of the city park as license. the city parks alliance board, vendors, you name it and kimberly was the quarterback and kept it all going. as you all know and most of you had the opportunity to visit the conference that featured more than 150 speakers and attended more by that 1,000 people from 200 cities and 20

countries around the world our commission president watts moderator and park tours and special events all focuses on the technology advanced in innovation in park management in the bay area, and around the globe and it was a seminole . kimberly job was herculean and we're a team and i want to take time to thank the other key people who supported kimberly, including sarah ballard, beck montgomery, ryan, lisa branston and many, many other members of the department, whether they were participating on panels or supporting the conference behind -the-scenes that made it a really big success. it's my great, please pleasure to recognize kimberly with the

quarterly employee recognition award. [ applause ] thank you fill beginsburg our fearless leader and thank you president and commissioners. i'm really humbled at this moment. i would like to acknowledge my mentor sarah ballard.

second, to rebecca montgomery who was amazing. i would like to acknowledge all of our team who worked tirelessly on the content delivery of the tour, et cetera, et cetera. including you president buell and commissioner secretary this long list including 50 rpd staff and capital permits, operations, finance, hr and safety. special thanks to our maintenance team and structural maintenance yard. our psa1 staff 2 and their natural areas of course golden gate park was involved, the nursery and the maintenance yard. huge thanks to our recreation staff, mobile rec, as well as leader services and to our public affairs team, phil mentioned ryan, and tillman and connie. i say that you only as good as those around you and i thank my

dedicated team for our busy earth month madness with the conference and that includes maryanne, david, zoe, tracy will and jack. lastly i want to thank the city parks alliance and my you colleagues of the 12 bay area leading agencies who worked in support and raising the bar as international industry leaders, doing our best practices right here in san francisco. it was a great honor to serve the greater and greener community at-large and facilitate such a defining proud moment for the department's proud stamp on innovation. thank you. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> all right, now for a quick look at this past month in parks. >> video.

recreation and park capital and planning division is responsible for improving all of our you parks citywide and even though we spend a lot of time in our offices planning our park it's a group of professionals deeply committed to improving our city. the 2008-2012 parks fund including funding for neighborhood parks, restroom innovations, urban trails, forestry and the community opportunity fund in which community members were able to improve their parks through a grant-style program. we have seen impacts citywide, including boeddeker park and mission dolores park. mission dolores park easily has 10000 visitors on a given saturday or sunday. and aside from really respecting the history of the park, we really wanted to make sure we were planning the park to accommodate our residents for the next 50 years and most

importantly because it's such an important event space for the city. we want to make sure that our operations staff had a chance -- [ inaudible ] where whereas boeddeker park is a one-acre park in the tenderloin and had all kinds of crime issues, but we completely created a neighborhood hub in the middle of that neighborhood. our parks are really our primary community faces. on june 18th, safe harbor recreation and park opened the north side the dolores park and now we're beginning to renovate the southside. let's love dolores -- you on june 28th san francisco recreation and park celebration at civic center plaza with a record-setting crowd. [ inaudible ] we hosted a fee women's world cup viewing at civic center plaza where fans were able to root the team and witness the

championship. [ applause ] >> july is national recreation and park month, so get out and play. >> thank you, jake gilchrist. [ applause ] i really do mean thank you. that concludes the general manager's report. >> thank you. >> is there anyone who would like to make public comment on the general manager's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. item 4 is general public comment. i do have one card. tom swierk, is that correct? come on up, you will have three minutes. is that correct? >> three minutes. >> okay. >> good morning and thank you for letting me speak. i am here this morning, first of all my name is tom swierk, 20-year resident of san francisco. i live directly across from jefferson square park and i'm here today to talk about 950 gothhousing which is so