>> good afternoon. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the april 19, 2021 regular meeting of the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. i am supervisor melgar joined by dean preston and aaron peskin. john carroll is our clerk. i would like to acknowledge sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, any announcements? >> thank you. to protect the public and board members and city employees, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and community rooms are

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turndown your television or radio or streaming device. account for time delays you may encounter between life coverage and streaming. if you have written comments submit in writing by e-mail to the usual clerk erica major. or you can write to our office in city hall in room 244. 1 carlton b. goodlett place. it is in your agenda. items acted upon today will be in the april 7, 2021 board of supervisors agenda. >> would you please call item 1. >> resolution initiating a

landmark designation under article 10 of the planning code for diego rivera's fresco titled the lagory of california painted in 1931 and located at 155 sansome street. >> we also have the planning department on stand by for questions. >> supervisor preston. >> this is the second time in recent memory i have initiated landmark status of another of the three iconic murals here in san francisco. the one which i am happy to report we initiated is about to be heard by the historic

preservation commission and will be coming back for land mark des designation the san francisco art institute and of course there is this one at 155 sam son street on the 11th floor. "the allegory of california." there is a third one in supervisor melgar's district that she is looking to initiate in what has become known as the diego theater. this one is actually the first of his works. it is in the historic timothy designed stock exchange tower. it is in the historic city club

of san francisco. that includes not only this work by diego rivera commissioned by a great american artist in his own right but includes works of english artist harry dixon and other classic works. while it looks huge, if you have been in there and that is a publicly accessible area in the city club, this is a relatively small mural by rivera's standards. mr. clerk, my staff gave you an image. maybe you can put that up on the screen. i see it now. as you can see from this photo

that adorns the staircase inside of the building and like many it wraps on the ceiling, you can see it at the top. at the center is a huge female figure with the spirit of california. the female figure at the center was modeled after the tennis layer helen moody after whom the playground was named. she was born in the bay area and held the top position in women's tennis for almost a decade. the state of california is supporting its citizens is depicted showing the natural

bounty, the fruits and her hands there on the right-hand side of the image. below are men with a blueprint of mathematical tools, lumber yak, model air plant. elderly plan with farming utensils, farm workers and the forefront of if fresco depicts historical figures important to the development and art in the state of california including the of scaffold and victor barn hoff. he focused on blue-collar workers, which was in line with the socialist, not communist beliefs and was meant to

highlight the workers that kept the state afloat and moved it forward. i look forward to your support of this initiation and hopefully in the near future we will have landmarked all three of rivera's treasures for the city and county of san francisco. as i mentioned earlier the one we previously initiated will be in front of historic preservation commission on may 5th. thank you planning commission staff for their work to develop a report on that one. i am happy to hear from planning department staff. i want to thank my open staff. >> thank you very much for that thorough and fascinating

presentation supervisor peskin. mr. carol, let's go to public comment, please. >> thank you, we are joined from the department of technology checking to see if we have callers in the queue. press star 3 to be added to the queue if you wish to speak for this item. if you are on hold please continue to wait until you are prompted to begin. you will hear a prompt informing you your line is unmuted. for those watching on cable channel 26 or through sfgovtv.org, if you wish to speak call in now by following instructions on the screen. dial 415-655-0001 enter id1874819510. pound twice and star 3 to be

entered to speak. could you let us know if we have any callers in the queue? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> seeing that there are no callers, public comment is now closed. motion to move out of committee with positive recommendations. >> so moved. i also had my name in the chat to be added as cosponsor. >> me as well, please. >> mr. clerk, please call the roll. >> on the motion that this item be recommended offered by vice chair preston. vice chair preston. >> aye. >> peskin.

>> aye. >> chair melgar. >> aye. >> madam chair, three ayes. >> the motion passes unanimously. thank you so much. mr. clerk, are there any other items before us today? >> there is no further business. >> thank you so much. we are adjourned. thank you. >> thank you. >> clerk: okay. can you hear me now?

>> president buell: yes. [roll call] >> clerk: okay. this is the recreation and park commission meeting of april 15, 2021. please note that due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, city employees, and the public, the meeting rooms at city hall are closed, however, commissioners are participating in the meeting remotely to the same extent as if they were physically present. we ask for your patience if we experience any technical issues. public comment will be available for each item on the

agenda. each commenter will be allowed two minutes to speak. public comment will be available via phone by calling 415-655-0001, and the access code is 187-326-5591. when you hear the agenda item that you were calling for, please dial star, three to enter the queue. the system will notify you you were -- you you are in line and waiting. alternatively, you may submit public comment in either of the following ways. by e-mailing recpark.commission at sfgov.org.

if you submit an e-mail, it will be included in the written file. written comment may be sent to san francisco recreation and park commission, 1 stannion street, san francisco, california, 94101. we are now on item 2, president's report. >> president buell: thank you. let me first note, for those listening to this, that we will not be hearing item 9 today. it will be carried over to the next meeting. item 9 is the memorandum of understanding for the park alliance, so for those of you who are tuned in expecting that to be heard, it will not be heard today. you are entitled to make comment under general public comment, but that item will not be heard.

it's a very pleasant task to welcome to people today. larry is retiring from the department after more than 30 years of service, and dan, general manager of friends of the urban forest, is retiring, as well, and i look forward to hearing from you for the report, but that's the end of my president's report. >> clerk: okay. if there's anyone on the comment line who would like to comment only on the president's report, you may do so by pressing star, three, or raising your hand. >> operator: ashley, there is one caller on the line and they

do not have their hand raised. >> clerk: okay. we'll move onto item 3, general manager's report. fittingly, this month also

marks san francisco's third annual climate action month. throughout the month, the department of the environment is hosting 43 on-line events and virtual learning opportunities as well as some socially distanced outdoor activities in our parks including volunteer workshops and organized bike rides. discover how simple actions can make a lasting impact on climate change and preserve our planet for future generations . as you know, april also also marks the celebration of 4-20 for our hippier residents. i don't want to get caught up in the weeds with all of the

details, but fencing will go up around robin williams meadow in anticipation of 4-20 on tuesday and kept up until wednesday. so let me be blunt. the park will be inaccessible on tuesday, police officers will disburse any gatherings packing and will send any budding entrepreneurs on their way. citations may be issued to those who don't comply. parking officers will monitor parking control and flow in the surrounding neighborhoods. instead of coming to the park, we encourage folks to celebrate a safe and responsible 4-20 but

please be considerate of your neighbors. keeping people safe this 4-20 is a joint effort. all right. speaking of plants, mark your calendars for allemeny farms this saturday and next, april 17 and 24, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. offerings will include cabbage, kale, herbs, broccoli, and more. sales are final and will benefit the farm. in addition, be sure to join the friends of allemeny farm

for their 15 anniversary celebration on zoom on wednesday, april 21. you can dive into the history of the farm, community historian and friends of allemeny farm lisa ruth elliott will show pictures and information of the farm across time, and then, a ramaytush ohlone consultant will join the discussion to talk about food sovereignty among indigenous people. we are excited to share that two of our city pools are poised to welcome back lap swimmers with reservations beginning tuesday, april 20. reservations for the lap times

and drown prevention classes will kick off this friday april 16 at 8:00 a.m. on-line registration will be first come first serve and extremely limited as lap swimming is limited to two swimmers per lane. the rest of the pools are slated to reopen mid-june. this past weekend, youth sports returned to our parks. from san francisco youth baseball to soccer, we're excited to see the city's kids back on the field. rec and park's very own bayview united soccer teams scored a big 9-0 win this weekend against another team from america scores. i want to thank all the coaches, players, and league staff for getting all of the kids out to play this spring and best of luck to the teams this season. we want to invite everybody to

joint the san francisco human rights commission for a unity event this saturday to launch a campaign for solidarity. it brings down ourarian american, pacific islander, black, latinx and other marginalized communities together to stand against hurt and violence and inspire, inform, and nourish our neighborhoods across the city. for more information, visit standtogethersf.org. then, every saturday in april from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., you can choose your own

adventure in india basin and along the bayview waterfront, enjoy free drop-in fitness classes, live music, small business specials, all the while taking in nature and new art along the waterfront. you can visit the india basin tech hub sponsored by our partners at the india basin waterfront project or you can enjoy wifi, take in the view, and learn more about the project. you can stop by the learning center at herron's head park to get a special coloring book. for more information, visit

sundaystreetssf.com. okay. we've got two special recognitions today to wrap up the jam report. president buell, as you mentioned, the first person we want to honor is dan flanagan. he's stepping down from the friends of the urban forest as nearly 14 years. his leadership was key in the development and passage of proposition e, the healthy trees and safe sidewalks ballot measure in 2016, which provided a dedicated funding source for the city to maintain all street

trees and repairs and repairs to tree-related sidewalk damage. he also increased commitment to environmental justice by focusing the friends of the urban forest efforts in areas with the least tree canopy coverage. the strength of our parks goes hand in hand with the strength of our trees and street canopy. his work often cross pollenated with our -- hold on one second. -- pandemic life. dan's approach to natural resource management not only extended to the streets, as i noted, but to our parks.

he partnered closely with the natural resources management division and worked on the natural resources management plan, which will continue to help guide and improve our parks and natural trails in the next decades. these are just a few examples of dan's amazing legacy. you've helped make san francisco a more beautiful and healthier city, and so on behalf of the recreation and park department and our commission, we want to thank you for all that you've done and wish you the very best of luck in the next chapter of your life, and we would very much appreciate and welcome a few words. >> great. thank you. thank you so much. this -- the kudos, i'm not used to. i'd rather do the work, but indulge me for two minutes. i'm going to tell you a story,

and i think the story has some relevance to the things you were just talking about. it goes back to 1970. i was a freshman in college in vermont, and he sat down with me, and we decided to want to live in a tree. so we talked about it, and that winter, we went out and found a tree, a 50-foot elm tree, and as you can see, we decided to build a one-story tree house. we have a bay window, and there's a geo-dome on the other side. so it turns out we had a dream, but i turned out to be the word carpenter. but my role turned out to be working with the administration and the deans to convince them that this was the most brilliant thing to do in 1970 and 71. and fast forward to, you know,

40-something years ago, i joined friends of the urban forest after a little detour from wall street. i went to the light side and got away from the dark side and started worked with nonprofits. but at friends of the urban forest, i worked with some really talented people. some from the council, and some on my staff, and some from public works. we came up with another dream, and the dream was we would have adequate funding for trees not only on the streets of san francisco, but all trees in san francisco. so we were fairly successful with prop e back in 2016, and i was most proud of my work trying to support the natural areas program, and i think the fact that we got that passed, now in light of everything going on around climate change

and the city's commitment to adapt to a new whole plan, in addition to that, with the biden influence in, i guess, funding, hopefully in the next couple of years, i desperately hope that the funding for trees all throughout the city, not only for parks but for park yards, and clearly, we have taken care of the street trees, that's something we can look forward to. so i think if you can dream of living in a tree house in vermont -- it was chilly. i only lived there in the summers -- i think you can dream of having an urban forest in san francisco that is adequately invested in and you can make it thrive. so phil and mark, thank you so much for the kind words and honoring me tonight -- or this

afternoon -- or this morning. i was thinking about it last night. >> thank you, dan. perhaps you've been spending too much time in the trees. we really appreciate your commitment to a more healthy and more environmentally sustainable city, so thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioners, i want to wrap up with one more very, very, very special recognition. i now want to recognize, really, a true legend in our department. larry mcnesby, jr., who will be retiring from our department after more than 30 years. larry got his start in our department in 1990 working under his program in the

trampoline program, and larry's son has spent some time with us up at camp mather, so i think there are four generations of larry's family working in our department. he's just grown into being a valuable employee with the department, including a recreation at glen park, sunset park and rochambeau playground. he became rec superintendent, and he became the manager of camp mather during the summer season. as part of his legacy, larry provided the city's youth with amazing fundraising opportunities when they were old enough to get a job and beyond. larry, in my tenure, is really

responsible for saving two things for this department and two things that are very near and dear to my heart. in 2010, amidst a really -- [inaudible] >> clerk: whoever is not muted, please mute yourself. >> our recreation programming. in 2010, a horrific budget

crisis had provoked fundamental cuts to staff and programs, and larry, wearing his new hat as an seiu shop steward, along with his colleague, don franklin, understood the importance of the moment and really led an effort to reorganize, reinvent, redeliver recreation with the resources that we had, knowing that we weren't going to be able to save every job, and knowing that we just had to build a better mouse trap for recreation to -- public recreation to survive as we knew it. that was incredibly courageus courageus -- courageous. the model that larry and don built allows us to maintain

timely, flexible, and culturally competent services that we were never able to offer before. the other thing that larry saved was camp mather, perhaps his most heroic action came at camp mather which was threatened by the rim fire, the largest in the sierra nevada at the time. larry helped evacuate the camp, occupied by 200 seniors that day. ash was raining from the sky, and the sky was an apocalyptic shade of orange, and larry was there in his orange t-shirt and fire helmet. the most amazing thing about larry, after helping evacuate the camp, he went right back, joining the firefighters'

efforts in helping to beat back the historic blaze. larry, you've done so much for san francisco, for california through your work. you have been a deer friend and colleague, mentor in what it really means to be a recreation professional, and sometimes, when people retire, they're just not replaceable. you're not, but i want to say thank you, and wish you the very, very best of luck in the next chapter of your life. >> thank you, phil. >> and larry, we'd love to see your beautiful face and say a few words. >> my camera is on. i hope you can see me. ladies and gentlemen of the commission, phil, i am deeply touched by your words, and i

want to get this message out. i want to thank you for the opportunity, and i'll be as brief as i can be. i've never stated publicly on the record that i am dyslexic, and reading and writing -- and especially growing up in the 60s, right, a million years ago? it was hard to be [inaudible], and once it was found, they had to deal with the dyslexic issue and working with me through that. so when you get on in years, and you're not getting helped with your dyslexia, you're falling behind your peers.

when i graduated from high school, i was reading at a fifth grade level. i graduated with honors. i don't know how that happened. i couldn't even spell my street name. imperial. if you can't spell something on your job application, you don't get the interview. i had the opportunity to work with a nonprofit, and once they knew me, they understood me, but they could never give me the title of professional because i didn't have a college degree. when that job ended, i didn't know where i was going to go. my father had passed on, and it was june jackson who called me up and said hey, for the summer, could you do me a favor and fill out your dad's

schedule just for the summer, and i agreed to do that just one summer. but then, when i continued to do it, i realized we had this great system in san francisco, and i hope you can spread the word, where my hours of experience counted as credit toward a college degree. and because of that, i had the opportunity to become a recreation director, an assistant supervisor, a supervisor, a principal supervisor, and ultimately, assistant superintendent, and i can't thank the city enough for giving me the opportunity to show that i was capable, and i really am sorry about all the spelling mistakes in all my memos that i've ever written to anybody, but it came with the territory. but that never, ever slowed the department down.

you guys were great to me, and i could not be more appreciative to denny, lorraine, james -- we know him as j.t., and phil ginsburg, who opened doors for me. and a big thank you to joel robinson who told me, you've got to go to work with a big smile on your face because work is a privilege, and if you're not happy, you might as well go find something else. i want to thank my wife for putting up with all my bad moods and picking up the phone at all hours of the day, my son, connor and kirby, and my wonderful parents and grandparents.

my grandfather on my mother's side was a cashier at fleishhacker pool. >> larry, we wish you the very, very best, and thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.

thank you. >> on that note -- >> yes, i'm sorry. i wanted to say something. is that okay? >> please. >> commissioner anderson: hi, larry. it's kat. i'm really sad to see you go, but i'm really happy because i know wherever you go, the people around you will be enriched. i wanted to comment because camp mather is one of my favorite places to be on this planet. i can't tell you how much camp mather means to me personally. camp mather is basically here because of the first woman supervisor in san francisco, which i like to keep pounding that drum. my children absolutely had an incredible nonurban experience. they're born and raised san franciscans. just meant a lot to be able to

ride their bikes without mom raising them down and worrying about something else. larry, you were so generous with your time, and i was particularly taken with your treatment of turtle, and larry knows who turtle is, and your mentorship there, and everyone around you. my heart went out to you as you suffered your worst loss [inaudible] and i am sorry we weren't able to be at mather for a while, but let's make it happen up there and enjoy some good times. >> thank you, commissioner anderson. >> well, on that note, unless any other -- oh, it looks like commissioner mcdonnell wants to

say something. >> vice president mcdonnell: absolutely. i'll be brief, i promise. larry, you know i love you in so many ways, so thank you. thank you for being the incredible human being that you are and the role that you've played in all our parks, especially camp mather. and i've always appreciated your commitment to park and to community. years ago, i was introduced to a word by a shero, and that was the word mensch. it means hero, and certainly wish you all the best as you sail off into the sunset and your next journey, and wish you

all the best. >> thank you, commissioner mcdonnell. there's no better way to end the general manager's report than with the words larry and mensch. and on that melancholy note, that ends the general manager's report. >> president buell: thank you very much. >> clerk: okay. if anyone on the line would like to comment on the general manager's report, please dial star, three and paul, if you would let me know if anyone raises their hand. >> operator: hi, ashley. i see three members of the public on the line and zero hands raised. >> clerk: okay. seeing no hands raised, public comment is now closed. we are now on item 4, general public comment, up to 15 minutes. this item will be continued to

item 11. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission and that do not appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda items, you will have the opportunity to address the commission when the item is reached in the meeting. and as a reminder, we are not going to hear item 9, so if you are waiting to speak on that, now would be the time to speak. with that, do we have anyone that wants to speak in public comment? >> operator: yes, we have two hands. >> hello, caller. you have two minutes. >> hello. my name is richard rossman, and i was very upset when i [inaudible] interfere with our

supervisor low inquiring in things, and i don't think the richmond playground should be held hostage. my comember wrote a letter, asking him if he would sit down with myself and the prosac leaders. not only did he not talk to us, he never even responded to our e-mail. i'm glad that you are postponing this, and i hope that you will look into this. we need new leadership or rec and park needs to find a new partner, but this is really absolutely unacceptable.

and i know i always come and complain, but the one solution is most of the cars in the community is coming from the v.a. hospital, and i think the city should work with the v.a. on how to reduce the cars. a friend of mine and myself came up with a plan. i won't explain it now, but we need to do that. and also, one of my friends, madeleine [inaudible] steady will disability access, and finding out more in summation about the garage, and we're going to set up a working group to help find the answers -- >> clerk: sorry, richard. your time is up. >> president buell: thank you, richard. >> clerk: okay. next speaker.

>> is this for me? >> clerk: yes. >> president buell: it's for you. >> all right. i'm debra dietz. i am with the dahlia group of california, and i propose a compromise to completely closing j.f.k. to vehicle traffic. my compromise is to open j.f.k. from the stannion entrance at mclaren lodge up to the tennis court barriers. this will give the bicycle people plenty of time and place and the skaters plenty of place to skate, but it also allows the tennis people and paddle ball drop off at the brand-new complex as well as access to the circle where the dahlia

grows. shutting down the street has twice been voted down by the people of the city of san francisco, and it's just been in this covid year that it took london breed as opposed to a public vote. so there are six individuals who donate and tend to all the plants in the dahlia dell, and they've had to trek in using laundry carts with plants, stakes, and all the paraphernalia that yields this place with world-class competition dahlias. they would like to have access by vehicles because right now, the hike in takes so much time

and energy that it's just hardly worth it. moreover, nonbikers appreciate the dahlia dell, but many of them cannot take the walk in -- >> clerk: sorry. [inaudible]. >> clerk: your time is up now. if anyone else is on the line that would like to comment during general public comment, please dial star, three. paul, does anyone have their hand raised? >> operator: there are no more hands. >> clerk: all right. great. seeing no more public comment, public comment is closed. we are now on item 5, consent calendar. commissioners, is there anything that you would like removed from the consent calendar today? >> president buell: do we need

public comment -- >> clerk: yes. if anyone would like to make public comment on the consent calendar, please dial star, three to enter the queue. paul, did anyone raise their hand? >> operator: there are no hands raised, ashley. >> clerk: okay. seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. >> president buell: thank you. commissioners, any comments or questions? the chair would entertain a moment to approve the consent calendar. >> so moved. >> second. >> president buell: it's been moved and seconded. all those in favor? all those opposed? hearing none, it is unanimous. thank you. >> clerk: okay. we are now on item 6, the san francisco zoo. >> good morning. this is tanya peterson, director of the zoo. can you see me, ashley? any way, i thought i would go to my powerpoint, which is a better photo of animals than my

messy office here at the zoo. and while ashley looks for the photos, i just -- did ann send you the powerpoint, ashley? i'm hoping. >> yeah, garrett, if you can put up the powerpoint, please. >> yeah. and garrett, if you could move to the next slide. so happy national zoo day. and garrett, if we could go back to the other slide -- that's a mexican gray wolf. i don't know if i want to thank hallmark for recognizing national wolf day across the country. this celebrates our 13 year of

recovering the mexican gray wolf. this is a species that, without the intervention of zoo, this species would have become extinct. i welcome you to come to the zoo to see our two wolves, lobo and garcia. and i go to the next slide with the bald eagle, and you see the tag on his wings. that represents a collaborative effort that we've worked on for 16 years to rehab and release the bald eagle. i'm happy to say that the bald eagle is no longer on the endangered species list, and since we've been involved since

2009, the populations of the bald eagle have quadrupled according to the department of the interior. a beautiful animal, and we have two here at the zoo rescued with injured wings and who can no longer fly. to our next slide -- should be a picture of -- let's see...speaking of birds who cannot fly. most of the birds here at the zoo are on endangered or threatened species list, but the pelicans here are on the endangered species list. they are injured and cannot fly. we have two white and two pink-backed pelicans. they cannot fly due to oil contaminants and other man made disasters. we recently moved them to our marine mammal recovery pool.

that's a pool that was designed to house sea lions or seals that were blind or injured. thankfully, that pool is empty, so we moved the pelicans there. we can carefully watch them and feed them there and watch their individually. our pelicans range in age from five to 30, and they would not have survived in the wild, but they are thriving here at the zoo, so i invite you to come visit them. next slide -- let's see. it should be a logo of earth day. let's see what the next slide looks like. there we go. i see the general manager mentioned earth day on april 27. we will be giving out a free tote not just to celebrate

earth day but our new on-line purchase. like everyone, we had to purchase during the closings, and our zoo shop went on-line, just offering a few stuffies, but we wanted to celebrate earth day with a new tote. we estimate if you use this tote over the year, you will have received 83 plastic bags from going into the earth or ocean, so we're grateful to celebrate earth day with you. and then, lastly, it seems that the day to say good-bye to folks, bittersweetly, at rec park and here at the zoo, this week, joe fitting will retire. joe started at the zoo as a volunteer in 1978. he has specialization not only in education but in working with raptors, and he worked

with our rescued raptors in the current animal resource center. of course, he caught everybody with his personality. he takes the van to kids at risk at hunters point, juvenile hall, and other kids who can't go to the zoo. joe created a system whereby the zoo can go to the kids. just an invaluable spirit and source of energy. with the covid shutdowns and so forth, he thought it's probably time to move on, and we all wish him very much a lot of success, and he's in good health, and good luck, joe, and visit us often. and with that, i finish my report.

>> president buell: thank you. >> clerk: okay. if there is any comment on the san francisco zoo, please dial star, three to be added to the queue to speak. >> operator: there are no hands raised. >> clerk: okay. seeing no further public comment, public comment is closed. we are now on item 7, summer together initiative. >> commissioners, did we -- didn't we already present this, guys? >> president buell: you tell me. >> oh, lorraine, are you on? are you going to present? sorry for the hiccup here. so this program that we are going to share with you is --

is a -- is the city summer program. it's a very fitting initiative that is designed to provide free summer camps and educational opportunities to all sfusd students. i think we are joined by my colleague, maria su. maria, are you on the call? >> president buell: phil, if you'd like, we can move onto the next meeting? >> yeah. why don't we move on further on the agenda so we can get to this very, very exciting item. >> president buell: okay. let's go to item 8. >> clerk: okay. we are now on item 8, victoria

manalo draves park draves park improvements project. >> okay. just wait a moment. i was waiting to turn this one on. hold on, commissioners. sorry. apologies. i'm just going to continue here. my computer is having a problem. can you see me? good morning, commissioners and manager. my name is lauren chaz, and i'm a project manager in the -- lauren chavez, and i'm a project manager in the

recreation and park department. i'm here to present discussion and possible action to award a construction contract for new lighting and other minor renovations of victoria manalo draves paper, rec contract i.d. number 21-0036 to cazadero construction in the amount of $1,284,093. this area is used by united playas, the students of bessie carmichael, and dogs and dog

owners. following the closure of privately owned public open space at the nearby inter-continental hotel, the in-lieu fee was transferred to the recreation and parks department to be used for lighting and security enhancements at victoria manalo draves. there was a community process that began with advocacy of united playas. this commission approved the vision and concept in 2019. the program includes replacement of existing lights,

new sports lighting at the ball field and basketball court, lowering of essential grassy knoll and includes more seating and planting areas, an experimental community garden, repair and replacement of the panels at the main entry gate, and some new storage sheds. the project was bid on march 8. we had eight responsive bidders with proposals received on april 7. you can see in the bid tabulation exhibit attached in your packet. bid totals ranged from 92 to 124% of the engineer's estimate of 1.4 million. and we were able to include all of our alternates in awarding

of the award to cazadero construction. we evaluated the low bid from cazadero construction and confirmed its compliance with the contract requirements. the contract division is right now just crossing is and dotting ts in their contract submittals, but we're confident that everything is going to look good so far. the in-lieu fee was $2.6 million, and we have plenty of funds with this contract award. we plan on issuing notice to proceed as soon as possible and starting construction sometime in late may. my recommendation to you all this morning, commissioners, is that you approve this construction contract for new

lighting and other minor innovations of victoria manalo draves park, rec contract number 21-0036 to cazadero construction in the action of $1,284,093. that concludes my presentation, and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> president buell: thank you very much. >> clerk: okay. if there's anyone on the public comment line for this item, now is your time to speak. paul, is there anyone on the line with their hand raised? are there any hands raised? >> operator: there is one member of the public on the call and zero hands raised. >> clerk: okay. seeing no further callers, public comment is closed. commissioners?

>> president buell: commissioner mcdonnell? >> vice president mcdonnell: thank you so much. just a quick comment to the staff on moving this project forward. we all know, and i certainly appreciate this particular park in this particular neighborhood serving this particular community, so thank you, lauren, and the entire staff for moving this forward, and thanks, lauren, for not feeling well and still presenting. we appreciate you, so with that, i would move approval. >> president buell: thank you. there's a motion. is there a second? >> second. >> president buell: there is a motion and a second. all in favor? opposed? okay. >> clerk: we're actually going to move back to item 7 now -- >> president buell: i'm sorry. could i suggest that since we're going to lose commissioner low at 11:15, that

we do -- >> clerk: yes. okay. we're moving onto item 10, 474 bryant street, and 77 still man street project. >> good morning, commission secretary and commissioners. if i can get the overhead, please. thank you. my name is chris townes. i'm a planner with the recreation and park department capital planning department, and i'm joined by the planner from the san francisco planning department. my presentation will provide you with a summary of the shadow effect from the proposed 474 bryant street and 77 still man street mixed use project on south park, located in the south of market neighborhood. this supports item 1.2 of the

strategic plan to strengthen the quality of existing parks and facilities. next slide, please. so for shared policy and code context, prop k, the sun light ordinance, aimed at protecting parks from properties -- ended up protecting park properties from negative shadow impacts. it was adopted by the voters in 1984 and went into effect in 1985. the [inaudible] finding that the shadow would not have a significant adverse impact on the use of the park property. in 1989, the rec park commission and planning commission jointly adopted what's called the [inaudible] memo, which identified

quantitative as well as qualitative criteria for determination of significant shadows. at this time, i'd like to turn it over to cindy luane of the planning department. next slide, please. >> thank you, chris. good morning, commissioners. my name is cindy luane, and i am a senior planner with the planning department [inaudible]. >> clerk: if everyone could please mute themselves. i hear a personal conversation going on in the background. thank you.

go ahead. >> sure. [inaudible] of two seven-story 85-foot-fall mixed use buildings on two separate parcels. each building will consist of 85,000 square feet of mixed use over a parking garage. in the project will also provide 72 class one and eight class two bike parking spaces. in terms of outreach, a neighborhood preapplication meeting was held virtually on may 14, 2020, followed by

additional hours available for phone calls and video conference later. the sponsor is continually working with soma filipino culture heritage districts and has been in contact with the supervisor haney's office. to date, the planning department has not received any communication expressing support for or opposition to the project. the project proposed two new office buildings with ground floor light manufacturing use which are higher and better use than the existing vacant p.d.r. building and will expand opportunities for current residents and attract such activities, which is a goal for the city and central soma area plan. the project will exceed the amount of required bicycle spaces to encourage bicycling. the project will also include

right-of-way street trees. this concludes my portion of the presentation, and i'm available for any questions. thank you. >> thank you, and if i can get the next slide, please. thank you. for orientation purposes, the image at the top is a planned view of where the project site is located in relation to the project park, south park. the street view at the bottom of the slide provides a visual of the existing project side along each of the frontages proposing each of the building's depicted locations. it is a through site with entrances along stillman and

bryant streets. existing project site is currently occupied by, as cindy mentioned, one and two-story p.d.r. buildings. next slide. south park itself is an existing .85 acre park under the jurisdiction of rec and park located in the south market neighborhood. again, it's an oval park surrounded by south park street on all ovid sides and bisected by jack london park. it has a distinct curvilinear

street around its perimeter. spaces include picnic seating tables at both ends of the park, a children's climbing play structure, a small central plaza with seating and various pockets of lawn expanses. currently, there's 14.0966% shadow impact, and the project would add .0053% shadow park increase. the diagram on the right is the project's full year shadow pain, depicting the project's shadow impact, with lighter

blue representing lesser impact shadows and darker blue representing more impact. the average daily shadow duration is 9:06, and the average size is less than 1% of the park area. with regard to shadow location, as you can see, in the zoomed-in image in the top right, these shadows fall across the southern edge of the park in two small slivers, impacting grass and landscaping. next slide. the image at the top left is the maximum net view shadow. as you can see, it occurs in

two small slivers of the park, outlined in red. again, sort of grass pathway and landscaping areas. the maximum shading occurs in the summer at 7:34 p.m., in which the shadow covers .017% of the park area, or roughly 65 square feet. next slide, please. in closing, i'd just like to highlight the 1989 memo provides quantitative as well as qualitative create for determining whether a shadow on

a rec park property will have a significantly adverse impact on the use of the park. parks less than two acres with less than 20% shading, which is the case here, but there is no published standard. this project would have a total of 14.56052% shadow. also, qualitatively, the criteria also considers time of day shadow, time of year, shadow size, shadow duration, shadow location, and public benefit served by the project, as cindy described. next slide, please. just lastly, for visual shared reference, here are some existing site photos of south park capturing the images i mentioned, including picnic seating at both ends of the park, top row, more interior

spaces on the second and third rows, showing the various lawn expanses, and the seating area. the bottom photo is the area where the shadow would touch the edges of the area. that is my presentation, and thank you for your attention. i'm available for any questions, as is cindy. >> president buell: thank you. >> clerk: okay. we're now in public comment. if anyone on the line would like to comment on item 10, please dial star, three to be added to the queue. i see that john kevlin has his hand raised. john, go ahead. you'll have two minutes. >> thank you, miss summers. let me just share my screen real quick.

good afternoon -- or good morning, commissioners. john kevlin on behalf of reuben, junius, and rose. as mentioned, the project proposes demolition of buildings at the property and the construction of two new buildings with roughly 100,000 square feet of office and 17,000 square feet of p.d.r. the project is northwest of the park. mr. townes did a good job of mentioning of there's an extremely small portion of shadow in the park. you can see these are two small little areas at the bottom of the park surrounded by shadow at the end of the day. once again, these are

indications of where the shadow is. you can see the one on the left is not really even useable space. despite the very small amount of new shadow cast on the park, modifying the project in a way to avoid the shadow would be quite significant. you can see here there's three areas of the massing of the building that are what caused the shadow, and they seem to be relatively minor, but when you actually have to carve out, you know, the building in order to be constructible and minimize impacts, we're losing 35 square feet at the front of the building. this is a pretty significant loss to makeup for such a small amount of shadow on the park. just to reiterate what mr. townes said, south park is a small park per the 1989 guidelines. the guidelines recommend that these projects do not impact

over 20% with the shadow, and the project would have a very small increase, below 15%, well below the 1989 guidelines. thank you for your attention, and we respectfully ask that you deny the significant shadow and thank you for your time. >> clerk: this is the time for public comment. paul, are there any callers on the line for public comment? >> operator: there are two callers and no one in the queue for public comment. >> clerk: okay. seeing no public comment,

public comment is closed. >> president buell: okay. commissioners? we have commissioner low. commissioner low, would you like to make a motion on this project? >> commissioner low: i believe that commissioner anderson had her hand up. >> president buell: commissioner anderson? >> commissioner anderson: could somebody please remind me what the park hours are? >> our normal park hours -- our parks are closed between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. i don't know off the top of my head whether south park has unique hours, as some of our parks do. >> commissioner anderson: yeah, i was wondering if it had special hours. i do know if you wanted to reserve a picnic table, that

closes at 6:00 p.m., but i just wanted to say that i do believe that this is close to deminimus. >> president buell: i would like to go back toition commissioner low. >> commissioner low: yes. i would move that the project as proposed does not produce a significant impact, and would move the item as proposed. >> second. >> president buell: we have a motion and a second. all in favor? opposed? seeing no opposed, it carries unanimously, and thanks, john. okay. we're good. >> clerk: okay. so thank you. now, we will move on -- and just so everyone knows, commissioner low is off the call.

we're moving onto item 7, the summer together initiative. >> great. sorry for the earlier glitch, commissioners. my colleagues, who i was excited to bring to this commission in the name of partnership in this exciting initiative, so i'm going to be handling this solo, but i'm going to be joined by anne marie donnelly, who are our recreation and business manager and assistant superintendent and has been instrumental in some of the planning in case that questions come up, which is actually a happy good news presentation that we just want to make sure that the commission and members of the public are aware of, so i will share my screen, and we will get into it. oh, let's see...there we go. can you see the slide? >> president buell: yes. >> great. now -- hold on. let's make sure that i can advance the slides, which i

can't seem to do here, so give me one second -- oh, there we go. perfect. we're on. so as you know, commissioners, perhaps if -- there aren't many silver lining from covid, but one is the incredible relationship that the department of rec and park has had with the department of children, youth, and families since the pandemic began. if you recall, nearly 13 months ago, our department shifted into emergency child care mode for health care providers. -- providers when the school district closed in march 2020. last summer, we launched a special summer camp program that was covid focused, followed by our community

learning hubs, which we've been operating throughout the year while continuing to operate emergency child care, and now, this summer, through some terrific partnerships, some philanthropy, and a partnership with our mayor, but including input from supervisors ronen, melgar, haney, and chan, focusing on what we can do for our school children who have been out of in-person learning for some time. so out of a lot of collective effort comes our summer together program, which i'm going to advance the slides, where we are continuing to partner with a variety of agencies, community organizations, nonprofit, the business community, to offer free inperson and virtual

learning experiences for sfusd students this summer. as you know, it's really been a very, very difficult year of loss for our children. we have talked about this in previous meetings, but it is really worth emphasizing because i think the impact on our kids and on our families has perhaps been understated throughout the year, but kids experiencing learning loss, isolation, stunted social and emotional support and physical activity for some of our most impacted and underserved communities of color. so this summer, we are doing everything that we can to give kids a little bit of a head start heading into the summer to help combat some of the learning loss issues, to get kids back into a social setting, and to provide them with the supports that they

need. all summer programs this summer will be a mix of enrichment and physical recreation but also some academic assistances and academic support. and as you can see here, we'll also be working with high school kids to recover lost credits and continuing to support the school district's ethnic studies curriculum. so this is sort of pyramid of how we're all doing this together thanks to the great partnership of the san francisco public library who will be using some space at the palace of fine arts, all sfusd students will be eligible for up to ten summer reading books to are distributed by the san francisco public library.

i don't think i have him on the call, but i want to really celebrate our city librarian, michael lambert, and maria su. we've been on the phone all year long, talking about how we can support children, youth, and their families. we are partnering with sfusd this summer, who is opening up a number of their facilities, and we are leveraging that by also identifying other community centers and private commercial spaces in an effort mostly led by dcyf to provide in-person learning for up to 17,000 students. rec and park comes in with some of our traditional work, augmented by some trick lum support, where we will be offering up to 3,000 students summer camp opportunities and

learning opportunities, and i want to be clear, we are prioritizing all sfusd students, and all sfusd students will have the opportunity to attend the program this summer. in addition, there are some more unique and boutique opportunities to reach students with personal support. as maria, who -- so i will refer to her as my partner in good. as maria likes to say, we are all in. dcyf, rec park, school district, library, everybody, all hands on deck to try to give our kids a little bit of an extra boost this summer. here are the rec and park sfesk park san francisco elements of

the program, and before i dive into them, i want to mention marie banford, and she has been excellent, as well as all of our rec and park members. i want to reiterate how much i respect all of our rec and park members who have come to work every day for the last 13 months to support our san francisco families. our staff is caring, incredibly flexible, and they have had to compartmentalize their own families. this summer, we will be

offering 35 day camps at 30 areas around the city for nine weeks of summer. this is not a typical summer for us because we are constrained by continuing health orders. kids will be asked to sign up for three-week sessions, which is very different, again, and i had -- and kids will be operating in pods. it's noted that those children 16 and over are invited to be vaccinated, so we still need to be careful and thoughtful, but we will be giving kids a taste of what we do best, which is camps around town, a.s.l. camps, where kids can participate in sign language or learn sign language. we have neighborhood camps in chinatown and outer mission, we have a girls-only sport camp in

mira loma. this is some of the best aspects of the san francisco park and recreation department. we will be hiring over 200 teens age 14 to 17 from all across the industry to work in our camps, and along with hiring a lot of young adults as rec leaders, so we are employing a lot of people, giving both our young teenagers and our older transitional aged youth and young adults some work experiences and some social emotional work experiences, as well. in addition to what we provide in-house, we have engaged over 190 outside agencies that are interested in operating summer

camp programs in san francisco parks, and to this, i really want to extend a tip of the hat to the amazing dana ketchum and her amazing staff who have been managing this, just a constant wave of changes in work relations and opening things up and shutting them down and coming up with lots and lots of agreements and permits and m.o.u.s in short periods of time. through dana's efforts and her team's efforts, we hope to be able to offer an additional 500 camp sessions or an additional 10,000 camp slots. and the plan is for this summer tooth -- summer together plan,

to allow kids or parents to prepurchase or purchase. to be clear, we don't have enough slots to place every sfusd student in a slot or learning opportunity, so this program will continue to prioritize families for highest need in early registration. and that includes families living in low-income housing, families experiencing homelessness, children in foster homes and low-income families with a focus on historically impacted communities, and families with kids with special education needs and i.e.p.s. of course, we will continue to post opportunities for our special needs families, as

well, as we have historically done. we are in the midst of an early registration period because it actually started on april 12 where we are identifying sfusd families, whether they are prioritized for early registration or not. we are identifying sfusd families who are interested in participating in our programs this summer because those families will be given basically two tiers of prioritized registration, and then, of course, for those that are participating in our programs, they will be free. but again, sfusd, dcyf, and a lot of school providers are also partnering with us. so for those families at home that want to know how they can connect to this program, we want to encourage them by

simply calling 311, and we will connect you. sfusd will be contacting families to enroll in one of their specific programs, which is really exciting, by the way. this is sort of the kernel of what will blossom into a partnership of recreational departments. so a little bit more about

r.t.d.s program. the process is open and will remain open until the end of this month. between may 3 and the 7, anne marie and her amazing team will begin registration for the highest needs families as discussed, and these are the very same families that we have been focusing on all year through our community hubs. then, on may 8, we will -- in the morning, we will open up registration to nonpriority sfusd families, and then, by noon on may 8, anne marie, if i have this right, we will open up remaining registration slots to nonsfusd families. for those watching at home, you can find more information at

sfparks.org/register. if you have any questions, please call our hotline at 628-652-2900. that's 628-652-2900, or if you can't remember that number or don't have a pen to write it down, just try 311, and both on the line and hotline, we have interpretation available for anyone who needs it. c.b.o.s who run their own programs are going to be reaching out to their own priority families to enroll them in a variety of programs. families that are not eligible for early register will be able to register for all slots after may 8. we are in this early registration period.

open registration starts -- well, rec and park will start their prioritized registration between may 3 and may 7 and the morning of may 8 for nonprioritized sfusd families, and then everybody else after noon, and then sfusd summer programs will begin monday, june 7. all other programming will begin monday, june 14, and they will begin three three-week sessions of camps. again, this has really been a tremendous partnership with dcyf, our school district, our public library. 311 is lending a hand. the city's department of technology is lending a hand. philanthropy is important, and we're really grateful to crank start for their $25 million

worth of support to this initiative, and i want to conclude by, again, just celebrating recreation division, supported and managed and implemented by just the amazing anne marie donnelly, but every single member of the rec team has supported all of our kids this summer, and we are very pleased and grateful to be able to be giving kids a lift, and to that end, you should also know that dana ketchum and i are working with the san francisco unified school district to organize and potentially host graduation ceremonies, so the work continues. >> president buell: better answer that call. >> yeah, that, believe it or

not, in another example of pandemic life, is my daughter. so i will exit the slide show, and that is the end of the presentation. >> president buell: thanks for filling in there, phil. i know it was short notice. >> no problem. >> clerk: okay. thank you. if anyone is on the call who would like to comment on item 7, summer together, please dial star, three to be added to the queue. >> operator: hi, ashley. there are two members of the public on the line and see -- zero hands raised. we are now -- oh, this is a discussion item. did anyone have anything they wanted to say before i move on? >> president buell: questions? comments? i see some hands raised here. what's going on?

>> commissioner anderson: i just wanted to say how proud and -- and just totally excited i am about rec and park's involvement in this and just echo how invaluable our staff is to this city. it has such a personal -- it's just so personal to me, one, having been born and raised in this city and going to camp silvertree. as the child of a working mother, it was so important to my child's development. and with my own kids, my daughter is one of those former recreation leads, and now she's a team, and she's coming back to kezar sports camp, hoping to inspire the next generation of players. i'm so grateful for the staff. it's a lot of work, but all of

our students, especially sfusd students need this so badly. so thank you for doing this work and thank you for helping with these programs and the graduation ceremonies, which are super important, so thank you all. >> president buell: thank you, commissioner. commissioner anderson? >> commissioner anderson: i just wanted to say what commissioner jupiter-jones said. what rec and park is doing particularly in a time when our children have not been able to attend public school, this kind of enrichment is mission critical, and i just want to thank folks who may not -- this may not be top of mind to everybody, and that's fine. i guess that, but investing in our children is so important, and this is one of the most important vital -- and san

francisco is one of the most important vital progressive cities in the world, and so i just want to commend everyone for doing that. thank you. >> president buell: thank you, commissioner anderson. i don't see any other hands raised, so i think we can move on. >> commissioner mcdonnell had his hand raised. >> president buell: oh, i didn't see it. >> vice president mcdonnell: i just wanted to echo the comments on so many levels. i just wonder, phil, it seems like this is a wonderful opportunity for volunteers, particularly in the reading context. i don't know if that is in the mix, and if it is, fantastic, and if not, if there is a portal to invite folks in to support in the summer. >> typical great question,

commissioner mcdonnell, and i will report back. you know, we use our recreation kids for different programs, but i will report back after consulting with director su about potential volunteer opportunities to support the program. >> i can actually chime in on that, phil. >> oh, great. please do, sarah. >> as you know, commissioner, the volunteer services division is part of our community affairs bucket, and we've been doing our best to try to support volunteers during covid. it's been challenging with some of the gathering regulations, but we have been working with the folks at summer together and together s.f., and the -- and dcyf to publicize opportunities. so we have a list of needs from our staff. we do this every summer, but we're getting help and support publicizing in getting the word

out because of the size and breadth of this initiative, so thank you for thinking of our good list of volunteers. >> vice president mcdonnell: thank you, sarah. >> president buell: okay. so as far as my screen shows, there's no further questions or hands raised, so let us proceed. >> clerk: okay. we are now on item 11, 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 on the recreation and park commission and that do not appear on the agenda. so if you'd like to provide public comment, please dial star, three. paul, did anyone raise their hand? >> operator: ashley, i see two members of the public and no hands raised at this time.

>> clerk: seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. we're now on item 12, commissioners' matters. would any commissioner like to speak? >> president buell: commissioner jupiter-jones. >> so this is very fitting, as today is 415 day, the 15 day of the fourth month, representing san francisco. i'm very excited to be able to talk about -- introduce the -- move forward with the department adopting a native lands acknowledgement, and i first want to say that even though i get the honor of kind of putting this in motion today that it's not -- you know, i'm new to the motion, and it's not me -- that this work has been happening prior to me joining the commission, and i just want to thank commissioner mcdonnell and ashley and sarah and

bethany and eric and, of course, director ginsburg, so i just want to put that on the record that just because you're hearing my voice today, it didn't just come out of my head. but, of course, we are here celebrating san francisco today, and we need to start by acknowledging the first peoples of this land and their history, and how all of us who are proud san franciscans grew to claim that title and all of our different ancestors. i'm hoping for our next may meeting that the secretary summers could help move forward with the drafting of a native land acknowledgement that the department will adopt? this will include a verbal acknowledgement that hopefully we can present at the beginning of commission meetings and other department events.

also, we're going to have a verbal and physical acknowledgement of these ohlone ramaytush people who are the first residents of this land, so i'm excited to work on this and have it come to fruition for the department. >> president buell: thank you very much, commissioner. commissioner mcdonnell? >> vice president mcdonnell: first, i want to thank commissioner jupiter-jones for this. i am excited for that and look forward to it coming forward. secondly, just in the context of us holding our equity moment, that was our equity moment, and just want to acknowledge that. and having said that, say two things. one, i have met with the general manager and sarah madlin and lorraine, other members of the team, to bring more organizing around the equity moment that will be one part celebration and acknowledgement, one part reporting out on progress of

the department on the internal reap as well as external engagement, and it will also create some space for actual agendizing of discussions, where we can grapple with some of the issues in the context of equity, so more to come on that, so again, i want to thank jupiter-jones for her leadership and also particularly in the space of celebration, really want toen courage or invite, rather, my -- to encourage or invite, rather, my colleagues to reach out to me if you're interested in sharing a particular equity moment in a given month. and with that, i would like to invite, because we've already had this discussion, to invite commissioner hallisy to be prepared for the equity moment in may. >> commissioner hallisy: great. thanks so much, commissioner. i will be ready.

>> president buell: great. thanks so much, commissioner mcdonnell. that will be helpful. >> clerk: all right. is there any public comment on item 12, commissioners' matters? paul, did anyone raise their hands on this? >> operator: there are no hands raised, ashley. >> clerk: okay. seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. we are now on item 13, new business/agenda settings. anyone with anything on that? >> commissioner anderson: yes, i have something that i would like to bring up. >> clerk: okay. >> commissioner anderson: i have been hearing a number of people expressing concern in the india basin area about a kayak launch in our area there, and i want to have an opportunity to have that matter looks into and give an additional report, and certainly, i can talk at greater length with commissioner buell and general manager phil ginsburg.

>> president buell: thanks, commissioner anderson, and the general manager and i have had some brief conversations about this, and there are -- there are some materials and responses to those concerns, so we'll look forward to sorting that out. >> commissioner anderson: thank you very much. >> clerk: okay. anything else, commissioners? okay. is there any public comment on item 13? >> operator: there is one member of the public on the line and zero hands raised, ashley. >> clerk: seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. we are now on item 14, communications. is there any public comment on item 14? >> operator: there are two members of the public on the line and zero hands raised. >> clerk: okay. seeing no public comment,

public comment is closed. we are now on item 15, adjournment. >> president buell: chair would entertain a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> president buell: all in favor? opposed? thank you, one and all, and ashley, thank you very much. mr. general manager, thank you very much. we did some on-the-spot covering, and it went well. >> thanks, everyone. have a good week.

>> still a lot of people wonder since the trees have a lot of issues, why did we plant them in the first place? >> trees are widely planted in san francisco. with good reason. they are workhorses when it comes to urban forestry. we have begun to see our ficustrees are too big and dangerous in san francisco. we have a lot of tree failures with this species in particular. this is a perfect example of the challenges with the structure of the ficustrees. you can see four very large

stems that are all coming from the same main truck. you can see the two branches attached to one another at a really sharp angle. in between you can't it is a lot of strong wood. they are attached so sharply together. this is a much weaker union of a branch than if you had a wide angel. this is what it looks like after the fi c.u. resolution s limb l. >> we see decline. you can see the patches where there aren't any leaves at all. that is a sign the tree is in decline. the other big challenge is the root system of the tree are aggressive and can impact nearby utilities, and we can fix the

sidewalk around the tree in many cases. we don't want to cuts the roots too severely because we can destabilize the tree. >> in a city like san francisco our walks are not that wide. we have had to clear the branches away from the properties. most of the canopy is on the street side and that is heavyweight on those branches out over the street. that can be a factor in tree limb failures. a lot of people wonder since these trees have a lot of issues. why did we plant them in the first place? they provided the city with benefits for decades. they are big and provide storage for carbon which is important to fight climate change and they provide shade and really i think many people think they are a beautiful asset. >> when we identify trees like this for removal and people

protest our decision, we really understand where they are coming from. i got into this job because i love trees. it just breaks my heart to cut down trees, particularly if they are healthy and the issue is a structural flaw. i have also seen first hand what happens when we have failures. we have had a couple of injuries due to tree failures. that is something we can't live with either. it is a challenging situation. we hate to lose mature trees, but public safety has to always . public safety has to always >> my name is dave, and i play defense. >> my name is mustafa, and i am

a midfielder, but right now, i am trying to play as a goalkeeper, because they need a goalkeeper. >> soccer u.s.a. is a nonprofessional organization. we use sports, soccer in particular to engage communities that can benefit from quality programs in order to lift people up, helping to regain a sense of control in one's life. >> the san francisco recreation and park department and street soccer u.s.a. have been partners now for nearly a decade. street soccer shares our mission in using sport as a vehicle for youth development and for reaching people of all ages. rec and park has a team. >> i'm been playing soccer all my life. soccer is my life. >> i played in the streets when

i was a kid. and i loved soccer back home. i joined street soccer here. it was the best club to join. it helps me out. >> the tenderloin soccer club started in the summer of 2016. we put one of our mini soccer pitches in one of our facilities there. the kids who kpriez the club team came out to utilize that space, and it was beautiful because they used it as an opportunity to express themselves in a place where they were free to do so, and it was a safe space, in a neighborhood that really isn't the most hospitalable to youth -- hospitable to youth playing in the streets. >> one day, i saw the coach and my friends because they went there to join the team before me. so i went up to the coach and

asked, and they said oh, i've got a soccer team, and i joined, and they said yeah, it was he for everybody, and i joined, and it was the best experience ever. >> a lot of our programs, the kids are in the process of achieving citizenship. it's a pretty lengthy process. >> here, i am the only one with my dad. we were in the housing program, and we are trying to find housing. my sister, she's in my country, so i realize that i have a lot of opportunities here for getting good education to help her, you know? yeah. that's the -- one of the most important things that challenge me. >> my dad was over here, making some money because there was not a lot of jobs back home. i came here, finish elementary in san francisco.

after that, i used to go back to my country, go to yemen, my country, and then back here. last time i went back was a couple years ago. >> i came here six months, i know nobody. now i have the team has a family, the coaches. amazing. >> i'm hoping for lifelong friendships, and i'm super inspired by what they've been able to achieve and want to continue to grow alongside them. >> i love my family, i love my team. they're just like a family. it's really nice. >> street soccer just received a five year grant from the department of children, youth and family, and this is an important inreflection point for street soccer u.s.a. because their work in our most important communities is now known beyond just san francisco recreation and park department, and together, we're going to

continue to work with our city's most vulnerable kids and teach them to love the beautiful game. >> i want to tell everybody back home, i hope you all make it over here and join teams like this like street soccer u.s.a., and live your life. get a better life. >> right away, just be patient, and then, everything will be okay. - >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their showing up and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique

successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 san francisco owes must of the charm to the unique characterization of each corridor has a distinction permanent our neighbors are the economic engine of the city. >> if we could a afford the lot by these we'll not to have the kind of store in the future the kids will eat from some restaurants chinatown has phobia one of the best the most unique neighborhood shopping areas of san francisco. >> chinatown is one of the oldest chinatown in the state we need to be able allergies the people and that's the reason

chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one of the last little italian community. >> one of the last neighborhood that hadn't changed a whole lot and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partnership with businesses as well and i just love north beach community old school italian comfort and love that is what italians are all about we need people to come here and shop here so we can keep this going not only us but, of course, everything else in the community i think local businesses the small ones and coffee shops are

unique in their own way that is the characteristic of the neighborhood i peace officer prefer it is local character you have to support them. >> really notice the port this community we really need to kind of really shop locally and support the communityly live in it is more economic for people to survive here. >> i came down to treasure island to look for a we've got a long ways to go. ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners they need money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things.

>> definitely supporting the local community always good is it interesting to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san >> the hon. london breed: well, first of all, thank you so much for being here. i'm san francisco mayor london breed, and i just want to start this press conference by really acknowledging what happened in atlanta, georgia.

many of you heard about the asian american women who were killed, unfortunately, and targeted in atlanta, and i've reached out to mayor lance bottoms to express our condolences. as many of you know here in san francisco, we've seen a rise in hate crimes against our elderly asian community, and i want to make it clear that we won't tolerate it. san francisco will continue to support and uplift our asian community. at the beginning of this pandemic, the xenophobia and racism against our asian community has been really horrible, and we are all struggling here. our city has been impacted tremendously. now is not the time to continue to accept hate against a

particular community. now is the time to uplift and to support and to embrace. we are almost in a good place one year later after the city had to make one of the hardest decisions it ever had to made to shutdown, to shutdown to save lives, when we didn't understand exactly when this virus meant and how it could impact us. but you, you trusted the leadership of the city. you trusted the department of public health. he trusted the science. and you didn't completely understand. i know i didn't, either, but i was grateful. i was grateful for the city of san francisco because our quick

action is being praised throughout the city for saving thousands of lives. but there was sacrifice. there was sacrifice because so many people did lose their lives. there were people who did not make it through this pandemic. there were businesses that had been around since before i was born that did not make it through this pandemic. there were people who struggled because of the decision we had to make. we recognize our children have suffered, our seniors in isolation have suffered. our mental health has suffered, but san francisco, we've been in this place before. we've struggled before. there was a pandemic in this city 100 years ago.

there was an earthquake in 1906, there was an earthquake in 1989. there were things that we have experienced before, and we came back. when you think about it, we came back because we didn't drown in our despair. we took the tragedy, we took those experiences, and we used those experiences, tragedy, to make san francisco a better city. when you think about it, the embarcadero -- some of us remember that freeway that was down there. remember the freeway on thompson in the fillmore-western addition-hayes. those neighborhoods used to be dark because of the shadows of

the freeway and the noise and the pollution. we took a tragedy in the 89 earthquake and created an opportunity, an opportunity to make embarcadero and the city's waterfront one of the best anywhere, and we will do the same with covid-19. we will take what we have experienced this past year and use it as an opportunity to address issues around inequity that have only been lifted higher as a result of this pandemic. but let me tell you another thing. we should be proud of what we've been able to do. when this city shutdown a year ago, there were still people that had to go to work. there were people at san

francisco general who had to sacrifice their lives. when you look at the data in the city and county of san francisco of the workforce and who contracted the virus at some of the highest rates, it was people who work for the department of public health. they put their lives on the line in order to take care of those who were sick. it was our muni drivers, our grocery store clerks, our police officers, our firefighters. our essential workforce in this city had no choice but to show up because we were counting on them. today, as we think about that year and all the work that we've had to put in in order to get to this place where we are today, i'm grateful. i'm grateful to the workforce here in san francisco, and i'm

grateful to the nurses and the doctors and the clinicians and the janitors and the h.r. representatives and all the people who still showed up. i'm grateful to the people in the nonprofit and still provided rental assistance and made sure those who were suffering from covid and could not collect unemployment, that they had the resources that they need. when you think about all that we've done in this city, we built a testing operation from scratch, mary ellen, leader of the emergency response in this city. we built testing capacities from scratch. we had to pull together resources and p.p.e. we remember those times when folks were just doing everything they could to get by and in need of n95 masks and

other things in order to serve the people at san francisco general. look at where we are now. 33% of san franciscans over the age of 16 have been vaccinated. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: 71% of those over the age of 65, our most vulnerable population, vaccinated. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: yes, we're still in this pandemic. i see dr. colfax shaking right now, like make sure you remind them we're in the midst of a pandemic, but we've conducted over 1.6 million tests since the beginning of this. almost 10,000 people were served through our hotel programs. 10.5 million meals and 2

million bags of groceries. the work continued. we came together. we supported people in san francisco. i remember early on, when i received a note from my neighbor that said if you need someone to go grocery shopping, you need someone to pick up medication, you need someone to do anything, or just need somebody to talk to, here's my e-mail and my phone number. that's san francisco right there. that's what we do. even despite the challenges that we face, we rose to the occasion, and we took care of one another. we all did our part, and it was hard. we didn't get to see our loved ones. we had to separate our kids, still struggling to get back into school. we sacrificed, and we made it through. we need a little bit more, just

a little bit more. as we look back on this past year, what i'm going to take from this is what an amazing future we have and how san francisco is going to continue to be more aggressive than it has ever been to address then equities in our city around health care, around housing, around unemployment. how san francisco is going to do everything we can to pour resources in our small businesses and keep our shared spaces program, our parklets, where our businesses and restaurants can continue to get back so they can eventually get back on their feet. what i'm looking forward to is that san francisco -- as much as my family drives me crazy, i miss them, and i'll probably

spend a little bit more time with them as a result of this, and i think you feel the same about your family and friends: a newfound appreciation for one another for what we've all been through together. so i know it's been hard, but there is hope. there is hope for a better future because out of those ashes, we will emerge stronger. we will emerge better as a city because we are still here, and we stand in solidarity with one another, getting through this crisis. so thank you to all of you who have sacrificed so much. the health care workers who couldn't go home and had to stay in hotel rooms away from their families and even their kids. the police officers, the firefighters, and as i said, the people who still showed up at those grocery stores and

dealt with us complaining with something being a different price on the shelf versus when they rang it up at the counter. the businesses that dealt with the resources. the folks that work at these hotels, the people that work at these shelters. so much work, so much sacrifice, and i feel good. i feel good not just because i was vaccinated yesterday -- [applause] >> the hon. london breed: i feel good because i see the city coming alive again. so as we begin to reopen one year later, let's just remember, remember all we sacrificed, and let's also appreciate all that life, all that life will bring us in the

future as we come out of this pandemic because it was worth it. it was worth it. 448 people tragically lost their lives in san francisco, but you also have to understand san francisco is one of the densest cities in the country, and we had one of the lowest death rates of any major city in the country. we were a model for this, and it has everything to do with you. people were wandering, well, how did you shutdown in san francisco? it wasn't because we did it early, it's because we have some of the best health care professionals in san francisco.

if you get sick or something happens to you, this is where you want to be, is san francisco general. the likelihood that your life will be saved is better than anywhere else in the world, and i want you to know that. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: so today, we celebrate, we remember, we get excited about the future, and we show one another support, because we're all in this together. we remember that all of us are sacrificing, all of us are dealing with something, and as we began to reopen our city, dr. colfax, hopefully sooner, rather than later -- dr. colfax doesn't want us to have any fun. he's like, well, i know the state said we can do this, but unfortunately, i'm going to hold off. but i did also say to you, dr. colfax, that i heard dr. fauci

said, let's not move too fast, and this has been one of the most conservative department of public health departments anywhere, so we do appreciate that because it has made a difference. so thank you to our essential workers, thank you to the san franciscans that sacrificed. thank you to everyone who will continue to do their part, and there will be a time where we will be able to come together again and actually talk without wearing a mask, and i am looking forward to the day when that happens. thank you all so much for being here, and with that, i want to introduce dr. grant colfax. [applause] >> well, good morning, everybody, and thank you, madam

mayor, for your brave and bold leadership throughout this pandemic. the decisions you've made have saved countless lives. your support for the public health department -- [indiscernible]. >> -- and the decisions you were forced to make -- [indiscernible]. >> okay. i'll loosen up. your support deep into the nights of the discussions we had, the decisions you made have indeed saved countless lives and helped the city weather the very worst of the pandemic. and i have to say, mayor, when this is over, i'm looking forward to a big part, and dancing with you, and shouting with joy, and raising our hands

and celebrating that we made it through this. and also, i want to take a moment to acknowledge the year of pain and suffering for so many, including the nearly 450 san franciscans who have lost their lives to covid-19 this year. my condolences to their families and their loved ones. in standing here today with you, mayor, and my fellow department heads, it's a profound and emotional moment for me. as some of you know, i came to san francisco in the early 90s as a resident here at this very hospital to fight hiv/aids, which as we also know, has unfortunately claimed thousands of lives in san francisco.

and as we have seen with covid-19, exploit the social, cultural, and economic fault lines of our society and brings more harm to people of color. if you had told me then, on ward 5-a, the old hiv ward, that we were pioneering the play book to fight covid-19 and to slow a pandemic 30 years later, i may not have believed you, but here we are. and while this has been an incredibly challenging year, it has also been filled with moments of hope, and even optimism. for me, the moments that will always stick with me are when, after the decision to shelter in place, those few weeks when we actually saw the curve

flatten -- and i remember people telling me, it's happening, and it took me some time, and finally, i was able to say to the mayor with confidence, we have flattened the curve. that's when we knew that interventions like social distancing, limiting gatherings, and masking, could slow the spread. we didn't know that at the time, and we showed that san francisco could do this together. and then, there was the morning that i read about the results of the first vaccine trials, and when the mayor asked me early on when we'd have a vaccine for this, i told her it would be a long time, and i was wrong, and i am so glad that i was wrong on this. as someone who started working at d.p.h. for vaccine trials for hiv/aids, something we still don't have an effective

vaccine, it was so satisfying that within a year, perhaps the fastest timeline in history, we would be able to protect people from this disease. in walking in here today, you see the lines of people getting their vaccine. and now, we have not just one, but three vaccines that are highly effective in preventing deaths and hospitalizations from covid-19. and i'll never forget the day, december 16, that we administered the first vaccines here in san francisco. the milestones i've described have been hard won and are owed to the people of this magnificent city. just like in the early days of hiv/aids, it's san francisco's spirit of innovation, it's compassion, and its refusal not to stand idle when the federal government failed in its leadership to make so much of a difference. as the mayor said, our covid

death rate is among the lowest in the nation. i could not be prouder of what we accomplished together. another part is the public health clinic and our partnerships across the city. our close collaboration from the outset enabled us to scale up programs and services quicker as we wrapped our arms around the city. and we have seen this virus take hold in communities where people have to leave their homes for work, increasing their exposure to covid-19 and who often live in larger households making it difficult to isolate from the pandemic. the d.p.h. and covid command, in partnership with our community partners, prioritized vulnerable populations in our emergency actions and response. we have come so far, but we still have farther to go, and

we can go together. to my colleagues at public health and covid command, this year was so difficult for you where you found yourself in learning curves where the stakes were so high. your compassion and diligent work for communities have raised the bar for supporting these communities in overcoming barriers to better health and economic outcomes. and, you know, the other day, i saw a patient in clinic at our positive health program, the building adjacent. she was 65 and an immigrant and living with hiv. today, her hiv is well controlled with meds. she contracted covid and recovered. in fact, the day i saw her, she had recently received her second dose of the vaccine.

her story is striking to me because she embodies san francisco's own story of surviving two pandemics. like so many of our residents, she is a testament to our resilience and the compassionate care that people can get in this hospital and this city. there are so many people to thank, including my colleagues on the frontline. i want to thank the deputy director of d.p.h., who is continuing to hold so much during this pandemic. [applause] >> to dr. aragon, who's gone onto the state, to be the health director. and for dr. susan phillips, who has stepped up in the role of acting health officer, and dr.

susan ehrlich, chief medical officer of this hospital. i want to think of us about the things that have come out of this pandemic. maybe it's the safe streets or walking down our neighborhood corridors. maybe it's having a new pet join your family, or maybe it's getting to go out with others. for me, it's dancing, and i look forward to going out and doing that. whatever it is, as the light at the end of the tunnel shines brighter, let us carry on the positive transformation of this past year that makes this city

a wonderful place. remember, mask on, stay strong, and get the vaccine when you're eligible. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, dr. colfax. i'll believe it when i see it. he's the one i have to talk to every day, and he's always, like, well, we have to do this mayor, and i'm, like, why? i don't want to do that. and speaking of hobbies, i was -- before this pandemic, i had zero lives, anything in my place, and now, i have 31 plants. i don't know if any of you have any hobbies, but plants are my babies. that's my story, and i'm sticking to it. i just want to take this opportunity to thank the director of emergency management for the city.

when you talk about our response to covid and how challenging it's been, it's not only been here at san francisco general, but moscone center has really been ground zero in some ways for the emergency response. so many of our city employees who work in various departments, they've showed up as disaster service workers from the library, from d.p.h. and other places, and we embedded a whole covid team in this emergency response. so when we talk about getting groceries and services and everything we did in this city, everything we had to do came out of this whole operation managed by this incredible woman, our director of emergency management, mary ellen carroll. [applause] >> good morning. thank you, mayor.

it has been a mayor that has moved by so quickly and yet felt like an eternity. through it all, we were led by so many shining points of light. one of the brightest ones you just heard from, our mayor. our mayor, london breed. mayor, i want to thank you -- where are you? -- for your steadfast leadership and support, your vision, your resolve, and your compassion. [applause] >> it is what we all needed during this enduring crisis. [applause] >> and dr. colfax, thank you for your courage, your integrity, and your wisdom. i do not think of a -- could not think of a better partner to have during a pandemic. even when covid fatigue settled

in, and it has settled in, san franciscans continued to do the right thing for each other. i also want to recognize that this year would have looked a whole lot different if it weren't for the thousands of health care workers, many of you represented here. our emergency services personnel and our essential workers continue to come to work and risk exposure to help our beloved city. on march 17, a year ago, 2020, i was standing inside moscone center, overlooking third and howard streets, the day before the shelter in place order had been announced, and we moved from our very tightly packed, not very safe emergency operations center on turk street to moscone center. outside, the streets were empty, and it was, like, every person, bicycle, scooter, and car, had just disappeared.

inside, however, it was a completely different story. it was a hive buzzing with activity. we had veteran responders who had been working nonstop over the previous two months, and we also had hundreds of new, fresh faces. these were planners, election staffers, librarians, analysts, accountants, you name it, from other city departments, who were activated by disaster service workers. we had work to do. since that day, over 11,000 san francisco public servants have banded together to develop and implement one of the most expansive local emergency response shelters in the

country. together -- and you've heard some of these numbers already -- the covid command centers have tested 1.6 million tests, and we are at the top of the country for testing. millions -- [applause] >> millions of bags of groceries and meals for food insecure san franciscans, and we continue to do that. thousands of housing rooms for people who needed a place to safely house or quarantine or people who needed a safe place to shelter in place. we developed 3,000 multilingual posters, flyers, and health fact sheets that you will see all over this city. we engaged and developed health partnerships with our cities, and they have worked disproportionately -- with those populations

disproportionately affected by this pandemic. i have the number, 236,000 vaccines, but i'm sure it is more than that at this time. as we look back on all that we have accomplished, we need to remember why this matters so much. one of my co-workers shared this story with me. an older couple was sitting in the post vaccine observation area, holding hands, and they were both crying, with tears streaming down their faces. a staff person went over to ask to see if everything was okay. they smiled through their tears and said their grandchildren were born during this past year during the pandemic, and after an eternity of zoom calls and socially distanced visits, they were finally going to be able to hold those grandchildren close. so to all the essential workers

that have struggled and sacrificed, your work means something to this couple and to the nearly 1 million people we share this city with. so as we continue to vaccinate, set up to reopen and get on the road to recovery, there's still a lot of work to do, but in this year, we've grown smarter and definitely closer. and like the phoenix, that is the symbol of the city, as the mayor said, we will rise from the ashes again. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mary ellen. i'm a doctor here at zuckerberg staff and trauma center, and i'm here to share a few words from the prospect of our essential workers.

firstly, just want to thank everyone who spoke up here today. i think that this is an incredible milestone, and so this is quite a huge honor to be able to share a few reflections. i think my message in just thinking about a one-year milestone of this pandemic is some of the things that mayor london breed already touched upon: remembrance, in terms of everything that we've gone through, the resilience that it took to get to where we are today, deep gratitude, which i think really resonated with me as our mayor spoke, and hope in terms of where we are right now. from the early days of not knowing what we were up against to the amazing professionalism and team work, to the sadness

of seeing our latinx communities disproportionately impacted by this pandemic, to the stress in terms of addressing second and third surges of cases here at zuckerberg san francisco general, this year has been a bill challenge for our klein -- big challenge for our clinical teams and our community. and i remember the tears. i remember tears shed due to facing so many unknowns related to this new virus. i remember the tears shed after a long day of work, when staff were coming and asking questions about how we were planning to ration our supplies. i remember the fears of not knowing how bad each surge was going to be, and wondering if we would see the coming flood

seen in other parts of our country and the world, and of course, i remember the tears of joy, pure joy, in sending our patients home to be reunited with loved ones, sometimes after many months of battling through illness here at our hospital. very proud to say we've cared for over 1500 patients during this pandemic, and this is a tribute and compliment to all of our tears, and serves as a source of pride to all of us here at zsfg. i'm deeply grateful for our hospital leadership, and i'm deeply grateful to mayor london breed and her team for the proactive steps taken throughout the pandemic,

especially those taken one year ago, at the outset. because of all of her swift action, we have grandmothers and grandfathers, we have mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, friends and loved ones who are here with us today. to our staff here at zsfg, i'm grateful for all of your hard work in addressing the needs of the community, and it's really taken all of our team members. i want to give a shoutout to our greeter and screening staff at all of our campus entry teams, to our facilities and management staff, to our pharmacists, our food and nutrition services, to nutrition management, to our

respiratory therapists and our rehab staff, our social workers, our eligibility workers, our clinical lab workers, who have done all of our testing, to our care coordinators, our bed control operators, our technology and information analysts who keep our electronic systems runs, our chaplains, our nurse practitioners and nursing teams, to infection control and infectious diseases, our staff and nursing assistants, and our physician and nursing staff who spent countless hours and hours in rooms when we didn't know much about this virus, caring to make sure that folks could recover. really, you are all some of the best clinical staff on the planet, and the survival

rate -- i'm very evidence based. the survival rate of our covid-19 patients is just one shining example of the incredible work that you have performed. thanks to you, over 94% of patients who came through these very hospital doors, we were successfully able to discharge back to the community to be home with their loved ones. so to close out, really, i just wanted to share a message to all of those that we serve in the community. we are hopeful, extremely hopeful, but the work is not done yet. we are here to serve each and every one of you, irrespective of race, creed, sexual orientation or gender identity, legal status or economic status. keep masking, keep washing your hands, keep using commonsense

around gatherings, and maybe most importantly, vaccinate, which is, like, our real way out of this pandemic. i'm going to say a few words in spanish for our latino community. [speaking spanish language] [end of translation]. >> your clinical health care providers here at zsfg know the toll that has taken on all of

us, psychologically, mentally, economically. we know the road has just begun, but we see the light at the end of the tunnel. we are here, and we are ready to support you. [speaking spanish language] [end of translation]. >> as we work toward closing this chapter in our lives, really, let's continue to work together and support each other so we can get to that light at the end of the tunnel as soon as we can, so thank you very much. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you so much, dr. ortiz, for that message, and thank you so much for acknowledging how many people in how many departments have had to step up and serve at this hospital in particular to address this challenge, and thank you for the lives that you've saved. i also want to acknowledge that our police chief, bill scott,

is joining us, as well. thank you, chief scott, for all that you do and that the san francisco police department does to keep our city safe. it really does take a village, and this is the village that held themselves together to take care of the people of san francisco. you should all be so proud of what you've been able to accomplish. it has made a difference, it has saved lives, and we're going to look back on this moment, and people are going to say where were you during the 1920 global pandemic -- what year? i told you i was up since 6:00 in the morning. where were you during the 2020 global pandemic? and so many of you are going to have a story to tell, and how incredible this city was and how we stood together.

thank you for standing strong, thank you all so much for your steadfast leadership and advocacy and work in keeping our city together. i'm so honored to represent you as the mayor of what i think is the most incredible city anywhere in the world. so as we reopen, let's get back to work. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: but we will celebrate soon. thank you all so much. take care. [applause]

>> good morning. welcome to the april 16th our local agency formation commission meeting in san francisco. and, this meeting will come to order. i am supervisor connie chan. i am joined by our vice chair cynthia cuspollock and we're joined by commissioner gordon mar. the clerk for our commission meeting today is alyssa samora. i'd also like to thank all the staff at sfgov tv and i also want to recognize