huge opportunity. and if the station editorial independence is called into question, we risk the trust and good will of listeners that is essential to its survival. but if instead we ask how does kalw support the mission vision and values of sfsud, i have no doubt this partnership can go further and do much, much more. if kalw is seen as what it has been for the 16 years i've been fortunate enough to be part of it, which is unique and valuable community as set, held by sfusd as part of the broad educational mission, i know we can do great things. my passion, what has driven my efforts at kalw is the desire to demonstrate the creative potential of community based non commercial media. at the end of last year, i participated in a brainstorming conversation about the planning for the new sfusd arts centre. saying in that room there was excitement about the potential

of kalw being part of the project. i was ex sighted about that. my mind starts racing when i think about creative collaboration in a space like that. opportunities that could serve students, and the listening public. as excited as i am by those prospects, i am stepping down as general manager. i've come to the conclusion at this point klaw needs more than a station manager, it needs an executive who can lead it as a critical community institution. and after a lot of reflection i came to the conclusion i am not that leader. in my packet of materials that we handed out to you i have the fall programme guide where i explain my decision and an essay where i talked about the job of being kalw's g.m. and what i see ahead for the station. it will give you a good idea of where i'm coming from. as you begin work with a new general manager, i strongly encourage the board and district leadership to take care with this creative community

enterprise and take a long view of its relationship with the district and educational mission. i want to thank all the people at sfusd i've had the public to work with. and specifically the staff and teachers at burton high where i've been working on campus for the past 16 years. i truly say i love coming too school at burton and i'm grateful to have worked with two supportive and enthusiastic principals. and finally i want to offer any thanks to the district liaison to the station for a decade and the decade has been a friend and alli to the station. thank you. >> thank you. >> i just want to say a few words before we take your questions and you just heard a sampling of some of the ways that kalw expands the educational mission. from its inception, kalw has been about educating future radio professionals and under matt's leadership the station has carried forward that work in ways its founders could have never imagined. about a decade ago, kalw

partnered with burton high school students and set out to report the stories of local veterans. i see some of you remember that. that was early on in my introduction to klaw's relationship to sfusd and i was impressed by the high-quality interviews conducted and edited by our sfusd students. i was excited by the work of kalw and the fact they were part of the bringing the staal enters of the students together with the community. what i've come to learn also, is that behind every one minute of good radio is at least 20 hours of work. in the case of this project with student reporters, someone on the klaw staff wrote a grant to pay for staff who worked with students, someone met with the teachers in advance to plan the lesson, someone found the veterans who would be interviewed, someone listened to dozens of interviews to help guide student editors and that is just a shortlist of the many steps involved in ink ing the high-quality sound that we hear

on klw. in short, it takes resources to produce great content. as matt martin said, tonight is the last time he will come before the board as klw's station manager. matt has been a phenomenal leader, who is well respected by listeners, staff and the public radio community across the nation. under his charge, the station has cultivated and grown diverse local talent that was first heard here on kalw and can now be heard across the nation. this is been possible because matt embraced new ideas. he has gone above and beyond to be responsive to listeners and to sfusd while staying true to a code of ethics. for over a decade. matt and a half dated to the uncertainty of a major recession and through changes in how people consume media, including an explosion of channels people can dune into to for news and

arts reporting. matt has managed to keep kalw strong throughout all of this. without compromising its commitment to being commercial free. so we're in agreement as we search for the next general manager that a big priority for that general manager needs to include generating the resources necessary to help klaw sustain and grow its educational and community mission. but tonight, on behalf of sfusd i want to thank matt martin for leading klaw in a panther is consistent with our core values of being social justice, diversity-driven and fear less. matt, you have dedicated 16 years to our 77-year-old community treasure that is klaw radio. our community thanks you for your stewardship.

>> thank you. commissioner sanchez. >> yes, i'd like to thank you for your commitment and your years of service with klaw. making that link stronger with our district and our students. i think it's so important. i also want to thank you and others who brought us the daily menu for our lunches. which ask us to suspend our disbelief our school lunches are that yummy. it's wonderful to listen to. when i see it i say what it's not the same thing i just heard. i also want to thank you for making connections with my favourite teachers and it's wonderful and i didn't realise you were working with scores, which links poetry and soccer. and having our students that are basically poetry slam winners share their poetry on your station. thank you again for all your work. >> you are welcome.

>> commissioner norton. >> well, you know i think we're going to just go around and everyone is going to thank you because we're all, i think we're all grateful for your time at klw. and i want to say you know, i think it takes tremendous courage, really, to sort of decide that it's time for someone else to take the stage and particularly after a very successful tenure at klw. i want to commend you for that. inform you to see maybe there needs to be a new leader to take it to the next level. i have really appreciated working with you and particularly just the close relationship between our schools and the station and i'm always amazed that people who don't have any connection to the school district will say oh, yeah, i heard you on klw the other night during the meeting.

it's amazing to me that people would listen to our meetings that didn't have to. apparently they do because they love klaw and their car radios are tuned to it. i just want to ask if you have any thoughts, i mean, you know, my concern in looking at the financial statement are that there's been a deficit the last couple of years. and i know that you've worked really hard to try to get the station on firmer financial footing. i wonder if you have any thoughts on where the station should go under a new leader and in order to get itself on firmer footing? >> so, one of the things i provided to you was this article i wrote for current. and i think it lays it out plainly. one of the primary things is that, i've been coming to you talking about it for a couple of years is about getting basically

what we call a friend's group. a 501c-3 that fund raises for the station. i think that given that we're part of the school district, but our governing board, you all are great and i'm glad for the relationship, you are not in a position to take that on. but that's really the fundamental thing. for me, one of the primary reasons that i've decided, maybe it's time to have someone new come and do this work is that i've known that for a few years. that really is the under pinning thing. without that organized support, or under resources development effort. it's not going to be -- we will keep going, you know, we will make it happen. but the station won't reach its potential. i've gotten to be part of incredible growth at the station where we have a glimmer of

what's possible and lots of great things have come out of it. as a community and institution it's not where it needs to be under my leadership. i don't think it's real magical what needs to be done in those terms. we have done what lots of non profits do. you go for the programming, right. that's where you put your resources because that what you love and that's what you value and that's what people respond to. the development infrastructure behind that hasn't been committed to in the same way. so the next leader will have to do those things in a certain order. obviously none of the things aren't going to happen in 18 months. it will be a process of doing those things but i that's that's where it starts. >> sunil agnihotri, i wish you well and keep us posted on where you are next. >> thank you, very much. >> just to say i love a klaw. there may be ways i'm involved in the future. it's not wanting to be there but it's a question of saying it

needs a new leader. >> i want to thank you for the many, many long hours you spent on really bringing this station back from the brink. seven years ago, i was a shiny new board member, one of the first issues was whether we should extend the station a line of credit. i got many e-mails saying what is the school district extending a line of credit to a radio station. it was the right thing to do. i'm very proud of the broadcast license we had. one of the oldest licenses in the country. and just want to really thank you for being open. we made some suggestions at that time about reaching out into the community for additional resources for support which you followed up on and really did bring this station back from the

brink of financial challenges. and then several years ago when we were at this meeting, talking about ways to deepen our relationship in terms of the educational opportunities that kalw had to offer at that time, you did not have opportunities for our students and you have now made it an important component of the programming at this station. it's really so amazing to take something that was an idea and to create these opportunities for students, particularly on the eastside of town, where there are fewer opportunities. i think it's so important to make these kinds of very unique opportunities for exposure to media important. and finally, as we are facing kind of precarious times for

ideas and democracy and discussions, klw continues to be an important part of the community and a lot of this is thanks to your leadership. so thank you very much. >> thank you. commissioner walton. >> i just want to say thank you so much for your work. i think that we definitely hear you in terms of the direction that the station could go with some of the things we also may be able to do to make it more vibrant and more thriving and some of the innovation that we can add. i appreciate that. i wish you the best. >> thank you. >> commissioner haney. >> i also want to say thank you and congratulations for all of your hard work, not just keeping this station afloat but making sure it thrives. i know that every time you've

come in front of the board since i've been here, people have always asked you how we make sure our students and bringing them and their experiences and their voices into what you have to offer. and sharing that and i have definitely seen a progression where each year you bring more and more stuff to us and this year you just went straight there and led with it. in what we were i do one thing. as commissioner said, sort of someone unusual situation in relationship that we have. and you sort of alluded to the fact that that relationship may have in some ways made parts of what you know needs to happen and more complicated and

somewhat more maybe didn't exactly structure in the way that maybe you think it needs to in the future. is there something that you would say or leave with regards to the relationship with sfusd? do you think -- i'm not saying you did say that. i'm wondering -- >> i'm trying to get a little closer at what you thought i said. >> you were saying that what needs to happen in terms of a friends of or more built out development to support the station and that it's not something that we would take on and sort of a normal board for a station or number of structure for a station might allow for that. is there a sense that maybe in the future you could see a new type of relationship with sfusd or even more independent or is that something that you feel has

only been a benefit to klaw. >> just to give context from elsewhere in public radio, right, so i mean it's not uncommon for public radio stations to have --[ please stand by ]

. >> -- and in the fact that we have access to both the talents and the ears of the students of this district potentially. i see there being a -- you know, i can see -- i haven't been able to bring that into fruition in a way that i might dream of, but i think there's great potential there in the way that the relationship with the school district could be an asset in the long-term, but it will require a different kind of thinking than we've done on either side of this relationship about what that -- what that might mean. and we have to keep in mind

that this is an enterprise unit. that we receive great in-kind support from the school district, but it's been 25 years since any cash has flowed into kalw from the school district, so that means we have to keep the people who listen and who support the station in mind, and that means that any kind of thinking about oh, how do we deepen this relationship, how do we make it something more strategic needs to keep in mind they're supporting a broad public, and they need to support the station. i don't know if that gets to what you're asking, but i don't have one answer for you, but that's kind of the landscape i think about it in. >> i want to add something to that response which is also in looking at other models across the country, there are models where the licenseholder is either a district or a university and yet there's also a sort of friends of type of group that helps to bring in revenue to support the station

in a way that, you know. this used to exist for k alw, but it hasn't existed for sometime, so i think that is one of the priorities for the incoming general manager to setup, and at that time we can go into deeper discussion about that. but the other thing i wanted to sort of put an asterisk on that matt mentioned is in the conceptual organization of the art center, there is a potential for kalw to be a partner in that work and to use that as a place for our student talent to be showcased; also for kalw to have more proximity to the arts corridor, as well, and to the city center, and so we -- there's a lot of discussion about that, and i

hope that the board might learn more about that and think about that in the possibility as well as also the chance to have kalw as a capital campaign which could boost the station's interest and the art center interest, as well. >> got a few comments, but i'm going to excuse our student delegates. >> can i say one thing before we go? >> yes. >> i just wanted to thank you for your service tonight to k -- kalw. although i've never been a personal listener, i think it takes a lot of respect when to realize to step down for the greater good. as a student, i really love that you created opportunities for my peers and for students in the sfusd, and i'm very sure

that all the students feel the same. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. one thing i wanted to add is the commitment to working to students, i have been part of that work, but it really is something, just an educational commitment and training is something that is really infused in the station, so, i mean, i just want to make it clear that -- and kind of when i looked at it, i was like oh, yeah, we do this. this was something to me that i kind of think about all the parts, but yeah, this is a big part of what this station does, but thank you. >> so i really appreciate the presentation, the commitment to our city and our partnership with our district. i was trying to make sure i got the years right. you were connected. you've been working for kalw for 16 years. >> yeah. so i came to the station as a producer in 2001, and then was

hired as general manager in 2006. >> okay. and i was just thinking over the course of our city, like, the arc of time, i'm sure you've seen a lot. you know, the city has changed a lot, and you know, keeping journalistic integrity and being a voice for the public and keeping people informed of this district, and just going around the city, just creating work for that long, content, i'm sure is nerve-racking. >> it's good work to get to do. >> yeah, you've got to love it. it just makes me wonder, what's he going to do. close to two decades, i'm sure you'll be in a similar field. >> yeah. i probably won't up far afield, but i've come to this station when i was 32, and so i need to step away for a minute before i really think about what's next,

but... >> cool. well, thank you, and i look forward to hearing about what's next for you. >> appreciate it. thanks. >> section i, consent calendar, items removed at the previous meeting, there are none tonight. section j, introduction of proposals and assignment to committee, we have six policy -- six policies, for policy 7310, naming a approximate ill, board policy 1335.4, drug and alcohol free schools, board policy 3100, budget, board policy 1325, advertising and promotion, board policy 6171, title i programs. unless i hear otherwise from

legal counsel, these proposals are referred to rules, policy and lengths latigislation comm >> so one point of policy, i think your naming of the facility and drug and alcohol free schools should be referred to buildings and grounds, they both relate to facilities issues; and i would recommend that board policy 3100 be referred to budget, and it's the pleasure of the chair as to whether or not you want those policies to also go to rules or if it is sufficient that they're also going to the other specific committees. >> commissioner sanchez? >> just i would like the facilities name to go to both committees. i think buildings and grounds and to roles. >> then i would suggest that we just have them all go to rules and then, the items number 2 and 3 also go to buildings and

grounds, and item number 5 also gl glow -- goes to budget. >> so may i have a motion and second for first reading. >> so moved. >> second. > >>s -- section k, there is none tonight. section l, board meeting reports. let's see...commissioner sanchez, rules, policy and legislation committee? >> we dealt with the major item, which was the facilities permit earlier in our discussion and voting. >> commissioner haney, budget? >> we heard a number of

informational items, the financial audit, which we heard also tonight and voted on. we heard an updated budget for 18-19 and the l-cap development with some new numbers based on state numbers and in our analysis and calculations, we looked at a schedule of comparison of teacher's salaries, looking at where our teacher's salaries will compare to 17 or 16 other unified school districts around the bay area. right now, in a particular level, which is step ten that they showed us, we were ten out of 17, and based on the planned increases, which i believe already included the potential parcel tax, we would move up to number two out of 17 in -- by

19-20, is that correct? yes, so significant increases based on the passing of the parcel tax. and then fourth, we looked at the lease and permit revenues, which i think we've had some discussion of. it's basically how we are charging based on a particular category of use of our facilities, so if there's a school use or nonprofit or for-profit use, how we're creating a fee structure around that. >> thank you. commissioner merase? >> thank you. on february 8th, the ad hoc committee on student assignment met, and i do want to brief my colleagues on the five suggested changes we are

lookin looking at at our student assignment changes. they're not major changes, but the first is willie brown middle school preference to increase access. secondly, bayview elementary school preference for middle schools, that if you attend a bayview elementary school, you have a golden ticket to any middle school. third, teacher-staff preference for bringing children to their own school where they work. a sort of variation of that would be to allow all sfusd staff to have a preference at any school as an incentive to work at sfusd. the fourth suggested change is whether to do away with the

transfer mechanism that allows families to swap their choices for a higher preference choice, which is undergoing a test run right now on round one selection. and then, finally, a c-tip update. it's been several years since we looked at our census tracks and whether those should be adjusted. so the staff conducts a survey of families coming to the epc. they collected 988 responses, which is a lot in response to the suggested changes, so we talked a lot about where the kind of public opinion polls were on these five changes. the next meeting we'll be looking at demographic

nationals and forecasts, so the next meeting will be held on may 3rd, and then modifications for the 19-20 school year will be brought forward at the june 12th and june 26th regular board meeting. i have two additional announcements, president cooke, if i may. just wanted to congratulate all of the students and the hard working faculty who helped put together the 24d te showcase that was held at the palace hotel, and i brought folks who weren't able to come. there was so much energy and i often get the question, well, what are we doing in sfusd for career technical training? what happened to shops? and i think we have a very strong answers in our offering for hospitality, mechanics.

my last statement is about the green acre program, so in partnership with recreation and parks department, there were 24 sfusd students from the southeast section of the city who participated in sustainablity and green activities. and amazingly, these 24 students logged over 2,000 hours of service, and so there was a recognition program that the general manager of recreation and park put together, so i wanted to be sure you saw a copy of the program because it really is very impressive, what's happening, and recreation and parks department in particular has invested heavily in partnerships with our district, and i'm hoping at some point we can hear in detail about the array of programs that they support. that concludes my report.

>> thank you. at the ad hoc committee on personnel-labor relations, we had an overview of our present evaluation and staff development program, so we got a detailed update on the process that principals go through, and how we support their professional development. and at the committee of the whole meeting february 8th -- i'm sorry, february 6th, we got an update on status of the arts center, and there's a lot of great community partners. it's a great capital campaign that's being developed, so this whole committee got an update on that. let's see...do we have any board delegate membership

organization? commissioner? >> i just wanted to announce the budget committee, did you finish with the board member announcements? >> yes. >> okay. >> but you can do that now, if you want to. >> i'm sorry. i was the chair budget. you are now. i'm at curriculum. all right. >> let's see...so other reports by board members. i had a few announcements. so every friday, i do -- the goal is to do school site visits to different areas of the city. this past friday, i went to several schools in the mission district, and there was -- mission in the castro area, and i saw a lot of actually great programming that was happening around black history month. there was one class in

particular at harmonville civil rights academy, and i walked into the class, and the students did a six-minute memorized poem about harriet tubman that completely blew me away. i told them all it was something i would never forget. i was really moved and touched, and what they're doing in that class around memorization and art and celebrating diverse backgrounds was phenomenal. so i look forward to going back there for their extended presentation. i've been told that the students in the class have memorized seven poems which are six to ten minutes long, so kudos to them. i thank you to all the other schools that also welcomed me. the principal at leonard flynn dressed himself up like an eagle during lunch and makes some announcements about

different programs, so a lot of school spirit at that school, as well. so tuesday -- sorry. on february 22nd, i am hosting a black history event in partnership with macy's, and on the panel for the event we'll have the daughter of michael max, kamelia shabazz, talking about libberation and economic empowerment, so hope you can make it to that. it's at 6:00 p.m. we currently have 500 rsvp's, and if you haven't make it, we'll have a live link up so you can watch the event. i look forward to hearing from the board on the 20th. paragra let's see...calendar committee meetings, commission norton.

>> yes, the. [ inaudible ] -- at 5:30 p.m. >> commissioner sanchez. >> the rules committee will be march 5th, monday, march 5th. >> commissioner haney? >> we're still confirming exactly when our budget committee will be. >> if i was still the chair, then you'd know. >> i believe to the members that my committee -- just kidding. i believe that commissioner merase already announced the committee meeting date. the ad hoc committee on personnel members, labor relations and affordablity is meeting february 21st at 5:00 p.m. section m, other informational items, one request from creative arts charter school,

prop 51, application. general counsel has encouraged us to allot a total of three minutes to this item. we do have -- let's see...posted in the agenda is the quarterly report on the williams uniform complaints and the acceptance of gifts, the monthly report for december 2017 and january 2018. we do have public comment on this item, joseph adams and fernando aguilar, excuse me. >> all right. nice to see you guys again. good evening, commissioners and deputy superintendent lee. i'm fernando aguilar, director of charter arts school, and i want to thank you for the time and opportunity to speak this evening.

while i know there may be only a slight chance that our item will be this evening, i feel like ioit to my teachers, family and my students to give it one more try because in my opinion, it makes so much sense. so creative arts chatter school has been preliminarily approved for a $7 million grant from the state of california under prop 51, along with a $5 million loan to our school. in order for our application to move forward, we need you to do three things tonight. first, approve the unhoused people certification that has been prepared by paul cardoni. second approved proposed resolution being nolg t resolution acknowledgings that we have a facilities use agreement for the golden gate site, and we are in agreement that we will work together on the construction project under

prop 51; and third, discuss and decide if you will approve an sfusd contribution towards the project for $2.2 million. to reiterate, the three actions i spoke about must happen tonight in order for our application to move forward with the state, so i urge you to please call for a vote tonight. and i'd also like to state that we value the time and effort that mike davis and paul cardoni have contributed to our prop 51 application. we'd like to continue our partnership with sfusd to ensure that creative arts hey a site that adequately fits our students and enables or arts program to continue. so thank you for your time. i believe joe will speak next, and we'd be happy to answer any questions that you have. thank you. >> i just want to give a little bit of background on the prop 51. it was on the ballot in november of 2016, and the

voters of this county voted 2-1 to approve that prop 51. of the billions of dollars that the state went to bonds to give, 500 million of that is going just to charter schools alone. 66 million is going to alameda county. 25 million is going to l.a. county. 13.5 million is going to sacramento county. 12.5 million is going to contra costa county. zero is umm cannicoming back t voters of san francisco unless tonight you simply agree that we can move forward to the next step of this project. $0, out of 500 million that's going to the rest of the counties in the state. thank you. >> thank you. section n, memorial

adjournment. there is none. section o, closed session. the board will now go into closed session; thus, i

>> let's see...section p, i'll read action from tonight's closed session in the matter of two cases that have participated in litigation, the board by a vote of six ayes, one absent, the board has given general direction to counsel. next item, adjournment. tonight's meeting is adjourned.

>> my name is philbegiginsburge director of your parks and rec department. welcome to this balmy valentine's eve. [ inaudible ] he thinks the big red slide was always fun, but this isn't about him. it was her, as much as ever. he missed her, hanging from her jungle gym lips, swinging through memories. creaky hinges for laughs, but

what does a child on the playground know of love, except that paradise is here and now beneath his feet. [applause] >> no, samuel clemens wrote that. i'm just reciting it. so one year ago today on valentine's day, we broke ground on the most transform ative playgrounds in our history. today, on valentine's day we celebrate their grand reopening on a day reserved for expressing love to who we hold most dear. [ inaudible ] today, on valentine's day we express love for our city and its amazing parks system. today on valentine's day, we express love for this place,

civic center plaza. this place belongs to all of us, whether you are young or old, rich or poor, whether you were born here or not. today on valentine's day, we say thank you. first of all to jackie and helen diller foundation. jackie, where are you? jackie, you've been unflinching in your generosity and optimism in our confidence to pull this off. to my colleagues at the trust four public land, your expertise, and your giant collective heart have helped make san francisco parks better. your work is noble and we san franciscans are lucky to play on your home court. thank you to my professional family at rpd, your

professionalism, yu your competence and commitment are inspiring. special thanks to the park and rec department for your leadership, and to my staff, and all of our park rangers and all of the park and recs staff are here today. [applause] >> to our city and civic center, cpd partners. there are so many to thank, chief scott and commander lazar is here and the entire sfpd team who has been so helpful. our home department, thank you for your work to showcase the potential of civic center commons as an emerging place of joy, recreation, and civic and

community engagement. lastly, to our civic and elected leaders, we thank you. may mayor farrell, supervisor kim, thank you, for ensuring we have a thriving and equitiable city. our city has one of the nation's best park systems, and it's because of your stewardship and support. a brief remark about our beloved mayor, ed lee. mayor lee was so excited to see the playgrounds open. these playgrounds will for decades project his light. it is my great pleasure to introduce our mayor, mark farrell. mayor farrell grew up in these city parks. he worked at the city recreation and park department, and because of his leadership on proposition b, we are well poised to care for this incredible gift. ladies and gentlemen, mayor

farrell. [applause] >> all right. happy valentine's day, everybody. anybody forgot to get flowers, we've got roses up here for you, by the way. i just want to say who an honor it is to be here. opening up parks is probably the best thing any of us get to do being up here on stage. first of all, i would like to get a round of applause for phil ginser for the entire rec and parks department. yes, i was at rec and parks for an entire summer, and they had me back at city hall. i want to say what an amazing thing to be here tonight to reopen our parks, because parks are all about families, they're about children, they are about seniors. they are the great equalizer in san francisco. it is for everybody in our city to enjoy, and what an amazing

place that we have, two new playgrounds in civic center for our city to enjoy. you think about this neighborhood here, where we have more families living here. you mentioned this is mayor lee's legacy, and i remember working with supervisor kim so closely, we talk about all the improvements going from fulton plaza to here, it's been an amazing transformation over the course of the last few years, and we couldn't do it without or partners, to the jill and helen diller family foundation, thank you for all of your support. please, a round of applause for them. and to all of the parents that are here today, i want to say thank you. thank you for raising your children here in san francisco. we are giving our children an amazing gift that they may not

know today, but years later when they can claim to be native san franciscans, when they can claim that they grew up on our parks and playgrounds, and they can claim to be the new generation of san francisco leaders, they can claim this. so thank you for being here on this amazing night in san francisco, and again, thank you to the entire park and rec department for all of do all the time. thanks, everybody. >> i am now honor today bring up guillermo rodriguez of the state department for public land. they have worked with us to build parks in some of our most needy and challenging communities, and we are the park system we are because of them, and we are so proud to

have worked with tpl on this amazing project. guillermo rodriguez. >> thank you, phil, really appreciate that. the trust for land has a simple mission: land for people, and what that means is not out projecting the sierras, it doesn't just mean growing yosemite park, it means growing cities. the projects in the trust for project land it s in the bayvi, it's in the tenderloin, it's here. we have a goal, a big, audacious goal, that everyone should be a ten-main walk to a park and open space. that's an impressive goal, and for the families who live here in midmarket and the tenderloin and in hayes valley, what an

amazing ten-minute walk to come to not just one but two amazing playgrounds, the most inventive, interactive playgrounds in the country. absolutely amazing. but as philmentioned, a years ago, trust for public land stood with the helen diller family foundation as well as mayor lee, they stood her and said to have a vision for san francisco. the reason we're here one year later is because of the amazing team work that was put together to make this happen. i want to shout out to ph phil ginser and the amazing park and recs department, to all of the staff that have worked with the trust for public land to make this

happen, thank you. a shout out -- you'll see it a little later, but to cory barr, who brought light to connect these two places. my thanks to bossman and plant construction who assembled this all together. >> and i'd be remiss and i didn't comment on another person, alejandra quesada an amazing person, and to all of the park and rec star who put this amazing evening together, thank you. lastly, i have to say none of this would have been possible without the helen diller family

foundation. you spent a lot of time going overall the details. the reason we're successful today is because of your personal leadership and dedication. what a wonderful gift to the people and children of san francisco. thank you, jackie, and the helen diller family foundation. >> thank you, fear mow. before i bring up our next speaker, let me thank alejandra quesada. [ inaudible ] [applause] >> all right. i am so honored to next bring up supervisor jane kim. supervisor kim's been on the board of supervisors since 2010 and has been a fierce and determined advocate for the people in her district, and the idea that everyone deserves accessible open space. we are so proud to have

partnered with supervisor kim to have invested more than $30 million in her district in park improvements during her tenure, not just here at helen diller, but also other projected with tpl, like south park, victoria manolo, and we've got up coming renovations planned. we thank supervisor kim for being such a great park champi champion. [applause]. >> first of all, i should just say i'm one of the lucky san francisco residents who is a 30 second walk from a park and recreation center. i live right across the street from general fred rec center, so i -- gene fred rec center, so i do appreciate the team who does an incredible job

activating and maintaining our parks and rec in district six. i am so honored to be here for the third opening of helen diller park. i still remember when ph phil ginsburg and trust republic land came to my office with the original plans on what we could do to transform the original area. and i had never seen a design to innovative and whimsical, as well. i'm sure many of our adults will be wanting to play on these structures, as well, joining their childrens, in quotation marks. i think it's amazing that we're able to do something so

innovative and amazing in san francisco. i represent a district with the smallest number of parks in san francisco. i also want to acknowledge our residents who have pushed us to prioritize parks and open spaces in our district. i see pat zamora from the boys and girls club, and it is really our residents who have taken the initiative to say we want to rhenvate bodecker park and make it a true oasis for our families and our seniors, and we accomplished that with the trust for public land, thanks inform phil2k3w i gin--

phil ginser and mayor ed lee. we are going to make district six the best place for parks in the city. so i just want to thank everyone for their immense involvement. i also want to recognize san francisco police department because if not for their partnership at bodecker park, we would not have been able to maintain the beautiful and safe environment that we have there, so i want to recognize the captains and professionals that have maintained that. we have deputy commander chief mike redman, and david lazar. i again want to thank the entire staff at park and recs, and of course we have our own district six representative on rec and park commission, allen lowe. thank you for being the d-6 commissioner on the rec and park commission, and i look forward to playing on the park with all of you. thank you very much.

[applause] >> thank you, supervisor. so he's not just the district six commissioner, he actually is the vice chair of the rec and park commission, but he does advocate hard for these d-6 parks. we are very, very blessed to have an amazing commission, seven citizens that just serve out the city and love the parks and provide us guidance and love and support, and make sure all voices are heard representing our park and rec commission tonight, and i do want to recognize commissioner anderson who is here, the vice president of the rec and park commission, allen lowe. >> so happy valentine's day, everybody. in the spirit of love, i've got to say i love these parks, these new playgrounds. it's creative, the design's inspiring. as supervisor kim said, it's very whimsical.

it's a message to all of us, just get out and play, and really, just get out and play, emergency, and let's dream again. and on behalf of the recreation and park commission, i want to give special thanks to the trust for public land for their continued generosity in supporting our parks, and i want to give a big thanks to jackie shapeer and dan shapeer for the helen diller foundation. we're lucky to have you supporting the city of san francisco. thank you very much. thank you, and enjoy your parks. [applause]. >> thank you so much, commissioner. all right. now, you're going to hear from my customers: three youth, pauline