mentioned, there's still a robust process that has to take place. i think what's really confusing or i think muddying the waters is that there are already five -- these five are already in the works. that may be a good thing, but as long as i've been on the commission, and that's 14 years, we have been discussing these projects for a long, long time. i personally have been involved in going to numerous visits to the peace plaza, to portsmouth square, to all of these

different locations, and it's -- it has -- these -- some of these projects have, per se, been in the works, as far as i know. so i think we ought to just kind of catch our breath, and i think we ought to just look at this just being a discussion that was kind of leapfrogged and shouldn't have been. because the process -- the normal process that we go through is before we even get to the point of having these discussions at the commission meeting is they go through capital. you know, and the moore fact that it didn't go through capital told me that we're not anywhere close to this being a

fait accompli. so i think i'm going to take a very positive approach to all of this and just concern myself with the fact -- i mean, with making sure that we do have a very robust process in the community in terms of all of the projects, not just the ones that were mentioned, but that all of the projects that do need our support, that they -- that they -- that they be brought to the table and that we really not close ourselves off to just looking at these projects, the ones that were proposed today. i think we have to be -- i think we have to look at this more openly and not feel that we're leaving this meeting

feeling that we've done our jobs because that's not the case. we are just starting to do the work, as far as i'm concerned, with putting together a general bond campaign that is as inclusive as it can possibly be, so that's my perspective. >> thank you, commissioner. before i call on commissioner anderson, let me make a couple of comments. it's often been said, and i think it's true that we have over $1 billion in deferred maintenance projects in the park alone, let alone new projects. there isn't enough money to adequately make the parks whole at any given time, even though we're doing a wonderful job of making the parks as spectacular as possible. i think that circumstances presented themselves here where you had an interim mayor who's

always been a fan of the parks, and you have an innovative general manager who got the idea of putting two park bonds together to try to achieve more given high escalation costs, etcetera. and what happened, and i think the point's been made by all the commissioners is that a story ends up in the newspaper that there's a foregone conclusion of a huge bond that is going to happen, and the commission looks around and says, wait a minute. i don't remember approving that, and want to know what's the process. and i think it's the product of enthusiasm and general support for the parks that, in a way, a misrepresentation hit the newspaper and caught everybody by surprise. so we don't need to go into detail that all five projects have been before us in one way or another, and they're enthusiastically supported, and the community represented that today.

i think what we need to do, and i think it's going to be an interesting show, is that there's going to be a huge port bond measure to fix the waterfront, and there's going to be a new mayor who's espoused a general housing bond. i think we better get in the cue and make our case earlier rather than later. so this whole discussion now is about what is the process, and i think the lesson is learned, and i think that staff will be cognizant that the commission should be kept apprised at every step of the way. but i do think we're in for -- i don't want to say contentious but it's going to be an exciting political process of how we size these work bonds and do the work that needs to be done. commissioner anderson? >> i really appreciate what our

president just said because i feel like -- this is just my personal opinion that politics and temporary politics may have gotten a little bit involved here, especially with the press conference, and i really think we should be agnostic about what goes into the bonds, what our communities need. i can look at these five projects, i can tick off the districts, you know, two, three, five, six, and 10. does that mean anything? probably -- >> two? >> i'm sorry. where's japantown? i'm sorry. okay. a couple in five. three, five, five, six. 10. you know, there may be a couple of commissioners that want something to come here, but what our president said, we try really hard to be agnostic g d about the needs and not get into the politics. but that's all i have to say

about that. >> commissioner ginsburg? >> commissioners, we always want to keep you in the loop. this is the beginning, not the end. i want to reiterate based on what you saw today, we have a lot of work, opportunity, and a lot of challenges. and so our goal is to think of a strategy of how we can kind of execute the next bond, and yes, it's obviously -- the mayor's -- going to be the mayor's and the board's and the commission's policy call as to what's going in the bond. we make policy recommendation, and there's several levels of approval. the issue of sort of getting in the cue a little bit, i want to remind you that we're in the queue. there's no leapfrogging. we are in the queue for 2019 and 2025, and the real -- the essence of the proposal would be to try to merge them and

then look for some remedy or some acknowledgement of the fact that we've had the same amount for well over 10 or 12 years and things have gotten more expensive so we can buy less park, and it's really that simple. so we will continue to move forward and keep you apprised. >> thank you. commissioner low? >> just the last word on this, the wise one has spoken, mr. president, and i think that captures the frustration of at least this commissioner, and i just would like to admonish the general manager to control his excitement so -- i would not talk to the press about bond size and projects until we've approved the projects. >> thank you. i'm going to suggest that we move on. thank you very much for actually a good presentation on where we think we're headed. >> thank you, commissioners. >> okay. we are now on item 11. do we want to make a statement

first, commissioners? >> well, i was going to make a statement that the lunch i was hosting at 1:00, i'm late for, and i'm wondering if i can impose on commissioner low to take my place and that i get out of here and leave you all to the last item. is that a -- >> sure, you do, but okay. >> thank you. i'm going to excuse myself. >> thank you, commissioner. >> okay. so i'm just going to announce -- okay. announce we are now on item 11, nonplus ultra-and palace fine arts theater, interim tenants. >> good afternoon, commissioners. daina ketcham, director of property management. i have a slide show for you. the purpose is to update you on our interim tenants at the palace of fine arts. again, a little background.

it was built in 1915. i know you know all this and done a variety of different things over the years, from housing phone books to tennis courts. as you know, we've been working on finding a long-term tenant because we need over 20 million, probably $30 million of investment in the building. we've been here many times, talking about that. we did an rfcp and r.f.p., and we've continued to have discussions, trying to find the right fit. so the purpose of this is to talk about what have we been doing with the palace while we're waiting to find that. so the first thing we're going to talk about is the theater. it has had the same tenant since 1970. we brought you an extension of their lease with some options to extend that actually went out -- goes out to september 30, 2018. we are in the midst of doing another agreement with them. they have asked for us to

confirm that we could keep them there for three years. we believe that that is possible, given that if we found someone tomorrow, the planning and e.i.r. approvals would take that long at least before they'd have to get there. they have to do some rig investments in improving the facilities. the curtains need to be replaced. we've actually given them a small rent credit on that. you can see there's curtains everywhere, and they're literally in threads, and they have been replacing the carpets and doing some other improvements. while the r.f.p. was going on, it was a little hard for them to keep their business up and running because it just felt like the next shoe was going to drop. we intended to bring that to you in august, but i'm still waiting for jim lazarus to get

back to me with comments. i don't think it'll be coming to you until september. basic details. and there's more of the curtains, just to give you that pretty view. then, there's what we call the main atrium, which has a typo in there, and broadway, which holds up to 5,000 people. so we had the exploratorium in there from 1969 to 2013. we had a first interim tentant, which was town school for boys. they ran it as a school and ran events on the weekends and at night. after that, we had innovation hangar which came in to help us celebrate the ppie in 2014 and continued on under an agreement we brought to you, a longer term agreement to run it, you doing expos and events. we had, starting in late 2016,

some major issues with ihangar. we had -- they were not -- they were defaulting on the rent, but more troubling, they had -- were doing events without preclearing them with us. there was a lot of -- we were really struggling with them. and as we looked at this more and more, we were discovering that they were accepting advance payments on rent for events going out a year while they were still in default with us. and basic things like keeping the facility open, which was fundamental, a part of the lease, so there was public access, wasn't happening. so as we got further and further into this in 2017, and i remind you, this was the exact same time as the r.f.p. was going on, so there was a lot of noise about the palace, about the r.f.p., about the rfcp. we had some very lengthy commission meetings in here. we worked really hard with charles sullivan, the city

attorney's office, who was unbelievably helpful to us to call them in default and end their lease. at that point, we were in a very difficult situation because we had a number of people who had entered into contracts with them and paid them 50% down who were expecting to use the facility. so we looked for an interim solution, and we found nonplus ultrawho had operated and come to us with high recommendations from the mayor's office of economic development, that they had -- they were in the mint and operating that. they'd been operating one of the piers, and they had a history of producing events and operating in historic buildings. i also just want to add that the special events that were done by the folks from ihangar and the town school, i have to

say, the times were extremely challenging because they didn't have experience on how to produce events. they didn't have the team of people that would come in and make those things happen. we spent a lot of time working with them and with the neighbors and -- about concerns. we had issues with union compliance in terms of making sure the events that came in were following the rules for being in a city property. so we were happy to find nonplus ultra, who was willing to come in and agree to execute those completed agreements. we entered into a month-to-month lease because we weren't sure -- there's a lot going on in the community. we said we will do a month to month with you at this point. you know, it's going to be on you to work with the community and make sure that it works, rather than promising you a long-term lease. and they came in, and they executed for us those remaining leases -- those remaining agreements and worked them out.

they also cleaned up the place. they repaired things that had not been maintained properly, and -- and they have really pleased the community. a few things on the lease, it's currently a base of 20,000. we wave that for the first nine months because they were executing all those agreements. we also get 10% of the facility rental gross revenue and 5% if they do ticket sales and concessions. again, the term is month to month, but they can rent out up to 12 months. their usage is to present community events, theaterical events, they also serve food and beverages, and can sell

merchandise related to the palace. this is just a view of the two different entrances. they have done -- they also keep the facility open six days a week. they have both sets of bathrooms open. they've done a number of free public activations, the hall person architect and landscape exhibit, i don't know if any of you got to go. they actually terraded it, put all the pictures up. they had the space exhibit, they've had school camp field trips in there, the surf rider foundation. they've had neighborhood breakfasts and art shows, they've had neighborhood movie nights, a.a. meetings and a series of other things, as well as keeping it open. again, the public hours, tuesday to sunday, 10:00 to

5:00, the cafe that's currently poke delish. they have games. if you go in, you'll see kids playing around. it's only open if there's not an event. if there's an event, it's shutdown, and we kind of monitor that to keep one set of rest rooms open. they've helped us maintain the facility. they've repaired the bathrooms, they refinished the floors, they disposed of all the items left by the previous tenant. they've painted walls, they've upgraded the emergency systems. they're working to upgrade the security cameras right now. they maintain the elevators and the rest rooms, and they cover utilities, something that the other lease didn't have. so that's where we are, and we continue to look for a

long-term tenant, but we -- keep working on it. >> would you like to go to public comment? >> yes. >> okay. donna, chris, and jordan. >> really nice to see a lot of my old friends again. i also want to thank you because you're great stewards. just sitting here, listening to the complicated issues that you deal with, and i want to thank you for being such great stewards. few people love the palace more than i do. i have a great history with the palace, starting with my grandparents courting there, falling in love, collecting artifacts from the 1918 fair since i was 19 years old, honored by mayor lee by being put in charge of the centennial, which was in 2015.

i've enjoyed very much working with nonplusultra. i've had some interactions with them. i've been there many times for events. i also was asked by them to install some historic artifacts in the lobby that people can come and see. there's been a tremendous response to that. it's a great joy to see people come and learn more about that beautiful building, and i just can't say how much i enjoy working with them, and i hope they're there for a long time. they're great, great people there taking care of the building. thank you. >> next speaker. >> hi. my name is chris alden. i've been a fan of the palace of fine arts over 40 years. i went there as a kid, but i've been a neighbor -- actually, i've been across the street for over 20 years, and i have a real fondness for it. first i'd like to thank the commission and the general manager. of all the 40 years, i think the grounds of the palace are

as nice as they've ever been. i'd also like to thank you for bringing in n.p.u. i think they've done a tremendous job. certainly as a neighbor, i've appreciated what they've done, but also, i've worked with them on doing sort of an interactive, playable exhibit inside, and the most recent project we've worked on is one that's there now. it's open, free, available to the public. it talks about some of the amazing history of the palace, some of the great innovators that were there in 1915. it's a great app. you can use augmented reality and do something like a little pokemon go. that's free and open to the public. but some other things, i've gotten to know n.p.u. and the people who work there. they're high quality people, high integrity people. i will say they are a marked

improvement over the group that was there before. you heard a little bit about that. but it's refreshing and wonderful to see them there, and i just want to encourage and give my support for n.p.u. thank you very much. >> hello, commissioners, vice president low, manager ginsburg. i am the president of n.p.u.i. i am here to first thank you and daina for the honor to be able to operate inside of such a historic and remarkable building. it is a true pleasure and i'm incredible humbled to do so. dana did an incredible job of expressing what we've done in the palace over the past year or so, and i'm here to answer any questions if you have any of me. thank you. >> thank you. >> is there anyone here who would like to make public

comment? richard. >> i think i need a wake up call. any of you need a wake up call, three hours plus? okay. i've been involved in this palace of fine arts for quite a while now. i'm one of the few who had made some contributions and design ups to it, such as in the rotunda, grout up, round ups. i've looked over some of the proposal, and all that other type of stuff, and that was an interesting centennial that was brought up before the commission. one of the main points that i look at is the maintenance issue. when they have all these other events, i believe that n.p.u. is going to have to pay for the

maintenance. is that internal or is that included external of all the people who go there, they've got to repair the turf or it's not so nice. well, so any way, when i was there, i met the groundskeeper. of all people, john introduced me, and he seems like a fellow who's probably going to stay there for quite a while, but is his cost going to be carried by n.p.u. or is the park still involved with the maintenance of the area there? that point, i wanted to be sure i'd bring up. now, there's also another part where the structure, they have a stage two yet to come.

they've only completed stage one. of the other fundings that have gone across, curtains and all that, is that going to be totally separate from that type of funding, i believe that's going to be quite expensive on that, as well. i've spoken on that issue. we're trying to bring out of an engineering drawing, a simple pentagonal that would enhance the portions of the curvature of the paris type of train station. other than that, i think when we -- i haven't heard anything else about it, so until then, have a nice afternoon. bye. >> thank you. >> sorry. okay. is there any other public comment from anyone who hasn't already spoken? okay.

public comment is closed. >> commissioner harrison? >> yeah. thank you for getting such a responsible group in there to take care of the place for us, but what's happening with ihangar and their -- >> so their lease was terminated, and we settled out with them, but -- >> we continue to have quiet conversations with folks who might be interested in using the space, either similar to

being what is used for now or a combination of what it's being used for now and other activities. you know, we're not going to put out another r.f.p. until we know that there's someone who has the financial backing. in the meantime, it continues to operate. actually, it's more publicly available than it's been in a long time. just to clarify, nonplus does not control the outside of the palace. that is completely controlled through another division, they work the inside, and we're continuing to work that. >> thank you very much. >> commissioner anderson? >> does this mic work? okay. so since commissioners, i think sometimes people consider, and i know i do as to be sort of the eyes and ears and the voice of the citizens of san francisco, so we got an e-mail from a concerned person who wanted to have an event in the

palace. and i'm not commenting on the efficacy of the event, but wanted to have an event in the palace, and could do it i was told with a payment of 242,000 -- >> 272. >> $272,000 for a one-night event. it was surprising to me. could be, again, due to rookie ignorance on my part, but wanted to understand why someone from our community was reaching out to us, the commission, and how was it that there could have been a meaningful conversation around $272,000 to do a one-night event in the palace. >> so let me explain that. >> thank you. >> so first of all, it wasn't for this year, it was for the year 2019. >> you're right. >> so there's -- in the -- you know, the pricing of an event venue depends on its capacity, and this event, this venue holds 3,000 people in a way

that many venues don't. and pricing also depends on when you're asking to use things. it's a flexible pricing. well, the holiday -- this was a request for a corporate holiday party, and -- by an event planner, and they only had four or 500 people, and this was for one of the key december -- there's only like two weeks in december that you can put one of these on. and so they were -- the person kept pushing very hard to get an answer, and they would explain well, i can't really book until 2019, and so they gave them the price -- the quote that is the price that there is contracts for for this year for the comparable week for a two to 3,000 person event, and that is how much they're paying. you can't segregate the space. you can't say you get this little piece and so it can cost less. and i think the range of prices of events is -- is very

variable. there are things that are free and there are things that are much less money, but being able to maximize revenue from one of the key weekends was how we keep this facility open and running, and that's really a common way that all facilities like this operate. so it's because she wanted a key weekend, and -- and it's not -- you know, i can't -- you can't say i want this little bit of your house or i want just a small space so i should pay less. that's the pricing all in with all of the cost to set it up and also to generate the money to keep this thing going. >> how was that figure arrived at? >> well, the figure was arrived at based on the pricing of a 3,000 person event, and the number of days that they requested, the setup and take-down of the venue, and it's a supply-and-demand type

of pricing. it's dynamic. you know, the goal is to generate income to pay for the rest of the event. it was based on the -- the contract price for the same weekend this year. >> oh, okay. >> so -- i'm sorry if i'm not being clear. they kept saying we can't even talk to you about 2019. you know, they're busy, so they sent her the price of the same weekend this year. i think there's the first and second weekend in december, and that's the comparable pricing. >> had this event planner created a contractual agreement, would the contract have been with the tenant and would the many have gone to the tenant? >> so we get a percentage of the rent. we get 10% of the rent, so the contract goes -- some of the contract would go to pay for other -- you know, it's not just a straight out, but for the services. but i want to remind you that they are paying for all the

expenses to keep the building up and running, and including keeping it open, servicing the bathrooms, maintaining the elevator, maintaining covering all the utility expenses, and those costs have to come out of those couple of very premium weeks, so if it's salesforce week, the price is higher. if it's the holiday weekend, the price is higher. if you talked about we just approve dynamic pricing for golf, it's very similar to how we thought about with golf and giving operators the flexibility to be able to run the facility. >> do we -- do we try to work with other stakeholders or community groups that might want to use a nice space like the palace, perhaps not on such a high demand? do we have, you know, lower rates for people that can't afford this price tag at the palace of fine arts.

>> oh, absolutely. >> so maybe tuesday night or something? >> yeah, absolutely. >> okay. >> so the heritage society, some of their members had been very involved in doing an event with us, they're having an event in november for 25,000, including a day to setup and a day after. it's 25,000. >> we want to make sure that our parks and open spaces are accessible to everybody. >> oh, absolutely. that's why they keep it open to everybody, that's why they run movie nights. that's why they keep the halperin event open. we also get a certain number of free uses peryear, but this was a key holiday weekend for a business party. >> i'm hearing you. thank you. >> private corporate event. >> thank you. >> commissioner mazzola?

>> so just to follow up on that, dana. >> yeah. >> so the key holiday weekends this year in '18, the two or three, whatever it is, they're paying you the exact same quote that these people got? >> it's roughly the same. it's -- >> okay. >> yeah, they're both within the same realm. >> and maybe i missed this. sorry if i did. so the fact that they have four or 500 people, there's not a smaller room. >> no. it's a big, open atrium. you can't divvy it up. >> there's no other room? >> no. and the person that came in and asked for this, they said they wanted the works. they said they wanted the theater, as well, and they wanted the rotunda, and that money was no object, and they wanted a quote. so there was a lot of pushing that went on. and they could commit to 2019 under the terms of our agreement. >> and this is a friday or a saturday? >> yeah. i think it's thursday and friday are the key nights, and

you can't do multiple because the build to set this big open atrium up, you really can't do more than one a week. >> sorry, commissioner bonilla. >> dana, refresh my memory. the 20 million, 30 million that were costs -- i think there's some structural damage, structural mitigation that will have to be done, completed -- can you refresh my memory on that project? >> well, it's everything from the roof, which is $5 million to their -- it was seismically upgraded, so there's an upgrade, but all the systems are really old: the electrical, the slabs. there's a detailed report that goes through all the pieces, but to make that space -- the heating system. so they're operating in there. you know, it's pretty -- it's

pretty makeshift, but they've had experience doing that because they've operated in old port buildings and in the mint, so that's why they -- you know, they were sort of the perfect people to come in and run this facility. >> right. so my concern is that i know that we've had venues that we've leased out month to month, and one year, i mean, of doing that in particular venues has translated into five years, ten years, where we've had month-to-month leases, and my concern with this particular venue is that there's this work that has to get done, and the longer we -- that we -- i mean, if we prolong doing that work, you know, getting it done it

fixed -- all the repairs done and bringing -- actually bringing in someone who will partner with us to do that, the longer we do that, the more it's going to become a situation where -- where we can't -- i mean, where we just can't find anyone who would be willing to take on, you know, the cost of the project. so i just want to caution you and caution the department that we can't -- i mean, i think it's -- it's being put to great use. and i think we do have a responsible -- >> it doesn't mean we're not working on that. >> right, but what i want to say, i want to make sure that we look at -- we seriously look at some time frame to really go out there and leave no stone

unturned to find some -- some partners that will partner with us long-term to utilize the palace of fine arts and get all this work done, because the clock is ticking, you know, and the costs are increasing as we speak. so i just want to make sure that we're not kind of lulled into just going month to month and, you know, working with, you know, the -- with this one partner and not, you know, giving some really serious focus on the palace of fine arts. >> actually -- >> i know that you're doing your work, and i know that it's difficult finding a long-term

tenant in there, but i just want to say i think we need to give that a lot of attention. and no criticism. >> no. i wish we had found someone through the first process. we'd continued to engage in conversations. it's very hard. it has to have a recreational purpose. it really limits our flexibility to find those types of people. we are actually, you know, intrigued by this model as a way to maybe potentially fund the -- more improvements. we actually are studying kind of how this all works with them in there, and we continue to have a number of discussions with people who are looking for large spaces in the -- in san francisco. it just takes time. >> okay. i understand.

>> commissioner anderson? >> commissioner low, i have a question for you and your expertise. so i notice this relationship is pursuant to a permit, but this -- they've been tenants month to month since march of 2017. it seems more like a lease situation, isn't that right? can you comment on it, and if it's a lease situation, does it come before the commission for approval or not? >> well, that's very clever, i will say that. it's titled a permit, but it's really a lease. you know, it talks as it being a month-to-month lease, but the schedule of monthly permit fees carries out beyond a month. it goes back -- contemplates almost -- over a year. and in fact they've been there over a year. so -- but i am following up on

commissioner anderson's remark. i am struck by the staff report which talks about the month to month permit was granted by staff, consistent with the department's practice of issuing short-term and interim permits of committed duration, less than one year, without commission approval. i -- i just think that policy needs to change. when it comes to commercial purposes, whether it's a permit, i have nothing against n.p.u. they're innocent in this, but when it comes to commercial purposes for a park property, we have to establish a procedure which protects both the commission and this department where those leases and subleases are approved, so

when a month to month permit goes beyond a year, it's been properly noticed, public has been heard, and it's been approved. whether it's a consent calendar to the operations committee -- sorry, operations committee, you know, and then, to the consent calendar of this commission, there has to be an established procedure where those commercial purposes are approved. we're constantly criticized for commercializing our park property, you know? i just heard the other day about the phil's coffee truck on marina green. we have to establish a process whether it's for commercial purposes, short-term, long-term, subtenant, subpermitee, subleases, so that it somehow gets approved by this commission so that the party is then authorized to execute that document. >> commissioners, since i've

done here, we've done many permits of one-year duration on our property. our clubhouses have many, many of those permits. you got in march of this year a list of all of our leases and the terms. the phil's coffee was done through an r.f.p. short-term. also, sometimes, especially like in this case, we wanted to make sure they were going to work out. but, you know, we have done one-year permits, and anything that's a longer term commitment of this, we've brought to this commission. this would be a practice when i started, which was the way it was when i came in, and so we'd be -- you know, we'd be really looking at a significant change in terms of -- of our time to

bring you -- you know, you can see the number of leases. we also have a number of month to month permits that continue to roll over. for instance, lincoln park golf course is a facility the lease expired a long time ago, and we're hoping about to launch an r.f.p., but we've struggled, and we haven't found an operator, and the operator has stayed in there. so that's the reason for the practice is we're not making any long-term commitments to the use of our spaces. >> so commissioner bonilla's point, there are month-to-month arrangements that go on for years. so i think it's a better practice, and i am recognizing what past practice has been, but i am recommending that we establish a different procedure when it comes to commercial purposes. so you know, if it's consistent with our mission of the department for a rec center, a nonprofit to use it, sure. or we don't need to approve a

jumpee castle permit that goes in golden gate park, but when it comes to commercial leases, there has to be something where the department's authorized to enter into this transaction. you can't authorize yourself to enter into the transaction. >> and since it was my floor,

i -- [please stand by] . >> i think it's all been said, commissioner. >> okay. >> okay. any other comments? okay. this was discussion only. we are now on item 12, general public comment, continued from item 4. is there anyone who wanted to speak under general public comment, item 4, that was unable to, and that you would like to speak now? okay. seeing none, this item is closed. we are on item 13, commissioners matters.

any public comment? commissioners? okay. this item is closed. item 14, new business agenda setting. public comment? seeing none, this item is closed. commissioners, did you have any comments? and then, 15, communications. any public comment? okay. being none, this item is closed shlt . and 16 is adjournment. >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? adjourned.

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people think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. >> i have been coming to the pool for a long time now. it is nice, they are sweet. >> in the aquatics center, they are very committed to combining for people in san francisco. and also ensuring that they have public safety. >> there are a lot of different personalities that come through here and it makes it very exciting all the time. they, their family or teach their kids have a swim. >> of the gem is fantastic, there is an incredible program

going on there, both of my girls have learned to swim there. it is a fantastic place, check it out. it is an incredible indication of what bonn dollars can do with our hearts and facilities. it is as good as anything you will find out why mca. parents come from all over. >> there are not too many pools that are still around, and this is one-stop shopping for kids. you can bring your kid here and have a cool summer. >> if you want to see some of the youth and young men throughout san francisco play some great pickup games, come wednesday night for midnight basketball. on saturdays, we have a senior

lyons dance that has a great time getting exercise and a movement. we have all the music going, the generally have a good time. whether it is awkward camp or junior guard. >> from more information, visit

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