excited about is we're going to take the irrigation project going on in golden gate park right now, which will ultimately be the largest urban park water reclammation park in the country, and we'll highlight that as part of the nature and environment tract. we'll have a great blue heron watch. there will be a heritage picnic. the museum of craft and design is going to come and helped make flowered headbands for park visitors, and there will be a kids' carnival at robin williams meadow. so some of the more nitty-gritty planning pieces: in order to move people safely around the park, and to harken back to the park's history before there were cars, we'll close nearly all of the roads in the park.

leaving open kesser drive. we'll provide ultimate transportation to help people in the park get around, including shuttles, bikes, scooter rentals, horse and carriage rides, and more to come. and then in terms of broader transportation planning, we do recognize that this one-time celebration may affect the surrounding neighborhoods, and we're working with the neighborhoods to reduce the effects. so some of the measures that we're taking right now is working the m.t.a. to provide alternative or increased muni service, to keep kesser and the great highway and cross over drive open, publicizing the event and any traffic changes in event, and we'll be doing extensive

messages about the need for people to take public transportation, and we'll highlight the limited available parking around the park. and we'll also work with the m.t.a. to reroute the 44 o'shaughnessy, which is the only muni line that would be impacted by the road closures. and i just wanted to add that, as i mentioned, we'll be doing -- we'll continue to do extensive out reach and engagement, but we've already done quite a lot. and, frankly, the enthusiasm has been inspiring. so it's really helped us frame a lot of these plans. we've had two community meetings. one in may at the auditorium at the san francisco public library in an effort to have the planning meeting not be in the park and continue the move to make sure that this was something for the whole city and not just the neighbors of the park. and then we had a

community meeting in september at the orchid pavilion next to the conservatory of flowers. there were nearly 100 people at the september meeting. they generated 175 ideas for what they wanted to see in the celebration. and out of that meeting, and out of other outreach efforts, came the work with groups -- about 79 of whom had signed formal partnership agreements. those partnership agreements allow us to use our beautiful logo in their pearl material, and asked them to commit at least one volunteer to help run the event. if only we could do every single idea that we've suggested, but we're working on a lot of them. and now -- so on to the

wheel, which, of course, is going to be a central piece of the april 4th celebration and beyond. so the 150-foot wheel that we're planning in the music concourse harkens back to the first wheel, which was placed in golden gate park in 1894as part of the mid-winter fair. bringing the observation wheel to golden gate park will allow the park to highlight and celebrate the anniversary, drawing many visitors to the park during this year-long celebration, and will help visitors experience the fup anfun and grand grandeur ofe 1896 exhibition. and on to the bit about the logistics of the wheel. i want to be clear, there is no cost to the city or

the department for the cost of the wheel. in fact, we expect it will generate funding that will help support these festivities. the operate will build out, operate, and disman dismantle the wheel. he will reimburse the park to restore the area to the pre-installation condition. the operator will pay a dollar for general admission ticket sold to the department, and 75 cents per senior or youth ticket sold to the department. the pricing of the wheel is $18 for a general admission ticket. $12 for seniors and youth under 13. and there is a number of community benefits that we've negotiated with the wheel operator. so those include free rides for the public on the april 4th community day. and also 500 complementary

tickets per month will be used to ensure that low-income residents of the city will have access to the ride. and they're offering 25 v.i.p. experience packages. and just a little bit about the logistics of the installation. i know this map isn't super eas easy to read, but you'll see in the upper right corner the proposed installation area, which is at the north -- excuse me, at the east end of music concourse. the installation is well away from the parts of the garage, which are underneath the music concourse, and are those blue rectangles, which represent the parking garage, underneath the music concourse, with the tunnel in between those two sections of the garage in between. the wheel is about 130 feet in diameter, and

150 feet tall. the base is 72 feet by 57 feet, and the installation will include temporary sensing, support, fixtures and lighting. in terms of seismic safety, the support fixtures include 24-inch piers on an eight foot by eight foot platform. in fact, i believe we just finished the g.o. tech report, and they're going to be 40 to 46 feet deep. other approvals are in process, and construction won't begin until those other approvals happen. and just so you know what the other approvals are: the state needs to approve the amusement park ride through the department of industrial relations. the department of building inspection will issue a

foundation permanent. permit. and since this is a landmark area, the historic preservation commission will issue a certifcate of appropriateness, and that hearing is scheduled for january 15th. and then i just really want to close with sort of why we're doing this. so both the wheel and, really, the community day that will surround it, are designed to celebrate the park's past, present, and future, and its importance internationally, regionally, and to every neighborhood in san francisco. we want to inspire at least 150,000 people to come to the park on april 4th, probably a lot more, and millions more to visit throughout this special year. and we want to build awareness and advocacy for the park and increase membership in all of the community groups in the park and around san

francisco that steward and support what the park means to the city. so thank you very much. and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you very much. >> chairwoman: i'm going to call the blue cards i have. drew, michael, and then tom. >> good morning, everyone. happy holidays. it is a pleasure to be here. and i would actually say this is probably one of my favorite things that i've ever spoken on because celebrating this amazing public space and public park, cities don't get a chance to do this that much. and as you can tell, every 150 years. it is truly going to be a remarkable experience for the city and for every single resident in san francisco, but also in the bigger bay area. it is -- i just want to say, the narrative of san francisco right now is not

always happy, when you hear about our public spaces and our public realm. and i think next year we can use this celebration to help change and curate that narrative because we have one of the best parks in the whole world right here, and that's golden gate park. next year having over 150 community groups, all of us focused on golden gate park, celebrating the amazing things in this city, is going to be truly remarkable. one of the things we've been doing is going out and raising money for this with lisa and other other folks, and people always ask, what would be your sign of success for the golden gate 150th anniversary? and one of the things that makes this park so amazing is the actual things that happen in it, the things that people do every day, the groups that make this park very special. and some of them are getting older or more mature and need to have the injection of some new life. yeah, i know.

i'm with you on that one, trust me. [laughter] >> and we -- and one of the goals here is to introduce new people and new ideas into the park. so, you know, i'm going to take the model yacht basin. when phil first showed me that when we were there and went to the model yacht club, i was literally was like a little kid in a toy store. i could not believe that people were building these boats. i go out there with my dog and i watch those boats all of the time, and it is truly relax and really great. so if i can find, and we can find, that next person through golden gate 150th that can help that organization for the next 15, 20 years to se survive and transform itself, we would have been a success with the golden gate 150 anniversary. and we also want to introduce the club to new things. who knows, maybe we'll have a drone club -- if it

is legal. you never know what will happen and who will get inspired through the golden gate 150th. i want to say we're truly excited to partner with the department on this. i think it is going to be a celebration of epic proportions that we're all going to have a lot of fun doing. i think next year, 2020, is going to be an interesting year, with everything going on in the national sort of stage. [buzzer] >> and parks are the biggest piece of democracy that we have, open to everyone, and we should open that and be a part of that piece as part of our golden gate 150th. i also would like to say, it is pretty amazing that we're going to close this park -- >> thank you very much. >> -- close this park one day to cars, and i'm very excited to have that happen. and the wheel is amazing as well. thank you. >> chairwoman: michael and tom and then audrey. >> good morning commissioners. mr. parks, mr. michael

lambert, as department head for the san francisco public library, i want to thank all of you and general manager with the opportunity to partner with the recreation and parks department on golden gate park's 150th anniversary. the park sa very special place for the community, enhancing the quality of life for san francisco's residents. it is a place where residents can be inspired, make connections, and enjoy the company of one another. and above all, as the previous speaker mention the, a place where all are welcomed every day. for me, golden gate park is one of my happy places. i'm a big fan of the golf course. it is one of the finest such courses in all of california. i can't thank you enough for the excellent stewedship of this park, and the neighborhood playgrounds that make san francisco so livable. this coming year, in celebration of golden gate

park's history, we're tying the 150th year anniversary to our signature summer stride, summer learning program. this is the single largest program that we do all year. all aimed at ensuring children in san francisco keep reading and keep learning during the summer months. last year we engaged more than 35,000 people in this program. and we open it up to all ages, so that everyone in every neighborhood in san francisco can ben frit from the library's push towards more books, more learning, free events and amazing prices. as part of our partnership, we will be featuring golden gate park on all of our materials, including the game board, which allows people to track their reading, and the program guide, all of our advertising and book marks. we will be exhibiting our display that highlight all of the amenities available

in the park. we're continuing to welcome with the recreation and park team to see how we can encourage families to take free shuttle buses from the farther locations in our city straight to gold gate park. finally, watch for the library to really commemorate the park in a special way, with a limited edition golden gate library card coming this spring. we love our libraries, and we love our parks, and i know that all san franciscans love them, too. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> chairwoman: tom and then audrey and then bob. are you tom? come on up. yeah. >> hello, my name is tom steele, and i'm here to represent "flagging in the

park." we're a small grassroots group who organize community building gatherings in the national memorial grove five times a year, which i assume aren't familiar with, except, perhaps, for phil. so as these events started 23 years ago at the height of the aids epidemic, when a small group of friends gathered in the newly established grove to celebrate still being alive in the face of a very uncertain future. as well as to remember those already lost to the plague, these folks got together to do this by dancing together with vibrant silk flags such as these -- and i just wanted to show you these. they look like this, made of silk, and hand tie tie-dyed. for smrkwe believe those who wee

lost trafficking so young would want to be remembered for their vibrant lives. our events are always free and typically well-attended by regulars, for whom we feel we provide an uplifting experience in these times of growing isolation in our society. to spanned beyond our established core crowd, we very happy to be embraced. for the most part, we do our own thing, and most of society is not aware of what we do. so we're very happy to ar arrange a special event that day to represent the diverse vibrancy of our beautiful park and to demonstrate the beautiful aid memorial, and we'll show how to dance with flags, bands, hoops, and i hope we'll see some of you there. >> thank you.

>> chairwoman: audrey and then bob. >> good morning, commissioners. my name is audrey engals, and i'm here on behalf of the jamestown organization. we are serving thousands of students and families in our after school programs and other programs throughout our community. when we heard about this possible historical celebration event, we wanted to come and support the bid. and after the presentation that lisa just gave, i'm even more excited. one of our programs is a local performing ensemble. this is our most dedicated group of high school and transitional-aged youth performers, who have not only performed all over san francisco and the bay area, but also around the world. these students meet once a week to hone their skills. one of our core values of

the organization is artavision, which a combination of art and activist. these kids are singer-songwriter and performers and music producers, who use their talent to bring awareness to different issues affecting our community, whether it is through drumming or theater works, and everything in between. local/local is celebrating the people through their ideas, their art and their activism. wmost, if not all of our students, and all of our arts program. >> steve: actually,have grown un francisco, and have many memories of golden gate

park, whether that is from going to the playground, or going to other events, or visiting the museums and other attractions throughout the park. the celebration of golden gate park is not just a celebration of land and trees, but of celebrating san francisco and its dedication to the arts. our performing ensemble just this past year performed at the academy of science, and perform at the amphitheater every year. many of our students throughout the years have also made great use of the rec and park department's programs and have worked as student counsellors. i was just telling my own 14-year-old daughter she should get a job with rec and park because it would lead to graitd greater opportunities for her in the future. we all as individuals, and as a community, value our parks for the enrichment they have provided us. it would mean a lot for

our students to be able to perform at such an historic event as they watch the community shift and change to unfamiliar territory as their friends and families are displaced. they understand as young folks of color, performing music and dance from traditions, their performance itself is an act of empowerment and a declaration that they are still here and that they matter. we would love for the city to say that to themselves by inviting them to perform at such an historic event. i encourage you all to take the time later to actually look them up, to see their faces, and to see what it is that they do because they're my pride and joy and my work, and i think you guys would feel the same if you saw it yourself. >> thank you very much. >> chairwoman: bob? >> good morning, commissions, my name is bob feedler, the executive director of the stern growth festival. i'm here to indicate our support for and intent to participate in the golden

gate anniversary, 150th anniversary celebration. given -- we plan to do that by providing local artists and musicians to perform in different locations at different times throughout the celebration. and given that the theme is that it is everybody's park, that really marries quite well with our ethos, and we plan to provide a lot of diversity in those musicians, and hopefully highlight some different neighborhoods and different things to welcome everybody to the park and so given our 83years of partnership with the rec and park department, for which we're extremely grateful. grate, we're delighted and honored to be part of this celebration. thank you. >> thank you. >> chairwoman: is there any other public comment on these items? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner lowe?

>> you about to say i think we should take these up separately. for item 7, i move to approve. >> second it. >> so moved. commissioner lowe? >> on matter 8, i think we should be in the practice of getting a certificate of appropriateness first before coming to this commission, and understand that is not going to be heard until january 15th. i will move to advance this matter, but i think the better practice is that before coming to this commission, and when this commission is the last stop of approval, that we should have the certificate of appropriateness in front of us. second, i wanted to note in our board packet that was attached was a term sheet; it wasn't the actual agreement. i understand there is an agreement to come later. again, i think this should be a practice where if

this is the authorizing act under chapter 31, we should have the actual agreement, not the term sheet. on that basis, i would like to first note that under article 7 of the park code, this does give this commission the authority to approve the observation wheel and would move to approve -- to authorize the general manager to -- we would want the general manager to come back to us on our next commission meeting in january, and i believe that is january 16th, to report back, one, the certificate of appropriateness was issued by the historic preservation commission. and, two, to report back that indeed the agreement and permit that was issued to the operator is on the same terms and conditions that was in our commission packet. >> thank you.

is that in a form of a motion? >> i'll second that. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor? >> yea. >> so moved. >> chairwoman: item 9, the park and maintenance standards annual report. >> good morning, commissioners. my name is ben, and i'm with the san francisco recreation parks department, and i'm one of the administrators for the park maintenance standards program we have here, rawprunning alongsidehere.for ms is my second year as part of the program. i am very excited to present to you our scores.

what is new this year is that we decided to take a deeper dive into the scores. we decided to dissect it, an additional layer, so we could get more out of the data. and, also, we are, during this presentation, going to show you the controls' office online dashboard, where members of the public and people such as yourselves, the commissioners, can go on line, look up your favorite parks and learn a little more about their scores. so without further adieu, i will introduce to you allison emily from the control's office, who will complete the rest of this presentation. >> thank you. >> commissioners, thank you for having me here. can you guys hear me? >> we can. >> usually my voice is so soft. i'm, again, very proud to present this report. it was a great team effort, a collaboration between the controller's office and r.p.d. i'm going to just go

through quickly some high-level summaries that we took out of the report, and them emily, my colleague, will spend most of the time whacking you walkinu through this incredible new dashboard that allows people to explore the data as much as they want. i'll begin. just before i get into the scores, i want to remind everyone kind of how this program works. there is an evaluation form for every park. in fact, some parks are so large they're split up into smaller sections. there is a set of standard criteria that need to be met, and each park is broken up into segments called features. for example, children's play areas are one feature. trees are another feature. and then an aggregate score is made. we can look at overall skiers foscores for all parks, t we can drill down deeper and say what about certain

parks? this year in fiscal year '19, the average score is 92%, which is an increase from prior years. we are increasing slowly every year. and you can see one of the main drivers of this increase is actually just a decrease in the overall thread. for several years we would have out lier outliers. so that means throughout the city, wherever you are and whatever park you go to, you're experience will be more similar to someone else in a different part of the city. however, as we presented before, we do continue to see a geographic disparity between the north and the south. so there are no top-scoring parks really in the southern half of the city. this is a map of the 10 top scoring and 10 lowest

score parks in the city. what i want to talk about a little bit is something new that we've started to do this year. we've created a methodology to kind of group the kinds of criteria that we look at. so we look at things like is there a certain amount of litter or graffiti anywhere? and we could see things like, is a wooden slat loose on a bench, which is dangerous. these are considered routine maintenance, which requires specialized skills to clean up, but with have the specialized staff and resources to do so. and the time category is repair. these are repairs of structural projects that will take a larger budget and a longer timeframe to fix. we wanted to create these categories to help our staff kind of determine not just which parks are struggling and where, but what will it take to improve the response to

these parks. it is a very different resource allocation to address problems of litter than it is to address cracks in asphalt. so while we are still perfecting the methodology, we were able to find some kind of interesting first takes. one of which we just looked at the extremes, which parks are on each end of the spectrum which need the most help with cleanup versus need the most help with repair. we can compare hilltop park, which needs cleanup help and repair, and we see it has struggled a lot with graffiti in the past, so it can be what is driving this category break down. and mckinley square, in the other end, has more structural problems, so cracks in the asphalt, for example. so when r.p. staff looks it these, they can

approach it differently. i'm going to turn it over to my colleague emily, who is going to take you through that online dashboard, and we're willing to take any questions at the end. thank you. >> thanks, alice. hi, everyone. i'm elli emily gonzales with the controller's office. we heard you're really interested in the accessability of this information. that is a data-rich program and we produce a lot of reports, but how can residence and operational staff as well leverage this data? so that was the lens we were taking. we were updating our dashboard to make sure this data was more accessible or unsdzable. understandable. i'm going to walk you through the dashboard so you will see exactly what you can expect to find there. let me see if i can do this from here. our overall park scores,

park maintenance scores is just sfcontroller-parks. and on that page you'll find all of our reports from previous years, including this one. and also a link to our dashboard right here in the middle. once you follow that link, i have already pre-loaded it -- you'll get to the dashboard and land on his landing page. we have information just about the program itself. you know, how these scores are calculated, which parks are included,etc. so that kind of program level information here at the front. and these tabs are really where you can dive into the data. let's take a look at the first one, the city-wide trend's tab. theryou can look at the

city-wide parks score -- let's just follow that one, as an example. here is before the dashboard is interactive. these are all of the sites that are evaluated here on the map on the right. and then in this table, in this graph, you can see you're looking at the city-wide average park score over time, over the last five fiscal years. you can change that graph to show how the minimum score has changed, which alice just highlighted. by clicking minimum score, you see this changes to represent the minimum score, and you've seen that in crease over time. you could also look at the standard deviation, which is a measure of how spread out the scores are across the city, and we have seen that that has decreased over the last five years as well. so a way to interact with the state in a new way. i'm a little snow on navigating this web. but you can look on the same city-wide trends tab,

the highest and lowest score parks, and you can see all of the years of this data. you can look through p.d.f. reports, and now you can look and click through the past five fiscal years and seeing before the top 10and bottom 10 maintenance-scored parks are. and you can click on those specific parks. here we can click on buchanan street mall, and it will not only adjust to zoom in on that park, but will show you the feature scores at that park. sites are divided into separate features, like lawns, hard scapes, etc. and you can see that granular data right here. i want to take you through the other tabs just briefly. obviously you can explore this at your own leash at

home. leisure at home. now you can look up any park and find information about that park. so you can just search a park by typing it in. or, here, i'll just select one. alice chalmers. you can see when you have selected a park, you'll see that the map zooms and on where that site is, and you'll see overtime how that park has been scoring in their annual scores as compared two the city-wide average, which is the gray line. and below you'll see the feature scores at that park, and how the feature scores compare to the city-wide average feature scores. where is my neighborhood park really shining compared to other parks in the city, and where is it struggling as far as maintenance. i think this is an amazing resource for residents. my friends have already been using it. and i'll just quick through the other three

tabs. the district tab is supervisor districts. this one has a map shaded by the average park maintenance score for each supervisor district. you can just click on any district. i'll click district 11 here, to see its average score. and then all of the parks that were within that supervisor district, their annual park score and how it compared to the city-wide average. just a key finding from the report is district 11 has been the lowest score supervisor district in terms of the average park maintenance score for the last five years. so you can kind of see those trends overniem. anovertime.and you can select te fiscal year to kind of track those. i'll move on to the equity-zoned portion. you can filter by year. it will show you the different parks that will were labelled equity zone

in that year. and this shows the score distribution for equity-zone and non-equity-zone parks. i'm not going to go into all of these, because the dashboard is use to your own adventure session. every single park's feature here is listed for users to interact with. so maybe i'm really interested in children's play areas in particular. we can click on children's play areas and really go into a deep dive. as this is showing f.y. 19, but you can select a different year. how many play areas did we evaluate? 161. they had an an rag average score of 81. and then you can see all of the score distributions for all of those children's play areas. there are a lot of ways to interact at this point, and i'm not going to go

into it, but you can scroll and see all of the children's play areas, or click on them from the map. you can click in the history gram and then the map will filter. and you could do that for lowest scores, too, and, again, you can do this for all of the features. we're really excited with this new improvement. i just have one more slide for you all, back to the power point. okay. our next steps are in our improvements to the program. so something we haven't spoken about is the data collection of this data, done by staff members in the controller's office and in rec and park. they're currently using a more outdated app, which will be transitioning over through a new app by

estry, and the data collection tool will be built in that app. and they will be working to implement this tool in the next fiscal year. it is our biggest task of improving that. and we'll be expanding the maintenance task, and we think it is really promising to look at this data in kind of a new way. finally, i wanted to highlight for you something we height highlighted in the report: we have over 100 evaluators in dozens of departments, which are going out with the standards to evaluate parks. it is crucial that everyone is applying the standards in the same way, and able to identify the same types of issues across time and across parks. that's something that we've been interested in, but we want to expand that analysis and the future. we look forward to your questions. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. a very interesting presentation.

mr. ginsburg? excuse me, do you want to ask for public comment. >> chairwoman: i have one blue card from albert. and then i'll see if there is anyone else. >> good morning, people. they was talking about standard deviations and statistical mechanics. when i look at it, it will be the application. how do you apply standard dedeviation. she is talking about how the numbers, as they decrease, there is less deviation. but there is another part to it. of the averages, there is also the key statistics to the averages that can be thrown out. i've been looking it over, and i kind of seem to come up with what is the lowest score, such as mckinley, and it should be immediate

attention. but then it wouldn't be so much of a drag on the other scores. so to make it more useful, this type of controller evaluation, probably something i would think about is money. they would be allocating from park maintenance, deferred maintenance. what are the funding that is available to immediately deal with a stat location, such as mckinley. meanwhile, as i look through all of this, it looks great, but there has been a continual increase. of the park maintenance, i would like to commend operations director danny kern to keep up the good work, and hopefully we can get your scores up. thank you. >> thank you. >> chairwoman: albert.

>> i don't know if it is good morning or good afternoon. >> still good morning. >> good morning. all right. can i see this projector again, please? do you have it working? okay. so right here you're looking at this october 7th, 2019 rec and park, strategic planning. so basically about the equity analysis and met metrics, 2019, discussion and possible action. there is an issue with that i have. here we go, change -- please keep that on. so there is a change and score, figure five, increases and do decreases in parks' scores in 2018 and

2019. guess what? table four. largest decreases in parks -- n, but decreases, decline, in parks scores. here it is, park 165, lewiston playground. the scores are 85% for fiscal year '18 and '19, and then it changes, minus seven. here is -- this is lewiston playground. and this is the playground scores, and city-wide scores, and it shows the decline. here is a map -- this map shows the southeast district. these is the equity zones. the equity zones show rec

and park department parks within equity zones and other parks, and basically your guys -- this is all here. it doesn't lie. here it is again, 2015, 81.19 -- i'm real suspect about these numbers. district 9, p.s.a., three -- i'm very concerned about the numbers. i believe they're lower than what you guys are saying they are. [buzzer] >> save to help -- oh, no. total managed assets, educated three equity metrics, average parks evaluation score. [inaudible] >> a.d.a. compliance needed, equity deficiencies, equity

metrics, subsection h-1, and shall include mitigating any equity deficiencies in the plan. i'm so close to finishing. [inaudible] >> one more. san francisco, i need to talk to somebody. i want somebody from the lodge. >> thank you. mr. ginsburg burg? >> commissioner, i just wanted to thank the partnership at the controller's office, emily and alice, they're like the money ball team of park scorers. we've got data that we can slice and dice in any particular way. and i also really wanted to thank ben for his management of our program, and of course danny and lydia, who have been around. this is a really, really good tool. this morning before i came here, i was doing my park

inspection in section one in the fuchsia delv del of gold gate park. and if anybody wants to do a park inspection, what we've got the tool on our apps. it's pretty cool. >> thank you very much. seeing no other comments, that was information only. thank you. that was great information. and it is a great app, and we'll continue to enjoy it. and congratulations to the staff. the numbers keep getting better. >> chairwoman: item 10, is there anyone who wants to speak during public comment who did not speak during item 4. >> i would. >> you spoke already. >> i've got a lot of hot wind here. sorry. >> chairwoman: we're now on item 11. commissions, do you have any matters to raise? >> just one. i would want to direct the commission secretary to

work with the permits and reservation staff on updating the permits and reservation policy. i think it needs to be updated. >> thank you, commissioner. >> chairwoman: okay. any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. item 12, new bis agenda business agenda setting? >> seeing none. >> chairwoman: any public comment. public comment is closed. item 13, public communications. any comment on the public communications? please come forward. >> again, my name is albert san. advocates for a.d.a., and friends of mclaren park.

you know, when i got this announcement and i went online on computer, the server doesn't work. so, in other words, i distinct do idoesn't work. so i can't do it from home. so i had to go to the -- over here on the third floor, i believe it is, where they have all -- they put out these -- i know you guys supply it, but then there are commissioner documents -- i really apologize. i'm real tired. to get that information was extremely difficult. even they had an extremely difficult time trying to navigate the computer. this is in city hall. so i think under the sunshine law, i'm requesting for this information that you guys use to make a decision, all you commissioners -- and i respect you guys.

i know this is not an easy job. but the public has a right to be involved and to be heard. so i'm asking on the sunshine law to make this more accessible. you know, trying to deal with the law is unbelievably difficult. so i would ask for more transparency. this is public funds. this is not your slush fund anymore. the bonds are public money, our tax dollar from the ballots. thank you. >> thank you. >> chairwoman: is there any other public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. we're on item 14, adjournment. >> moved. pie>> seconded. >> thank you very much.

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i'm nicole and lindsey, i like the fresh air. when we sign up, it's always so gratifying. we want to be here. so i'm very excite ied to be here today. >> your volunteerism is appreciated most definitely. >> last year we were able to do 6,000 hours volunteering. without that we can't survive.

volunteering is really important because we can't do this. it's important to understand and a concept of learning how to take care of this park. we have almost a 160 acres in the district 10 area. >> it's fun to come out here. >> we have a park. it's better to take some of the stuff off the fences so people can look at the park. >> the street, every time, our friends. >> i think everybody should give back. we are very fortunate. we are successful with the company and it's time to give back. it's a great place for us. the weather is

nice. no rain. beautiful san francisco. >> it's a great way to be able to have fun and give back and walk away with a great feeling. for more opportunities we have volunteering every single day of the week. get in touch with the parks and recreation center so come >> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more economic prosperity. i'm kate sosa. i'm cofounder

and ceo of sf made. sf made is a public private partnership in the city of san francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in san francisco. sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might

call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco.

i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are made and how they're made. >> my name is jefferson mccarly, and i'm the general manager of the mission bicycle company. we sell bikes made here for people that ride here. essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. our core business really is to

build bikes specifically for each individual. we care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. when people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. it's a pretty fun shopping experience. paragraph. >> for me as a designer, i love the control. i can see what's going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. going through the suing room, i'm looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look? is this what she's expecting, maybe if we've made a customization to a dress,

which we can do because we're making everything here locally. over the last few years, we've been more technical. it's a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are going and what the right decisions are as a small business owner. >> sometimes it's appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and other times, we just need to talk to each other. we need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem.

>> moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how they're going to use it, whether it's the end piece or a he hwedding gown, are they going to use it again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so that's the direction i hear at this point. >> the reason we are so enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that we're sharing the opportunities that we've been blessed with economically and socially as possible,

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