should be here soon. commissioner halsey? >> he was present. >> chairwoman: i'll come back to her. commissioner jones? >> here. >> commissioner bellla? >> here. >> chairwoman: commissioner halsey? okay. we'll just hear from them when they get here. this is the recreation and park commission meeting of october 22, 2020. note that due to the covid-19 health emergency, city employees and the

rooms at city hall are closed. but the commissioners participating in this meeting are acting the same as if they are present. we ask for your patience if we experience any technical issues. public comment will be af available. each speaker will be aloid twallowed to speak. and the access code is 1460062303. when you hear the agenda item you would like to comment on, call, dial star 3 to be added to the cue to speak. you will be lined up in the system in the order that you dialed star 3. while you are waiting, the system will be silent. the system will notify you when you are in line and

waiting. all callers will remain on mute until their line is open. everybody must account for the time delays between live coverage and streaming. you can submit public comment byiuming rec park commissioner s.f. gov..org. written comments can be sent to s.f. recreation and park commission, 501 daniel street, san francisco, california, 94117. thirthis commission meeting labor available on sfgof.org. >> thank you very much. i will be brief. i take great joy in welcoming two new commissioners to or re

recreation and park commission commission. commissioner jones. we look forward to a very, very rewarding experience being on the commission. and i want to take a moment to profoundly thank tom harris and gloria gomia, both commissioner who served over 16 years on the commission. and at an appropriate time in a future meeting, we will be recognizing them for all of their service. but we could not have asked for two more professional and enjoyable commissioners than in tom and gloria. with that, that concludes the president's report. thank you very much. >> chairwoman: we are now in public comment for item two, president's report. please dial star 3to be added to the cue to speak. you have two minutes.

>> caller: do i have time to speak? >> chairwoman: yes. please state your name. >> caller: hello, my name is tom shanik, let me step outside where i have better reception. one second. okay, can you guys hear me okay? >> chairwoman: yes. >> caller: okay. my name is tom shanik, and i appreciate your time. [inaudible] >> over th months or so, some friends and i have been on a community beautification project over there. there is a one stretch block of sidewalk with no houses -- [audio is breaking up]

>> i hate to interrupt you, but this is comments on the president's report, not general public comment. >> caller: i am sorry about that. i'm commenting on some other issue? >> under general public comment, your comments would be appropriate. that will be happening in a few minutes. >> caller: oh. i'm sorry about that. >> no problem. >> caller: so what is the best way -- >> you can comment in a few minutes under general public comment? > >> caller: should i stay on? >> no. just call in under general public comments. help me out, ashley. >> chairwoman: ashley, you're muted. >> thank you. thank you. yes, you're going to want to call back on i3ems for

general public comment, if you want to comment on anything that is not on the agenda today. paul, are there any other callers for this item? [inaudible] >> chairwoman: we're on item 3, general managers. >> good morning, this is sarah madeline, sitting in for the general margin today. as usual, the commission president said it best: welcome to our two new commissioners, and a special thanks to our outgoing commissioners. we'll be honoring them at a future meeting when the general manager can be here. i will jump in on the general manager's report and try to deliver it with as much enthusiasm as our general manager does. the wait is over. you may have heard, the highly anticipated 150-foot illuminated observation wheel welcomed

its first riders. it will provide riders with sweeping views from the ocean to downtown san francisco. for the 15 150th scenes sear. bot150thanniversary. it is a symbol of hope and rebirth for the city during covid. the wheel is located in the music concourse, near the california academy of sciences and the japanese garden. under our health precautions in place, to reduce the risk of covid-19, you must make reservations in advance. all riders must wear masks and practice social distancing. there are 36 gondolas, and they are fully enclosed and cleaned between lightings. and the gondola can only be shared by members of the same household.

and as this is a new element in golden gate park, we are welcoming backup of all kinds on the wheel at sfgof.org. and to purchase tickets, which are going quickly, it is skywheel.com. and a special thank you to those out there hours and hours on end, making sure that the ride was both safe and getting it open as quickly as possible. in other good news, you probably have heard that san francisco welcomed our kids back to our 179 playgrounds last week. and mayor london breed joined our general manager and other city officials for a kickoff on that at the merced heights playground. all of the playgrounds

have signs reminding families of capacity elements, and other city and state guidelines to prevent the spread of covid-19. we have high park rangers on site monitoring compliance and providing information to families. and there is more information on our website about hours. because of the health guidelines and the fact that we have both community learning hubs, our emergency health and child care, as well as pre-schools on our facilities, those playgrounds are only allowed to be used while they're in session. so we have modified our hours, and we're working on an easy to use map that will help people understand when they can go to this playground. next, we have, as i

mentioned, the merced heights project. and we also have some recently finished upcoming capital projects to alert you to. as health alerts change, we'll be able to do smaller celebrations. but some of the playgrounds have opened last week, as i mentioned, and we recently renovated under the "let's play" initiative, including sergeant john mccauley in the tinde tenderloin, and what we're now calling the redwood grove playground in the claren park, which is a $2.8 million renovation. by way of reminder, "let's play" is a partnership between the rec department and the san francisco parks department, which they have 13 playgrounds for improvement. other capital projects on the way and expected to be completed before the end of the year include

margaret heyward and the roe playground. a couple other interesting things going on to talk about. we had an event called the "dark side soccer tournaments," and leonard griffin and elite black college players are offering soccer camps every saturday throughout this month, including october 24thand the 31th, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and they will soon offer grades "k" through 6 every wednesday and thursday afternoon from 4:00 to 5:05:00 p.m. and that is on our website. as part of covid, the board worked closely with the m.t.a. on different

road closures, including goldengate park, both j.f.k. and m.l.k., and twin peaks has been closed. we've been receiving consistent public feedback from them and from people, and we're working with the m.t.a. and other city departments to create a survey about twin peaks and look for alternatives that provide access while still making that area available for recreation. and the survey can be found at sfmta.org/projects. and the annual conference is going to be virtual, and it is taking place october 27th and 29th. it is taking all of the best elements of an in-person conference, including education sessions, keynote speakers and exhibiteds exhibiters and pg

them in a unique online program. thank you very much. that concludes our report. >> chairwoman: item 3, we're now in public comments. please dial star 3 for comment on general manager's report only. >> no hands raised. >> chairwoman: okay. thank you. public comment is closed. i also wanted to just make note on the record that commissioner anderson and commissioner halsey are both present. okay. we are now on item 4, general public comment, up to 15 minutes. this item will also be continued to item 9. at this time, members of the public may address the

commission on items of interest to the public twain the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission and do not appear on the agenda. you have the opportunity to address the commission when the item is reached in the meeting. so please dial star 3 to be added to the cue to speak for general public comments. >> okay. we've got a couple on mute. >> chairwoman: thanks. please state your name, caller. >> caller: pelo hello. my name is richard rothsman. i'm calling about two items. one is about coit tower. i don't know if the commissioners are aware there was a water leak up there a few weeks ago, which i'm very upset about. apparently it was caused by there are two water attention in the building, and nobody goes there on a regular basis, so this

water for i don't know how long it was leaking did cause damage to the elevator and some of the murals. and either somebody needs to live up there, which somebody used to, or those water tanks need to be emptied because we need to preserve the murals. i did talk to the art commission's staff, and they can be fixed, but it will just take time and money to get them fixed. the second item i want to about about is the a.v.a. parking in the concourse area. rec and park staff came to the disability council, and i can say that everybody who spoke was against the plan. this plan does not offer any easy access from full fulton street. it needs to be redesigned. rec and park staff needs to reach out to the disability community and have a conversation with them, which i don't think

they did. i helped try to connect the two together. and, also, i found out about the concourse authority, the mystery agency under prop "j" and 1998, and we need to get the -- rec and park needs to get that commission up and running because they're supposed to be responsible for the traffic management plans. so before we even think about making j.f.k. permanently closed, we need to fix these a.d.a. and park issues, and get the concourse facility to start doing its job when they get it from the commissioners. thank you very much. >> chairwoman: thank you for your comments, richard. next caller, please state your name. >> caller: hi, my name is lori chan. i live on bernett north. i'm up on twin peaks.

i don't know if you really have addressed this, but my neighbors and i have been inundated with trash, crime, loud, drunken partying all hours of the night, usually after 10:00, sometimes as late as 1:00 in the morning. we called the police department, the non-emergency line almost nightly now. and they come and chase the people away. and then maybe an hour later, another set shows up. but the problem is that we, as neighbors, have picked up all of the litter, the trash, the garage. we have people coming on to our property, climbing onto our rooftops. they are using our garden to urinate in, sometimes to defecate in, and it's absolutely untenable. our neighborhood used to be safe. i can't even walk out my door in the evenings anymore because i'm afraid of being con fronte con confrony

these people who are partying and carrying on. i know they have put out a survey, and i appreciate that as progress, but i hope that the mayor will respond to the many, many hundreds of letters we've been writing to ask for relief from this unintended consequences of what has happened to our once peaceful, quiet neighborhood. shattered glass all over because the cars that do park there and the people hike up. people drive by, they smash-and-grab. they drive off and then leave the street littered with glass. and the people come back to their cars and knock on our doors to ask for help. so this is really a horrible situation that didn't need to happen. we had no input in it. it just popped up. i understand that it was supposed to be allow neighbors more open

recreation space, and i have no problem with that. but we do have the parks. even during the shutdown we had the parks. at goldengate park you had to distance and wear masks and all of the protocols. the people gathering up here are not wearing masks at all. >> chairwoman: thank you, caller, for your comments. >> caller: that is what i'm most concerned about. >> chairwoman: thank you for your comments. we have nobody else on the line, so seeing no further comment, public comment is now closed. any questions or comments from the commissioners? >> we missed the fellow who called under the president's report. so if he is listening, have him call back under public comment at the end of the meeting. >> chairwoman: okay. so we're now on item 5, the consent calendar. is there any item you

would like removed from the consent calendar, commissioners? >> seeing none, the chair would entertain a motion. you're on mute, commissioner lowe. >> so moved. >> specceded. specceded. second. >> moved and seconded. do you neat public comment? >> chairwoman: yeah, we need public comment. is there anyone? >> no raised hands. >> all those in favor? >> yea. >> yea. >> chairwoman: okay. we're on item 6, the san francisco zoo. >> hello, good morning. this is tanya peterson. can you here me, ashley? >> chairwoman: yes. >> good morning. >> we missed you this morning. >> it was on a zoom call

with other responsibilities. i'm sorry i missed it. [laughter] >> well, i congratulate the new commissioners and welcome them, and it will be a pleasure to work with you both. this hearing, i'm going to try something new, since a picture is worth a thousand words. my staff wanted to submit a video on all of the safety measures and updates we're taking at the zoo to keep folks safe, and then a brief photo or two of our 21-year-old lemur who has been returned. president, may i start the video? >> please do.

pierk>> i thought we were going to be closed for two weeks. >> but we still had to take care of the grounds and provide for the animals. >> we went from making sure we were washing our hands all of the time to

staying home full-time. >> i was worried. nothing like this has ever happened before. >> we really miss talking to the guests about our animals there. >> we miss the volunteers. >> at the current animal resource center, we missed all of our youth volunteers this summer. we missed having our entire summer season with the natural volunteers, which we have 110 of, and we missed all 90 of our

junior zoologists. >> there are the rhinos here and our giraffes. >> we had a time to do a lot of training with our goats, horses, and even giraffes. >> we still hold birthday

parties for our animals, like our one-horned rine nerhinoand senior chimps. it was fun to celebrate these milestones and share on social media. >> there are many maintenance projects, and our gardens really flourished. >> we got creative during the closure of the zoo. we did things that we never did before, like walk the penguins around and go to visit other exhibits and other animals so they could stretch their little legs. so it was fun. >> i'm so happy we were able to pivot from our very popular zoo cam program to a modified zoo play. the kids were great in social distancing, and i'm so thankful to our wonderful staff for making everything move smoothly. >> we can social distance from a lot of other staff

members due to the pandemic. we spent a lot more time with the animals, and we ramped up our training program, and so we spent a lot more individualized training with the animals, like the rhinos. with the public being around, it kind of makes that a little harder. so we really ramped up that a lot. >> to keep our public connected with us, we created a website called sfzooconnects. and we did summi some at-home safaries in our backyards. >> a few months ago, you would have been able to see salmon jumping up from pool to pool. it is really quite spectacular. >> we celebrated the birth of a new manderin.

>> we took advantage of "star wars" day, may the force be with you, with avisit by v.v.h.. ♪ ♪ >> mayor breed toured the zoo today to announce the reopening set for next week. >> it is so important we maintain our distance. >> the zoo will open to members on monday, and the general public on tuesday, but with plenty of modifications.

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[music] [music] >> that concludes my report. i'm available for any questions. >> thank you very much. >> we are now in public comment for item 6, san francisco zoo. please dial star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. you have two minutes. >> i don't see any hands raised. >> okay. commissioner? >> president buell: we just accept that report, we don't have to approve it?

>> any comments or anything? >> president buell: no. >> okay. we are now on item 7, francisco park, donor recognition and naming. >> good morning, commissioners. my name is lisa bransten, i'm director of partnership in the recreation and parks department and here to ask for discussion and possible action to approve a donor recognition program for francisco park and approve names for the playground, dog area, community garden and picnic area. for background, the park is a brand new park developed by a group of opportunity members that have long advocated for a park on this site. the land was purchased in the puc in 2014 with the agreement that the community group fund a design and construction of the park and support some of the

ongoing park maintenance. in 2014, the community group formally became the francisco park conservancy. and they entered an agreement to formalize the relationship regarding park design, construction and maintenance. and that would be then through 2066. park construction is now estimated to be approximately $27 million. and support for the annual maintenance is more than $150,000 a year. so this is quite a significant partnership for the department. this new 4.5 acre park will be a valuable addition to san francisco open space, restoring natural habitat and providing recreational amenities that were advocated for by community members through rigorous community engagement process. this beautiful site is deep in

construction and should open early next year. i'll stop here and just take one moment to express gratitude to the f.p.c. which achieved the herculean task of raising millions of dollars for the design and construction and is continuing to fundraise for maintenance. with that, i'm going to turn off my camera and hope my presentation works. okay. so i wanted to just start with what was approved in 2018 by the commission. and that -- the donor recognition program, the full program was originally approved -- it was designed by the f.p.c. to assist in its efforts to raise the funding for design and construction that i just talked about and -- sorry -- the plan was approved by the commission in 2018, with

the condition that f.p.c. would return to the commission for approval of the named elements. so we'll do part of that today. so i just -- that plan included the name of six features of the park, which f.p.c. is looking for approval today to name four. before i get into the action items, and around the naming and the change to one element of the donor plan, i just wanted to go back and share a drawing of the main donor wall, which is largely the same as what was approved. this donor wall shows where f.p.c. will recognize all donors to the project who give $25,000 or more. and it's on one of the original reservoirs retaining walls. and we wanted to share with you how they'll graciously celebrate the community effort to get this project done with the following text. so on this wall will be this

narrative. francisco park is a result of 70-year community effort. the park is public-private partnership between the city and a group of committed volunteers with the design and construction privately funded by the community. we thank the many individuals who imagined and built francisco park and those whose generosity made it possible. special appreciation is given to the san francisco mayor's office, board of supervisors, public utilities commission and recreation and park department for their integral and essential support. and now i'll talk about the change to the donor plan. let's see. so i guess i'll note that in general, donor plans are presented to the commission as concept plans, just as overall park design plans are.

they change slightly during design and construction. the staff and partners work to refine materials and exact placement. but in this case, however, the change was substantial enough that we're seeking renewed approval and that's around the secondary donor wall where f.p.c. will recognize donors of $1500 to $24,999. on this slide right now, you see the initial proposal which was to create small donor tags shaped like drops of water to recognize the donors. ultimately, this plan and the backup plan turned out to be impractical in terms of installation and maintenance. and the new plan is more enticing to donors. so the new plan is to install this donor recognition on the stairways that lead up to the main lawn of the new park.

this plan will consist of the concrete steps with stainless steel plaques into the risers and this will recognize donors of, again, $1500 to $24,999. then the next action item for the commission is to approve the naming of four park elements. all of these elements were in the commission's original approval that allowed the elements to be named and we're coming back to you today with the names. in all of the cases, the donor has complied with the commission policy to contribute at least half of the construction cost of the element. the names will be in place until 2066, the same period as f.p.c.s agreement with the department. the names are as follows. so the dog play area which is b1

here on the slide, will be peggy's play dog play area. george and judy marcus provided them with the $500,000 contribution to support the construction of the dog play area and would like to name it after their dog. next on the list is b3. that is the larson lamb playground. chris larson and lena lamb, provided the f.p.c. with a connection of $2.5 million to support playground construction. next is the b4 and that is the community garden. she and her husband provided $500,000 to support construction of the community garden. lastly, is area b5. the greg and bev james picnic area. bradley and chris james provided

the f.p.c. with a contribution of $1 million to support the picnic area and seeked to name the picnic area after chris' parents. just to give you an idea of how these will look, this is an illustration of the types of plaques that will be installed in the four areas to highlight the names of the donors who supported the project. and then i also just wanted to share with you the progress that they've made in the donor recognition plaques. these were also approved by the commission. i wanted to note there will be donor plaques in 10 of the 13 sites that were approved. and these are just signs in the park. they will not be official names reflected on that. this will be the kind of plaques for the donor recognition areas. and lastly, i did want to note

that -- let's see -- that's the end of my presentation. >> president buell: thank you, lisa. >> sorry, i just wanted to end the presentation and just make a couple of last comments. you'll note that three potential names and three donor recognition areas were not taken up by donors. staff would like to continue to work with f.p.c. on these donor elements for the year after the park opens as punch lists are completed and other things are finalized as part of the project. this will help f.p.c. raise the funds to support more than 40 years of park maintenance and has precedent other partnerships. such as the san francisco botanical garden, the foundation that supports the palace of fine arts and the ongoing relationship with the national aids memorial grove.

and i just wanted to conclude one more time, because we can never do this enough, by thanking the f.p.c. for the tremendous work on this project. and their success in raising the millions of dollars needed to support this park and their commitment to continue funding parts of the maintenance of this park. and say how wonderful it will be to open this park in a few months. and i'm happy to take any questions. thank you very much. >> president buell: thank you, lisa. >> we are now in public comment for item 7, francisco park donor naming and recognition. please dial star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. you have two minutes. >> good morning, president and commissioners. my name is bruce, i'm with the san francisco park conservancy and just wanted to celebrate this occasion. it's been many long years and

we're not only thankful to the private individuals who have made this possible their through generous donations, but wanted to thank the park and recreation department for years of assistance guiding us through this difficult process. and very happy to have the park under construction, $26 million raised. just wanted to thank the department and staff for all of the assistance through this difficult time. thank you. >> president buell: thank you. >> thank you for your comments. we have no other comments. so public comment is now closed. >> president buell: thank you. questions or comments, commissioners? i would like to say that i attended many of the fundraising meetings for this park and it really has been a remarkable joint venture between the community and the department. and unprecedented, really, for parks in san francisco.

golden gate park peacock meadow is an excellent place for this. it will be visible from j.f.k. drive and ada accessible. exhibit will be apprised of three trees and flowering bushes as shown here in white. the artist is a local artist who has exhibited his industrial art throughout the bay area and internationally. you may be familiar with his work, squared, which was exhibited at patricia green from may 2018 to may 2019.

beautiful art structures are made out of sheet metal and sealed with anti-graffiti clear finish. the lights are diffusion cubes of molded plastic, with l.e.d. lights. the combination of steel plastic and l.e.d. lights are combined to form a grove of three metal trees and 20 flowering bushes that would tran form it into a

wonderful place. ever changing lighting combinations in celebration of golden gate park's 150th anniversary. this concludes my presentation. any questions? >> president buell: thank you very much. >> we are now in public comment for item 8, golden gate park temporary entwined meadow light art installation. please dial star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. you have two minutes. are there any commenters, paul? paul, you're on mute.

do you have anyone in the queue? okay. looks like there might be somebody. there is a caller on the line, please state your name. >> hi, i'm bob hall. >> president buell: go ahead. >> thank you. i just wanted to make a comment that i hope that you're putting this really nice art project through the lens of science, too. there is a lot of lighting projects being added to the parks, the soccer fields and the ferris wheel and now the tennis courts. so i'm sure you all heard the science before about insect collapse and this lighting has really been a challenge to damage insects and causes them to swarm around the lights and they get tired and die.

insects that are important in biodiversity because they supply food for other animals, especially birds. so we have to do whatever we can with the biodiversity clash happening right now to consider science when you're doing things. i saw the academy of science marketing person approved this project, but have you had any of their entomologists look at this? that's my comment. thank you for letting me speak. >> thank you very much. >> this is drew, san francisco parks client. good morning, commissioners. i wanted to talk about entwined

meadow. the parks alliance along with the rec and park department have been co-organizing the year long celebration in honor of the park. while the festivities around our park were not the events that we planned for, we're proud the way that we've brought the joy of the park to the people and their homes through a virtual experience, which still can be found at golden gate park 150.com. and the way the park continues to serve our community during a health emergency. they're taking advantage of the streets, and the pop-up welcome center, 150 park improvements, including dozens of large and small landscaping projects, street edge, $30 million renovation of golden gate tennis center. new stage, sound and lighting in the music concourse. and in light of the pandemic of 2020, golden gate park 150 wants to provide an appearance in

physical distancing, and celebrate and find joy and light and fun during this unprecedented time. this temporary installation will close the 150th celebration by transforming the peacock meadow with the entwined meadow. we'll be streaming a bunch of other things happening in the park, which will become a holiday destination, which we're dubbing holiday at home. since many people are spending the holidays in san francisco this year. we wanted to give them something to do. we look forward to celebrating the holidays with everyone and enjoy your day. >> thank you. >> are there any other folks on the line for public comment? okay. none. so i was on mute earlier. thank you, paul. seeing no other public comment, public comment is now closed. >> president buell: commissioners? any comments, questions?

chair would entertain a motion? >> commissioner low: i do note this is a short-term agreement, so i think we can assess any adverse effects that might be posed by this within that period prior to a longer term extension, which looks like the outside date is june 1, 2021. i think this looks fascinating. the artist is so creative and i'm looking forward to seeing this in golden gate park. i move to approve. >> president buell: thank you. moved and seconded. all those in favor? so moved. thank you very much. >> thank you, okay. we're on item 9, general public comment. continued from item 4. at this time, members of the public who were not able to address the commission on item

4, may address the commission on items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the recreation and park commission and that do not appear on the agenda. i know we have at least one caller from before in the queue. >> hello? am i on? >> yes, you are. state your name, please. >> hi, my name is tom. i'm a resident and as i mentioned earlier, friends and i have been working on a -- underused streets over there recently. we started putting in planters and were building a few skate ramps and we were getting good reception from the community,

albeit without permits. everybody seemed to love it. it was a really cool thing. the other week, caltrain came by without warning or notice and tore out all the ramps and things we had built there. i was wondering what are the avenues i can endeavor on to try to make it legit and get a permit and try to make it happen again. because it's a really good space and it seemed to be backed by a lot of the members of the community. any information you can give would be really helpful. that's it. >> president buell: i guess my comment would be that you might inquire with caltrans because it sounds like they had the authority to modify your improvement. so that would be my recommendation. >> okay. paul, anyone else on the line? >> yes, hi, can you hear me? >> yes, please state your name. >> yeah, hi, my name is brad

tardy. good morning, commissioners. i'd like to address the closure of twin peaks boulevard at burnett avenue. is that okay for me to talk about that for two minutes? >> president buell: please. [please stand by]

>> our neighbor had a gun pulled on them for accidentally blocking a burglar's get-away car. and we've almost been hit by cyclist speeding down the boulevard. there is parking on bernett, and increased police presence hasn't worked. simply put, it doesn't

have to be this way. one simple action can fix all of these problems. please show compassion to us. open the gate and take down the no parking signs on bernett, and thank you for allowing me to address the commissioners. >> thank you very much. >> chairwoman: thank you. that is our last caller, and so now public comment is closed. we're now on item 10, closed session, conference with legal counsel. is there any public comment on this item? please dial star 3 to be comment on this item? okay. thank you. seeing no further callers, public comment is now closed. we will need to vote to go into closed session, so i'll need a motion and a second. >> motion. >> seconded.

>> and it has been moved and seconded. all those in favor? >> yea. yea. yea. >> so moved. >> chairwoman: thank you. we are now enclosed session on october 22nd, 2020. so before you start, ashley -- >> yes. >> s.f. gov. tv is now going to leave this part of the meeting. anybody who is on this meeting, it does not need to be enclosed sess >> moved not to report. >> moved. >> seconded. >> all those in favor? >> yea. >> yea. >> chairwoman: i need a motion on whether to disclose any or all sessions held enclosed

session? >> moved. >> seconded. >> all in favor? >> yea. >> yea. >> yea. >> thank you. >> chairwoman: we are now on item 11, commissioners' matters, and it will allow the commissioners to raise issues. there will be no discussion of these items at this time. commissioners, do you have any items you would like to bring up? >> yeah. this is commissioner lowe. i think we should give some kind of recognition to the young pre-schooler that found mati, the lemur, and we should give him and his pals a free ride on the ferris wheel. [laughter] >> excuse me, observation wheel. >> yes! >> i think that's a fine idea. we'll -- ashley, or i guess maybe sarah, will you convey that to the general manager and see that we move forward on

that front? >> absolutely. we'll work with the zoo on that. >> chairwoman: commissioners, are there any other items you would like to bring up? >> i would like to -- i would like to request of the general manager's office that we get as a commission a report on the status of the twin peaks situation. i found that somewhat alarming to hear, and it sounds like we might be able to improve matters with a little thought. so if you could ask that we get a report on that. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >> chairwoman: anything else? okay. is there any public comment on item 11, commissioners' matters? no public comment. okay. public comment is now closed. we are now on item 12, new

business agenda setting. is there any public comment on item 12? seeing none, public comment is now closed. we are now on item 13, communications. is there any public comment on item 13? seeing none, public comment is now closed. we are now on item 14, adjournment. >> the chair will entertain a motion. >> i move. >> seconded. >> all those in favor? >> yea. >> yea. >> yea. >> thank you, bye-bye. >> chairwoman: good-bye, everybody. thank you. [meeting adjourned]

>> the historic preservation hearing for wednesday, october 21, 2020. on may 29, 2020 if mayor authorized all commissions to reconvene remotely. this will be the ninth remote hearing. remote hearings require everyone's attention. most of all your patience. if you are not