received or initiated by the ethics commission. commissioner kopp? >> i request a closed session. >> is there a second for that request? >> i will second it. >> motion has been made and seconded. we don't need public comment on that, do we? >> i don't think so. >> all those in favor of the motion? we'll get it anyway. >> f.o.e. wants to wish you a happy holiday season. thank you for your amazing work this year and how as a unit you have come together so well. and i think the public is aware of what it is you're doing for the city and i think by in large seeing us on tv is sometimes hard, but they appreciate what it is we're doing. so thank you.

>> thank you, charlie. >> and have a good holiday season. and while you're in executive session, i hope somebody brings in a box of cookies or something. >> you were going to bring pizza, remember? >> yes, we discussed pizza. >> and i'm sure the chair will deep that germane to item 10 on the calendar. >> yes. christmas cookies >> back in open session for the ethics commission, decemb december session. is there a motion pursuing to what we did in our closed session? >> i would move that we keep the

closed session in confidence. >> second? >> second. >> all those in favor of the motion? >> aye. >> motion passes unanimously. so we then go to item 11. discussion of possible action of items for future meetings. i think some of the things that have come up tonight indicate things that we'll be doing at future meetings in record to putting matters on the ballot and just listening to what has been said. i would anticipate that in february we would have agendaized putting on the ballot the whistle-blower item and also

our ordinance that we passed the last time in -- so that we get it on the ballot, both of them on the ballot in june, and have them effective as soon as possible. the third thing, which did come up tonight and i think it would be important, unless we get an indication from the city, the danger of the pudge the of the ethics commission being cut at this point when we've been able to protect it so fiercely the last few years, i think, is fairly substantial. we used to be not protected at all under the former executive director. we've done it with the executive director and also indicating from the commission that we would go forward with an ordinance relating to the budget, if they didn't pass our budget. so i think we ought to think

about it, but also adding what was recommended by charlie marsteader, in that we put a measure on the ballot in june that the commission be fully funded, because we are now up and running. we're starting to get going, and to have a hole in the budget at this point, would be, i think, very sad thing to happen and destructive thing to happen. i'm just ruminating out loud regarding things that i would like to see perhaps agendaized for february. commissioner kopp? >> commissioner kopp: i never asked the executive director or you, mr. chairman, about a member requesting an item on the agenda. can that be done outside of our public meeting?

>> commissioner keane: yeah. a member can request it and then there would be a discussion between director pelham and me as chair and the likelihood -- i can't see that i would not exceed to that request. >> commissioner kopp: all right. i will defer until the new year. >> commissioner keane: okay. any other discussion on matters for future meetings? any public comment on that? >> i have one. >> commissioner chiu: wee -- reflecting on the budget, if we were to explore a ballot initiative related to the ethics commission, i would suggest that we explore more broadly. that's not just for this upcoming fiscal year, but that we look at independent funding for the budget, so we won't

necessarily always be subject to 5%, 2.5% increase over time, but that's the budgeting process so that the commission could be -- i don't know how it would work and that would be the work to be done, would be to have it it on the stand-alone basis and have approval be -- whether it's through a voting mechanism through the public or a mayor, but some alternative mechanism that could preserve the integrity of our budget. as i think back to where we started from when i joined the commission, we were sorely understaffed and have been chroniclely understaffed over the last 12 months. we were able to get increased funding, but with the decrease in fiscal year and subsequent year, it would gut completely the strides we've made in building up the team to do the

work. and i take mr. plantead's suggestion to use the data to show the backlog of complaints. when we began this work, there were complaints stretching back to 2014 and now we're on the cusp of 2018 and now we don't have things pending from two months ago or two years ago and so that's very powerful evidence to show the resources that the city has committed to us and mayor lee was instrumental in that. when cuts were being asked for across the board, you know, he didn't mandate that we had to go along with those cuts. and i think that's part of his legacy, is the support for the commission and i would like to explore ways in the upcoming couple of months to see whether or not that support can be

institutionalized in some legislative fashion that would help to preserve the independence and integrity and resources to do the work. >> commissioner keane: you made a very important point about mayor lee. ever since we started to emphasize it to him, he's been responsive to that. now we have a new day and everything starts from zero in san francisco when you get a shake-up like this. and so the new mayor, whatever the board of supervisors's views are, they're not necessarily going to or at all going to reflect what mayor lee's been doing. so these are things, i think, we should definitely do in order to instituti institutionalize what we've done so far.

any other thoughts on that? okay. so additional opportunity for public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda pursuant to ethics commission's bylaws article 7, section 2. i see no public comment. and i suggest, commissioners, that someone make a motion to adjourn and adjourn in the memory of mayored lee. and the significant loss of his passing. i knew him since the 1980s and he headed the asian law caucus and i was involved with him in a number of matters over the years. and he's someone who made a big difference in record to our community and i would entertain such a motion.

commissioner lee made the motion. >> second. >> commissioner keane: all those in favor, aye. >> passes unanimously. best wishes to everybody.

this is the recreation and park commission with commissioner

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the president's report. >> president buell: thank you. let me begin by simply saying no words can possibly express the sadness that we all feel in this department and this commission for the very tragic loss of our mayor ed lee. there simply aren't the right words to do it, but first, we will adjourn in his memory. and two, as someone very high up in washington said in a text to me, in troubling times, he was a very, very decent man. and so we will remember him with sadness. with that, that concludes my president's report. >> clerk: anyone who would like to make public comment?

being none, we are on item 3. the general manager's report. >> thank you commissioners and president buell, i didn't realize how hard this was going to be. yeah, i mean, we're all heart broken. and so today, rather than run through a typical general manager's report, i wanted to highlight the mayor's commitment to parks. for us all. and in honor of the mayor, i'll try to be short, because i am short. [laughter]. he was just -- we're going to let the slide show run here, but he was such a champion of our parks. and certainly understood the importance of making them accessible to all residents. there were probably no single statistic related to parks that he was more proud of than being

the first big city mayor to be able to brag that 100% of residents that lived in the city he led lived within a 10-minute walk of a park. he would almost every event since we reached that honor, mention it right out of the gate. and that was because of how much he cared about infrastructure and investment. and during his tenure, under his leadership, we have invested over $350 million in parks. including voter-approved bonds in 2012. the implementation of a bond in 2008, and although that was before his mayoral tenure, if you go back a little further, the mayor city administrator was

the author of the city's 10-year capital plan, which laid very much the groundwork for all of investment. parks that were reopened during his tenure include chinatown, delores park, glen canyon playground and recreation center, lafayette park, reopened the sunset recreation center, reopened the joe dimaggio playground. opened a new plaza where town square on 24th street. acquired open space out of india basin, francisco reservoir, st. mary's which opened under his leadership.

under his leadership voters approved proposition b in 2016. which really has been a true stabilizing force for us and will be even more valuable as we head into rockier budget times. just in last year since proposition b, we have resurfaced total of 15 tennis and basketball courts, most of which are in underserved communities. he understood the importance of public-private partnerships and through you are partnership with the city field foundation we've renovated 21 soccer fields, added 80,000 hours of play. through our partnership with trust for public land, we opened -- renovated bo decker

park, balboa, the amazing playgrounds that have sprung out of the ground, right in our front yard of this building which will open on february 14th, have his fingerprints all over them. i remember vividly meeting in his office with my good friend jackie and folks from the trust for public land and we excitedly showed him the design and he said light, there needs to be light. and light he got. and light he will get. when these playgrounds open, you're going to see a brand new energy and face out at civic center. one of the things that i really connected with him and loved him for was how much he cared about our kids and how much he cared about active recreation, whether it was the mayor 3 on 3 hoops tournament, coming to crabfest, promoting the scholarships,

whether it was supporting the summer camp programs, whenever he was around kids, you would see him smile and just light up. he loved sports, loved sporting events, loved community. he created his -- the mayor's annual ping pong tournament which started and runs throughout chinatown. golf. whether it be the first tee and teaching kids who have never picked up a golf club the importance of the game, or having the world's best come to harding for the president's cup. am ex championship, the president's cup, all brought to san francisco because he was our park champion and he loved golf

and the pga knew he loved golf and knew he would make it work. he always came out to the events. never missed a tree-lighting. in fact the last time i had the honor of being with him was at our tree-lighting this past year, where again, he bragged being the first mayor in a country where 100% of us lived within the 10-minute walk of the park. we've increased scholarships to san francisco families. we've run the teen outdoor experience seven years in a row, which was his vision to bring kids who touched the juve nil system, up to mather for a long weekend when it was just theirs. he provided over the greater and greener parks conference where we brought the nation's park leaders and some of the nation elected officials to show off

the park system. we presided over the centennial. he presided over the summer of love celebration. he led pride parades. giants and warriors championship parades that ran through our parks and facilities. he welcomed the world cup to civic center plaza. and there may have been no bigger san francisco deltas fan. although they were only around one year, they made significant investment into our stadium for generations of folks to enjoy and they won the north american soccer league championship their one and only year. i could go on and on, but i'll stop there. i wanted to say how much i'm going to miss him and how grateful i am, how much he truly

loved and cared about parks and the city's kids. to that end, we have some really, really special kids. i thought this was the right way to end today's otherwise sad general manager's report. i want to welcome the young people's team music theater company to our commission. they are a performing arts company devoted to bringing quality and professional level theater to young adults in the bay area. this is your program. this is a san francisco recreation and park program. they offer quality instruction in drama, voice, acting, dance and technical theater. founded in 1984 by diane price. they are selected by open audition only. this past month, under the amazing leadership of nicole,

they won first place for the second consecutive year. they performed excerpts from their upcoming production of bat boy, the musical, this production will revisit the first show ever put on my nicole, who is celebrating her first anniversary with us as director. [applause] the show -- [laughter] the show will take place on january 26-28 and february 2-4 at the museum. and in honor of the holidays and our beloved mayor, i invite them to perform now. [ ♪ ]

[ ♪ ] ♪ has come from the cold ♪ [ ♪ ]

[ ♪ ] ♪ it's a joyful moment ♪ may the joyful noise ♪ make some noise ♪ make some noise ♪ sing it proud ♪ all night long ♪ make it noise, noise, joyful noise ♪ ♪ make some noise ♪ praise god ♪ so like the prophets we're

told in the days of old, make joyful noise my soul ♪ ♪ make joyful noise my soul ♪ make some noise ♪ make some noise ♪ hallelujah ♪ all night long ♪ make joyful noise ♪ of joyful noise [applause] [cheering]

>> well, that's a pretty awesome -- >> wow. >> -- way to end the year in the general manager's report, in honor of our beloved mayor. >> president buell: we found a new way to open every meeting, that's terrific. >> mr. president, can you join me for a picture? how about we all go? >> president buell: the whole commission down, come on.

[applause] >> commissioner, she's on the way out of the door, but i want to celebrate chris boettcher, who oversees all of the music programs, including this one, so

thank you, chris. [applause] >> is there anyone who would like to make public comment under the general manager's report? ok. [laughter] seeing none, this item is closed. we're now under general public comment, is there anyone who would like to make general public comment? ok being none, richard? ok. >> what would our meeting with without? >> can you sing, richard? [laughter]. >> good morning, everyone. i just want to make a few public comments, i try to speak a little bit about phil but what happened every time i walk around in chinatown park and i see something wrong. one of the things has to do with the new, brand new, restroom

facility. and one of the doors always locked, the one with non-gender, family use, and everything else. is that ever going to be open? that's a very simple thing to do, open it. the room to whatever is holding it up. the other thing that i looked at, currently the location is going to be under a lot of renovations. i was thinking if it would be possible to get a temporary fix. i walk through there, i see the pot holes, they're probably dug up by rodents, or unwanted rats. they have traps around there. could they do something like, use soil impact, hanging around the temporary fix and top it off with some of the broken up bark so it doesn't look so -- because at night it gets spooky and it

makes different sounds in the park. i think the -- [inaudible] a good job because a long time ago i had spoken when he, lee, his wife, she wanted her name left off, but she, herself has passed on and was a great sponsor of park activities throughout the chinatown areas, basketball namely. so of the interest, there was the slope in front of the park on the cray street side and she had shown me pictures of it. it looked awful because it wasn't cared for, there wasn't much maintenance done. i asked the maintenance about it. i don't want to fall down, it's a very steep slope there, maybe

even get a stick or something, break it a little bit. that's how i remember edie. and then ed lee and those other people, who have already passed on. i hope i'm not going to be catching up with them. thank you very much. >> president buell: thank you. >> clerk: anyone else wants to make general comment? seeing none. >> president buell: before i entertain a motion on the consent calendar, we have a request to speak. we welcome you and send our regards to supervisor yee. >> today i wanted to speak on 5-c, the west portal playground and i'll read a letter that the supervisor included in the report. i'm writing to express my

support for the prioritization of the west portal playground renovation project. west portal playground is one of the most utilized playgrounds in district 7. due to the playground state of disrepair, the failing playground's task force identified it as a priority for renovation and is classified as a tier two approximating playground of the lets play sf tt initiative. since 2014, my office has been working in collaboration with the recreation and park department, san francisco parks alliance and the friends of the west portal playground to continue driving this project forward. while the project has stalled at times, my office has continued to work closely with all stakeholders, particularly with the community members to raise funds and donor recognition ideas. to maintain the project's momentum. the community as represented by

the friends of the west portal playground, greater west portal neighborhood association, west portal merchants association and students from west portal elementary school, totalling 160 community members are deeply invested in seat playground renovations completed on a timely schedule. it has been three years since my office first started collaborating on playground renovations and we want to see the project remain on schedule. i hope the capital committee will approve -- the commission will approve the concept wall design to the members can enjoy a safer and engaging playground. this concludes the letter. >> president buell: thank you very much.

>> clerk: any public comment? richard? >> i would like to follow up on the west portal playground design. i seen the particular model, i see the dragon, everything else, what i didn't see was the kids chasing after the big train, maybe they could have dragon hands or whatever else. there wasn't very much for younger kids. even though it's designed for them, it's a lot of open spaces. where they have the dragon, i was thinking about, a lot of the parks have a spring, you got a little seat on it and the kids can chase after the dragon, or running along with the dragon. that was one thing i liked add

onto the concept design. i liked the idea, a nice little park, portion dealing with growth [inaudible] -- plans, so on other issues, on the geneva community gardens, as well as the other geneva car barn, i believe that the -- i read the contracts between mta, there is something about locking in the 7-year with the rooms that are going to be rented out at low cost. i wanted to include a possible addendum to that where there would be possibly interconnected rooms and it would be a display of earlier iconic type of

structures, for example, even the -- i can think of the portals of the past out there. and that used to be on sacramento street before the great fire. throughout the city here, we have a lot of iconic artifacts that would be beautiful. there was a place that people can visit. and it would be like a recreational park area. i hope to keep it open so that you don't just totally lock in. [inaudible] commissioner lowe, but possibly locking in on the 7-year space. i like to keep the addendum option open. thank you. >> president buell: thank you, richard. >> clerk: anyone else would like to make public comment? seeing none, this item is closed. >> president buell: chair entertains the motion?

moved and seconded, all those in favor? so moved. >> we're on item 6, the san francisco zoo. >> thank you, good morning, tanya peterson, director of the san francisco zoo. we support the supervisor's efforts in regards to the west portal and appreciate it. i want to add our thoughts about our wonderful mayor. i first met him when he was at dpw and i was a board member for the zoo. the zoo is a public-private partnership as the general manager discussed. way back when we were just little people, young people, we were charged with raising funds for our new education center. and as things go, there was a lot of value engineering, budget cuts, et cetera, but one thing was really important to ed lee at this point, the little door handles that had squirrels and

things on them, ed thought it would be so great fort kids to open the doors when they saw the squirrels and other animals. we kept those in the budget and he personally screwed the door handles in himself. so here we are years later, he's the mayor and i'm the zoo director and he's standing in front of the door handles and he was tickled pink that the door handles was now there, he was mayor and i was zoo director and we were finally somebody. we thank him for that. and a chuckle, that's one of the bald eagles, one of the successful conservation programs and we were explaining to him we had to separate the parents from the offspring to protect the health of the eggs and we used technology to do so. he said i wish i'd has he that technology with -- had that

technology with the two teenagers in my house. with peace and love. speaking of programs, there is a product of 300,000 children have gone through the doors now since the mayor created these doors & we'll have winter camp over the break. there is still some room left. it's one of the more popular camps. i encourage if you want to put a child in, do so quickly. we love seeing the children at this time. november was the neighbor month and we partnered with one of the neighbors and most recently we partnered with the pomeroy center. if you don't know, it's behind the zoo. often people go to the pomeroy center thinking it is the zoo. so we -- if somebody wore pink pomeroy colors, we donated to

the center. they have one the largest warm pools for rehab and support disabled adults. they have free access, secret access to the zoo. and we were happy to give them $2,000 donation, 2000 people came through in pink, and then we also -- you can see the flamingo chick to the right, we named her pomeroy in honor of our neighbor. love the pomeroy center, good work, good people. it is that time of year, the rein deer are here on loan from the north pole -- no, southern california if you can believe it. we have three this year. people cannot believe they're real. they love graham crackers, so if anybody wants to do a special feeding, they really enjoy the graham crackers. they may lose their antlers soon because of the weather has been warm here, but they will be with us until january 1. they're near our friend-family

playground, a great place to bring children, grandchildren, et cetera. if you saw in the chronicle today, both the oakland zie and san francisco zoo have zoo lights. these are free for members. if you buy online, $2 discount. otherwise, $10 for adults, free for seniors and kids under 3. we'll have santa here and when he goes, we'll have zoo lights in the area of the giraffe barn as well. a great way to celebrate the lights. the weather has been fantastic and i think this is the best lights show we've had so far, knock on wood, may help there isn't a monsoon. but anyway, speaking of holid s holidays, commissioner harrison gave me a great idea, you can give gift memberships to family and friends. we have adopt an animal program where you can buy a certificate, and they will be adopting and taking care of an animal for a

year and that's a great way to connect the young generation to our animals. that's a boon there, the black rhino, they are nearly extinct. he's one of the few left in the world and we are happy to have him. boon is named after, i think football player in the 49ers who is now gone. lastly, a thought about mayor lee, we were one of the only zoos in the world on ocean front and we've complained about the fog and wind. and i was talking to ed lee and i thought, wasn't it time we embrace the coast, the fog, the views and maybe we even talk about climate change, but i was very nervous and ed and i have seen the impact of budget cuts and so forth. so he jokingly said, well, why don't you create a climate change pop-up. everyone is having a pop-up these days. i think he was joking, but i took it seriously and we're

seeking just a temporary permit to have these two old shipping containers and have a education site here talking about climate change, coastal conservation. and really, have a stake in the ground as zoo on ocean on a coast, important coast at that. so again, his inspiration, we will pursue that if possible. with that, i finish my report. >> president buell: thank you very much. >> clerk: any public comment on the item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, this was discussion only. >> president buell: any commissioner comments? seeing none. >> clerk: item 7, capital planning and software licensing agreement.

good morning, the item before you today is the discussion and possible action to approve the 5-year license agreement with four rivers software systems in an amount not to exceed $1.5 million for capital planning and facility conditions assessment purposes. under our strategic plan, this initiative alliance with strategy one, inspire public space. strategy 3, inspire investment. and also to increase public investment to better align with infrastructure needs and service expectations. this would be a bit of background for you. next year, the department will

begin preparing for the next geo bond proposal. over the coming months, staff will focus on replacing the outdated current conditions assessment database with a system to provide direction on investments required to preserve and also to extend the life of our assets that are renovated through our bond program. rpd has made a commitment to allocate funds. and to address the department's needs, deferred maintenance backlog, to shift from an emergency sort of focused practice to a much more proactive one. in preparation for the infusion of resources, rec park homes to further integrate the department's preventative maintenance and capital planning

work flows. our goal is for core asset classes like rec centers, play fields, playground and courts, the department staff will have access to -- dynamically updates, based on preventative maintenance work performed by the structure maintenance staff. the first step to that goal is to complete comprehensive assessment of our assets. the core capabilities of this life cycle system will be -- it will be able to sort of organize our conditions assessment data, assign index score to the facilities. it will be able to store cost data. we'll be able to prioritize

projects based on the quantity of data. provide interface that allows for straight forward data entry generation by end users will be able to perform queries on this system. and we'll be able to produce plan and reports. staff has recommended that the department pursue a waiver for four rivers software to conduct this assessment. we have approval from the office of contract administration and we have approval from the civil service commission earlier this month for this work. just to tell you about justification for the sole source, staff identify four rivers as the only vendor with the knowledge and expertise needed to both perform the facility's conditions, life cycle assessments required by

the department, and to provide the data collected through the assessment and perform complex analysis of that data. our capital planning division performed extensive research and spoke to different counties and municipalities, all over the country, before we came to this decision. among the people we spoke to, we spoke to santa clara county, the east bay regional park district, marine county parks and the city of seattle. we also met and viewed demos from other systems that are out there. after viewing the demos, we came to the conclusion that they're the only vendor that meets our needs. four rivers proprietary

assessment methodology and technology, the company employs a team of engineers with knowledge of mechanical, electrical lines in our facilities. experience and expertise for life cycle assessments. if you approve the contract, conditions assessment will start in late january, early february, and we should be complete with those assessments in august or september this year, and we will come back to you to provide our findings of this assessment. we have also support from the office of capital planning from the city. we also have support from -- for this. therefore, staff recommends that the commission approve this agreement with four rivers in an

amount not to exceed 1.5 for capital planning and facility condition assessment purposes. i'll answer any questions you have. >> president buell: thank you very much. >> clerk: did you want to about go to public comment or commissioner? >> president buell: let's start with commissioner comments. >> commissioner anderson: this is exciting investment. i was interested in part of it and wanted to highlight it for anybody out there listening besides us in this room. part of the reason we're doing this to is address the deferred maintenance backlog. i often hear in the parks, people concerned about plants dying or maintenance or pipes broken or whatever. our department does a great job and there is no korcritique the but people see that in the parks and they want it attended to. i'm excited about that aspect of

it. can you explain how people out in the field are going collect and record this important information to get it back to the mothership? are we there yet? are there handheld devices? >> commissioner, let me provide context. park maintenance, we have a robust system we've operated and you're going to hear our annual report later today, where we go out four times a year and evaluate all of the parks. and that is a mix of sort of cleanliness and landscape standards. and some deferred maintenance standards. and that data is done with hand held devices, information goes up. this is a slightly different system. this is, i think, i don't know if toks ajike useded phrase, budget life cycle, but we're to

assess the assets in the expected life cycle. so where are we in the renewal cycle. what the program does is breaks it down into large classes of assets. we have experts who come up with base score using complicated methodology, almost a capital asset depreciation kind of module, we will be able to, a, understand the current condition of the assets as we head into the next -- into bond planning, but also be able to predict when the asset needs to be renewed. the other key element of this, which is something we've talked about a long time, is this is the beginning or the backbone of a preventative maintenance schedule. so people don't go out regularly for this. they take up a base measurement of different classes of assets and populate the data.

>> commissioner anderson: i understand. >> i can add to that also. one of the things that happens when we do capital implements in the project, that data itself does not go into a database to ensure that work has been done. what this software allows us to do, it allows us to update the database itself. in addition to that, it provides intelligence to say, you need to go back and replace filters in two months at this place, so we're not waiting for it to break. it's a much more proactive approach instead of reactive approach. >> commissioner anderson: i looked into the contract and one is training. who is going to be trained? >> that's a very important

question, actually. at first capital planning staff is going to be trained first to be able to use this data. we also intend to train our sort of operation staff, including structure maintenance staff, who are going to be using the data also. in addition, also, operations staff also. so it's a much more sort of comprehensive approach to sort of looking at this data and being able to see that it's accessible and transparent. >> commissioner anderson: thank you so much. >> president buell: commissioner low. >> commissioner low: the software that we currently have is over ten years old, so it's in dire need of upgrade. but i want to ask one question, you mentioned about the sole

exception waiver. that was issued? >> i'm sorry? >> the sole source waiver was issued? >> yes. >> commissioner low: that's all i had. >> president buell: commissioner mcdonnell. >> commissioner mcdonnell: i'm excited about this and in full support. i'm interested in maybe post assessment. so there is assessment which leads then to prioritization and so i guess i would ask, frankly for the benefit of the commission, i know you're going to bring the findings back, but also an additional step in the process of communicating back out to the general public about those priorities. and this may be in place, so forgive me if it is, but it seems it would be helpful in managing the collective expectations of the public to have that kind of information available on an ongoing basis, so when i drive by my favorite

park and wonder why my slide isn't fixed, there is a place to go rather than assuming you guys aren't listening, you don't care and i'm being ignored. i don't know if something like that is already in place, but i think it could be helpful to manage the collective interests in expectations. >> i think this is a little bit of a new journey for us. what its full capacity is and how it allows us to communicate oni on an ongoing basis, we have a look. but this will align data to the community planning process for the next bond. and in prior bonds, obviously, we go to life safety, seismic and life safety defishes first and then look at different classes of assets and what

condition they are. so at least for the bond conversation, it helps us align data to prioritization. in an ongoing effort i do see us also being able to use this to plan for, for example, a lot of the court resurfacing that you're seeing now, are really done less based on data and life expectancy than either complaint or frankly general manager's observation. and so i think this will give us a tool to engage in better planning. and also make the financial case for the resources that we need. how we -- how we use the tool to communicate city-wide prioritization of different classes of assets is a work in progress, because i don't think

we fully understand how the data can be presented in realtime, et cetera. >> and also, that's a very good question. to speak to that and one of the things that we're doing differently this time, is that we're actually hiring full-time staff who will be the custodian of the information. and what i mean by that is that if you came to us and said, toks, how many square feet for asphalt do we have in the park? this is information we can pull up for you and give it to you. this is the type of information that the public will ask and we'll be able to provide the answer. >> i would just say in closing, i would encourage toward more data share than not. i know across the city, there is a concern, sometimes legitimized by the more they know the harder