>> commissioner hallisy: here. >> commissioner jupiter-jones: here. >> commissioner louie: here. the san francisco recreation and park commission acknowledges that we occupy the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone. as the indigenous protecters of this land in accordance with their traditions, they have never ceded, lost. as stewards of parkland we recognize our duty. as uninvited guests we affirm our sovereign rights as first

peoples and wish to pay respects to the ramaytush ohlone community. good morning. welcome to the meeting of the recreation and park commission on thursday, march 17, 2022. this meeting is being held in hybrid format. which mean it's occurring in city hall room 400, but there are also opportunities to take part remotely. if there are not enough seats, which there are plenty -- so i'm not going to bother with that part of the announcement. okay. sorry, we have a new announcement. so i'm just double checking to make sure what else i need to say to you all today. before we begin, i would like to remind all individuals present and attending the meeting in person that all rules must be adhered to.

failure to adhere to the rules and requirements may result in the removal from this room. we appreciate your cooperation with these rules and requirements in the interest of everyone's health and safety. please also note that hand sanitizer stations are available throughout the building and each elevator. okay. for remote commenters, you will be lined up in the system in the order you dial star 3. for remote comment today, you may call the number, 1-415-655-0001. and today's access code is 2485 255 7383. please do not dial star 3 until prompted. the system will notify you when you're in line and waiting. all callers will remain on mute until the line is open. everyone must account for the differences between live coverage and streaming.

the virtual format and the live format is captioned. we thank you for joining us. one last thing i wanted to mention to everybody today, i don't currently have public comment cards that i had mentioned to a couple of people. when i call public comment, if you're here in person, i'll have you line up against the wall with the tv. i don't think that will be an issue, but come up and talk to me if you have a problem. we're on item 2, the president's report. >> president buell: this is our first public meeting of the recreation and park commission monthly meetings, so i want to welcome everyone to city hall. thank you for coming and remind people you can participate remotely as described by the secretary. lastly, i would like to wish you all a st. patrick's day. thank you very much. >> is there any public comment

on the president's report? seeing none in person -- let me double-check, is there any public comment in our online meeting? no hands raised. seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. we're now on item 3, the general manager's report. >> good morning, commissioners. welcome back. happy st. patrick's day, although it is not just st. patrick's day today, it is the kickoff of march madness. so for all hoop fans out there, today is one of the biggest days in the sports world as this year's tournament kicks off with 64 of the top men's college basketball teams, including our very own. the women's tournament also kicks off tomorrow with 126 games spread over the next couple of weeks. again, including usf.

we have a bit of our own march madness going on. april madness and may madness and june madness, but the m.r.c. rebels, a renowned girls' basketball program out of mission rec center just completed tryouts fort upcoming season. our junior warriors season wrapped up with hundreds of city girls and boys learning the game of basketball. dozens of basketball classes, camps for boys and girls can be found at our website. on march 26 and 27, we're hosting a men's basketball tournament at st. mary's rec center. and registration is going on now for a spring coed adult basketball league that begins march 29th with a free agent showcase on march 23rd for those still looking to find a team. more details at our website.

and maybe just maybe, commissioner, for one of those championship games, we get a special announcer to call the game. >> commissioner hallisy: possibly, but i don't work for free. >> well, we'll pay you the same you get paid to do this job. [laughter] >> commissioner hallisy: i'd be happy to do it. >> wage fraud. >> moving on. president buell noted, it's nice to be back in city hall and out and about. yet another positive sign that we are emerging from the pandemic. our summer camps are back in full force this summer. registration for camps begins this saturday at 10:00 a.m. online at or by calling our

multilingual hot line at (628) 652-2900. this year, we are offering 104 unique camps. a 68% increase over last year during the pandemic. we're offering nearly 9,500 camp slots half of which are reserved for scholarship families. this summer also marks the return of camp mather. we've had more than 2000 applicants so far this year and have filled nearly 1,100 reservations for families eager to return to camp this summer, which means there is also disappointment, but nearly 500 families are first-time visitors to camp mather, which is really, really fantastic. we are also hiring 200 youth this summer for work. our 63-year-old youth employment

program for city teenagers who will work at our facilities in our parks and in our programs. it's going to be an exciting much anticipated return of summer activities this year and we're not even at spring yet. we are very proud to announcement that the newly renovated mini community garden opened this past weekend. in addition to member plots, there are others reserved for youth education programs that will be used by rec and park for programming. the project included the construction of raised the garden beds, fencing and retaining walls. funding for the $200,000 project included a community challenge grant and addback from district 11 safai as well as rec and park community garden funding. volunteers also contributed more than $30,000 worth of in-kind

work. a special thanks to dr. veronica honey cut and the council for securing the grant. we invite everyone to join commissioner louie and other special guests on saturday, march 19, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. to celebrate the reopening of the tai chi court just north of the mclaren park tennis courts near manziel. the project replaced a decommissioned parking lot with a new beautiful asphalt court while adding new seating, wind protecting berms, planting and accessible parking space and entry path. the event will feature a tai chi demonstration. a short speaking program. and lovely giveaways. save the date.

speaking of spring. extravaganza is back. our annual spring event returns this year on april 16th from 11:00 to 4:00 p.m. at a brand new location. extravaganza will be at crocker amazon park this year. this free family friendly event will include egg hunts, carnival rides, live entertainment, my favorite, big truck day, games and food for sale, more info can be found on our website. in honor of women's history month, we want to share that live music has returned to the golden gate park bandshell's iconic stage with another free

performance in golden gate park. the lift every voice series presented by illuminate in partnership with the san francisco parks alliance will offer more than 100 free shows in 2022 in golden gate park's music concourse. the lineup of performers taking to the stage is diverse and local with occasional international flourishes. it will include rock bands and singer-songwriters, r&b, soul, jazz, big band, string ensembles, dancers and will be featuring many home grown stars. all shows this month feature women, or women-fronted bands in celebration of international women's month. this past weekend we hosted a charity concert benefitting ukraine and specifically ukrainian refugees. the expanded multicultural program is part of a larger

effort to ensure golden gate park is a welcoming place for all informed by extensive public feedback gathered through the access program, the improvements include art installations and performances that reflect the diversity of the city and access up grades that connect black and brown, seniors and those with disability to the park. it will run through november, 2022 and echo with folk rock wednesdays -- let me do that again -- singer-songwriter folk rock wednesdays, jazz and soul friday happy hours, cultural and community performances on saturday and reggae sundays, as well as many special events like the recent benefit concert for ukraine. today we're so delighted to have former prozac chair, former d2

lafayette champion and former the mclaren, the jerry garcia amphitheatre partner, stephan franz, who is with us in person and he's going to be joined by ben davis and the amazing dana king, the sculptor responsible for monumental reckoning in the park. who are on location in the music concourse to talk about the concert series. stephan? >> thank you. commissioners, it's great to be here in front of you. some of you perhaps remember me as phil mentioned. i served 10 years on prozac representing district 2. in my final three years, i shared as the chair. i've been in front of you a handful of times but today i

feel like i can come to you with amazing news. as phil said, music is back in san francisco and it feels like the renaissance we all grew up here feeling. in 2021, we produced 65 free concerts at the golden gate park bandshell. 65 that focused on diversity, that focused on inclusion, that included every district in the city and some beyond. this year, the charge is different. this year we're on track for about 120 shows. in a venue that basically had maybe, 5, 10, 20 shows a year. it is amazing i can come to you and say i see children, i see families attending and they hear some jazz or singer-songwriter or r&b and they're drawn into that space. so that space has reclaimed its importance in san francisco's

community. and i'm here thankfully today to say a good many years at mclaren park i produced 40 shows during my tenure. the jerry garcia amphitheatre is on track to be a great new venue in a part of the city that is will be the future of our city in some ways, but golden gate park is just an amazing icon and i can't tell you, i'm in love with that bandshell. my wife wouldn't want to hear me say it, but i love it. i feel like the history meeting with today's need for outdoor venues for performance, for low barriers of entry, is changing our reality in san francisco. part of the people i have to give credit to and will hear from them in a minute are ben davis and the lovely dana king. their energy and their -- specifically ben davis' energy has really driven my want to be

involved in this. as most of you can imagine, this is a labor of love. this is not something that i'm, you know, making my future on, but it's something that i feel very, very -- it's very important to our city. and, you know, i hope that we can continue this. i wanted to present a fairly big presentation. phil said, you know, you got two minutes, three minutes. i had dancers, singers, multimedia presentation. >> we want them to go to the bandshell to see those. >> that's the point. >> you should have asked me and not phil. [laughter] >> certainly, president buell, i know you want song and dance. i know. next time. i promise to come back in a few months and bring you more updates. without further adieu, i did pass on the year-to-date wrap-up which is a pretty-looking presentation. i urge you to look at it.

come by the bandshell any time and feel the energy we're feeling there. i'm going to turn it over to the other speakers for this item. thank you for your time. >> president buell: thank you. >> okay, ben. >> can you folks hear us? >> yes. >> hi, perfect. i'm going to be super quick and just say thank you, stephan, thank you, everyone, stacy, dave, krista, down the line. everybody at rec and park has been amazing, a joy to work with under the great leadership of phil, of course. but let me do which what everyone wants to do. turn it over to dana. a happy back in personal space having your first public meeting, congratulations, happy st. patrick's day. this is my green today. we come to monumental every thursday and place flowers there on the ancestors because when

this -- you are installation was dedicated, we brought flowers and thought people would place them at their feet, but they put them in their hair. so every thursday -- [indiscernible] -- you're all welcome to come. this lovely lady is from upstate new york and comes and helps us on a regular basis. and i'm just so grateful. this space which lifts every voice and sings on the band stand just down at the end ever the concourse has enlivened the music concourse in a way that i never could have envisioned. to use the term that the young people use today, it is decolonizing this space. all kinds of people come here. and feel welcome here. the music has been such an

incredible draw. and you heard phil talk about it, you heard stephan talk about it, all kinds of music. so you can come and tap your feet and sing along. we haven't been able to individually, collectively, as a country, as a city for a very long time. it feels so great to be here. >> there you are. >> the staff who painted the bandshell flooring and who continue to keep it looking beautiful and the seating, it's lovely -- [indiscernible] -- out here. [poor connection] thank you on behalf of the ancestors. thank you.

>> shoutout to stephan. >> so awesome. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> thank you, ben, thank you, dana, thank you, stephan, it really is quite lovely. i'm out there often. again wednesday nights, fridays, saturdays and sundays. and it's just -- it's the park and the city that you want. it really is quite joyful. so happy women's history month, everyone. thank you from the bottom of our hearts, stephan, ben, dana, to the incredible golden gate park staff who have really worked very hard to make this all happen. it really is quite a joyous development. it's been something we've been working on. special shutout to dana ketchum. she drove this quite a bit and deserves a significant amount of credit as well and we can't wait to have you all out there to enjoy these shows.

that concludes the general manager's report. >> president buell: thank you very much. >> is there any public comment on the the general manager's report in room 400? okay, seeing no public comment, do we have anyone with their hand raised on the webex? it looks like no hands raised. no public comment, we are now on item 4. general public comment up to 15 minutes. this item will be continued to item 14. 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 that do not appear on today's agenda. with respect to agenda items, you will have opportunity to address the commission when the item is reached in the meeting. is there anyone in room 400 that would like to provide general public comment? okay.

seeing no comment in room 400, i'd like to see if there is anyone on the line who would like to just dial star 3 to raise your hand. this is for general public comment. we still have no hands raised on webex. general public comment is closed. we are now on item 5, the consent calendar. is there anything you would like to remove from consent today? >> president buell: chair would entertain a motion. moved and seconded. do we have any public comment on -- >> any public comment on the consent calendar in room 400? seeing none in room 400. do we have hands raised on webex? still zero. >> president buell: moved and seconded. all those in favor? aye. it is unanimous. unless you want to call the roll. >> i think now that we're in

person, we don't have to do that. okay. we're now on item 6, the san francisco zoo. patrick, if you want to come up. you have something on the laptop. if you pull that up, sfgovtv can project what is on the laptop. hmm. froze up on me. >> the computer froze on you? >> yeah, i can't get the mouse to work. >> i do see it up on the screen. okay, let me come over there. hold on a second. bear with us.

>> one of the great conservation projects we've been hard at work on over the last couple of years. i'm the curator of invert

berates at the zoo. i oversee the zoo and the local invert berate conservation project we've been excited to be involved with in the last few years. we have the san francisco fork tailed damsel fly. it is one of the rarest in the united states, oden neats, being the dragon flies. the last time it was assessed there were considered to be less than 2500 individuals anywhere on the planet.

it is a bay area endemic. we know it's found from sonoma all the way down to mon at the rey. you can no longer find this anywhere east or south of us. the reason for that is multifold, but one of the most obvious ones is simply habitat destruction. this is a species that relies on wetland and many of the streams and lakes that were around no longer exist. they've been buried underground or simply drained and built upon. but the species does persist in a few locations that have been

spared from development. one of those is right here in the city in our northwestern corner. part of the presidio. if you see the circled part there, there is a tiny little wetland there and it's one of the last places on earth where you can find the san francisco fork tailed damsel fly. if you've driven out there, i assume you have, it's a beautiful little corner of the city. you probably passed right by this habitat on the left-hand side of the road there. may never even have it noticed it because it looks like a weedy ditch. and it is just a weedy ditch, but it has all of the habitat requirements for this bug. it has fresh water, which seeps right out of the rock face there. it has plenty of sun, as long as the fog is not in and it has

sufficient prey. mainly daphnia. it should be protected from development inperpetuity, however, it is not protected from the other threat which is climate change. a graduate student recently looked at this species in 2016 and she concluded that climate change could affect habitats and site suitability for i. gemna through sea level rise, salt water intrusion. and in the six years since she wrote that, i'm sorry to say that all of these conditions have only gotten worse. we have hotter drier climates. we have much less precipitation, less fog, less rain, less ground water that is feeding that seep. and perhaps most alarmingly of

all, we have rising sea levels which is particular concern because this sits at sea level. as you may no, when eget the big swells that come through the gate, especially in the winter time, those waves can crash over the roadway. it's not hard to imagine that some of these waves might come in and entirely engulf our little fresh water habitat there. so a single storm could potentially wipe out this entire population. but that's where we come in. in 2016, we initiated this project in partnership with the national park service and the

presidio trust. the goal is essentially to take a handful of these little damsel flies and bring them back to the zoo and rear them out and produce many, many offspring, which we can then re-release at protected sites elsewhere in the presidio. this is one of our keepers annie. you can see her out there doing that right now. early in the season, she'll go out with the national park service permit and collect maybe four or five females and a couple of males. and bring them back to the world famous san francisco insect zoo and we'll feed them up, give them crickets and dra so far la. all owed natos have this unique structure where they form a

heart when they're mating, if you turn your head just right. and you get them to lay eggs. we can mimic in the lab with cotton-based filter paper and they'll lay their eggs in the filter paper. they're good egg layers, the females can lay 400 per clutch. that means that a single female can produce over a thousand eggs. we then incubate them in the insect zoo. it takes 12 days to hatch and these adorable little beasties pop out. they're almost microscopic, but they're voracious. we move them into individual containers. they are somewhat cannibalistic

so we have to rear them up individually. it's a little labor intensive. as they get larger, we feed them mosquito larvae and daphnia. when they get wing buds, we know they're getting ready to emerge. when they emerge, they go through one final molt and expand their bodies, their wings first and then their abdomen and voila, the aquatic creature is now an aerial creature. we do this with a number of individuals so we can cross breed them again and get another generation. this way, we can have several broodz over the season. but the vast majority we don't rear out to adulthood. the vast majority are rereleased back to the presidio in

protected habitat. the first place we started working was mountain lake on the south side of the park in the presidio. this was the site of extensive habitat restoration starting in 2013. probably thousands of people have worked on this over the years, including a number of our junior volunteers from the zoo. and we've had a lot of success. we have evidence that the damsel flies are not only emerging successfully, but they're finding each other and actually mating on their own. despite all the challenges over the last couple of years, we've actually been doing better than ever. we had our most successful season to date in 2021 and released over 16,000 damsel flies back into the wild. if you recall, there was 2500 at the last assessment to begin with.

and just last year we released more than six times that number. we've been getting some nice press. just recently, this is an article that came out, saving san francisco one species at a time from the damsel fly to the pond turtle. and then recently they were interested in the project and followed us around for a couple of days and got some nice footage of the damsel flies for their deep-look program. and it turned out to be really nice. it's an episode with almost 300,000 views on youtube so far. and one last thing, as of last month, we now actually have a new assistant cure rater of invertebrates at the insect zoo and i'm very pleased and

grateful for the zoo administration in supporting this new position. we're very much looking forward to doing even more invertebrate conservation work going forward. thank you very much. >> thank you, patrick. is there any public comment on item number 6, the san francisco zoo? anyone in room 400? seeing no one in room 400, is there anyone with their hand raised? you can dial star 3 to comment. no hands raised. seeing no further comment, public comment is closed. we're now on item 7, transbay block 3 park schematic design.

okay. thank you. good morning, commissioners, general manager, i'm monica scott, project manager with the capital division. i'm here today to -- for discussion and possible action to recommend that the ocii

approve a schematic design. this project meets objectives from all of the plan strategies, inspiring place, inspiring play and inspiring investment. the transbay redevelopment project area was adopted in 2005 and spanned approximately 40 acres south of san francisco's financial district, bounded by mission street to the north, main and spear streets to the east, folsom to the south and second to the west. the office of community of investment and infrastructure, ocii, is tasked with transforming the area into a walkable high density neighborhood centered around the transit center with residences, offices, retail and parks. the redevelopment requires ocii to dispose of the real estate

assets and you a long range plan which was approved in late 2015 and calls for the transfer of transbay block 3 park to the city for a government use. rec and park will be the likely recipient of the park once the details of the transfer have been approved by r.p.d. commission, ocii and board of supervisors. r.p.d. and ocii are engaging in conversations about the timeline and process of the transfer and will return to commission for your review of the acquisition of the property in the coming months. today we're only looking at the schematic design of the park for your recommendation. as you can see here on the slide, showing the adjacent open space fort project area. the transbay redevelopment project area has three new open spaces. 5.4 acres completed in 2019.

the 2.4 acre underramp park and the 1 acre transbay park. the new block 3 park will be built on land currently owned by ocii. it's intended to have numerous active uses, including sports courts and a dog play area. this informed transbay park to have more of a focus on open spaces with more of an urban square feeling. ocii along with public works design team and support from the rec park and capital planning team have hosted four community meetings focused on the design between march 2020 and april 2021. ocii will fund the park's planning, design to rec park standards through completion,

through bond proceeds and transbay redevelopment area park fees. the future park is currently in the schematic design face and is expected to be -- phase and is expected to be completed and open to the public in 2025. here you can see the three design concepts developed with the preferred concept that arose from the process, the clearing on the left. all of the parks feature plaza, gathering spaces, seating and a play area. the design concept for the clearing includes a natural respite with open meadow framed by a landscape edge that contrasts with the urban context. it will be a neighborhood hub that allows for gatherings, children, seniors and social development. children's play, walks or

sitting on the park bench. it will attract wildlife to the park and enrich the lives of the residents. here you can see the elements featured along the park edges. a main component to note is the dense grove of trees that buffer the park. the stewardship building which faces beale street will have a single stall all gender restroom storage space and rec park for the community. the dog relief area along main street is similar to what has been installed at guy place mini park and there will be no off-leash dog play areas in this park. the flexible plaza will be a community hub. this is towards the beale street side of the park. it will have flexible tables and chairs managed by the east cut c.b.d. and will provide space for the community gatherings and the potential for performances.

the center of the park features a meadow which will enhance biodiversity was respite from urban environment. that will help bridge the area from the playground which is directly to the southwest. this is the main deck. this is a slightly elevated deck in the northeastern quadrant of the park. this will be another space for community gatherings as well as a wonderful spot for sitting with views on the meadow and the rest of the park. here you can see this really exciting playground which has a custom wooden play structure in the shape of a brown pelican. parking back to the zone that was here before. there are two zones of play.

one for school aged kids and one for toddlers and there is also a picnic table and deck area that connects the two play zones. here you can see in more detail the stewardship building as viewed from beale street. there are four openings to the building. on this side, you can see the two that access the storage area, that's the large wood panel to the right and then by the fellow with the yellow bag on the left. and here you can see from looking from the park interior, the restroom is on the left side of the building with a channel glass allowing light to come in while having a sense of privacy. and the door for the community storage is facing the park. we expect that to be held open during park hours as it will be staffed by the cbd.

here we have lovely renderings of the park. this is looking from the deck, looking toward the play area. you can see the pelican poking out in the background. this is another view looking from beale street as you enter the park from that side. and here we have a bird's-eye view looking down on the park. before i proceed to the staff recommendation, i'd like to add that no funding is required for the park's development. ocii has funded the planning and design and will continue to fund the design as well as construction to completion. in conclusion, staff recommends that the commission is to recommend that ocii approve a

schematic design for the transbay block 3 park. i'm available to answer questions and my colleagues from ocii and public works are also on the call virtually and here to answer questions as well. thank you. >> secretary: thank you, monica. is there anyone who would like to provide public comment on item 7 here in room 400? okay. nobody in room 400. if there is anybody on the webex call that would like to comment, dial star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. no hands raised. seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. commissioners? i'll turn your microphone on now. >> president buell: comments or questions? >> i'd like to comment this design is beautiful. and i want to thank the whole team and ocii for helping to make this possible. >> president buell: thank you. i couldn't agree more. any other comments. >> i'm in agreement also.

it's an absolutely beautiful design. can't wait to go. >> president buell: good. with that, the chair would entertain a motion to recommend to ocii the approval of this concept design? >> so moved. >> moved and seconded. would the -- want to -- all those in favor? so moved. unanimous. >> secretary: thank you. thank you, monica. >> thank you. >> secretary: okay. so we are now on item 8, boating and waterways grant, accept and expend. you must be tracy? >> nice to meet you in person. >> we have the same last name. >> nice. >> good morning, my name is tracy summers. i'm the business manager at san francisco marina. we'd like to accept from the grant the california department of parks and recreation,

surrendered and abandoned vessel exchange program a grant in the amount of $211,000. what this grant does, if berth holders can no longer take care of their boat financially, for whatever reason, death, we can dispose of it before it takes on water, causes more damage to the water. we have about 20 vessels probably right now in the marina that will jump on this as soon as we have the grant funds. any questions? >> we have to take public comment first. sorry. okay, before we get to commissioner discussion, is there anyone who would like to comment on item 8 in room 400? okay. seeing no comment in room 400, is there anyone op the line who would like to comment? you can dial star 3. no comments on webex. public comment is closed. >> i guess my question, you say there are 20 boats that would

take advantage. are these 20 boats that need to be towed away and disposed of? >> yes, 20 boats that -- about 10 boats that are on the verge of sinking or not sinking and people don't want take care of them. we've had a few boats dropped off by the u.s. coast guard that we're responsible for and this grant will take care of those. >> president buell: can i assume they're all occupying berths? >> how do we dispose of them? >> there are three companies around the bay area that we go with and they tow the boat out and safely tear apart the boat and dispose of all the oil and fluids out of it. >> do you find these boats are abandoned due to the pandemic? or just an average? >> we've had more during the pandemic definitely. mostly for financial reasons. they just couldn't pay the rent

anymore. >> president buell: thank you. >> yes, you said there are 20 boats, or approximately. are they in the east or the west? >> majority of them in the east. >> majority in the east, okay. >> and when we do do the renovation a lot of these boats haven't moved in many years, so they can use this funding as well -- if they go to their boat and it doesn't start, they can get rid of their boat. >> do you trace these back to a berth or slip? are these boats abandoned, do they have a license number? >> registration, yeah. registration through the u.s. coast guard documentation number. >> commissioner, are there any boats that are in the same situation in the west? -- harbor, or are they entirely in the east? >> some have come from the west, but we've moved them over to the east so we can give the west permanent berthing. >> okay, thank you very much.

>> any other questions? comments? >> moved and seconded. all those in favor? it is unanimous. thank you very much. >> thanks, tracy. >> we're on item 9, marina west harbor, annual berthing assessment. >> okay. good morning. i'm director of finance for the department to talk about the marina west harbor annual dredging assessment. yes, we do have a presentation. apologies. >> no, no, it's okay. >> okay the presentation is on the screen. thank you.

this is a map of the harbor, which is a recreational facility granted to the state of california in trust. the department operates it under trust provisions that hold that the lands must be used for aquatic, recreation, park and boulevard and playground purposes. what you have in front of you is a circle showing the west harbor channel. it's separated into a west harbor and east harbor with marina green in the middle. this is a picture of the channel with a great deal of the accumulation of sand at the entrance. and that is the reason why the department is proposing a berthing assessment strictly for the dredging of the sand at the west harbor. so, i wanted to go over the marina fund itself. it's run as a special revenue

enterprise fund since restrictions on the public trust land apply to revenues generated from the land. the city may only use the revenue on the land. marine operating expenses are intended to be fully recovered and not supplemented with city general funding. that is what separates the marina program from our other rec park programs. due to annual dredging costs and debt service, the general fund has been necessary to balance the expenditures. annual revenue has been insufficient to provide full cost recovery. the cumulative general fund totalled $3 million. even if the proposed marina dredging assessment is approved by the board of supervisors and the commission, the general fund will continue to supplement the marina fund with an additional $750,000 in fiscal year 22-23. so, in this proposal, the marina

harbor master estimated that 600,000 is necessary for dredging the channel. funds would be deposited into a special dredging project for the use of the west harbor and to generate the revenue, a berthing assessment equal to 21% fee increase has been proposed. the range of the annual dredging based often the current rate schedule is $960 at the lowest amount to $4460 at the highest. the last berthing rate change was approved in 2013. the current west harbor berthing rates are comparable to those in sausalito and san francisco. -- right now, the small craft harbor maintains a wait list. as of september 2021, there are

238 entries on the wait list. that's the end of the presentation. happy to answer questions. >> secretary: i believe there is public comment on the item. if you have public comment and you're in room 400, you can line up against the wall with the t.v.s. for those on the webex who might like to comment, you can dial star 3 to be added to the queue. we'll take the in-person public comment first. you'll have two minutes to speak. and you'll actually see we haven't done this in person for a while, you'll see there is a timer on the desk in front of you. okay, first speaker, come on up. hold on, let me turn on your mic. >> president buell: city has a requirement of wearing a mask while in city hall. do you have one? i know it's an inconvenience, but i appreciate it. >> okay. >> president buell: thank you. >> my name is mike.

i have a small sailboat in the west harbor. i'm concerned with the west harbor entrance. this takes less than two minutes. it's unclear what causes the silt or how to address it. there are plenty of opinions. the first step in solving a problem is to identify it. the purpose of this presentation is to ask that the party be engaged to look into the west harbor entrance siltation. there are at least five schematic approaches. it's not clear which, if any, work. the danish and dutch are the experts in this. i'm partial to the dutch. we have dutch family. the nationality or location of

the party is less important than their past performance. once there is a handle on the engineering aspect of the west harbor entrance, it will be possible to address the regulations. it's been my experience in the fishermen's wharf break water that the regulatory environment is not as insurmountable as it can appear. please retain a qualified independent party to look into the sedimentation regime of the west harbor. thank you. >> president buell: thank you very much. >> secretary: next speaker. >> hi. vice president of the marina harbor association. i'm a berth holder in the harbor with the sailboat. as many of you know, we need dredging, but we need it more often and more extensive.

it should be done june 1 when the window open, not in the fall. you need to look into emergency authorization because of the unsafe situation here in the harbor. the general fund should continue to fund the dredging for several reasons. one is that the harbor fund is burdened by the public park costs which are properly the general fund, not the harbor. trash collection, utilities, landscaping, lawn mowing, cleaning the bathroom, the public, tourist and city residents are being burdened by us, the west harbor berth holders is inappropriate, it's a general fund allocation. secondly, the interest tax we're paying as well as tax on our boats should go back into maintaining a harbor. if you own a house and pay the real estate taxes, you expect the street to be open so you can drive your car or access your house. here we can only access our

berth a couple times a day when there is high water. so we're not getting the benefit of the bargain by paying our fees and taxes, both the berth fees and the interest tax. that goes to the general fund. the cal boating loan -- i'm going to need more than two minutes. -- required us to pay in reserves. there are substantial reserves built up in the cal boating loan which are not being shown here. specifically for maintenance of the harbor. they thought 50 years from now there would be enough money to replace the whole harbor. we're not going to make 50 years. the cal boating loan did not realize -- [bell ringing] -- eye applied to west harbor. >> president buell: thank you. >> secretary: next speaker.

>> i'm a berth holder for a canoe and kayak. i think the gentlemen said it well. i'm asking that you vote no on this increase. i think we need before we start asking berth holders to increase, i think we need a study done, have an engineer come out and look at it, that's fair before we just automatically start increasing berth fees. as bruce said, every year we pay a license fee which includes possessory interest. now we're coming in saying, all right, let's just increase it another 21% and i'm not even sure that would solve the problem because i haven't seen an engineering report that said it would. you know, it was on short notice, so i was the only person that could come, but we have spoken to a lot of berth holders and they feel the same way as we do. they're asking you to vote no on this until we can figure

something out better and continue to pull from the general fund instead of asking berth holders to shoulder this. so i'll keep it simple, please vote no to increase the licensing fees. thank you. >> president buell: thank you. >> is there anyone else in room 400 who wanted to speak? seeing no one in room 400, i believe there is one person on webex. if you're on webexnd you want to speak, you can dial star 3 to be added to the queue. you have two minutes to speak. >> caller: we strongly support

tackling the problem an and seeing what the solution needs to be. throwing money at a problem that you don't understand is never particularly useful. there is all kinds of detailed information about the issue. so we strongly ask you and request that you say no until this -- until you really understand what the problem is and what you're trying to solve and how to solve it right. thank you. >> president buell: thank you. >> is there anyone else on the webex who would like to speak on this item? it looks like no more hands raised there. seeing no further public comment, public comment on this item is closed. commissioners? >> president buell: questions. >> i have a couple of questions for antonio.

thank you for the presentation this morning. thanks to those of you who came to chime in as well. we appreciate the input. antonio, so 21% assessment fee will generate an additional $600,000. will the $600,000 be devoted solely to dredging? >> yes, that's the way we've drafted the -- the fee, the proposed fee that would go to the board of supervisors for their eventual approval. if approved. >> also, when were the residents of the west harbor notified of this possible increase? >> that would be in march prior to the submission of this proposal. >> so that's this month? >> yes. >> beginning of this month, okay. and finally, other than cola annual increases, is it true

that the last increase in berth rentals was 2013? >> that's correct. yes after the renovation of the west harbor. >> thank you. >> president buell: thank you. >> yes, question. was there an engineering study done to determine how much dredging needs to be done? anything -- any professional opinions on it? >> antonio, i'll take that. so our harbor master who would have been here had a boating injury. and is recovering and he's going to be recovering for five weeks. he has a serious knee and leg injury. but what scott has shared is that sand normally typically travels in through the golden

gate. the heavy rains caused more flushing. and then sand as part of the ocean beach erosion issues, sand has been periodically added to the beach sand, which then travels back to the bay. there is not a set amount of silting. i don't think we have any issue with one of the public comments about sort of studying -- continuing to study this, but not at the exclusion -- we have to continue to dredge. the choice is we dredge or don't dredge. if we don't dredge, boaters are going to be much more unhappy than the fee. but what scott believes is that the break water when the west harbor was renovated in 2012, there was a lot of community discussion from boaters, from neighbors, whatever, the project

developed and there was a floating break water that was used at the west harbor that that not been successful. as everyone knows and was presented here, we are very pleased that we are going to have an opportunity to do a very significant renovation in the east harbor. and it is our hope, or expectation, that part of that project will involve fixing the break water in the west haesh -- harbor. that will be an element, an important element, for the project. but this assessment is important. we cannot continue to justify the amount of general fund subsidy that we're using to dredge as frequently as we need to dredge as mr. stone alluded to. the harbor continues to need to

be dredged. unfortunately, this is necessary. >> president buell: thank you. let's see. >> commissioner hallisy: i have another question for antonio. right now, 94% of the berths in the west harbor are rented. has there been any feedback from those residents as to people that may take their boat elsewhere? i know we've seen, you know, various e-mails and the like. in those e-mails i didn't hear anyone -- a number of e-mails actually -- didn't hear or read anyone that said that if this increase occurs they are out. i'm just curious if the department has received that kind of communication? >> specifically that they would leave the west harbor, no. i think all of the communication has been that it's either too high or that there is other

potential opportunities for funding this another way. >> okay. thank you. >> president buell: i have a question. what is the average length of wait on the waiting list to get into a berth? do we know? >> so what i have from september 2021 was 238 entries on the list. and those people on the waiting list have to pay a deposit every year. tracy summers, our manager might have more information. >> the wait list, we have 25 feet to 90 feet. it's really hard to gauge when a berth is going to become available. the 60 foot to 90 foot, those people seem to hang on to their berth and we don't have a turnaround. we see probably a turnaround of about, say six to 10 boats a year, in the range from 35-foot to 50-foot. >> so it's a long wait? >> yes. >> president buell: there is a great demand for these berths? >> yes.

and so my comment -- thank you very much, tracy. my comment is that no one likes to increase assessments. it's just -- but there are realities of trying to maintain this harbor in the way that keeps that demand high. and -- and this is the -- from my experience as a native growing up watching this phenomenon, it's the best berth in the bay. you have the fastest access to most of the events that i've seen in getting out on the water. so, i'm inclined to support this and support studies to find out how we can better understand the nature of this. i was involved with the development of chrissy field and we were just astounded at how the -- when we opened up the lagoon and recreated that, the movement of the sand and what happened every year was so

unpredictable because of the nature of the -- this huge tidal action in the bay and the currents and so on. so, anyway, i appreciate that it's a serious problem, but i'm inclined to support this. and seeing no other questions, would ask for a motion to recommend to the board to approve this assessment? >> so moved. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor? any opposed? >> nay. >> one nay. please note. commissioner anderson. thank you. it's approved. thank you for the presentation. >> secretary: we are now on item 10. mission bay parks update, also with antonio. >> thank you very much. another presentation. director of administration and financial. antonio guerra. here we go.

a little background on the mission bay park system. governor jerry brown state of california dissolved the agencies in 2011 and because of that, the office of community investment and infrastructure has offered to terminate its lease. the department has entered initial discussions with ocii. the port and community stakeholders on the transition of the sites into the recreation and park system on july 1, 2023. the board of supervisors established the mission bay north and south redevelopment project areas back in november of 1998. the city and port combined owned 41 acres of mission bay parcels, designated for open space which are ground leased to ocii. to complete the plan, the master developer has constructed parks and sought reimbursement from ocii. as of march, 22.5 acres of open space have been completed.

so this is a fairly complex map. i'm going to try to walk you through it the best i can. what this is showing is a variety of issues. in green, these are the parcels designated for open space in the mission bay area. second, what the parcel -- how the parcels are outlined, if it's in blue, it has been completed. if it is in red, it is future construction. and if it is in light blue, that means the construction has started. and then finally, these are all city parcels unless it is crosshatched and for the most part, the parcels to the east are crosshatched and are portland. on the mission creek south side, a portion of mission creek, that edge, is also port property. so 22.5 acres of these parcels

have already been developed as open space and there really is a diversity of the types of park uses that you see on site. so, up above you see a beach volleyball court under one of the freeway parcels. in the lower left-hand side, passive grassland recreation, which is mission bay commons. on the lower right-hand side, you see a walkway along mission creek. that is the north side of mission creek, in fact, you can see the light tower for oracle park in the background. in the upper left hand corner, this is a dog park that is south of mission creek that is heavily used. the upper right hand corner is a children's play area. and in the bottom of the screen, what you see is mariposa park. thinks the park that -- this is the park that is adjacent to the

children's medical center and the medical facilities there. all three of these are city property. you might have heard monica scott mention the transbay project earlier in the commission hearing. mission bay has a long range property management plan as well. so, the original plan scheduled the transfer of the parcels in three phases starting in 2017. it is 2022. that has not started yet because the dates were estimated based on market conditions and that is still what we're hoping to do is begin the process in 2023. the p.n.p. expressed for mission bay to remain together and be a single asset. as a cohesive park system. two, continue to be cost effectively managed and utilize

maintenance. financial resources. three, continue to be professionally managed under a competitive bidding process. and four, continue to be managed in way that allows for direct community involvement and oversight. both rec park and the port have engaged the advisory committee to gather feedback and address concerns in advance of the proposed transfer. i think the proposal essentially hits all of the points other than the fact that we're proposing to split the management between rec park and the port. a little about the community facilities district. there is currently a district number 5 which pays for the annual maintenance and operations of mission bay open space. and is in effect until 2044. currently it's generating an annual operating surplus. in essence because most of these parks are not online. within the next two years, bay front park which is 5.5 acres,

that is port property and that is what you see in the lower right hand corner. as well as mission creek park, five acres along mission creek which are due to be completed will come online. and then another 7.5 acres are projected to completed by 2028. ocii projects that the opening of the park will -- to cover annual expenditures and that additionally within 10 to 12 years, annual fee revenue and fund balance will be insufficient to fully cover the cost of operating and maintaining these parks assuming no service reductions. so, the oci port rec plan schedule. this system has been professionally managed and their current contract ends june 30, 2022. so ocii is seeking to have them

continue management of the open space prior to transfer to the city and port. essentially, the summary is that the stepdown as manager, they take over, the contract is extended to allow time to seek approval of a m.o.u. ocii would continue to manage the cfd funding. then july, 2023, ocii exits the ground lease. and then the oci is managing the cfd funds. we've begun to discuss a framework of what an m.o.u. would look like between ourselves, ocii and the port. and the topics include the division of park parcels for manage. the what would go rec park and what would go to the port.

there are a couple of parcels shared by both parties. the existing resources on site. how exactly would we distribute maintain -- maintenance funds? and any type of collaboration as to how we run the parks. whether it's events, permitting, security, mutual assistance. things of that nature. in the current budget process, you saw in february that in anticipation of transfer, the department proposed to add 11 new positions. 7 gardeners. the park transfer is approved and the staff is hired, the department assumes it will receive funding to offset the cost of the new positions starting in fiscal year 23-24. so the next steps, the department staff will continue

to work with the port and ocii to prepare for july 2023 transition. they will work with the community to identify issues of concern and work toward the approval of a joint management agreement and m.o.u. with that, i'm happy to answer any questions. >> secretary: okay. is there anyone in room 400 who would like to comment on this item? seeing no comment in room 400, is there anyone on webex? you can dial star 3 to be added to the queue. that would be no. okay. seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. >> president buell: commissioner griffin? >> i just wanted to say i'm impressed with the design. i think it looks really good and can't wait to go down there. >> president buell: any other comments? general manager ginsburg? >> some context, because every now and then you stumble upon --

it's been a long meeting. it's maybe more important. so we have because of redevelopment and the way our city and many cities were structured, open space was created in certain parts of our city and managed first by redevelopment and then by the successor organization, creating to a certain extent a little bit of a fragmented park system, or a park system that is -- one park system that is older and one park system that is newer. so much so that certain parks in mission bay, that are under different agency running them, you still see our park signs or things that look like our park signs. so, i really want to thank antonio and denny kern and others for sitting down with ocii, sitting down with the port and community to think about this -- this transition. and i just did want to share that local 261 in particular is

very supportive of this transition. they believe that men and women who work for us have the professional expertise to manage this system in-house and that a more cohesive park system in all parts of town is a strong park system. this is a really important one and good one and i wanted to thank antonio. >> president buell: thank you, antonio. that was information only. let's move on. >> we're on item 11, let'splaysf! update. do you have anything for the screen?

>> president buell: you look vaguely familiar. >> [laughter]. okay. there we go. good morning, commissioners and general manager. i'm lisa bransten here in person with cara ruppert. she's program lead for the let'splaysf! initiative. and today is the update on the initiative. and before we dive into the update, just i'll run very quickly through the background of the program, which is that the initiative has its origins

in the 2012 clean and safe neighborhood park fund which allocated $15.5 million to renovate playgrounds. a task force was then convened by this commission to select the sites. and the task force prioritized 13 playgrounds based on presence of toxic wood in play equipment. sites in low-income neighborhoods that were dense with children. of course, the 13 playgrounds were about twice the number of playgrounds that could be renovated with the $15.5 million from the bond, so the department partnered with our fill -- the heart of the campaign is on creativity, wellness. it shows that beautiful public spaces designed with stakeholder engagement inspire community,

that getting kids outside and moving leads to kids' physical well-being. it's been gratifying to see how the playgrounds have helped communities during covid when having an inspirational neighborhood playground right close to home became so important for city families. and then some initiative highlights. i don't want to steal cara's thunder, but it's incredibly exciting to have made so much progress on the projects. we've now completed 9 of the 13 sites an and of the -- and of the remaining four, three have plans as approved and you'll see the fourth and final concept plan next month. it's also exciting that we are resuming the usage measurement of the sites that was paused

during covid. as some of you may recall, we've been measuring pre-and post renovation usage as a way of understanding the community benefits of these renovations. the first of these studies showed that the playground renovation led to dramatic increases in usage and physical activity. the spring and summer will resume -- will conduct pre-renovation measurements of the sites that have yet to be renovated and will measure the usage of the sites that have been renovated. and then the last highlight is simply to note the completion of outreach on the initiative. we've now conducted outreach for all 13 sites. and i just wanted to share those numbers with you, because through the initiative, more than 5,000 voices have contributed to the design of all of those playgrounds. they come from neighborhoods

across the city and every demographic group. they come from 150 meetings, focus group, community events and nearly 3,000 electronic survey responses. with that, i'll turn it over to cara. i'm always so happy to come and get to show off the work of the capital team. thanks for having us. i want it start by sharing the first slide which is the map of the 13 playgrounds that i show you every six months. this highlights one more check off playground which is very common -- which is the last one we've opened since the last update. here's a few photos from the opening celebration. the project is a full curb to curb renovation which is unique in the program. we were able to do this by

combining the community operation fund with the let'splaysf! project. the site includes accessible paths, irrigation, fitness equipment for adults and, of course, the children's play area and nature area. a quick review of the previously open playgrounds we've completed the initiative, we have pan handle, sgt. john macaulay park, washington square, alice chalmers, the west portal playground, mclaren park and then golden heights playground that also opened this past year. of the four remaining projects, all four are active and moving along. buchanan street mall and

richmond playgrounds are finishing the documents. flush and stern grove. a few sneak peeks. it took a little longer. you will see this project, i won't go into details here, you'll see it next month. but we have an creative design at spring grove. on the initiative schedule, this is very small, but the red vertical line denotes where today is on the schedule. you can see how much we've completed so far. the red stars are moments where we're here before you for action item. so you'll be seeing us a bunch over the next, as the herz

playground goes out to bid, as well as richmond and the buchanan mall project. next month you'll see us for stern grove. i'm going to pass it back to lisa. >> and then just to close it off with an initiative budget. this budget is substantially the same as the budget we showed you last august. the fundraising is largely complete and we expect to complete the initiative for about $35.8 million of which a little bit less than a third was privately secured. and that's our presentation for today. and we're happy to answer any questions. >> president buell: thank you very much. let's get public comment before we ask -- >> is there anyone in the room that would like to provide comment on this item? seeing none, is there anyone on the webex meeting? you can dial star 3.

no. okay. commissioners, any discussion on this item? >> president buell: let me say first, thank you, to lisa and cara and the whole operation. this is really great progress. a question. you said it and i didn't get it. how much of the total construction costs for all these playgrounds is being generated from philanthropy? >> so it varies site by site. the $35.8 million is about the sum of the initiative. and of that, a little bit more than $11.4 million was privately raised. >> president buell: so 33%. >> exactly. >> president buell: i just want to say and remind people because it bothers me that this doesn't get highlighted enough, that the park system depends on philanthropy. and philanthropy only comes from those who believe in the park

system. and you make that possible. so that's part of my thanks. but -- and the parks have never looked better and that's what's generating philanthropy. i want to remind those who take exception to the efforts we make to draw philanthropic donations to the park. i know you've been on many a scouting mission for philanthropy. i appreciate it. comments or questions. >> i just want to chime in and thank the team. you know, lisa and cara have owned every ounce of this project from the department side and you've done it with such talent and determination, resilience and most of all joy. you've built some incredible spaces in every neighborhood in san francisco that is serving

all of our children at a time when it's really, really needed. and, you know, i just -- i just really -- there is a lot behind lisa and cara that makes it a successful project for sure, so our operations division, lisa's entire team, our public affairs division, everything is a team effort here. and then, of course, mr. president as you noted, a special thankss to the parks alliance. they are our partner and they have significantly achieve this vision and they deserve credit for that. but i just really owe my thanks to our team for their commitment on this one. >> president buell: thank you very much. thank you. do you have a question, commissioner? >> commissioner jupiter-jones: i want to keep the prop train going, but especially to highlight how you can go anywhere in this city and have this like amazing high quality

playground and how it just struck me, you know, having been born and raised here, knowing about playgrounds and what they look like when i grew up and then taking my own kids and being a little like, well, i don't know if that's the -- i remember it from a while ago, i won't disclose how long ago, but then just being so pleasantly surprised at the difference and the quality of our playgrounds. it's world class. it's in every single district and neighborhood that you can find one of these brand new well maintained -- that's the other part of it. just wanting to give recognition to the staff who then maintains these playgrounds, right? i think it helps when something looks nice, you want to keep it looking nice, but really how impressive that is. that is such a city-wide issue and you don't have to go far to find one of these sparkling high examples of what playgrounds should be. so thank you. >> thank you, commissioner.

commissioner griffin? >> yes, i just wanted to back up annie there, that as a native san franciscan, growing up here, they never looked better than they do now. i'm taking a closer look at a member of the commission. i set a goal of myself to visit every single one of the parks in the city. you guys keep adding spaces, i'll never get it finished. the other thing i wanted to back up was also with president buell said, that, you know, lately i think some of our philanthropic partners have been taking hits and i just know that the parks would not look the way they do if we didn't have some of those philanthropic dollars helping us, because i was also a city employee for a long time and on

the bargaining team for my union. i know how tight the funds are with the general fund. any kind of assistance we can get in our park system is more than welcome. so, you know, shots need to stop i think. thank you, commissioner. thank you for the update. speaking of projects that could use philanthropy, we're going hear about the mother's building. >> nice segue. we're on 12, mother's building at the san francisco zoo update.

>> all right. good morning, commissioners. it's still morning. good morning. general manager. thank you. the item before you today is mother's building potential reuse. i'm brian stokle, a planner at the planning division. i'm joined by jane tobin who has been working with the department doing research on this. and as well as richard rothman, a member of prozac, who will be speaking during public comment. this image here is to situate you. many of you may know it's located in the zoo, but just in case, the zoo is located in the southwest corner of the city. as you can see, there is a large green area is the zoo area that is under rec and park jurisdiction and you the long-term lease with the zoo. and the blue building at the center at the top is the

mother's building which is situated near slope boulevard and near the old entrance to the zoo. i note that the area was once used as a -- to help children and mothers and then later on it was used at the zoo's gift shop, but for over 20 years, it has not been in active use. so right now, i will turn it over to jane who is going to go over many of the ideas of the potential reuse and how could we move forward and activate this building. >> thanks. welcome. thank you so much. and thank you for having us today. we're really excited to present this idea deck really. it's the first phase of discovery. what could this building be? and if we put this together

incorporating all the thoughts including the stakeholders, art, heritage and other allies and it was designed with the help of a firm called blue cadet. we used the zoo's mission to guide us. that mission is nature-focused interaction leads to conservation action. and the mission then is further distilled to the four c's. care, connect, conservation and coastal, which is the most recent "c" that the zoo is embracing as it embraces its own position in front of the pacific ocean. there is no other zoo like that. in order for the mother's building project to be successful, we needed to honor its history but build a pathway to a future that is relevant, sustainable and creative. and to accomplish that we recommended going from the following froms and to say to

/* -- to secondly, we propose that we reexpose or reveal water again and showcase its importance, not only in our history, but what is happening now, in our future and we have a perfect partner next door in the p.u.c. who is also in the midst of creating reliable water system and adapting to climate realities. in that work, we hope to work with them to connect people so they can care and conserve water. you'll notice here, too, the two women in the photo. this is dorothy puch nellie and helen foeshz. they're two women artists hired. and in that time, in the 1930s,

that was revolutionary. we hope to restore space that promotes art, education and enlightenment for all. also we'd like to use instead of a traditional method of painting over the murals that have been damaged, instead to use those walls as an immersive canvas. and not just because it's new technology, but also because it helps inspire just showcasing what happened to that wall showcase climate realities happening on the western edge of the city. we'll show what you that might look like later on. and lastly, we're hoping that we make this mother's building a model of ingenuity and innovative. we want to harness water, wind and sun that have been battering that building and turn it into a force of positive energy with a goal to inspire conservation

action. there are no five louse elements on the ex--- frivolous elements on the exterior of this building. they'll all be used. we show how you could use the windows to display digital content that gives you a peek into the story that are currently told in the mother's building or further into the zoo. and that would be driven by templated motion graphics that can be changed as events transform throughout the day. benches on the exterior of the building can be active listening benches. in this example, this person is listening to the story of the burton sisters who designed and installed the murals. i know a lot of you have visited the mother's building, but if you see it again, you'll see that the building isn't visible on all four sides. the back is inaccessible.

and although the building is stable, there is no hiding the damage that the wind and water have done to it. a look inside the building reveals the western wall has sustained the most damage. however, this west wall is another opportunity to showcase creative sustainability practice. in this example, it provides protective layer. the point is the building has four walls and they're all opportunities. so if you take the roof off and look down at it, there is a financial sustainability opportunity for this as well. it's a big wide open space. and it could be used for speaker series, gallery exhibitions or entity showcase. we didn't just want to prop the building up architecturally, we wanted to prop it up

financially, too. what is interesting is the murals inside are incredible, they're exquisite works of art. it an incredible opportunity to learn about the zoo, animals and conevacuation -- conservation. you can point and click on an animal, here it the lion. we also would recommend, too, that looking into another option of interactive stations as well or a mix of the two, so everyone has access to this information. and we promised we'd show you an immersive canvas. here you go. that western wall is the one that was damaged.

and what you're doing instead of just painting over it is repainting the difference between what it is now and what it was to begin with. so we're doing the opposite. we're going to, to from. so that's how that would work. once you have that available, it's available to the whole community. so being able to use that digital technology allows them to use it for experiential events or speaker series. again, trying to work towards financial sustainability of the building. the exterior face again using element of the building becomes -- it's right on the east -- faces the east meadow. it's another opportunity for nighttime events. in this we're looking at the

coast, but it could be a wedding, it could be a corporate event. it could be anyone. i'm going to pass the baton back to brian so he can talk about how the project intersects with other projects happening on the southwestern edge there. >> in this picture, you can see in yellow where the mother's building is situated. and it's an aerial image obviously, and you can see on the north -- just north of it is the former slope boulevard entrance which i recently walked with. some of you may have been there. it's beautiful stone work, but it's no longer used as the main entrance. it's also in proximity to the east lawn as jane mentioned, as

well as the playground, the nor friend playground. we're in discussion with the zoo right now. and any reuse of this space would require addressing how do people both get to the mother's building as a gateway to the building, but also as a gateway, how is that interaction between the mother's building and the zoo. so that's an area that remains to be seen, but it's very important for slidfying the combination of the two uses of the spaces. pulling back a little bit, this shows you -- there is actually a lot of things going around in the southwest part of the city. and this shows you both with the mother's building in blue how it would be in proximity to the zoo itself like i mentioned with all the orange arrows, so you could

visit the zoo after going to the mother's building and after you may have learned about that lion, you could learn about the lion exhibit or something else. likewise, you could after going to the zoo go to the beach. or after the mother's building go to the beach as marked in yellow arrows down sloat boulevard to ocean beach. i note as mentioned earlier, there is the ocean beach climate change adaptation project led by the p.u.c., but in strong collaboration with the rec and park. that's ongoing for the area south of sloat. that will be a transformation from the four-lane roadway to a multiuse path that is an excellent location where people could learn about conservation and climate change at the mother's building and then go

experience the climate and the ocean right next to it. likewise, there is the great highway, the upper great highway to the north. whatever happens to that, you can go there. at the moment, it's a promenade on weekends. that's another opportunity. also we noted, there is also a line there nearby. and due to some of these traffic changes that are coming, especially south of sloat, we do know that the m.t.a. is working on how does sloat look into the future. all this points to that the mother's building could become a key catalyst or partner in some of these elements of what we've been talking about today, both for engaging the zoo, the ocean and the neighborhood. so you know, this is a rendering of the new trail going --

multiuse trail that would go along the ocean. you get a sense that there will be a direct connection from the zoo and from sloat boulevard so that people can recreate, but also go there right after a program at the mother's building. i do want to note that supervisor melgar just sent a letter of support for the reuse and economic feasibility study of this project. jane? >> thank you. thanks so much. everybody mark your calendars, because in 2025, the mothers building turns 125 years old. to that end, we propose that the mothers building is renamed the mother earth building and hope you join us in that. as you can see, we have a lot of

support. we have the ideas. we have the interest. and we're moving towards that next step which is the economic feasibility study. and there has been a lot of interest in this project. as you can see, we're making headway here and we're pleased to note that as brian noted, supervisor melgar and mar are both interested in joining us in this effort to help with the economic feasibility study. so i imagine you probably have questions. and i want to thank you very much. >> secretary: thank you, jane. we'll go to public comment at this time. i'd like to start with the infamous richard rothman. you have two minutes.

>> thank you, commissioners and general manager. thank you for having this presentation today. you know, the more i study about this -- or learn about this building, these were really the new deal program provided an opportunity for women and other groups who weren't in the art community before to do artwork. and i just read that mothers building, the work inside, is probably one of the most all-women projects in the w.p.a. program. and in a few minutes, you'll hear somebody speak about the murals, the mosaics on the outside of the building. so it's really important. the other thing to know like

coit tower, beach chalet and the mothers building, these weren't designed for murals. the artists when these were set up were to paint the murals on, so that's why coit tower had to spend money to fix it and the mothers building, too. and i hope the city will take care of these murals. i hope when we finish that the building will be open to the public and free of charge and that's one reason why we want to open the sloat entrance, so that all san franciscans will be able to enjoy these wonderful murals and building. i used to go in the building when i was a child as i grew up in the city. so, thank you for your attention today.

>> is there anyone else in room 400 with public comment? >> i think we have one hand raised on webex. you'll have two minutes. why don't we unmute the first caller? >> good morning. thank you for taking my call. my name is wendy good from monterey, california and i'm the author of the biography about the burton sisters, the artists who created the mosaics on the mothers building. i'm offering my support for the project to reopen the building and to stress the importance of the artwork. the art was created by bay area women artists hired through the w.t.a. this is unique and special example of both women's art and new deal art.

the mosaics are ground breaking. to my knowledge, they're the first public mosaics in san francisco and the first in california funded through a new deal art program. in closing, i want to mention that the artwork in the mothers building were always intended to be public works of art. so my hope is that we can reopen the mothers building and allow the public to learn about these pioneering women artists and appreciate their work. thank you so much. >> okay, we have no other callers on webex. this is a discussion only item. >> president buell: well, first i want to make a comment that i'm just so impressed with the amount of time that both richard and jane have put into this as a passion, a labor of love.

i'm going to re-look at the tiles out there and mosaics. commissioner anderson? >> i wanted to thank the people that have been thinking about this early on. richard rothman who has been a stalwart in our joint zoo meetings and monte, i forget his last name -- i mean, woody, i

forget his last name. and now jane tobin is spear heading this on the joint zoo committee and i really appreciate it. you know, when you go out there and you're in the presence of the building, it has this sort of sense of anticity, it's a very special building in a very beautiful space. we can't describe enough the artistry of the mosaic and the mural. they're just amazing. and the fact that they were done by women, that's just a plus. i wanted to wish supervisor melgar happy birthday and she wrote this amazing letter i'd like to read in part. she said in honor of women's history month she introduced a resolution along with supervisor mar to initiate the landmarking of the mothers building. she says this is a local gem that features significant

masterpieces of women artists during the works progress administration era, but serves as a reminder for the need for more spaces centering mothering and care giving. i want to appreciate the efforts of former supervisor katy tang and there was an important person on her staff named ashley somers and continue working with recreation and parks and san francisco zoo and community members on the next steps supporting an economic feasibility study for the mothers building. it's my hope with this effort, we will once again open the doors to restored and renewed mothers building for the public to enjoy. in closing, i want to acknowledge the work of the recreation and parks staff, the visionary guidance of jane tobin and the longstanding advocacy of richard rothman. so thank you, everybody.

on ward, right? onward. >> commissioner louie: i just want to thank you guys for presenting to us today. i want to thank you, richard, for being there when you took us on the tour of the mothers building. being a native of san francisco, i'm kind of embarrassed i haven't gone to the zoo in a long, long time. so that -- i did bring my zoo key. when we were invited to the mothers building, i brought my zoo key, but you do not need a zoo key to get into the mothers building, but i'm very excited to restore this room that once was a gift shop. and that's what i remember. and i want to thank supervisor melgar and mar for having the same passion that we do. i mean these murals are so beautiful of noah's ark and

depictions of the bible. i was pretty surprised how a lot of the colors were still clear, but it does really need restoration. i'm so excited to hear what the ideas come up fort use of this room and that what can be offered to all the residents and visitors of san francisco. >> president buell: commissioner griffin? >> yes, i -- i've always been a fan of w.p.a. projects all around the city. coit tower, beach chalet, the murals of george washington high school. and now the mothers building. it's just going to -- or mother earth building, i'm sorry -- would be joining the list of really fine pieces of art. the w.p.a. project did not discriminate back in the 30s.

there were women, there were asian, there were african-americans, there were all kinds of folks that were hired by the w.p.a. during that period. so the fact that we still have this lasting art, albeit it does have to be restored, it's just historical stuff and i'm so glad that you folks on working on this. i got to give a shoutout to richard rothman. i've known richard for years basically through labor stuff, but when richard gets his teeth into something, he doesn't let go until it's finally ready to eat. so, richard, congratulations on another -- another campaign well done. that's all. thank you. >> i think you're understating it about richard. >> commissioner jupiter-jones: i want to say how much i appreciate and endorse the idea of renaming it to the mother earth building, because i think

it's about time that we expand and deepen our definition of motherhood and care giving. so thank you for that. >> president buell: and mr. general manager. >> commissioner hallisy: did you say this is supervisor melgar's birthday? >> it is. >> i'll tell you that supervisor melgar rode in the st. patrick's day parade. she said it was her first. so shoutout to her for another accomplishment. >> i hope she and her staff are listening. if not now, later. >> she rode with commissioner stefani. >> i want to extend my thanks to jane and richard, but we left a thank you out of the equation here. that is to ashley somers. so -- >> i mentioned her. >> sorry, then i'd like to re-emphasize that.

sorry, kat. you know, ashley, thank you for really sort of making staff aware of how special an opportunity this is. and jane for all of the homework and richard, you know -- and i mean this with the greatest amount of affection -- without your nudging, this would also be maybe not on the radar screen, so thank you. and we hope the city can align in policy to support a campaign to renovate the building of mother earth. >> president buell: if you look at the graphics and that technique, jane really brought all that to the table by doing this extraordinary work. so as i've often said, victory has many parents, defeat is an

orphan and this is victorious. with that, let us move on. thank you very far. >> we're now on -- thank you very much. >> we're on item 13, our closed session. first, i will take public comment on the closed session. so if there is anyone in the room that would like to comment on this item? come up to the microphone. it looks like there is no public comment in room 400. is there anyone on the webex? no. okay. for those of you on the line or watching, we will be back after the closed session, so you're welcome to call back in, although the items are fewer after this item. so seeing no further public comment, we will close public comment. at this time, we would ask all staff not pertinent to the item to please leave the meeting room. and let's see here. okay.

and in a second, i'm going to get up and put a sign out there. so, okay. so first we need a vote on whether to hold closed session to confer with legal counsel? we need a motion and session to go into session? >> so moved. >> second. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor? so moved. >> we are now in close >> there we are. we're in open session. it's 12:22. i need a motion and a second whether you would like to report on the action taken in closed session. >> i make a motion that we not report on the closed session. >> seconded. >> moved and seconded, all those in favor?

so moved. >> secretary: commissioners, i need a motion and second to disclose discussions held in closed session? >> again, i make a motion we don't disclose it. >> all those in favor? so moved. okay. it's out of closed session. and you might need to unmute the room webex. thank you. all right. so, that was it for the closed session. we're on item 14. general public comment. i'm guessing there isn't any.

there is none in room 400. do we have anyone called into the line right now? okay. is the one person online, if you'd like to comment, you can raise your hand by dialing star 3. did they raise their hand? thank you. no public comment on item 14. so public comment is closed. we're on item 15. commissioners, do you have anything you want to discuss? >> commissioner hallisy: as we near adjournment today, i would like to talk just for a second about the backup center for the usf don. he hails from ukraine. his mother and sister were able to escape to lithuania a couple

of weeks ago. but his dad is a police officer. and his father stayed behind. he stayed behind to protect his homeland and protect his fellow citizens. and so today as we adjourn or come close to adjournment, i would like to keep not only vol va in mind, but especially to his dad who faces a far greater challenge. both of them will be in my thoughts tonight and going forward. thank you. >> president buell: thank you. >> anyone else? >> i'd like to just add something to commissioner hallisy's remarks. that i also saw in the news last night a story about this 7'ukrainian center, but what stuck out about the news clip

was that there are two -- two belarusian players on the team. and belarus and ukraine are kind of at odds now. a show of unity by these three players was the ukrainian 7-footer sitting in the middle with the two guys from belarus with their arms around him. and the three of them were asking for peace together. and i just thought that was beautiful. and i wanted to add that to joe's remarks. >> hear, hear. thank you, commissioner. >> commissioner jupiter-jones: just shifting gears for a moment of celebration as it is international women's history month. and i just want to express how proud i am of this department in terms of how much leadership and

guidance are offered by the women in this department. and especially -- >> hear, hear. >> in areas where women are not usually seen as leaders and as -- as leaders, including, you know, every one from our gardeners to our recreation staff, most importantly on the baseball field, but it just warms my heart to see how many women we have just making big moves in this department. and i want to celebrate every single one of them and us. >> president buell: thank you, commissioner. that was very nice. and commissioner louie? >> commissioner louie: i also wanted to add that it is asian history month, too, in the march. so, you know, we started with the parade and march has now arrived, so, you know, with the population of stories and all that asians are struggling with

in the city, we would like to just pay tribute to this special month. >> president buell: thank you very much. and mr. ginsburg? >> just a little post script. i had clicked on after commissioner hallisy spoke about the center. we talked a lot about the concerts in the park earlier. the benefit concert slava was really spectacular on sunday. i want to thank dean -- they're the ones that worked with the botanical garden every year. and they organized a concert with 30 different performances and the ukrainian national anthem was sung and there were ukrainian dancers. and there was poetry and they raised $44,000 for the world central kitchen support of ukrainian refugees. really, it was just an

extraordinarily coming together of our community in support of ukraine. >> thank you. seeing no other comments, madame secretary? >> secretary: just to double check. are there any comments on our webex on commissioners' matters? okay. thanks. seeing no further public comment, public comment is closed. we're now on item 16, new business agenda setting. do you have anything for this item? >> president buell: don't see anything. >> secretary: okay. is there any public comment on item 16? now i'm just talking to you. no? okay. seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. we're on item 17. communications. any public comment on this item? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. we're now on 18, adjournment.

>> motion to adjourn. >> second. >> so moved. nice to see everybody in person. thank you, all. and welcome to your officially, many of you, your very first full commission meeting. >> exactly. >> much appreciated. all right.

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i've been trying to bowl i enjoy bowling a very good support and good experience most of you have of of all love the people's and have a lot of have a lot of few minutes in mr. mayor the san francisco play lawn bowling is in golden gate park we're sharing meadow for more information about the club including free lessons log >> once i got the hang of it a little bit, you know, like the first time, i never left the court. i just fell in love with it and any opportunity i had to get out there, you know, they didn't have to ask twice. you can always find me on the court. [♪♪♪]

>> we have been able to participate in 12 athletics wheelchairs. they provide what is an expensive tool to facilitate basketball specifically. behind me are the amazing golden state road warriors, which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hill, who was a national paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco. we are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here. now that that is happening, you know, i i'm looking forward to that growing and spreading and

helping spread the word that needs -- that these people are here for everyone. i think it is important for people with disabilities, as well as able-bodied, to be able to see and to try different sports, and to appreciate trying different things. >> people can come and check out this chairs and use them. but then also friday evening, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., it will be wheelchair basketball we will make sure it is available, and that way people can no that people will be coming to play at the same time. >> we offer a wide variety of adaptive and inclusion programming, but this is the first time we have had our own equipment. [♪♪♪]

>> my name is amanda

[inaudible] over see the girls sports program. when i came to san francisco and studied recreation and parks and towerism and after i graduated i moved to candlestick park and grain r gain adlot of experience work with the san francisco 49 and [inaudible] be agfemale in a vore sports dynamic facility. i coached volo ball on the side and as candle stick closed down the city had me move in92 too [inaudible] >> immediate interaction and response when you work with kids. i think that is what drives other people to do this.

what drew me to come to [inaudible] to begin with for me to stay. i use today work in advertising as a media buyer and it wasn't fulfilling enough and i found a opportunity to be a writing coach. the moment [inaudible] you to take advantage of how you change and inspire a child by the words you say and actions you do. >> you have a 30 different programs for girls through rec and park and fast ball, soft ball and volley ball. i started the first volley ball league and very proud what i have done with that. being a leader for girls is passion and showing to be confident and being ambiggish and strong person. [inaudible] for about 5 years. programs offered

thraw thirty-three rec and park and oversee thg prms about a year. other than the programs we offer we offer summer camp squz do [inaudible] during the summer and that is something i wherei have been able to shine in my role. >> couple years we started the civic center socking league and what an amazing opportunity it was and is it for kid in the neighborhood who come together every friday in the civic center plaza on green grass to run and play. you otonly see soccer and poetry but also see books t. is a really promoting literacy to our kid and giving them to tools to make it work at home. real fortunate to see the [inaudible] grow. >> girls get pressureed with society and i know that is obvious, but we see it every day, magazines, commercials the

idea what a woman should look like but i like to be a strong female role for it goals that play sports because a lot of times they don't see someone strong in a female role with something connected with sports and athleticism and i love i can bring that to the table. >> soccer, poetry, community service. we now have field of dreams. we are [inaudible] all over the bay area and excited to be share our mission with other schools across the bay to really build the confidence and character of kids when they go out to play and close their eyes and think, why was [inaudible] we want to make sure-i want to make sure they remember me and remember the other folks who [inaudible] >> get out there and do it. who cares about what anybody else says. there will be poopal people that come up and want to wreck your ideas. that

happen today eme when i went to candle stick part and wanted to [inaudible] people told me no left and right. whether you go out for something you are passionate about our something you want to grow in and feel people will say no. go out and get it done. i can be the strong leader female and i love that. [♪♪♪] >> i just wanted to say a few words. one is to the parents and to all of the kids.

thank you for supporting this program and for trusting us to create a soccer program in the bayview. >> soccer is the world's game, and everybody plays, but in the united states, this is a sport that struggles with access for certain communities. >> i coached basketball in a coached football for years, it is the same thing. it is about motivating kids and keeping them together, and giving them new opportunities. >> when the kids came out, they had no idea really what the game was. only one or two of them had played soccer before. we gave the kids very simple lessons every day and made sure that they had fun while they were doing it, and you really could see them evolve into a team over the course of the season. >> i think this is a great opportunity to be part of the community and be part of programs like this. >> i get to run around with my other teammates and pass the ball. >> this is new to me. i've always played basketball or football. i am adjusting to be a soccer

mom. >> the bayview is like my favorite team. even though we lose it is still fine. >> right on. >> i have lots of favorite memories, but i think one of them is just watching the kids enjoy themselves. >> my favorite memory was just having fun and playing. >> bayview united will be in soccer camp all summer long. they are going to be at civic centre for two different weeklong sessions with america scores, then they will will have their own soccer camp later in the summer right here, and then they will be back on the pitch next fall. >> now we know a little bit more about soccer, we are learning more, and the kids are really enjoying the program. >> we want to be united in the bayview. that is why this was appropriate >> this guy is the limit. the kids are already athletic, you know, they just need to learn the game. we have some potential college-bound kids, definitely. >> today was the last practice of the season, and the sweetest moment was coming out here while

, you know, we were setting up the barbecue and folding their uniforms, and looking out onto the field, and seven or eight of the kids were playing. >> this year we have first and second grade. we are going to expand to third, forth, and fifth grade next year bring them out and if you have middle school kids, we are starting a team for middle school. >> you know why? >> why? because we are? >> bayview united. >> that's right.

>> ok. good afternoon and welcome back to the san francisco historic preservation commission first in-person hearing in almost two years. for wednesday, march 16, 2022. members of the public and staff may also attend remotely and we will be venturing into the new land of hybrid hearings. in-person and remote hybrid hearings require everyone's attention and most of all your patience. if you are joining us remotely and are not speaking, please mute your microphone.