>> please call the role. >> clerk: [roll call]. just as a reminder to everyone, if you could please turn off any sound producing devices that may go off during the meeting. we welcome you here today and we also ask that you take any secondary conversation outside in order for the meeting to proceed as efficiently as possible. if you like to speak on any item today, we request but do not

require that you complete a blue card. commissioner buell, how many minutes for public comment on items today? >> president buell: three. >> clerk: each person will have three minutes for public comment under each item. if there is an item of interest to you that is not on the agenda and is under the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, you may speak under general public comment. that is item from farah and then continued until item 12. please address your comments to the commission during public comment on items. in order to allow equal time for all, neither the commission or staff will respond to any questions during public comments. the commission may ask questions of staff after public comment is closed. last, if the fire alarm activate, you must evacuate the building in an orderly fashion using any exit. please note that elevators will immediately return to the first

floor and are not available for use. if you need assistance out of the building, please make your way to the closest area of refuge. in this case, it is directly across the hall in the men's restroom. inside the restroom as a speaker box. press it at city hall security will answer. let them know where they are -- where you are and they will assist you. without, we are on item two. the president's report. >> president buell: thank you very much. i will be brief but i always enjoy getting copies of e-mails that come to the commission and to the general manager. i will just read one. i am a local s.f. mom in glen park with two boys, a rising fifth gear -- fifth-grader at a rising highschooler. i want to write you to compliment you on your wonderful daycamp, silver tree. ms. miss nancy sanchez has been so lovely for the up. the counsellor seemed more engaged than ever before and the whole spirit in the camp is

incredibly joyful and warm. my older son was able to do the lit program with ms. miss jones and she was very high energy and positive with his group. she made each day fun and exciting. i was thrilled to send my kids to an affordable, local camp that was so positive and fun. whoever was in charge of the staff this year, they did a great job. her rate for silver tree. a camp that is a good old-fashioned fun place. with that, that concludes my general president report. excuse me, general manager. there's other news to tell you. no, on kidding. [laughter] >> clerk: answer any one who would like to make public comment under the president's report? being none, this item is closed. we are now on item three. the general manager's report. >> vice president low: thank you mr general manager. [laughter] good morning everybody. we are coming to the end of

national park and recreation month and we have a number of happy and exciting recaps to offer. before i do that, a couple of quick updates on the previous week which felt a little bit more like the ten plagues. the golden gate park nine hole golf course, as you know, on monday, july, i believe the ninth, two m.u.n. days ago, the clubhouse was burned down in an act of arson. at about four in the morning. the fire department, the building inspection, the first tier golf course tenants and our own staff responded and did a remarkable job of making sure everyone was safe. the structure was lost however. of course, o the course was closed. in one week, we were able to remove the remains of the branct structure and make the space completely safe and in working

with the first team, bring in temporary trailers and get the space up and running again. in one week after a 60-year-old structure was burned to the ground, the course is up and running again. i want to extend my thanks to a lot of people, including dana ketchum who did a wonderful job working with the team. our structural maintenance staff, of the golf staff, folks from bdi, from public works, from the fire department and most certainly in the course is up and running again. it is up open for business. around the same time, we had a virus running through camp mathers. as you probably also learned and read about. in partnership with the department of public health and the health department, we made a rather big decision to close camp for a week. the reason to take that, you know, difficult step was to -- it was an abundance of caution

to make sure everybody was safe to try and break whatever was happening with the virus. we resanitize the camp and mather is also back open for business. we welcomed over 600 people last sunday. they are enjoying themselves. we are keeping an eye on the ferguson fire which is 35 miles away to the southeast. it is on the other side of yosemite. we are on the northwest corner of yosemite. the ferguson fire which is up to about 12,000 acres and not near contained yet, but it is on the southeast corner of the camp. the camp is experiencing, you know, we do notice the smoke. it usually comes and in the morning and rolls out during the day and rolls back in later in the day. we are checking in with the camp every day and campers seem happy. the fire itself is not anywhere close. we are keeping an eye on the

overall health and condition of the camp. all rights. moving on to some of the events that have happened in the last couple of weeks. i want to start with a world cup or wrap up. veba left france. france's world cup victory capped out and exciting month of soccer in the board just across the board including here in san francisco. once again, since we have done since 2010, we are proud to host a series of free public viewing parties in our parks. at civic centre, during one of the finals, there was a mayoral inauguration. since 2010 comically provided world cup in women's and world cup viewings. really to the delight of san francisco and even international crowds from the curious to the casual. this year we had more than 7,500 people come out to root on their

teams during the three games. participating in a variety of soccer activities, and most importantly, building community around our park space is. i want to give a big thank you to our partners which included the media partners for the event. they were covering every minute of it. the parks alliance, boston properties, san francisco youth soccer, the bay area, and many others for their amazing support and a big shout out to our partnership division led by lisa brown stan. at this particular project was implemented by nat nathan tim ce with the expert had of joel riddell for their expertise in producing this event every two years. it was really fun. and may be as commissioner low may opine, we had an anticipated renovation project happening in chinatown. commissioner low and i joined mayor breed with supervisors

peskin and kim and carmen shupe and there chinatown community who are on how to kick off the project complete with line dances and ceremonial tricycle races one by our assessor in a two person late -- race, i finished third. willy wonka's effort -- 13 half million dollar project under the parks fund with additional funding from the downtown parks fund at the open space fund which had the full support of this commission including the parks and playgrounds. it includes installation of a new adult fitness -- -- fitness court plaza. we hope and for reopening and fall of 2019. mr president, thank you for reading the letter from one of our happy summer camp parents. it is a sure sign that you are having a great summer when it feels like the weeks are just whizzing by as they are. we are already halfway through summer and with thousands of

kids enrolled in the summer camps and programs, this summer we are offering more than 500 camp weeks serving more than 12,000 children in our camps plus thousands more in our learn to swim programs. some fund staffs -- 250 muffins were faked at mega- up. 317 batches of slime have been made throughout our mounting neighbourhood camps this summer. sixteen countries around the world were visited at a -- at adventure up at 141 experiments were conducted at the museum art and science camp. and then just yesterday we had over 700 kids at casey jones bayview park for our annual

summer play day which includes a variety of athletic activities, arts and culture activities, rides, we barbecue a lunch. this year by doing it at kc jones, we are able to utilize the pool. we had beginning paddle boarding and kayaking in the pools and learn to swim programs. this is a partnership with kaiser. we are very appreciative of them. we had a giant slide. we had a rock wall. we had the fire department out there with us. i wanted to thank them. it was really really a very very joyous and happy day in bayview park. turning to the weak, or ten days ahead before the end of the month, this weekend we have our garden resource day at the golden gate park community garden from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm where budding gardeners can get free compost and mulch and take-home veggie plans and visit a tool cleaning and repair station. as you know, the community gardens programs overseas 38 gardens in the city. in honour of national parks and recreation month in july, representatives from our 2600

community gardeners who support these spaces, these are our community garden coordinators, were honoured by the board of supervisors. if the world cup was not enough and you want more of soccer excitement in our parks, the street soccer san francisco cop is set to descend upon union square on july 28th and 29t 29th. street soccer usa has been a tremendous partner of ours and helped communities in many communities with working in collaboration with the park to create safe spaces to play and to provide positive programming for underserved youth and adults in our most vulnerable communities. our other big soccer partner is out in civic centre plaza today operating a soccer camp. if you walk out there you will see close to 100 kids out there on the north side of civic centre plaza enjoying camp. tonight, while i am at it, is a

civic centre comments third thursday events which starts at 5:00. it includes a ceremony honouring the current art exhibits by zach ova. the invisible man. it is out there on the plaza today followed by food trucks, music, games civic centre plaza is doing an amazing playground. they are doing quite well. as we turn to august, we think about music. we have, in addition to the ongoing festival the summer, the 16th annual jerry day at the jerry garcia theatre kicks park -- kicks off on august 5th. this free concert event features melvin fields in the jerry garcia band. stu allen and mars hotel. for info visit jerry day.org. the following weekend, on august 10th, 11th, and 12, it is the annual outside lands music and art festival in golden gate park.

featuring headliners, the weekend, florence and the machine, and president buell, your favourite, janet jackson. the three-day festival -- >> president buell: my favourite. >> vice president low: that's right, right create. [laughter] it is featuring more than 100 of the music industry process best act has been a common a destination event and considered one of the top festivals in the nation. after ten years of posting -- of hosting, it is clear our partnership with another planet entertainment is benefiting not just the parks but the city as a whole. over $20 million in revenue to the parks department over the last ten years. to festival funds a full-time gardener in golden gate park. $75 million to the local economy. 2500 full-time jobs each year and the festival showcases local restaurants and merchants and musical talent. finally, before showing our video this month, i want to give a self-serving plug to our

newest project. our podcast called, i left my park in san francisco. it explores the strange, the wacky, the unbelievable stories of the park. our first episode, followed treasure hunters in our parks and our most recent episode does -- dove into the city's skateboarding culture and how it is now crossed over into the mainstream. you can download our podcast on itunes or soundcloud or on our website. a big shout out to our producer and s.f. guv t.v. for helping us launch the podcast. that concludes my report. onto our video, which highlights a few more wonderful things that happened. [♪]

[♪] [♪] >> vice president low: in honour of national parks and recreation month, that concludes the general manager's report. >> president buell: thank you. >> clerk: is there anyone who would like to make public comment under this item?

>> vice president low: richard rothman here to deliver a prozac update. >> hello. i am the first vice chair of the park and open space advisory committee, i know i have not been here in a while to give a report. since then we are not meeting at city hall, because the former president of the board of supervisors and current mayor decided that room should only be used for supervisors meetings and their staff. so we are meeting at the lodge now. last month -- this month's meeting, the general manager came and talked about the bond measure and what his plans are. i'm not sure -- i am sure there will be lots of discussion about that. also we heard a presentation from stacy bradley about the cultural resources in recreation

and park property. architectural resources did a study of the architectural resources. she was kind enough to have a presentation. i know recreation and parks main goal is the recreation and parks. but it also has to take care of the culture resources too. i hope -- and maybe it would be good to have stacy come and give this presentation to the board. our next meeting, we will talk about camp may 3rd or. apparently one of our prozac members was up there during the incidents about the virus up there. so hopefully we will have the staff at our next meeting. thank you. >> president buell: thank you. >> clerk: is there anyone else

would make -- would like to make public comment under the general manager's report? being none, this item is closed. we are now on item for offer which is general public comment up to 15 minutes. this will be continued until item 12 if need be. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. and that do not appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda items, you will have an opportunity to address the commission when the item is reached in the meeting. i do have two cards. i have scott and toni. once they're done, anyone else would like to make public comment can come on up. you get three minutes. >> hello. >> clerk: i just need you to speak into the mic. >> i am nobody in particular. at the opening celebration for the playgrounds across the

street, i noticed a problem. the nice looking just don't nice looking, defences have holes that are large enough for a child to fit through. large enough for me to fit through. that is a fence for kids. i mention this to a friend who works for somebody who introduced me to gary front recreation and park. i e-mailed him the next day and he applied and cced someone who told me that someone would address my concerns and that was the end of my conversation. in march, i saw a baby crawl through the fence. and given the inexplicable refusal to acknowledge the program, i can't -- contacted another office. i had -- >> president buell: can you speak into the microphone create we are missing half of this. >> given the inexplicable refusal to acknowledge a problem, i contacted jane kim's office and my friend. i had the mistaken impression that having them amplify my

concerns would be effective. in early may i saw another child climbed through the friends and did nothing. not because i no longer cared about young children, but because contacting this commission is a waste of time. on july 3rd, a mother was calling for her son who was crawling through the fence. i was able to prevent him from wandering off until she got there. i told her that park and rec knows the fence is inadequate but they chose to acknowledge it -- not acknowledge it. i e-mailed the architect and project manager. reply stated she was on leave and referred me to another individual. she referred me back to the original. after a week, she had not replied so i called her and got a voicemail. her outgoing message suggested contacting a couple of other individuals. of individual -- i e-mailed both but neither replied. as of two and half weeks ago, seven rock and park employees know about the problem and only one minister -- ministers have replied.

as far as i can tell, the fence has failed to reach guidelines. i do not have access to the full document because i would need to purchase it. i expect you are familiar with them. i do know that the fences meet no legitimate safety standards. 's p90 have 30 more seconds. >> i do not know why that design was proposed and approved by the d.b.i. recreation and parks failed to consider children safety. that is unacceptable to me and to all nonrecreation and park people i have spoken to. i would like to be -- i would like to -- even if some of the staff are indifferent. i want to note know -- know why and how some of this happened and why so many had to refuse to reply to me. it is my preference, not yours

that this be done before a child gets lost, traumatized or injured because of the design. >> president buell: thank you. >> clerk: tony? >> i am representing the district preservation foundation of the native sons of golden west. commissioners, general manager, friends, i am speaking today about a small monument in golden gate park. it is referred to as the doughboy. it is a statue of one of the servicemen that served in world war i. it was commissioned by a noted sculptor in 1927. it was donated by the native sons. the doughboy holds a laurel wreath instead of a rifle which is a nice touch for san

francisco. ththe monument has fallen into some disrepair. there are two flagpoles and the paint is peeling on them. the american flag is flowing but the california flag is not flowing perhaps because there is no lanyard on the pole. it could use a little ground keeping. anyway, the history preservation foundation has been in contact with the recreation and park department through abigail who has been most helpful. and also the art commission. we raised considerable funds that could be used for the upkeep of the monument. but i'm having more trouble with the art commission and getting them to do an evaluation and accept bids on it. since several funds are available, i thought it was worth bringing to the attention of the commission because we really would like to get it done

by november 11th, which is the hundreds centennial of the armistice which end the tragedy that was world war i. i would welcome any assistance regarding the commitment of the department to the project and also any liaison with the art commission to forward. >> president buell: thank you very much. >> thank you. >> clerk: is there anyone else would like to make public comment? come on up. >> my name is mark bruno and i live in north beach and i have done for over 30 years. i'm here to object to the park commission on the park department moving forward with the drainage program in washington square that would effectively close the square. >> president buell: was that on the calendar today?

know. it will come up. go ahead, i'm sorry. >> can i start over? >> president buell: please, please. >> with three minutes? thank you. thank you for letting me speak today. i am here because the report from 2015 which was stopped by at the p.u.c. where the two private consultants and two parties from recreation and park state clearly and unequivocally that by implementing the recommendations in this report, irrigation water used for washington skate park could potentially be reduced by 65%. this very brief report, it is only 12 pages, states the same and makes the same claim three and eight -- three times. how could it be that in 2015, experts from our own city government and hired consultants, two that i have spoken with at great length over the phone, how could it be that for $184,000 in 2015, we could solve the problem of too much water use in washington square?

if you go to the recreation and park site, the same amount of water, two thirds, 66 cents mac, at one point it says in the report, 67 cents mac, the point as it is a same amount of water being saved today for same amount of water being saved today for almost $1 million. this makes no sense to me and i believe that there is no substantial survey, report, outreach any sort of evidence that we need to spend $2.1 million to do it was possible to do in 2015 for $184,000. you can see, i won't bother to give you the budget because you have it in the report, all of which i will provide digital diy later today. if you look at the joke if you look at what they have suggested in 2015, i'm sorry, is backwards, but if you look at the park itself, you will see that these faded areas are where your experts suggest, and the consultants, there would be some replacement of the park lawn from the material, the grass

that is now taking up so much water with grass that is drought resistant. they also recommend using shrubbery that is drought resistant. i have lived there for so long. i know it is not necessary to close the whole park when you are doing what is perimeter work. i have seen them do this work because i go to the catholic church and i work with the homeless in the park and i enjoy myself by going to the park. thank god for all of us that we have such a nice place. the point is, we don't need to close it. the concern by some of us, myself and the north beach business association as well, is by closing this park, we will hurt a lot of people. i don't have to list all of them. you are the recreation and parks commission. you know a great diversity of people need a park and use a park. some need some simply enjoy it. especially the elderly, who i've recently spoke and went. they like this park. there is no reason to close it for six months. i want to point out that in the p.u.c. grant, some of which has already been spent, $35,000, and

in the application by recreation and parks, it was promised that outreach has been what -- would be done. it has not been. thank you so much for your time. >> president buell: thank you. >> clerk: is there anyone else who would like to make a general public comment? ok, being none, item four is closed. >> president buell: can i make one comment? with regard to the fence in the new park, if we could get, not now, but at some future date, a response to that issue, it would be helpful. >> sure. >> president buell: thank you. >> clerk: we are now on item five. the consent calendar. is there any public comment on the consent calendar? being none, this item is closed. commissioners? >> president buell: move to approve. all those in favour? move. >> clerk: we are now on item six. the san francisco zoo. >> good morning.

i am the c.f.o. at the zoo. i would first like to report on our attendance figures for the fiscal year just ended june 30th. we had 924,000 visitors come to the zoo. our budget was 920,000. we were over budget by just over 4,000 visitors last year. also i would like to announce the opening of our new california conservation corrid corridor. this new space highlights our animal wellness and conservation efforts of the zoo where guests can learn about the efforts to save the western pond turtle. the san francisco fork tailed damselfly, the san francisco garter snake, and so much more. visitors can learn about or work as well as learn what actions they can take to make a difference. i also would like to invite everyone to join us for our annual march of the penguins. this is one of our most popular annual events. and returns on saturday, july 28th. you can come and watch the three penguin chicks waddle through

the zoo to their new home on penguin island. the morning event celebrates their graduation from fish school where they lose their down and learn how to eat whole fish, swim and accept food from their human keeper. now i would like to turn it over to our curator of invertebrates will give a report. >> thank you. does this make work? great. this is going to be an extremely abbreviated version of a presentation that i gave a little earlier this morning. my name is patrick. >> clerk: powerpoint? go ahead. >> i am of the curator of invertebrates at the zoo. i'm also a san francisco native and i have been working at this nuisance i was was about 13 years old. with traditional zoos, you

generally think of large vertebrates like birds and mammals and may be some reptiles and even some fish, but it turns out that most of those species actually make up a very small proportion of the animal kingd kingdom. by far, the vast majority of animals on this planet are actually invertebrates. so in 1979, some of the folks at the zoo thought that they would try and address this and they opened a temporary insect zoo that turned out to be so popular that the attendance at the zoo rose 50 cents back. the zoo has -- the insect is due has remained one of the most popular exhibits at the zoo ever since. while we are called in insect zoo, we are in arthropod zoo which means we haven't millipedes, centipedes, crustaceans, arachnids. as well as the insects like cockroaches, some lovely giant

walking sticks,'s a beautiful local species like the lovely but dangerous black widow spider that we have here in the bay area. do some more exotic species like the white eyed assassin bugs from africa. dung beetles, dermis did beetl beetles, i will flip through most of these since this is an abbreviated version of an earlier talk. one of our most popular exhibits as our observation high where you can try and locate the kwee bee. last summer we had the first bugbear we have had in quite a while and it is something that although we are not doing it this year, we will have won again next year which will mark the 40th anniversary of the insect zoo. we have some lovely volunteers.

some folks in their nineties down to high school kids who come and help us out during the summer. a lot of these kids end up going off to school and getting their degrees and coming back -- getting their degrees mac -- degrees. people like i did. the main thing i wanted to hit on is that as of from five years ago we started an invertebrate conservation project. we are actually working on conserving this beautiful little damselfly that is found nowhere else on the planet except the bay area. there is one small population in the presidio that we have been working on preserving. working with our partners at the presidio trust. it is a captive rearing program. we collected a few founder individuals, but we have managed

to breed those at the zoo and numbering into the thousands. which we then have been releasing them out in the presidio. the new labour stored at mountain lake. so this has been going on for a few years now. as of just a few weeks ago, on july 4th, we opened our newest exhibit which is a california conservation corridor. this allows you to see some of this work up close and personal. i invite you to come out and check it out. thank you for your time. >> president buell: thank you very much. >> clerk: is there anyone who would like to make public comment on this item? >> president buell: richard? >> clerk: thank you. >> good morning. i just heard him talk about insects. the first and that popped into

my mind would be bees. and the problems that we are having in the state of california. i don't know if there's ever been a solution finding out why bees get lost and don't return to their hives. i initially thought of it as something that would be olfactory part of the brain, smell, and so forth. insects to smell the way around and return back. this exhibit is excellent, what he is talking about. but i had that question. i read in nature they do things -- the study would say the brain. but i haven't found anyone who has ever actually got it set straight for me. being that we have the expert here, i would hope he would be able to touch upon a little bit. currently, when we have agriculture in california, it is a big cost but they do have to bring in bees to pollinate all

of the orchards. so this type of problem, i think it is something -- we need our expert to give us a few comments on it. >> president buell: thank you. >> clerk: is there any other public comment on this item? being then, public comment is closed. commissioners? this was discussion only. >> president buell: right, thank you. no comments. >> clerk: ok. we are item -- on item seven. 700 ns shadow. -- 700 innis shadow. >> good morning commissioners. i am stacy bradley. the deputy director of planning at the recreation and park department. the project before you today is

700 innis and it shadow on the part. as you know, the reason why you are seeing these shadows is from proposition k. and in 1984 it was codified in a memo in 1989 between the recreation and park commission and the planning commission. to identify at a very significant impacts from a building that is over 40 feet tall that cast a shadow onto projects under the jurisdiction of the recreation and park department. this project is right next to, as a mention, india basin open space as well as 900 innes and india basin shoreline park. the development in red includes a multiuse facility, multi use property and development as well as open space. as part of their project, they are also redeveloping the india basin open space continuous with

our property. we partnered with build on the environmental review which will be for the planning commission next week. with our project on india basin -- opiate -- india basin shoreline and 900 innes. i will have matt snyder from the planning department step you through the project details at 700 innes. thank you. >> good afternoon commissioners. i'm here from the department staff. it we have been working with the planning department, recreation and park at especially with the community on this project for several years. before that, we add planning had worked with the community on a sub area plan which did not end up being approved. i think it sets up the framework for the project. the project that we are proposing is a mixed-use project. it would include roughly 1500 units. 1,575 units.

about 200,000 square feet of nonresidential use, and a very robust open-space network. the project process design, they work closely with us to create an urban design master plan which we think works very nicely with this unique sight -- site. it it provides a very unique and tightknit block pattern and street pattern including pedestrian paths throughout. the buildings are designed so the streets and the interior of the designs work together to create a robust pedestrian environment that relates directly to its open-space no noncontext. the the project approvals will be for the planning commission next weekend will include some rezonings including the creation of a special use of district. the planning commission will also be taking the first look at a development agreement between build and to the city.

the development agreement will have several aspects to it. our community benefits including the open space that will be the focus on the discussion today. it will also include a robust affordable housing project which will result in up to 25% of the units either on site or various ways in which they can meet the affordable housing requirement. community facilities, transportation improvements, including the design that anticipates more robust transportation in conjunction with the shipyard. it also includes a very important missing link to the bay trail. the bay trail and the blue-green way. a robust bicycle facility that will be able to take the bikes off of innes and put them onto a new street. of course, it will include a typical transportation plan. going back to the urban design,

the buildings are arranged from a very wide variety of building heights. as low as 20 feet. some going up to 80 feet and a few very specific instances, a couple of the buildings reaching 160 feet. the reason why some of the buildings are taller, other than just the urban design aspects of it, by focusing the development on some of the smaller portions of the site it enables a lot of the site to be left open for open-space. at the biggest aspect of it is the big green which will be immediately adjacent to the india basin open space that will create a continuous open-space. ththe big green will be managed and operated under your jurisdiction. so that is my presentation on the project. i am here and would be happy to answer any questions you might have. i will turn it back over to stacy to give you more details about the actual shadow that you will be taking an action on

today's. thank you very much. >> president buell: thank you. >> thank you. as matt mentioned, and as i already discussed, india basin has these three parks. india basin shoreline park's existing, india basin open space is existing at 900 innes has been acquired by us with your approval in 2014. and it is currently an undeveloped brownfield with historic features. it is an old boatyard. iit has seen -- you have seen a number of these projects before you a couple of times. i will just highlight what is here today and then what will be here tomorrow that will be affected by the shadow. today, they are in india basin shoreline park. i will always start on the northwestern edge and work my

way over. there are walking paths. children play areas, basketball courts, barbecue and picnic sites and a grassy lawn. this area that we have proposed -- i will do the proposed in a moment. as i mentioned, 900 innes, there is nothing they are currently. there is no park space developed currently. india basin open space is a natural area with walking paths and wetland vegetation. there is nothing at the current site at 700 innes except for, as you see, a roadway. this is the proposed design for india basin shoreline and 900 innes. you have seen this in march and we will be before you again next month after the e.i.r. is certified at the planning commission for your approval of the concept plan. for the proposed uses in india basin shoreline park, there will be a peer titled marsh wetlands.

walking paths, playground, adult fitness equipment, grassy areas, barbecue and picnic sites, skate areas, and generally improved space. you will connect seamlessly to 900 innes which will have a cottage at a few amenities, seating, walking paths, bike paths, garden planting, in water structures, a lot of historic components that will be revitalized at this base. continuing on to the india basin open space and the big green, this will -- this area will continue to be a natural space with fresh water and title marsh wetlands as well as walking paths and a beach and seating. the big green, as matt mentioned, will be operating and maintaining it however, it will not come to our jurisdiction. as we discussed in march, it will go to the poor to jurisdiction for it to be within state lands. we didn't review it as part of

-- it is in the shadow review but not analysed here because it is not under recreation and parks jurisdiction. even though we will be managing it. where the maximum shadow is. this image looks at a generic, i can answer questions about it as we go forward. for the maximum shadow, this shows the maximum shadow fan from the buildings looking at india basin shoreline and 900 innes and india basin open-space and their recreation and park facilities are in dark grey #-number-sign's. for the built spaces and the 900 innes, i it is in a very pale gy hatch. for a quantitative analysis, the existing shadow -- at india basin shoreline park is roughly 0.4%. a very small load of shadow.

this project shadow will add 0.05% for a total of 0.49% at india basin shoreline park. for 900 innes, it currently has just under nine% of current shadow load and is expecting about four and a half% bringing the total to 13 and a half% for current shadow load on 900 innes. india basin open space has a current shadow load of 0.07%. there are almost no buildings that shade this park at the moment. the 700 innes project will bring the shadow up to 5.2% bringing the low to to 5.3%. for your reference and guidance from the 1989 memo, it identified that parks over 2 acres with existing shadows that are smaller than 20%, one% is allowed. for the qualitative criteria,

india basin shoreline park, i will go through each of the parks separately, and then show you the animations and continue on with the qualitative criteria. the shadow that reaches india basin shoreline park is only in the winter. it is for just under 90 days and is on average, half an hour long. the largest shadow on the park covers about nine% of the park. you can see that image on the bottom left of the screen. 900 innes, in between the two spaces will see shadow all year round. in the morning and for the spring, autumn and summer, and in the morning and early afternoon in the winter. the shadow ranges from about ten minutes to nine minutes as it transfers is through the space. the largest greatest shadow covers most of the park at about 76%. for india basin open-space, it will see a new shadow in the

morning and evening in spring and autumn ended late evening in the summer and throughout the day in the winter it starts. you will see it in the animation. it will be present throughout the year. it will be on the site for approximately an hour and 15 minutes to about 11 hours and 45 minutes as the shadow moves from the far left from the eastern, to the western edge. but the greatest single shadow would cover less than 50% of the park. this is the largest single shadow for india basin shoreline park. you can see the shoreline park in the four -- far left corner, there is a yellow hatch. the shadow of maximum impact is where it is green. green is the new shadow. blue are the buildings. black is the existing shadow. it also shows new shadow on the seat which is in blue. this again is india basin

shoreline park. the day of maximum shadow is on december 20th. next, we have 900 innes pick the date of maximum shadow is december 24th. it is the space that is right in the middle and the maroon colour. you can see this shadow in the early mornings right here where it is green and then it recedes by noon as the sun makes its way across. next, we have india basin open-space. this is also the biggest day of impact for the big green. the open-space goes right along the 700 innes site. you can see in the animation, it starts on the left-hand side of the screen and it pretty much -- mostly leaves the park and hits the right-hand side, the western edge. the location of the shadow, for india basin and shoreline park,

is currently on a basketball court pat -- a pathway, vegetation at an undeveloped area of the space. in the proposed concept plan, there will be a basketball court, a bike when he, and garden planting. the current activities include walking and basketball and proposed, we have the potential for walking, biking, and basketball as well as general park activities. at 900 ennis -- innes, and spring and autumn, the shadow will be on the eastern edge of the park on proposed pathways, the bike lane and the peer. in the summer, it will be on the southeastern corner of the proposed griffith street stops. in the winter, it will be throughout the park on proposed pathways, vegetation, bikeways, peer, at the stairs, and there is nothing currently at 900 innes. there is no public access. and proposed, it will have the activities including walking, biking and enjoying nature and general park activities.

in india basin open-space, in the spring and autumn, it will be on the southwestern corner on the current and proposed pathway, and vegetation. in summer it will be on the northeastern section of the pa park. also on the pathway and vegetation and proposed will be a promenade and the beach. on the winter, you will be on the south eastern and western sections of the park. currently there is a pathway and vegetation. in the proposed, there will also continue to be a pathway, landscaping, and the beach. in conclusion, i want to reiterate our partnership with build on the delivery of the open space in the area. also our partnership with the environmental review. although both projects have been developed separately. they have been developed in coordination with each other so that the pathways connect the bike way and it connects.

you have -- once these projects are done, we will have about 1.g from one area to northside park. i am available for questions and we have the project sponsor here if you have questions for them. >> president buell: thank you very much. commissioner low, did you have a question before we hear public comment? >> vice president low: after public comments be when we will wait to be night is there anyone who would like to make public comment on this item? ok. public comment is closed. >> president buell: richard? 's benign public comment isn't closed. sorry, could not see you. >> i know. i am getting smaller. [laughter] there was a shadow on him. [laughter] >> ok. i'm not going to talk to too much about the shadow, but there's a lot of water out there. when i'm looking at that water, it is a complex wildlife type of water environments.

we are talking about slough and brackish and the estuary water. so some of the problems i have happen when they have taken away a lot of water from the bay area and it's like governor brown's's tunneling in the water and shipping over to the ranchers and the farmers so there has always been that problem. one problem that came up would have been i have been up in the slough area harbour seals do not belong there. they are being found there up in the slough is. when you start working on this water, and you include climate change and you have all of that title stuff and you have light changes and everything else, what can the department do to enhance some of the natural elements? it is a natural park area that you are talking about.

the natural water and seaweed to. i guess you are talking about that and the natural growth parts. that water is going to be changing. i'm not sure what you will be doing, or the people who deal with cleaning the water. the water department? know, not them. they have to try and get the ammonia out of the water and they fleshed out something. it has a sewer system that goes down into their. the type of problem, included with the light, and the growth, the sea life, the algae, what can be done to assure that that water is going to be at the correct sodium chloride levels? that is all i wanted to bring up. >> president buell: thank you very much. 's benign is there anyone else would like to make public comment? am i missing any one?

public comment is closed. >> president buell: commissioner low? >> vice president low: can you describe to us or explain to us again how the big green is under management but not our jurisdiction? what is that? >> it will be delivered to. the plan is for it to be delivered to the city, for it to be a part fully public at accessible park, managed and operated by the recreation and park department but under the jurisdiction of the court to be within the state land's trust. >> vice president low: we manage it but it is not under our jurisdiction? >> so it can be part of the state land trust. the public trust. an.and i believe jordan brought this to the commission in march to discuss how the state land trust -- that concept works with port jurisdiction bite recreation and park ownership. >> vice president low: and section 295 in the 1989 memo, only our jurisdiction -- it is only on jurisdiction on park

property. >> exactly. we also manage the space under p.u.c. and under public works jurisdiction as well. >> vice president low: the only portion of the park that impacts an active play area is really the india basin shoreline park -- looking at existing uses, a right? it is hard to judge it on existing -- on future use is. but on existing uses, is the india basin shoreline park. just a basketball court. >> that's right. it is on the edge that is existing. most of the shadow falls on the undeveloped space that is next to the basketball court in the area there. >> vice president low: ok. >> president buell: thank you. >> thanks. >> president buell: commissioners? >> vice president low: moved to approve. >> president buell: and when we are approving, we are approving the recommendation to the planning commission's benign that there is --

>> president buell: no significant impact. of the shadow cast by this project. moved and seconded. all those in favour? it is moved. thank you very much's benign we are on item eight which is the park's north. before staff starts this item, commissioner buell you need to recuse yourself. >> president buell: can i get to stay in the room and listen? >> sure. >> president buell: i live kitty corner to the park and i think i am biased so i have to stay quiet. >> clerk: ok. go ahead. >> good morning commissioners. i'm the project manager for the plaza park northside irrigation project. can you hear me ok? the agent before you today is discussion and possible action to amend the construction contract with the alto plaza northside irrigation and drainage project. to increase the improved

contract limit from 2 million to an amount not to exceed 2,000,500. an increase of 363,500. it is greater than the ten% -- greater than ten% over the original approved contract amount. under the strategic plan, the project speaks to strengthen the quality of existing parks and facilities and increase public investment to better align with infrastructure needs and service expectations. the plaza park is in the pacific heights neighbourhood and encompasses far from city blocks. founded by clay, jackson, and scott and signer streets, is situated on a high point with the use of san francisco bay to the north and the city to the south. the park includes a children playground, a basketball court, tennis court and dog play area. the park is undertaking the replacement improvement of

irrigation and drainage of the north side of the park. it is part of the capital improvement project program funded by the 2012 clean and safe neighbourhood park pond. the scope of the north side water conversation project includes, replacement of sod and automatic irrigation systems to the north side. installation of a perimeter drainage system in select locations, installation of a donor recognition circle, at a concrete driveway up to the new donor circle at scott street and washington street. [please stand by]