>> we would also ask that you take any secondary conversations outside. if you would like to speak on an item today, we would request, boot do not require that you complete a blue card. if you like to speak on an item that is not on the agenda but does fall under the jurisdiction of this commission, you may speak under general public comments, that its item four, and i discontinued again on 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 our staff will respond to any questions during public comment. the commission may ask questions to staff after public comment is closed. please note there is one item that is off calendar today, and

that is item seven. the last item is if the fire alarms activate, you must evacuate the building in an orderly fashion using any exit. please note that the elevators will immediately return to the first floor and are not available for use. if you do need assistance out of the building, please make your way to the closest area of refuge, which is directly across the hall in the men's restroom. inside the restaurant is a speaker boss -- box. press it, city hall security will answer it. let them know where you are at, and they will assist you. and with that, we are an item number 2, the president report. >> thank you very much. i will be brief, but let me note that we are coming to the conclusion of women's history month and we have a woman in the audience who made history in city hall and at the recreation and park department. it is a real pleasure to welcome

mary burns back to city hall. [applause] >> i see behind you we are welcoming in number of old colleagues back to city hall. it is nice to see them all smiling and here for a very nice occasion. with that, i will turn it over to the general manager to make some appropriate comments. >> are we still -- >> this is not the general manager's reports. it is an invitation to weigh in on this subject and keep this part of the program going. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. president. it is an honor to guest star in president's report. [laughter] >> commissioners, we have the very distinct honor of recognizing a true pioneer and someone who blazed a trail in san francisco, and in the bay area at large. as you noted, marches women's history month, and today we are honored to have with us the san

francisco recreation and department his very first female juror -- general manager, mary burns, who served in that capacity from 1985 to 1996 under dianne feinstein, agnew his anne frank jordan, servant for one mayor is a challenge, serving for three is a true testament to your fortitude, mary. she was one of only nine female department heads in the city in the mid-1980s. during her tenure, she supported a 75 million-dollar bond to improve golden gate park infrastructure, worked with a variety of city groups and organizations on a successful tax measure for parks, oversaw the groundbreaking of the world-renowned national eighth grove in golden gate park, and welcome to 70,001 pope for a mass at candlestick park in 1987 that would be john paul ii. former staff members remember her cultivation of a work environment that allowed for

creative solutions, and a real focus on working with teens and communities of colour. under her leadership, programs like the newspaper and friday nate fun or launched. after her tenure at the recreation and park department, she went on to consulting for a time, and then from 1998 to 2004 , she was the director of the san mateo county parks department, and in 2004, she became the manager of the sonoma county parks system. she was also active with the bay area ridge trail council. since her retirement, she began writing and has penned many short stories recounting her memories from her years of public service and what i would say is that your legacy more than lives on in this department we went through a strategic planning process. in 2015, in which our department

as a whole came up with five organizational values. they are respect, responsiveness , a focus on relationships, resilience, and results, and you exemplified those values to a tee, so your legacy continues in the recreation and parks department in 2019. we are so delighted to have you here and to have the opportunity to recognize your achievements. we stand on your shoulders as we try to move the ball forward, and we are so grateful for you and for your years of service. [applause] >> mary, lest you think we purchased this, we grew it. [laughter]

>> that is sweet. >> i had to install it and uninstall it, that's what i had to do. [indiscernible]

>> i will ask mary to say a few words and then i will encourage anyone who came here to help honor her to weigh in if they would like. with that, welcome, mary burns. by the way, i knew mary back in the day. i worked for joelle leota when he was mayor and i volunteered for a lot of dianne's feinstein his efforts. mary and i crossed paths many

times and i was the better for it. >> madame general manager, the mic is yours. >> thank you. i am so thrilled. i can't tell you how much i appreciate what you are doing for me, and if you don't mind, i have a few stories i would like to share. i am writing my memoirs, and so far, i am only writing the fun ones. [laughter] >> but we had -- it was a very different day when i was general manager, for one thing, we had both the zoo and candlestick park, which took a lot of focus and effort, but i was very, very interested. parks and recreation, through a very early age. i volunteered in a learn to swim

program one my hometown, i think i was about 15 and helped mom his learn to teach their small children how to swim. and then i went on to become a water safety and a playground director, and i still can use my playground voice when i need to. anyway, and i went to san francisco state and i had wonderful tales from their too, but i went to work for -- i started volunteering in political campaigns. the first person i ever volunteered for was for john burden. john sends his greetings. i talked to him a few days ago. so then i worked for the state

legislature. at the time, we had a planning director whose name was alan jacobson, and he was very supportive of parks and recreation. he just completed the open space for the city's master plan, and i was working for willie brown at the time. he came to me and said, would we sponsor -- would we sponsor the candlestick state recreational area to be made a state park? it was just open space at the time. we took it to the legislature. the guy who was director of the parks informed us there was no place for urban parks in the system, if you can imagine. anyways, that was while -- he

got his comeuppance. >> it was the first of many. the other thing that alan had came up with was this idea of having a lot more parks and trying to get parks in high need to neighborhoods, which were the minority neighborhoods, especially a category called waterfront hilltops and other spaces. we met for a year and dorothy's living room. we were coming up with an idea to create a special tax tax set-aside called the open space fund. that is how that came into being we went on the ballot, and it didn't pass the first time, and i was very surprised because it did not pass in most of the high needs neighborhoods, so i went out and i had context in almost every one of those neighborhoods i went out and met with them and i said, why on earth did in past

and to a person they said, because we want the parks, we would love the parks, but there is no money for maintenance, and we don't want to have the parks come into being and not to be maintained, because then the neighborhoods will be blamed for that, which is a very valid points. we went on the balance a second time and it passed. we are still gaining the benefits from that, so that was something else that i was very proud to work on. and then i went to work for centre moscow knee and worked for him in the senate office for a year before he was elected mayor and moved into city hall when he was mayor. i lived through the first awful thing which was the passage of prop 13, where i was responsible for helping cut the budget, which really distrust me, but

anyway, we had a lot of good things happen, a lot of support, and of course, george and harvey milk were assassinated to, and i worked for dianne feinstein in the mirror's office for two years before i came up to recreation and park. i was the assistant general manager for a few years and then a general manager. while i was general manager, i was very, very fortunate to have a wonderful staff, and i remember thinking, and hearing it from somebody else, it's like the proverbial turtle on a fence post. it didn't get there by itself. i had wonderful staff that helped us do all kinds of things the infrastructure bond for golden gate park, i was told by 50 directors from around the country, that no no infrastructure bond would ever pass, not only did it pass, but

it passed by 80% in the mission district and the bayview hunter 's point. so that was spectacular. then we finished the golden gate park reforestation plan and began implementing that. we had had a flyover of the park , and it showed a lot of the trees were almost dead. they had planted the trees whose lifespan was 125 years old, and they were reaching the end of their lifespan, plus the ones at the west end of the park were hit by the salt air and breezes and they were in a really sad shape and they protected the rest of the park, so we came up with a plan that divided the golden gate park into 1200

squares, and the plan was never passed. two of those plans adjacent to each other replaced it to save times of the public would never know that these trees were being replaced, then a big issue came up because we needed to get rid of the wood of the trees that we were trapping -- chopping down, and the purchasing department went out to bid on that and did not find any bidders, so we almost said -- set golden gate park on fire because. [laughter] >> because the pile of deadwood and branches and stuff for all composting themselves, so that was a bit of a setback, but the other thing -- [laughter] >> the only thing, going back to the fact that we had -- that was a really interesting deal because when dianne feinstein was mayor, eddie referred to candlestick as a pigsty. mayor feinstein was not pleased,

so we got a whole bunch of money to fix it up and they were all kinds of improvements that we made, but we also -- the americans disabilities act had passed, and the a.d.a. coordinator insisted that we put braille signage in the room. [laughter] >> i refused. i said let him sue me, i will not be on the front page of the paper with that. >> that is hilarious. >> anyway, as phil said, the pope's mass at candlestick, candlestick was built, there were far more men that went to games than women. there was no such thing as parity, and when we came to the mass, there were many, many more women.

undiscovered that all over the area the nuns were in the men's room keeping the them and -- men out so women didn't have to wait in the line so long. [laughter] >> one of my favorite things that happened here, and i was so fortunate to be in the shop and have so many wonderful opportunities, were the mayor feinstein who always wanted to get pandas for the san francisco zoo, and they were an endangered species, and the american association zoological parks and aquariums forbade pandas being taken out of the file and distributed to the zoos all over the world, so the chinese government would make a gift of pandas to the capitals of the

countries, but not to zoos like san francisco zoo. that did not deter the mayor on a six-month loan we were successful. i didn't know how long i have, can i tell a little bit longer of a story? >> it is your microphone. [laughter]. >> you will like this one. we went to china and the negotiations were amazing, we drope -- drink copious amounts of tea all through the negotiations. they took four days and they told us that since we were

guests of the government of china, we would be taken around to see all kinds of other things , so one day they said we will go up to see the great wall of china, and we did, and of course, you can see it from satellite pictures they put it together before they had submit it. they put it together with rice water and dirt and kept it all of these centuries in place. during the course of our little tour, they told us they would have lunch at the restaurant at the great wall of china, and the chef had managed to get something that african up -- every american loved to eat. we were told by the state department before we went that the chinese said we should take

our cues from them, so we went through every lunch and dinner. we went through nine courses, and he said now the chef will bring out the specials. he said they cleared all the table, brought out new plates and chopsticks, and the door to the kitchen swings open, and the chef comes out, and he has a big silver tray with a silver dome over the top of it, and somebody had put a pedestal in the middle of the table and he sets it down on the pedestal, and with a great flourish, pulled the top off the tray, and there and all of its glory, was an unopened loaf of wonder bread. [laughter] >> nobody laughed. it wasn't a joke. i have since talked to a woman i

was thinking of who was chinese, and she said, that would have cost a fortune, and they went to a great deal of trouble to do that. so we each had two pieces of plano wonder bread that we would eat with chopsticks. >> oh, my goodness. >> and then i broach the next chapter of the story that is called pandemonium, for when it was at the zoo. we will have to -- you will have to read my book when it comes out. >> we look forward to it, mary. thank you, very, very much. [applause] >> i will invite anybody from the general public at this point that would like to weigh in on behalf of mary and jim lazarus. >> three minutes. >> president, members of the commission, it is great to be back and great to be with mary. i've had the privilege of working with mary for many, many

years. as many of you know, i was a deputy city attorney. i worked with mayor feinstein when mary was general manager, and one of the major differences , mary had to count for every park from the management by objective program, the number of tulip bulbs and other flowers planted per park to meet the annual goal, and i would suggest that the department suggested the general manager today that you do the same thing now. it's a privilege to read a pocket -- proclamation from senator feinstein to mary. in honor of your recognition during women's history month, you have dedicated your life to the preservation of open space, enhancement of parks and access to recreation for all communities. under your tenure as head of the parks department in san francisco, san mateo, and sonoma counties, parks and open space sought increased financial support, new partnerships, and

dramatic capital improvement. as your senator from the state of california, i congratulate you on this achievement and wish you continued success in the years to come. [applause] >> hello. my name is connie o'connor and i had the great pleasure of serving with mary as the commission president while she was the general manager, at that time, we had all the responsibilities that you have now. i had fun working with her and

phil and shawna and all the people at recreation and park, and her intellect, i mean i was amazed constantly at how much she knew about everything. she probably didn't know how many tulips there were at any given time. anyway, thank you for your service to this city, and thank you for making my tenure so easy , you really made me look good at the time. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> is there anyone else would like to come forward and speak? if so, please come forward. >> good morning, commissioners. my name is bill along. i am the former chair of the bay area ridge trail council, still a board member. our organization was blessed, truly blessed by mary's involvement over more then a decade. our general manager can't be

here today because of a conflict and that is very sad for her. she has also worked very closely with mary. she had that unique ability and in a board of 25 or so people of waiting for the right moment and then expressing and very plain language commonsense notions about what we were faced with with at least 50 different opinions about what should be done and what the priorities were. and mary would wait until the right moment and with a magic set of words get us working together. she use that talent as head of the governance committee which is the toughest job in organizations again small.

we have people from all around the bay with lots of different priorities. many works through all of that to come up with proposal which we are still following on with today. we are very grateful for that involvement and we miss her. we still have issues, and i think to myself, what would mary say right now? because she did have that manage -- magic ability that she could distill out true wisdom and put it to work on our problems. today the ridge trail is still moving ahead. we have 375 miles of trail trying to connect up all the parks and open space i wish you were there.

i ask myself, what would mary say right now? we have you in mind and we thank you for your involvement. >> thank you very much. >> mr. president, members of the commission, i had the incredible pleasure of spending several years with mary in the mayor's office and i maintained a relationship that i so treasure and value. it was incredible to be a colleague of hers because as connie alluded to the which, intelligence, the political knowledge, and practical instincts made her be so successful then and in her subsequent jobs, and i have the opportunity to interact with her at all three places at the san francisco parks and recreation department, at the county of san

mateo, and in the county of sonoma. today i serve as the interim c.e.o. of the greenbelt alliance , and another giant, women's giant avenue park history was mentioned a little bit earlier. and under her tenure, dorothy was -- dorothy park was established, and phil has been nice enough to allow the greenbelt alliance every quarter or so to be present to there. it a nice feeling to pull the whole circle together. i love you, and thank you so very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> is there anyone else who would like to speak. >> that will do it. >> that concludes one of the more pleasant president's reports. thank you, mary, for all you have done. let me ask commissioner harrison to wait in. i was blessed that i worked for

the park department for mary burns as a gardener. i just wanted to say thank you for your leadership at that time , getting us through all of these difficult hurdles, it was very interesting, and i love the job very much. we all respected you very much. >> thank you, mary. >> thank you, commissioner. let's proceed. >> are we done with the report? >> we are doing the general manager report. >> i will try to be extremely brief, this saturday at 10:00 a.m. we will join the p.u.c. and the brace for the opening of two unique spaces in the visitation valley neighborhood. first funded by the 2008 and 2012 clean and safe neighborhood parks bonds, the renovated mclaren garden includes a

welcoming entrance into the garden for herbs and trailing vegetables, sheltered gathering spaces for groups and face -- and fencing and utilitarian garden design and raised garden plots. located north of the gardens, they have chris construct a new rain gardens as part of his visitation valley green notes project. that project develops two distinct -- distinct green locations that improve community spaces and accessibility while helping to manage stormwater. the terrorist storm gardens will manage stormwater each year from 1.5 acres of impervious surface and provide a pedestrian connection from mclaren part two leland avenue. it will collude family garden activities. and next tuesday, the recreation and i'm park department host the second annual university team

conference at the university where our staff will enjoy a half-day of learning about the work we do together, connecting with colleagues, sharing stories of what inspires us to serve san francisco families. in addition to workshops it creates park transformation, croquet gem and party with a purpose, noted speakers including adrian bennett, dr. roberts from san francisco state and macon thomas from enterprise community partners. we invite commissioners, if you are three free and available to join us and take part in the province and take part in a workshop or two. we want to give our gardeners, custodians, recreation staff and folks who do not have opportunities to prevent -- to attend conferences to attend a conference in our profession. extravaganza, recreation staff is in the midst of planning our annual spring extravaganza event on april 13th from 11:00 a.m.

until 3:00 p.m. at robin williams meadow in golden gate park, one of our most popular citywide family events, it features egg hunts, carnival rides, facepainting, games, entertainment, and of course, annual rib cookoff, pitting the culinary skills of our staff against those of other city departments including s.f. fire and s.f. police. this year, we are ready to go with five teams, while s.f. fire and police each have three teams as always, you were all invited to enjoy the day and be v.i.p. judges at the rib cookoff, a task i highly recommend, golden gate park tennis centre groundbreaking, a new era of public tennis and san francisco kicks off on april 17th when we will celebrate the start of a much-anticipated renovation project in golden gate park. the tennis centre is poised to undergo a 27 million-dollar and

of -- renovation which will make the site the best tennis facilities in the nation with 17 new tennis courts including a sunken court, a dedicated pickle ball court, a 7800 clubhouse with recreation room, locker room and kitchen, a guarding area for viewing, socializing and relaxing, lighting from all courts which will allow for all over 20,000 hours of additional play. it all includes a dedicated classroom and support spaces to accommodate an expansion of the tennis and learning centre program, a san francisco recreation and park youth development program that provides afterschool tutoring and instruction in tennis for kids, t.l.c. is currently operating in hamilton, and other recreation centres, and you will hear an update of the program. in anticipation, while the

tennis centre is under construction, we hosted a public meeting last night to discuss opposed pilot programs that will allow for free kenneth -- tennis court reservations at tennis courts around the city. this will make it easier easier for for tennis players to access tennis courts during construction. we had some big news about india basin this week, more on that to come in the agenda, and i think we have this month and parks, a very quick video, which helps our successful opening of balboa pool. [♪]

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>> and supervisor, commissioner, you asked if i swam, i was one of the first divers over there, good things come to those who wait. we had to wait a long time to get this pool open and we did, and it is beautiful. and that concludes the general manager's report. [applause]. >> is there anyone who would like to make public comment under the general manager's report? >> being none, this item is closed and we are now on item four which is general public comment up to 15 minutes. this item will be continued on item 12 if you do not speak under item four. at this time, members of the public may address the commission over items of interest to the public that fall under the jurisdiction matter of

the commission and that do not appear on the agenda. with respect to the agenda items you will have an opportunity to address the commission when that item is reached in the meeting and i do have one card. maureen. if you would like to come up, you will have three minutes. >> i need my phone so i don't go over. >> don't worry, there is a timer >> it is an honor to be here today to talk to you. i googled all of you. my son went to sacred heart. i am here on behalf of the bonds that you are considering park. i moved to san francisco in 1978 and i was talking to mary burns who did a fabulous presentation. i wish i commented on her. i lived on russian hilton i lived in the castro, and my husband got a job on the can and -- peninsula. anyways, we have moved to get to the freeway so he could get to work. it was a great neighborhood.

we had one ice cream store and one pizza parlour and a library and we were happy. and then we will buy a house there. we bought a house in 1989 and thank you because we couldn't get our toe into the area now. i am here to point out that in that time period i have had two children born in the city and my daughter, who is now 28 and a student and a teacher in u.c. san francisco system, the park and recreation clubhouse at the corner of the street was constructed in 1912.

it is exactly the same as it was when she attended toddler events , exactly the same. this is an appropriate. throw us a bone. there is a plan that has been approved, throw s.f. bone. we are pouring money, money, money into the property tax coffers, don't kid yourself. the previous sale price was 36,000. thank you very much. i don't know if that is my warning, but throw us a bone. we have a lovely new library,

but i play baseball on that field, it has not changed at all please drive around our neighborhood at rush hour. see what we are enjoying. every time we turn around a six-foot condominium is going up it is our turn, balboa pool, golden gate park, i am begging you on behalf of my fellow citizens. >> thank you very much. >> mark. >> thank you. let me speak in public comment. >> put the mic in front. >> sorry, i apologize. is that better? >> much better. this is an issue that affects

the commission and a public-policy way. as it states on the last page here, the mandate is to serve the public reaching his decisions in full view of the public as are all commissioners and commissions. it is not uncommon for the commission departments to get involved in litigation and tend we could involved in litigation and anybody who is a citizen of the city could be involved. the question might arise, how can that citizen, was also a litigant convey information to you to make decisions that are good for the people. i had a specific question that is being considered generally by the department and that is a public-policy question that i addressed to the attorney last night. for someone who used to work with the ethics commission in san francisco, i will tell you what her answer is. what if california evidence

codes 1152 and 1154 are cited in a settlement letter to a san francisco citizen from the office of the city attorney? may that person receiving a letter like this from the city attorney thereby still go to the city's recreation and park commission a testified to the substance of the ledger so that you can make good policy. what i was told is this. they are advised to promote good source efforts. to this end, statements made cannot be used of evidence -- as evidence, however, this is the main point, settlement statements are not communications. you may discuss them with others without violating any california law. settlement statements may come up in a public-policy context for instance. they are notably relevant and useful to those public bodies such as this one has to oversee an agency or department that is

party to a lawsuit, and finally, she said section 1152 and 1154 could be stated in a letter, who is also a citizen are not to gag orders. they do not preclude a civil litigant or a regular citizen of san francisco from the right to engage in a public-policy discussion. a citizen's right to it negotiate a not aggregate that person's right as a citizen to speak freely and engage in public-policy. this dual role -- >> his or anyone else who would like to make general public comment? being none, this item is closed. we are now on item five which is the consent calendar. is there anyone who would like to speak on the consent calendar being none, public comment is

closed. commissioners? >> we would entertain a motion. >> so moved. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor? >> so moved. >> item six, the san francisco zoo. >> good morning, on the director of the san francisco zoo i feel a little like aaron burr in hamilton after hearing mr. burns ' accomplishments. i am the full who is trying to manage the sioux after her. -- manage the zoo after here. i think her for all she has done over the years. it would not be march without recognizing everything that is green at the zoo. over the holiday weekend, we hosted tours, many found the tour of our prairie dogs to be the most popular, so with that, there we are. our powerpoint. the kissing period dogs, otherwise known as the kissing irish. we learn to period dog families kiss mouth-to-mouth.

it was a huge hitch, especially with the irish community nearby the soup. also in march, as well as our outstanding female employees. we recently did a census of our employees and 70 2% of our employees are female. it is a significant change for us. and the highest percentage of females we have had in the history. speaking of history, it is the 90th anniversary of the zoo this year. and during the month of march, in honor of the 90th, we are offering free admission to school groups up to 90 kids per day, or 43 kids -- 43 classes signed up within 24 hours of that offer. and speaking of classes, while many of zoo camp classes for summer are sold out, we do have room and some of the older grades, like my teams, they seem to procrastinate to the end to sign up. [laughter]. >> it is true for everybody.

speaking of summer, we will have a new way to connect with our visitors and our animals, led by zoo university ambassador. we will have special behind-the-scenes tour -- tours. i think that will be very interesting. you will see some of our condors and snow leopards, and you can find out more information about those tours on our website, but you don't need a behind-the-scenes tour to meet our newest residents. he is our newest sumatran tiger, a handsome young male who has come from the zoo. we participate in international breeding initiatives, the tiger is down to hundreds in the wilds he will be reading with our young female. he has to have a name because hopefully he will receive one at our annual fundraiser april 12 th. we were honoring the longtime

board member, significantly donating a tour for the african savanna. that is on april 12th. we will also be celebrating our 90th anniversary. >> thank you. >> is there anyone who would like to make public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. that was discussion only. as mentioned earlier, item seven -- we are now on item eight, which is the india basin park project acceptance of grant. >> the general manager is returning to the scene.

>> i will present this one. on tuesday may her breed was on hand with supervisor walton, commissioner buell, mr. harrison , commissioner anderson, and dozens of project partners, supporters, and community members to announce a generous 25 million-dollar gift from the family fund for our much-anticipated india basin park project. the gift is one of the larger project donations that we have received as an organization for a specific park from a specific jet donor, we will kickstart the remediation design and phases of the project that will create a unified park space.

they're obvious he many people to think including this commission for getting us one step closer to making this project a reality, and transforming the southern waterfront. this is about access to equity. there are 2500 units of public and affordable housing presently and in the pipeline within 1 mile of the park site. the mayor has been a champion for livable communities and with her support of the project, and with the commission supports, it speaks to everyone's commitment to equity and environmental justice. what i will do is flip through a quick presentation here that will lay out some of the information about the grant and the project generally. you have seen -- just a reminder , this is the project's location. the gift covers the development of 900 and this and india basin shoreline park.

it is currently developed. there is amazing shoreline -- amazing shoreline access on the site, and in india basin open space, and what is going to be merged with the space referred to as the big green, which is the space that will be developed by bilt inc., and we will be waving that to us completing this incredible 1.7-mile network of open space these are just a few of them, but they include our shoreline's cultural history , biodiversity, the industrial ancestry of the site, it's views, its habitat, this is a project that has national park significance. these are some precedents from around the country that are either reclaimed waterfront projects, or projects that

reclaim industry and environmental blight and return them to the community. brooklyn bridge park, which has long been a precedent for us, prissy field, we have talked about this project as having some similarities to what happened there decades ago, hudson river park, and some additional precedents of note, the 11th street bridge project , even this six '06 in chicago. existing park conditions, you see it shortened, i'm good, thank you. you see india basin shoreline park which is an existing park. a lot of that is because of its design, as opposed to our efforts to maintain. his disconnected from the community his that use it. there is a big wide road that borders it. we have pg and the transmission materials there.

it is underwhelming and it does lend itself to send that behaviour. india basin open space is similar to 900 and switches a property that this commission voted to acquire in 2014 and it is not yet a park. it is an industrial shipyard. these are some of its existing conditions. some more about existing conditions in the openings -- open spaces. let me focus here a little bit. the quadrants, the lower left quadrant are our park maintenance scores. what you see are citywide averages. our bayview district ten scores which are around 87, 88%, and that bottom line is india basin shoreline park. it needs attention.

this park is part of some significant concerted investment in district ten in not just for this presentation, but in our work, we are looking at what will be districtwide in the bayview. you should be part of the fact that since 2007, over $90 million of investment capital in the district has happened. and looking ahead, it is up the hill always from the location. that project is in construction. we have great hopes and anticipation.

environmental restoration, strengthening existing -- strengthening existing community connections, the cultural history of the bayview, and providing economic opportunity and using this project to offer, provide and keep economic opportunity and the bayview there has been a significant amount of planning. we have gone wide and deep in this project. well over 25 committee meetings, over 30 different groups, and engagement will continue on till we have cut a ribbon, and it will not stop because of our approach to how we want the park to operate and be stewarded. it will be an ongoing endeavour here. these are just some that are a

mix of community groups and agencies there have been, and they range from neighborhood groups two-part -- park advocacy advocacy groups to environmental groups we have had a lot of feedback on that project. it is not new. i remember when i started in this job in 2010, i actually -- my first visit to the sight was with us -- was with isabel wade and joe fox. there have been planning efforts i thank you are probably well aware of them and they have gone on for decades in the area. one of the aspects of this project that is unique to us that we are going to try to do differently is we are going to create with the community and equitable park development plan. that is a series of transparent

commitments that we reached together with the surrounding park community about how we are going to build this park for the communities that are there now. there is work to come on this over the next year or two, but we have identified four initial focus areas that include workforce development, housing to park access, connected community access. if people can't get to the park, or if the parkin program and place making isn't for existing communities and preserving place , preserving history, art, and culture. a little bit more detail about the types of things that we have been thinking about and implement any discussions with our partners, we have an opportunity to use the remediation work, which will be first out of the gate as a

workforce program, construction training for this program, that can result in retiring we will do that project under a project labour agreement, not just because of the one that was locally legislated because a source of the funding -- but we want to use that agreement to make sure that we have workforce opportunities for people -- for people in the community, and we will all have to work together to make sure that people have the opportunity to be trained and included in the remediation and construction opportunities. once the park is built, there are further opportunities for workforce of element in economic

development, for the bayview with respect to concessions and programs and park ambassadors and stewardship, and yes, transportation, which leaves me to the next slide, this project includes a lot of thought and the entire india basin neighborhood with a lot of different agencies. m.t.a. has been a very active partner in thinking through how there's a connection between the corridor and india basin and people can circulate because there are hills. india basin is water, it is at sea level, as it were, but we have 2500 units of affordable and public housing, either existing or in the pipeline within a mile. we want to make sure that we are thinking through ways to get people to and from the park safely. in addition to more robust transportation, and everybody

who other project partners in the general area, we are focusing on stronger pedestrian contest -- connections. i will remind you that this project also closes a link in -- it will have a class one bike lane, and we are also thinking and contemplating a shuttle, a shuttle that might run from the third street corridor to the park, and then up into the neighborhood. that is a community conversation it will be based on the need to fill gaps that may exist in access and transportation, again , with an intent to make it very easy for people to get to and from and enjoy this park 900 and is is an active brownfields. it is the site of a ship yardage there were shipbuilding activities happening there.

and so we do have some work to do. this is not -- this is not the shipyard. i don't want to confuse the projects. there was no military shipbuilding, there was no super fun work there, this was an industrial sight, and we are working in close coordination with numerous -- and too many of the remnants of the industrial activity that took place there, even before we build a park. that is what we intend to do. lastly, this area has a wonderfully colourful, rich, important history