>> the september 15th meeting of the recreation and park commission. stacy, will you call the roll. >> sure. >> commissioner anderson. >> here commissioner griffin? >> here. >> hallisy? >> here. >> jupiter? >> here. >> commissioner louie? >> here. >> commissioner mazzola has an excused absence. >> commissioner buell? >> here. >> today the san francisco and recreation park commissioner present this ramaytus ohlone land acknowledgement. [land acknowledgement] >> we honor the ramaytus people for to commitment to the mother

earth. >> as the indigenous protectors of this land ask in accordance with their pro digs, they have never seated, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place. as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. >> as stewards of the parkland we recognize our duty to honor the ohlone through interpretation of ancestry land. >> we wish to pay our respect to the ancestors, elders and relatives of the ramaytus community. >> thank you, commissioners. >> next item two, continuation of remote meetings and i send it back to stacy. oh, so sorry. announcements, first. so, again, good morning, and welcome to the recreation and park commission. this meeting is held in hybrid

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>> all right. all those in favor state aye. >> aye. [multiple voices] >> any opposed. any abstentions? none. it passes. we are on item 3. president's report. >> all right. good morning, everybody. so glad to see everyone. i'd like to discuss yesterday we had a grand celebration at india basin park. i'm sure we'll hear more detail from phil in a few minutes but commissioners louie and hallisy, larry, did i spot you? >> no, he wasn't there. >> we went out there -- >> jupiter jones as well. >> sorry and jupiter jones. i thought there were more of us. glorious day celebrating a wonderful property and i particularly enjoyed meeting the members of the community who have been advocating for this thing for probably over 20 years. and the birth of a new park to me is just one of the

most amazing things, particularly in this city and none of it ever happens without neighborhood advocates who (indiscernible) and i talked with the project manager and just to understand everyone's commitment to this is really inspiring. is there anyone else that would like to add to the president's report? all right. that's it for me. next, we have the general manager's report. oh, sorry, stacy. >> is there any public comment on the president's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. we're on item 4, general manager's report. >> good morning, commissioners and greetings for my new chair. [laughter] i'm a little twisted around. although, vice-president

anderson did a great job of summarizing the feeling and certainly the roots of our efforts at indian basin, i'll add more context since it was such a monumental occasion and really, one of the, my notes say most anticipated event of the year. >> i think so. >> so, this is 1.7 miles of continuous waterfront that has long been neglected and dilapidated. there's a lot of adjacent parcels so it creates a larger network of over 60 acres of open space you in terms of context, consider it the size of kersey field. so yesterday, we celebrated both of completion of remediation phase of work on 900 ns and grand breaking for park construction for half of the

space we're ultimately going to develop for the moment. the remediation phase was particularly meaningful because when we acquired 900 enes, it was home of a boat repair facility and but had traces of common place industry in the sand and water. this is not to be compared with some of the concerns about the shipyard but it was an industrial site and our promise to the community was long before we knew whether we could raise the money and really pull off this park construction, if we were to acquire this land we were going to lead it, the land and the water, cleaner than when we found it and it does strike parallels to me for the land acknowledgements that you just recited. we have a

responsibility to steward the land and those out there, we haven't even started construction and the place looks beautiful. in fact, one of the funnier and comments resonated with me was -- [multiple voices] it was a beautiful sunny day. it looks like a sandy beach over the basin and somebody commented, why don't we put down beach chairs and serve margaritas and call it a day and we're not going to do that but instead investing over $2 million in this space and because this community deserves a park every bit of spectacular as its northern sister and we will not stop until we achieve that. it will deliver miles of trails, restored store line, a world of recreation opportunities including waterfront recreation and the themes of the park include public access, social access,

resiliency and restoration and this fills in the gap of the bay trail. its unique element which got some discussion yesterday but i want to remind everyone is it is guided by an equity development plan which is an emerging best practice plan which some people, california state director rodriguez noted during his opening comments, other cities around the country are starting to look to us and our model here and we did not invent this model. our north star has been the 11th street bridge project over the anna costa river in washington, d.c. and some of the other lessons learned frankly going way back to the high line and the highland, everybody thinks is a world class park but it destabilized an existing community as it came in and our goal is to do the opposite and we want to create a black center space at indian basin and everyone is welcome but it's for the community that's there now and so, we're just, we're just

thrilled and so, i wanted to thank the commission for all your guidance and leadership up until this point. i really want to thank our partners, randolph institute has been amazing and trust for public lands and san francisco parks alliance, there were lots of department heads there, which shows the excitement of the project in the fact we have engaged departments to help us implement our equitable development plan so this project has got deep, which roots are starting to grow deep in a lot of different directions so we're excited about it. just one other footnote on top of that, last month, i don't know if anybody, any of you were able to be there but we had our free indian basin community day and the event included kayaking and we brought the rock wall out and kite flying and a lot of activities around indian basin park which is north of the space we were in yesterday and we are

also completing a, which has come before this commission, a basketball court restoration which includes a community design mural which is an interim improvement because we have a five-year journey and this is a marathon and not sprint. we're trying to add programming and make smart physical improvements although we're going to renovate it down the road so the community can enjoy it because all the spaces is getting more and more attention so we're thrilled and thank you. i want to give you an update on this commission's favorite topics which is cars in the great highway. [laughter] back in july, district 4 supervisor gordon mar introduced city legislation to keep the great highway free and i realized in my new seat i have to turn around and say high to you, commissioner (indiscernible). so, supervisor

mar introduced city legislation to keep the great highway car free between lincoln and slote on friday afternoons and weekend and holidays and this was a compromise driven by the mayor and supervisor, melgar, chan and mar, many months ago in which the traffic would be allowed during the week but starting friday afternoon, weekends and holidays, it would, there would not be traffic on the road. so, the legislation authorizes a pilot study that would last through the end of 2025 and so, supervisor mar, along with sf mta and they are anticipated it will go before the board of legislation in the coming weeks and the pilot study is important to be able to collect data, to understand usage, alternative traffic options, gather more public feedback in order to

fully examine how the upper great highway between lincoln and slote could work as a promenade with the success of our promenade along jfk, we are, we really are excited to see upper grade highway walk down the same path. we recognize that the roads are different and they are used a little differently so we're quite comfortable with this compromise approach. more things blooming in golden gate park. la ros devaugn and i do speak french, so i'm sure i butchered that. we have a dedication ceremony and the gold compass sculpture designed by michelle thonial that was, that sits outside the conservatory of flowers and was donated to us by

local art gallery 836m and the leparnard family and although the commission approved the work of arts status back in 2018 making it the first addition to the city's permanent art collection in decades. so this is actually significant and you did approve it in 2018. the dedication ceremony was covid interrupted and it's finally being held tonight in conservatory valley to give us a chance to celebrate and to thank the artist and the donors. >> what time? >> it starts, i believe, forgive me, it starts, i have to be there at 5:00 so i'm guessing around 5:00. >> okay. >> the event tonight will include a dance performance around the sculpture as well as a performance by the french pop group le imperitris. i'm going

to take french lessons. >> i'm hearing it in french because i can't speak it either. >> [foreign language] [laughter] the artist himself will be there. antonio who i had the pleasure of meeting has a track record of keeping spectacular art for public spaces with his pieces displayed at the metro pa lorya in paris. he's a serious world renowned artist so we're very, very grateful to have his work in golden gate park. i hope to see you all and members of the public there this evening and look forward to seeing le ros blooming in the heart of promenade for years to come. so as we transition from summer to fall, we have many cultural events happening in our parks this month. it's a very, very, very busy time for us, so i

thought i would summarize a few of them. the best part of it is, almost all of these events are free for san francisco residents. just last sunday, the opera and i believe commissioner anderson, you were there, kicked off its one hundred season with opera in the park and thousands of people showed up to robin meadow for this bay area tradition and this month, saw free shakespeare in the park. part of the san francisco shakespeare festivals, 40th anniversary which occurred at the jerry garcia amphitheater in mclaren. this is a perfect place to enjoy -- even from the bench seating or a blanket on the hillside. then, this sunday, the 41st an -- annual day, and there's 1500 comedy lovers to show up and it's free. on top of

that -- >> please go, i go every year and it's so much fun. >> on top of that, flower piano which kicked off last evening with a special performance, i'll share a remark or two. flower piano and it's in its seventh season and kicks off for the public tomorrow through tuesday at the botanical gardens and we get to hear all kinds of music in the park and that's gone on for maybe one hundred years but there is nothing, if you have not been to flower piano, there's nothing that captures one soul like these 12 grand pianos hidden in nooks and crannies in the beautiful botanical garden and you get to listen to a combination of program performances, partners with the symphony and the jazz center and san francisco opera, a variety of community groups but anyone and something tells me commissioner louie, you might

be someone who would show up on a piano bench and start banging keys. i think you would. anyone can play in the garden and it's spectacular and free for san francisco residents. it's the perfect mix of nature and music. last night, as a way of kicking off flower piano, the garden and sunset piano hosted an amazing composition, all 12 of the pianos were put in the great meadow and a very original score was written called, fallen fly, which is sort of summons both the lows and highs of life and the lows and highs of san francisco and again, originally score 12 pianos playing at once. it was combined with a reading by gary camaya's whose remarks

were the about the highs and lows of our city's cherished history and it was a beautiful event, so i encourage everyone to show up over the weekend to see this very unique, very, very unique event. and then don't forget, hardly, strictly blue grass. another free music festival in golden gate park. it starts september 30th through october 2nd. this marks the first festival for fhb since the pandemic. the concerts were virtual so they did performances but this is the first in person concert in three years and we're excited to have them back and grateful to have them back but that's not all. do south, another free concert series is in maclaren park at the jerry amphitheater theater this sunday at the veteran and singer tou

and rapper ruby will take the stage and there's another one in mid-october and we have the mid autumn festival saturday at tenderloin rec. center it's a celebration of south asian arts and cultures and it has food, and arts and a soccer tournament. with so many happening in our parks, we're happy to host free events and ensure that exciting recreation is at the fingertips for all. just a couple of programming notes, registration is now open for the american sign language after school program which runs all school yearlong for grades k to five at mission playground and the program helps neighborhood kids, it provides homeless assistance and enriching activity and healthy snaps and in sign, so it's perfect for those who are hearing-impaired, but also those

for who are not. my own daughter went to the summer camp version of this and learned sign which she still uses to this day. and then starting on september 20th, a free five-week pilot program for teens and transition aged adults with autism or other develop mental issues at the rec. center. this helps participants with social skills and including field trips and access to adventure is happening saturday at the new presidio. and our friends at access to adventure, it's a family fun day and actually the organization that helps us sponsor it is support for family and children with disabilities so that with the presidio rec. and park and it will have after school programs for families and kids and then lastly, you're going to

hear a presentation in a short while about star power coming to harding park but let me share a little bit about star power that was recently at harding park. so, whether it's on the basketball court or the golf course, our own golden state warriors steph curry can score. harding park hosted the underrated golf tour championship which i'ms to highlight young golfers between the ages of 12 and 18. this year 24 players made the championships so this was going around, all around the country and the championship was at harding but only two young winners scored the ultimate award, the curry cup, so we want to congratulate the winners, ashley shaw and roman salomon and it was, it's a pretty special thing. you may have read steph's committee to

investing in creating more opportunities for minorities and people of color in the sport of golf and this is part of that program and something we should all be proud of. and that, commissioners, concludes the general manager's report. >> thank you, general manager. stacy. >> is there any public comment on the general manager's report? seeing none in the room, and seeing none online. oh, so sorry. >> public comment is closed. >> commissioner hallisy. >> a question on indian basin. it was a great event yesterday and one of the things that really warmed my heart was when you and others talked about this swinerton company and the great work they are doing out there and one of my favorite program in this department is the greenacres program and how students are being trained and

educated on gardening and this oasis of golden gate park and i'm wondering, i was hearing from swinerton and he was you and yourself that someone said they brought onboard 15 young people to be on their crew during the course of this project which out of all the great things yesterday, i picked that out as the great evident and i'm just -- the greatest and is this something they came up with or did you come up with this, whoever came up with it, it was brilliant? >> thank you for the question. the community came up with this, so as we've discussed and i think as you've all seen, this is the indian basin equitable development plan and this was the creation of over two years of community conversations with the community members, community leaders who were honored as part of yesterday's ceremony and were

given a plant and they brought ground. they have been guiding us and sharing with us, you know, sort of their hopes and aspirations to make sure this project, every dollar of investment and the space benefits the existing community and not, you know, not for who might come next and you know, that is the more french -- of this project and so, there is a whole strategy here on workforce, youth development and workforce development from which the arrangement with the swinerton group, we insisted on it as, in our bid package and we have raised philanthropic dollars for workforce development training through a five-city grant by the jpb foundation which we have worked at very hard, apri is involved and workforce development so all

the people -- all the local community members that will be hired will have gone through this workforce development training that the building trade is very involved in and very supportive of and these are, these will be union jobs and it is terrific. there's also beyond construction, you know about our preapprentice and apprenticeship. we're beginning a process of reserving spots for bay view community members to be in our pre-apprenticeship program and assuming they thrive in that program, those individuals would be guaranteed spots in our apprenticeship program and then they would be invited to join rec. and park and work at india basin and other bay view area parks so there's a whole workforce development cycle that is part of this project. >> excellent! >> thank you, commissioner

hallisy. commissioner louie? >> you recited so many wonderful variety of things that's going on in the park. is there a place where the residents can find this all on one-page? >> why thank you. our website address is sf remembering park dot org. sf rec. park dot org. follow us on instagram and twitter. we're not as funny as the state of new jersey but we're try and we try to do the best we can in promoting all of our activities and events. oh, also, we have a weekly e-news that currently goes to over, i think, nearly one hundred thousand san franciscans but you can sign up for that on website as well and we will deliver to you every wednesday night, every wednesday, thank you, sarah. it will be delivered every wednesday an incredible menu of

activities and programs in our parks. >> thank you. i would like to share a tip with respect to flower piano, a real jazz treat on saturday, september 17th at 1 at the california native gardens stage, is the gala adoption qinton and many jazz -- smith who tragically died in a car accident a number of years ago and who was a jazz great in the bay area of northern california and advisor to the monterey jazz festival, his wife gale and children especially smith the fourth, i think and the daughter are all incredible musical greats and they have become personal friends of me. they have performed at the cafe i used to run and i can tell you that if you have time, this one is not to be missed event. thank

you. >> and commissioner hallisy, one last tit bit and you can find out the information not just on our website but the indian basin has its own website. id waterfront dot com. there's economic opportunities, updates on construction and program, it's all there. >> very good. >> thank you, everyone. all right. >> we are now on item 5. general public comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission and that do not appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda items, you'll have opportunities to address the commission when the item is reached in the meeting. and just a reminder, if you want to come up, you'll have two minutes to speak.

>> good morning. >> good morning. commissioners, my name is robin levelet. i'm a haze valley resident. i'm here first, i want to thank you for all your work on behalf of san francisco's magnificent parks system, it's really appreciated. i am a 30-year resident of haze valley. i live steps away from the page laguna mini park. and i'm here today, i visit the park several times a day. this little park is a very important community resource and serves as a focal point for my neighborhood, so i'm here today on behalf of my neighbors who are concerned about an effort spearhead by a gentleman named rudy duprima to rename the park in honor of his mother, diana who was a poet who lived in the

neighborhood decades ago. for many reasons, we are opposed to the renaming and feel if the park is to be renamed, it should be for someone who actually contributed to the community and contributed to the park. therefore, should the issue come before you, we urge you to follow rec. and park guidelines regarding the naming of parks and that guideline is only to commemorate a person or persons who have made major overriding contributions to the park and whose distinctions are as yet unrecognized. therefore, if this issue should come before you, we want to make sure you consider this policy and also make sure that neighbors are engaged in any decision regarding the

renaming of this park. that's all. thank you very much for your consideration. >> thank you. any other public comment, sorry? >> i'm susie. i'm here just to bring up pickle ball. >> i didn't hear you. >> can you speak into the mic. >> i'm here to bring up pickle ball as a subject. i like to say wow, you guys do a lot. it's impressive, community, community, community which is why i'm here. so i'm going to read this because i really never done this before so it's pretty overwhelming. >> read fast. >> i understand there's less resistance and building (indiscernible) barring residents from, resistance from the community. i'm confused by this step, since pickle ball is played there before the flood anyway. my main concern is the resistance of the rec. and park to change a 30-year-old policy of letting private schools use the tennis courts in san

francisco, free of charge, five days a week when there's a larger community of diverse ages needing the same space. i could understand public schools use the space and they don't have tennis court s their campus but there's three public schools using the court and eight private schools using the best courts in the city. rather than private schools take precedent over tax paying residents, 20 -- why does the rec. and park favorite the private schools in this scenario. i ask to see the 30-year-old policy given as a reason but to date they haven't been able to produce a document. don't you think that the need for more pickle ball courts is a reason to revisit this policy written. nonprofit or not cannot burden public spaces when the other community needs that space and presidio is the most popular to play other than maclaren park. demand for private schools needing four courts at the least

location, sorry, four courts at one location at minimum for their practices is unacceptable when another community needs that same space and there's one tennis court that doesn't work for pickle court -- it's not acceptable offered by the rec. and park. >> one moment, i'm going to exercise my president's prerogative and give you 30 seconds. can you finish. >> i suggest the rec. and park visit other cities to see what they are doing to accommodate other cities so san francisco doesn't fall behind. pickle ball has grown and it's not going away because of the strong community of players and diverse ages and backgrounds that emerged around it. this is probably the only sports where an elementary age school can play on the same court as an eight-year-old retiree. this sport brings people together and that's why the rec. and park department need to make a space to foster this growing community. that's it. >> thank you very much. i

appreciate your efficacy. any -- >> is there any other public comment in the room? all right. i'd like to -- [multiple voices] >> double check to go make sure we don't have any online >> good point. then we'll go to commissioner louie. and and there's no public comment online, so public comment is closed. commissioner louie. >> susie, thank you for attending the meeting today and i just want to say, i'm a pickle ball lover too. i've been only seated here for a year but i've attended three pickle ball community meetings and i feel what you're feeling but i also, not to stand up for the department but they do not take unfair favoritism. it's not their favoring of private school or it's very hard to find in the city a balance between tennis

and pickle ball and so, they are, i do see, i mean, i remain, i don't really say anything at the committee meetings but i listen to everyone just like when people come for public comment and what i do see is they are trying, the department is really, really trying. they are rebuilding, you know, stern grove but that's -- >> that's accepted now. that's an option right now but it was so much distance. >> we're going -- >> we're really going -- commissioner louie, it's not appropriate to have a back and forth. i'm sorry. >> no more public comment from susie but she's used her time. >> one more thing is, the department is having a meeting in stern grove and the pickle ball community witrtme heads are going to come together and we invite pickle ballers to show up, tennis players, whatever, so that will be announced and also we'll see you

again there. so you're welcome, thank you. >> all right. any other comment? i see none. we're on item 6, the consent calendar. >> this is an action item. >> i'm going to check, is there any public comment in the room on item 6? and i don't believe we have anything online. so public comment is closed. so, commissioners? >> all right. and are the commissioners satisfied with moving ahead with all items included in the consent calendar for approval. >> so moved. >> second. >> all those in favor state aye. >> aye. [multiple voices] >> public comment. >> did we do public comment? >> she already asked. >> got it. >> i'm on it. [laughter] >> all those in favor, i mean, we said that. any opposed? no opposition. okay. it passes. >> we are item 7, the general calendar. san francisco zoo. and i believe we have tanya peterson joining remotely. yes, please.

are we ready with the audio? tanya, can you speak? let's hear you. director peterson, do we have a report? do we know if anyone is trying to give a report? okay, we can always -- >> okay. we can always slot her in if she shows up later, stacy, would you help me with that? >> yes. >> okay. let's move on to the next item. >> item 8, let's play sf update. >> good morning, ladies.

>> sf gov tv, there's a display on the computer, i believe. there we go. thank you. >> great photo. >> good morning, commissioners and general manager. i'm getting a weird echo, is that just me? >> try it again. >> all right. >> i'm lisa, director of parks -- >> just you. >> my point comes across seven times. [laughter] okay. let me try again. i'm lisa, director of partnerships at rec. and park and i'm here with cara of our capital division who is the lead on this initiative. this item today is our reoccurring informational update on the let's play initiative. and just before we dive in, a brief reminder, i think this is the tenth one we have given but i'll give a quick background, that this initiative

comes from the 2012 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond which allocated $15.5 million to renovate playgrounds in san francisco. a task force was convened by this commission to select the sites and the task force prioritized 13 playgrounds based on the presence of toxic wood and play requirements and sites in low-income neighborhood dense with children. 13 -- the task force, excuse me, 13 playgrounds were twice the number of playgrounds that could be renovated with the $15.5 million from the bond, so the department partnered with the san francisco parks alliance to raise private funds so all 13 playgrounds could be renovated and this update is really fun because it's so exciting to see so much physical progress on these projects. we've completed nine of the 13 sites and the remaining four all have approved concept plans and this commission has awarded the

construction contract for hearse playground where construction should be underway in coming weeks. also exciting is that we are resuming the usage measurement of these sites that was paused during covid and i'll get to that later in this presentation, the measurements continue to show dramatic increases in usage and physical activity at these sites. and last, the initiative, and the last initiative highlight is to note that with the completion of outreach on the final site, we've completed the deeper important community engagement work on this initiative and carol will talk a little bit more about the numbers there which are really wonderful. so, the heart of this campaign remains balanced on the three pillars of community, creativity and wellness. research shows that beautiful public spaces designed with stakeholder engagement inspired community. play helps nurture growing brains and getting kids outside and moving leads to physical

well-being. and as i've mentioned before, we are tracking this sort of usage and i wanted to share the data measurement on the two playgrounds where we have complete data sets. so, it's really fulfilling to see data showing that the initiative is hitting its goals of attracting communities to these sites and getting children outside to play in ways that we know, as i've mentioned, nurtures, grow bodies and brains and since the start of the initiative, we've used a tool called so park or system for observing play and community to measure pre and post renovation use of these sites. it also tracks how they are used. whether they usage is moderate or vigorous and it tracks that among different age groups. it's of course intuitive if you create an amazing piece of public infrastructure, people will show up and use it. it's

wonderful to see that upheld by the data. we're seeing dramatic usage increases which we take as a sign that the sites are making a contribution to the neighborhood sense of community and physical, and mental wellness, so for just a couple of specifics, this is the one piece of data for sergeant john mcculley playground in the tenderloin which was a modestly used site that saw usage 16 fold on weekdays and triple, sorry, on weekends and triple on weekdays. we also track activity at the site and found that overall vigorous play at the playgrounds nearly doubled and interesting, 7 terrace use of the program jumped which may be a reflection of the natural elements and seating, but we don't know for sure why. but those elements were really important to the community as

part of the site. and we did see a drop in usage by seniors. we're not one hundred percent sure why this happened but the starting numbers for usage by seniors was very, very low, like, in the tens of people, so it could be just the data anomaly. and then the other data set that i wanted to share was about west portal playground which was an active site before renovation that saw overall usage double on weekends and weekdays. and the increases were true across age groups. at west portal, there were especially dramatic increases in vigorous activity by children which was up nearly six times across weekdays and weekends. so, the data has been very rewarding to see and with that, i'm going to turn the rest of the presentation over to cara, but at the end of my piece, i just wanted to very much thank the san francisco parks alliance which has partnered with us on

this initiative. >> great, thanks lisa. good morning, commissioners. i'm cara from the capital and planning division and i'm the program lead for the let's play initiative from the project delivery standpoint. thank you. okay. so i want to start by sharing the 13 playgrounds that are part of this initiative. here's our cute map and where you see a check mark are the projects that have been completed and reopened to the public. we have only four more playgrounds to go and since our last update in march we made a lot of progress on those four remaining sites and i'll share those highlights through the presentation. first, i'd like to start with the ones we have completed as a reminder, just one image per site. we have panhandle playground on the top. merced heights and washington --

square on the bottom. and alice west portal and the redwood grove in maclaren park and last year we reopened jerry commons and herz program and john march clairen on the bottom. the next two sites slated to begin is herz and richmond program and commission approved herz playground last month for construction and we expect to start construction last month. and richmond is completing the bid documents and expects to advertise the bid contracts next fall. the stern grove playground which are the images on the right is right behind richmond playground expecting to finish bid documents this fall and advertise that project for its construction contract soon after. and between stern grove, richmond and herz, we're hoping to complete construction for three more of our playgrounds

within 2023 or early 2024. and on the left is buchanan street mall which has also completed a thorough set of construction documents, as we have reported previously, the buchanan mall project and the property has seen a significant increase investment in scope over the past few years. and the department has decided to take a short pause on the playground documentation to allow the other pieces of that project to catch up so we can renovate all five blocks at once. this increase in investment has been a great boom to our let's play project and it's a piece of a larger project but it means our team has been able to integrate the playground program thorough in the whole block it sits on. for this site we're going to be delivering rec. and park first intergenerational play ground. this is going to be an active zone on the block that focuses

on fitness and play for all ages, not just children. it will be a mix of children's playground, senior fitness and adult zones and together these program elements are meant to increase social interaction between age groups and foster deeper community relationships across the neighborhood. in regard to community engagement, it has always been a big goal of this initiative to provide and create deep community relationships through our -- row boast community. we're happy to report on the final numbers and we've -- for the 13 playgrounds, over five thousand voices contributed to building those concept plans. we had 161 community events with an average

of over 12 outreach events per playground site. and nearly 3,000 responses were received to online surveys and we're engaging with communities on the remaining sites of course in an informal way informing them of milestones on the projects. on the initiative schedule and i talked about the remaining site schedules, but here they are all together in that tiny little draft. [laughter] so, the redline -- the vertical redline represents where we are today in this initiative and as you can see, we're getting very close to the end. we still have over a year left, but we have a lot behind us to be proud of. we do expect to be before you many times as our projects are continuing. finally on the

financial side, this is the exact same budget we presented to you in march of this year with only four projects remaining, all of which have well developed designs and cost assessment at this point. we feel confident where we are financially and we have sufficient and private funds to complete all 13 playgrounds. thank you so much for your time today. lisa and i are here for any questions we can answer for you. >> thank you. >> is there any puk -- is there any public comment on this item? nothing in the room? sfgov tv, if you can hear me, is there anyone on the line with a raised hand? seeing no public comment, this item is closed. >> i have a question from commissioner griffin, please. >> thank you so much for the presentation. it was very enlightening and congratulations

on your work and how far you have come along. i just had a couple of questions about buchanan mall. you said several of the projects are having to stop and slowdown waiting for other parts of the project to catch up? >> we're really integrated into one cohesive project right now. there's funding for renovation of all five blocks and so, the most efficient way to do that is have one project for the five blocks and it's only the playground and pause that to allow the rest to catch up. >> you expect that to happen when? >> it's already happening. and the -- the project should finish construction documents mid 2023 and start construction in early 2024. >> okay. thank you very much. >> commissioner, i think you were with me at one of the

events recently. i believe, was it with senator wiener, i think you had just become commissioner, so we've been successfully pursuing funding for all five blocks of renovation and one of the sources of that five-block project is let's play sf but that's just for a piece, not even an entire block but a piece of one of the blocks. so the idea really is to sort of integrate it into, you know, one cohesive design and we just recently got an olrp grant from the federal government through the state of california so we've been making some good success here, so we're quite optimistic about it. >> good, thank you. >> next, commissioner louie. >> good job, 13 down, 4 to go. 13 total. lucky 13. total. >> 13 minus --

>> we didn't hire you for your math skills. >> nine down and four to go. [laughter] >> it equals 13. >> got it. yes. we are all also very proud, i think i've been a part of the commission this whole time those been in planning, right. so and i've been to many of these playgrounds and i always get such a kick out of just the pure joy especially from the kids trying the new equipment, going down a slide and i have to tell you, i have seen a number of adults play on the equipment too which is really fun. i don't think we have any other comments. thank you. that was discussion only. >> next item. >> tanya, if you can hear us, we're waiting for you. [laughter]

>> why don't we just -- >> we'll keep looking for you, tanya. we're not going to leave you. >> we're going to move to item no. 9, golden gate park japanese tea garden landscape renovation and conceptual plan and sole source contract. >> all right. >> i need some tech help here on the screen. there we go.

>> let's see if i can do this. talk and drive. good morning commissioners, i'm gabriel mill and project manager in the operations division. they don't let me out in public very often. >> they should because you have a cool tie and cool shoes. >> i'm going to talk about the landscape renovation at the japanese tea garden. the tea garden is the oldest public japanese garden in the united states. the garden provides visitors to experience the natural beautiful, and harmony of the japanese style garden in the heart of san francisco's golden gate park. this slide shows the existing pagoda site. it's not a humongous and not as big as indian basin but a focus

park. the pagoda is under renovation, the temple gate is in the background and you can parablely see on the left the lanterns -- you can see on the left the lanterns and all three structures are important, historical elements in the garden. next slide. just a bit of project background, in 2018, the friends of the japanese tea garden in partnership with the department launched the japanese tea garden revitalization campaign. we decided to start the campaign with the pagoda and its immediate surrounding as it was in desperate need of repair due to age and a wood boarding beetle infestation which has been going on for quite a while. the actual pagoda restoration began in spring 2020 with the rpd union carpentry shop taking lead on the project. we will finish this phase of the restoration at the end of this

month. the -- the scaffolding is coming down next week. also in 2020 the friends of the japanese tea garden issued an rfp for the landscape around the pagoda as a part of the restoration vision. the firm curry llc was selected to complete the design. we now have a final concept design, ceqa exemption and ready to move forward on the construction part of the project. so, just going back to the restoration, i wanted to show you the hard work of the carpenters and these are in progress slides of the structure restoration of the pagoda. on the left, you can see that's the original condition of the roof, on the top level and these are -- these images show different stages of development of the project and again we'll

be done next week. so, getting back to the landscape, this is the overall site of the tea garden. the -- the rectangle shows the pagoda appointment. the pagoda is the square in the center and this is the temple gate over here and and these are the lanterns and there's a steep stair at the front base of the pagoda that goes down to the lake area. >> could you speak into the microphone? >> sorry. there's a number of paths that lead to this site throughout the network of path in the garden. so this is the concept plan. the proposed plan opens the area around the pagoda to make it feel more cohesive with the rest of the garden. it creates a gathering space for cultural events such as tie

cobonds demonstrations and tea ceremonies and it respects the history of the garden and recognizes historic elements and the pagoda is at the center framed by sculptural boulders and we are expanding the moss garden at the back of the pagoda and relocating the steppingstone through the moss and the steppingstone were originally in front of the pagoda and we're going to reuse the existing site into the installation of the new garden. the lanterns will remain in the same spot but be modified to have smaller bases as the current bases are too large and out of scale with the space. both the pagoda and the lantern bases will be clad in stone. the existing fence line will be represented in the ground plain by insect japanese roof tiles as a nod to the history of the site and its former configuration. so

this is a birdseye view of the representation of the garden from the front. so throughout the design process, we have worked closely with local community groups and have hosted two community meetings in the garden to discuss the plan. this is a list of supporters of the project and we have numerous letters of support on file and i'm hoping we'll have some supporters call in for this meeting as well for support. we are privileged to have kurisi and his team working as designer and he has been work nothing the field for over 50 years and he believes in the restorative power of power and the natural

encounters for lasting health of our mind, bodies and communities and in per pursuit, he has the highest quality and completed projects across the united states in japan and internationally. here's some examples of his work. kurisu. i have learned a lot about japanese gardens and how they are put together. i learned japanese garden is shaped at conception. the designer places elements and the progression through the space. but the design does not give you the blueprint for construction in the way that would exist for other types of projects. in the words of mark keen who is a designer and educator on

japanese gardens, western gardens are built from the master plan down, japanese gardens are built from the ground up. karisu work with materials within the landscape. the reason that japanese gardens are built from the ground up is that each object in the garden needs to speak to its surrounding, a stone is placed and the next stone needs to speak to it and the trees, structures, and even the ground plain are connected to one another. the only way to remain true to the tradition of the japanese garden is have the builder be the designer. in our current time and place, there may not be anyone who understands this better than karisu and this is how it's done in jap pan and the finest japanese gardens outside of japan. to ensure that the garden design is implemented in a cultural sensitive manner and reaches full potential, we're looking to award the construction portion of the project to karisu as a sole

contractor. in addition to getting a better product, this approach will save the city over $200,000 in funding and 12 to 18 months of time by streamlining the documenting and installation phase. this project is going to help set the tone for the evolution of the garden for years to come. i look forward to your support and thank you for your time. >> thank you. any public comment in the room? come on up. good morning. i think -- >> my name is mary. thank you gabe for that great report. i am a resident of san francisco and a member of the friends of the

japanese tea garden so i've been watching this project for many years now and i was at the, i was at the wonderful concert last night and as i was leaving the botanical garden, i had this fabulous view of the japanese tea garden and the pagoda and it's still shrouded and it should come off next week and we'll be able to see this beautiful gem i have missed so much. whenever i look at a website of san francisco, the pagoda is always prom nament. it's like the jewel of the crown -- it's prominent and the jewel of the city. it's for a lot of residents as well as visitors that want to share in our beauty

and the -- the pagoda is like a fine work of art and the framing of that is so essential and so the courtyard around the pagoda, the landscaping is so important to showcasing the pagoda and we are so fortunate to have kurisu's company to create this beautiful landscape to frame the pagoda, so i'm just so excited about his work. i've heard about it. he's just a master artist and we're lucky to have him. thank you. >> thank you. and thank you for your public service. do we have another commenter here? >> hi there. i'm steven, i'm a gardener at the japanese tea garden. i've been there since 2007 and i wanted to talk about

kurisu and i have visited his gardens around the country and he's designed -- he's designed beautiful public and private gardens but i wanted to talk about his sensitivity. he's designed a garden for a teen drug rehab facility in illinois. he designed garden for oncology center in oregon and he designed a garden for the oregon state penitentiary so his specialty is in the healing spaces and at the japanese tea garden, his sensitivity is needed for a portion of our garden that was altered severely during world war ii because of politics and racism. there's changes made to that part of the garden and kurisu is best position to bring that part of the garden into harmony with the existing garden to make it co-- cohesive and

hopefully heal from the past. >> thank you for the context. >> a side note if you look in the "new york times" today, there's a story by john branch about the importance of fog to san francisco and our amazing supervising garden steven was quoted in there talking about the benefits of fog to the tea garden. >> ah! thank you. commissioner louie? >> is there any other public comment in the room? >> we do have callers on the line. >> how many callers? >> we have five. we set a time limit of -- >> two minutes, callers, please go ahead. >> um, good morning, commissioners and general manager ginsburg. i'm louise and a resident of district one. a member of the friends of the japanese tea garden and i have

been working on the steering committee for this project. i want to express my support to the design and sole source contract with kurisu llc for the design implementation of this phase of the renovation of the japanese tea garden. as a master of the japanese garden, kurisu has no rival in this country. for this project, his distinct unique talent are essential to repair and renovate a section of the garden that was destroyed in a racist act of demolition at the start of world war ii. indeed, beyond repair, this is the counter action of reparation to make the garden whole and recognizing the past. the

specific and ascetic articulation through kurisu sign, it also forms a place of fundamental healing of moving to the future and we have been fortunate that kurisu has been as dedicated as he has to this garden. i also -- >> keep going, you have 26 seconds. >> okay. great. i also would like to thank both abigail and gabriel mill and the entire park and rec. staff for their undaunted support and work on this project. it's a real testament to the dedication of the park and rec. staff. thank you very much. and i hope for your support. thank you. >> next caller, please. >> good morning, commissioners.

my name is stephanie lender and i'm a resident of the inter sunset and i'm the ceo of the nonprofit partner for the gardens of golden gate park. the japanese tea garden is heavily visited and a very beloved space with about half a million visitors a year and now with the recent creation of the gardens of golden gate park, we are seeing more san francisco residents and veterans, now they can visit all three gardens including the tea garden free of charge and improving the landscape around the pagoda is an extension of the restoration that needs to be done. kurisu is the right designer, he understands public japanese gardens, he has designed and built many fabulous gardens across the world including the portland japanese garden, fits conservatory and the japanese lantern garden -- world class

designer and as we make the gardens of golden gate park world class, this is the kind of talent that we need to engage. his approach to the design build is authentic to the craft of japanese gardens and we have confidence his work will truly enhance the japanese tea garden. i also want to thank the friends of the japanese tea garden and the rec. and park staff for all their work to advance this project, thank you. >> next caller, please. >> good morning, commissioners and director gifford. this is dr. emily, executive director of the (indiscernible) task force. i'd like to remind the commission that san francisco is home to just one of (indiscernible) in the country. and the cultural district and the first cultural district to be designated by the town. on

behalf of the japan task force, i want to express our support for the proposed plan for improvements to the japanese tea garden. i grew up a few blocks from the garden and my siblings and i used to run around freely there as youngsters so lots of (indiscernible). [audio difficulties] so i'm delighted to join the june 27th briefing with architects kurisu [audio difficulties] along with the japanese task force board members and considers -- -- i want to recognize louie for the support of the japanese and rec. community. (indiscernible) for her collaboration. and steven (indiscernible) who maintained the japanese tea garden. again,

i urge your support for this historical and significant man that's important not only to the japanese community but the eight hundred thousand residents and millions of visitors to golden gate park in san francisco. >> thank you. next caller, please. >> hello, thank you very much for the opportunity to be here today by telephone. my name is reverend barber reed and the president of the japanese federation of san francisco, we're 12 historic japanese american congregations here in the city and i wanted to echo the items in support of kurisu landscape design by gabriel and the other commentators but i want to add the most astonished

thing to me, the pagoda was originally built as an advertising device at the pan pacific exposition food hall called the -- when closed, it moved to golden gate park area, so it was being developed and mr. kurisu's design actually converts that commercial promotional feature into a sacred center piece for golden gate park. and i'm interested in the way that the public will be able to gather there and have educational activities and artist performance, so i fully support this proposal, thank you very much. >> next caller, please. >> this is meta kurisu on the

same line from kurisu llu and kurisu will speak first. >> my name is (indiscernible) for this project. i was hoping the owners would be here. i don't think you don't want to hear anymore about me. [laughter] but gabe mentioned the 50 years. [audio difficulties] it's 58 years as the design build the japanese garden, it's (indiscernible). in order to convey that designer, the

intention, the intent has to be designed, it has to be involved with the building. that's why i like to see this and i like to involve myself in the project. it's of course, audio difficulties] >> i would like to see next to one hundred plus years to remain in the city (indiscernible). thank you very much.

>> thank you. are there any other hands raised on the line? >> i think -- >> seeing no other public comment, public comment is now closed. >> is that right? i thought she was going to speak. ms. -- i know but i thought the lady that introduced the artist said, okay, all right. okay. [laughter] all right. commissioner louie, please. >> wow! the actual artist called in, so i'm a big fan of kurisu and i visited one of his japanese gardens in portland and gerald ginsburg, when you're in chicago next time visiting your daughter, he built this beautiful chicago penthouse space and it's meditative, it's resilient and his landscapes are

just so beautiful and to even think about having him leave his imprint at the japanese tea garden in the park is quite the feather in his cap and really a one over thing for san francisco. and commissioner anderson, vice-president anderson, he built a japanese garden after your name, it's called the anderson japanese garden and that is also in illinois. >> wow! -- i have to visit. >> this is quite the treat. >> thank you, commissioner. commissioner griffin? >> mr. mu, could you come back up for a second. is it possible to put up, i believe that first slide that you had that kind of showed the entire japanese tea garden? >> there it is. >> yeah. can you show me from

the main entrance how somebody with disabilities would be able to make it to the pagoda? >> well, we have, we have a -- there's a preferred path and i can show you that. >> yeah. i've heard there was one. but i have never seen it, so i was hoping you could show it to me. >> but also i want to say, like, we've been working with mod on accessibility issues in the garden for many years. there's a variety of, oh, sorry. there's a variety of significant technical and planning challenges to accessibility in certain areas of the garden and we were constantly working with them to improve the garden. this, addressing the overall garden issues was well outside of the budget and scope of this pagoda

project and just we're -- we are committed to continue working with mod going forward. the proposed design itself in the landscape area improves accessibility around the pagoda. we're opening it up and we're getting rid of the fence and people will be able to get closer to the pagoda and have a larger plaza space. we're going to be removing tripping hazards as well. in addition, the parking lot adjacent to the tea garden has just undergone a renovation and increased the capacity for accessible parking right near -- >> that's where i parked when i went to the garden last week and took a walk around. back to that drawing that we were looking at, i had been advised that from the main entrance, well, what originally brought up my question about accessibility was

looking at the actual area where the pagoda is and that staircase up to it. >> right. >> but somebody in a wheelchair can't get up there, right? >> there's several paths, steven, do you want to walk through -- >> let me tell you, the questions are not in a negative manner. they are in a positive and i think the project is wonderful. i just do have these questions about accessibility. >> if you don't mind, i can point out on the map out here. >> that would be wonderful. >> you come through the front gates and our -- [mic is off] it's the pathway we all -- but there's a route [mic is off] there's a way to get through the gardens this way and there's a slope, a slope is greater than the five percent allowable for ada access but there is a slope

where you can get someone with a wheelchair or walker through the gardens this way, back around the backside and also if you go around this way, there's a way this way. there's a couple of steps coming out from the backside, but there are two main route from that side and then also there's a way to come around this way and all the way through the long bridge. people make it to that area. >> they do, okay. >> [mic is off] >> okay. i would also just like to add that when i went out there and walked around and i walked pretty much the entire garden, it was, i was like in another world. it was absolutely amazing. all of the way that everything has been bonds eye cut everywhere you look, it was just such a treat. so, what you're doing with that place is amazing. and i can't wait to see

the pagoda. let's always remember that it's hard for? folks to get there. thanks! >> thank you, commissioner griffin. commissioner buell? >> thank you. i have questions regarding the sole source part of it in general. and how that's going to be handled with this job too, so i mean, there's strict perimeters to get a waiver from what i have read but this definitely fits into that category. so, how does that work, does the department submit a waiver and did you approved for a waiver to do this sole source? >> yes. so this is one part of approval by the commission. we have to get a cmd waiver in terms of subcontracting. it will be a city contract in place with the prevailing wage, you know, rules and lcp tracking certified

payroll, all that stuff is still in effect but yeah. i think those are the main steps -- >> okay. so, is -- sorry if i have mispronounced the name, he just spoke earlier, is kurisu llc self-performing some of this work is this >> yes. >> they are going to self-perform all the work. >> okay. >> they have a general contractor license in california and improved -- approved city vendor now. >> all his employee will be paid (indiscernible) wage including himself? >> yes. they are going to be under all the standard, it's going to be, you know, the same contract procedure as we do for all of our projects. this just allows us to be able to use

kurisu. >> okay. just to clarify, the architect also did design the first phase which was the pagoda and the pagoda was the actual construction work, i believe was done by our carpenters and painters but for this phase, he's designing and are we, are any of our trades involved in supporting this phase as well. >> we hope so. as a way to manage cost, we're going to try and use the garden staff for much of the vegetation, moving and like planting and any work that we can assist in the project, we'll do in-house. carpentry shop will renovate the long bridge to the pagoda, so if you look at the whole project with the pagoda structure itself, the landscape and the long bridge, the union carpentry

shop is doing nearly 2/3 of the overall project which i think is great and they've done such a wonderful josh -- a wonderful job on the pagoda. >> how does it work when you do a sole contract because normally if you put it out to a competitive bid, you would have an engineers estimate. do you still have an engineers estimate and is this bid in line with that? >> yes. based on -- we've analyzed the cost based on similar projects in golden gate park and we've done, we have done a lot of bold boulder work and similar large scale moving of those kind of items, so, yeah. it's well within the -- i mean, this is an unusual project and that's why we're, that's why we're going this route but yes.

it fits within the typical budgeting for this kind of a project. >> okay. i think that's all i have for now. >> thank you, commissioner mazzola. stacy, did you have luck with that? oh, okay. i was going to share a little photo. i'll just hold it up as illustration here. let's see. most of you guys can't see that but there's a bridge and a little pot with a red jacket, 1971, my very first act as a rec. and park commissioner. [laughter] 51 years ago. i would think -- i'm going to have to say how old i was. i was six, i think and it was definitely the most spectacular thing i'd ever seen in my life and even then as a

little tot, i got a sense of the sacredness of the space and i'm really glad to hear this talked about with substance and thank you so much to the creator that or the artist that -- kurisu who phoned in. we very much respect the attitude he has toward that is project, so thank you. any other, okay. i'm take a motion on approving. >> so moved. >> and a second? >> aye. >> no, say second. >> all those in favor state aye. >> aye. [multiple voices] >> any opposed? all right. it is so approved. thank you. >> yay. [applause] we're on item 10 and the indian basin shoreline park, temporary mural placement.

>> stacy, before our staff members start, do we have control over the air conditioning. it's a freezer in here. can we ask them to stop blasting us with air conditioning. >> the window is open. >> okay. [laughter] thanks. >> okay. ready when you are. >> madam president, with your indu indulgence, sarah is greg to join and i have a meeting where i'm speaking. >> okay. okay. don't speed. good luck. welcome, sarah. >> we have a presentation, stacy. >> we need some tech there. >> all right. hello everyone. good afternoon, good morning. is it still morning, commissioners,

i'm nathan with rec. and parks partnerships team and i'm here today to request your approval of a temporary mural to be installed at the india basin shoreline basketball park in the adjacent park area shown on the screen. this mural came about as a part of the indian basin project which was wonderful to see many of you at the park yesterday. it's a partnership between the recreation and park department, a. philip randolph institution and trust for public lands and the san francisco parks alliance and greater bay hunters point community. and one of the key components of the project that phil mentioned earlier this this meeting as well was the equitable development plan and the edp outlines six areas of focus to ensure the parks development represents the bay view points

community and the residents and this agree out of the arts culture and the goals of the edp. so what is a hypecourt? originally inspired by an organization out of l.a. called project backboard, rec. and park in recent years experimented with murals on some of our sport court certificate surfaces and we have photo -- court surfaces and we have murals on the kevin durant program we installed in 2013 and the recent installed mural on the skate and place in golden gate park which was installed earlier this year. drawing on the popular of those courts, and again building out of the arts culture and identity and youth opportunities, goals of the edp, the indian basin project partners wanted to give youth in the bay view hunters

point community an opportunity to develop their own hypecourt. our first step was to select an artist to lead the project and the project team put out an rfq in 2021 and panel of representatives from the project and in the community chose local artists, nina whose studio is at the hunters point shipyard. and next we recruited five local high school youth to work with nina to create the artwork and we have an image of our youth artists that work in the park on your screen with their names. the team met at the park over six weekends in the summer of 2021 to develop a concept for the artwork using inspiration from sports, music, nature and plants within the park itself and the greater community of bay view hunters point. here's a couple of images of the artist

that work and some of the initial concept sketches they came up with. and our artist incorporated the concepts into a master design and i have a couple of images here i'll run through showing where some of the youths concepts were incorporated. i love this image of the basketball player which is pretty prominently featured in the final design. and then i really like these images as well of inspiration that the youth artist got from jewelry that people were wearing in the park which i think is really fun. she used this overall design to develop three different mural options which we shared with the broader community. she all had a mural adjacent to the basketball court. but one had no mural on

the court itself, one had a simplified design on the court and one had the full mural both on the adjacent plaza and the court as the youth artist had originally proposed. and the project partner surveyed people at our may 2022 san market and healing day event in person and distrip upted the survey digitally via the indian muse letter, apri newsletter and other direct outreach to stakeholders. and we received 226 responses to our survey. and the option selected was the third option with the full mural on both the plaza and the basketball court. and this was the first chose of about half of the respondents and the other responses were split between the other two. great. and so to close, we're currently seeking approval from the recreation and

park commission, concurrently our partners at the san francisco parks alliance are seeking approval at the san francisco arts commission and once approved by these bodies, rec. and park will execute a permit with the san francisco parks appliance to allow the artist to install and maintain the work. we hope to paint the mural next month and it will be installed by ms. fabuni and five to ten community members with first priority going to the youth artist who worked on the design and i'll callout again the mural is intended to be temporary and last until the park goes into construction which we anticipate will be in the coming years and i wanted to callout, we a dated the agenda from capital committee to be more broad as to how long the mural will be there identifying it as when the park will start construction. so thank you very much. i'd be happy to take any questions. >> do we have any public comment

in the room? no. do we have anyone on the line? can you put them through? >> hi name is eli hopkins and i'm calling in on behalf of the project and i wanted to say this is really important and just one of many efforts that symbolizes equity in our park in the underserved spectrum of san francisco and that's it, thank you. >> thank you. there are no other callers with their hands raised so public comment is -- oh, wait. one more. go ahead and put them through. >> hello, anybody there? >> hi. i'm sorry, i was trying to, i was having technical difficulties and this is maya

rogers and project manager from sf park alliance. can you hear me >> yes, go ahead. >> okay. and i just want to echo what eva also said, i think often times, art is placed in various [audio difficulties] and i think this process has been very -- a very robust community process so the community -- the community often said that they would like to see more color in this space and which i think is -- we led them to select the portion of the art they did choose so i think this is an

awesome idea and exciting. >> thank you. sfgov, are there any other hands? okay. being no other public comment, public comment is closed. commissioner hallisy? >> nathan, nice report. thank you very much. i'm very much intrigued by this equitable development plan. i just -- the organization behind it from you and your, excuse me, and your group is excellent and those six components, of course, number five is youth opportunities which we've been discussing at length for this project and other areas and having five local high school students involved in the design of this

mural is fantastic. and i would just like to say, great work to you and your team and everybody that made this decision because what you're doing is you're adhering to what you are presenting to the public and more specifically, to the community members where this project is happening. so, great report and great organization. thank you. >> thank you. >> i want to concur with my fellow commissioner, it's a great report and the work you're doing out there is incredible. my only concern is what happens when it goes away? is the basketball court being destroyed and moved or something or.... what's the plan? >> i would defer if there's someone who has a little bit more knowledge of the capital project and how that might be included, i believe i have seen a basketball court in rendering

but do you want to speak to that, sarah >> yes, commissioner. the new park on that location includes two basketball courts and a gearing area around the court, the community feedback we received is -- was that folks didn't want just the basketball court but a place to hang out and be able to watch and so there's -- >> sure. >> so there's a covered area and seating around it. so i think if -- this court will go away with the construction. everyone has known that throughout the planning. i think if the murals become beloved, there's probably a conversation around having this or another type of mural on the existing basketball court but there are two planned in the renovation. >> okay. thank you. yeah, i would love to see something similar to that with the future courts set up. thank you.

>> thank you. >> commissioner louie? >> having -- being a fan of basketball and color, is this design that you're showing us, nathan, one, two, and three, you mean all those colors are considered to be on the floor of the court or, like -- >> so, if you pull up, i have now pulled up -- we're thinking about that, we wanted to offer three different options of the final decision to the community, right. and so, if i go back one, we had kind of no color, a simplified color or the full mural which is what the youth artist had designed and the image with the full mural was selected the most out of those three in the community outreach we did afterwards. one of the

comments that the artist took into account in making this design was ensuring that the striping would be very visible so we need to play on this. you know, i think this is a little bit more intricate than what we have done in the past and i think this is an awesome opportunity to try that knowing the court will be changed in a couple of years, right. so i think we'll be interested to see how that plays out but it's our feeling that we can do this with the lines still showing and yeah. have basketball be harmonious with the design. i think the haze valley court has been extremely popular. it's different than this, it's also quite colorful and a lot of different extra lines on it and yeah. >> you've heard back from the community that this is -- this is something they would enjoy too? >> are you talking about for this design? correct, yeah.

[multiple voices] we asked people in person at our may sun coast market and community day of healing event and distributed a survey to folks on the indian basin newsletter, people on the leadership committee and there were different opinions and all three options did get votes but this did receive the most and we're excited to give it a try. >> very cool. >> yeah. thank you. >> all right, thank you. we can take action on this. can i get a motion and a second to approve. >> so moved. >> second. >> all those in favor say aye. >> aye. [multiple voices] >> any opposed? motion carries. thank you, nathan. >> we're on item 11, harding golf course, lpga agreement. >> welcome, dana. >> all right, first time back since the pandemic. good to see

you all in person. good morning, still, commissioners. the first item i'm presenting to you today is a discussion and possible action to authorize the department to negotiate and enter into an agreement with the lpga to hold at harding golf course, the 2024 international crown tournament and this is a tournament involving 32 players, it's a global match play for those of you who like match play golf and eight countries will be represented. there are 11 countries still competing to decide who the eight countries will be but they are, you know, pretty fascinated to watch by the best women golfers in the world. and we're very excited about this opportunity. dates would be may 1st to 7, 2023. and we've looked, we can make that

work around our lake boat races without imposing a burden on that important youth serving program that we have. the use of the course is for an entire week plus some impact for the weeks prior to the build out tents and things like that. the safety is intended to be a break even for us, so our tpg folks calculated and you have details, the lost revenue from closing it which is about $280,000 and then reimbursing us our staff time and we don't have a precise number on that because it depends, they intend to play two rounds a day but it depends on the time and the tv timing and all that but we'll work those details out. we -- this is supported by the pga tour. we want to thank the san francisco golf alliance for providing us

and richard harris with a letter supporting this as well and since this time, sf travel came to support this, the harding user group support it and the first tee so all the groups that would be most impacted. we recommend approval. thank you. >> thank you. is there anyone in the room who would like to make public comment? is there anyone on the line? seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. commissioner louie? commissioner griffin? >> yes. nice to see you, dana. and it is 2023, right? >> did i say -- >> when you started, you said 2024, it's 2023. >> 2023, thank you. yeah. >> is there any reimbursement for wear and tear.

>> it helps our courses, if you think about the level of play and the amount of love that goes in it, it's less play than we would normally have in a week on the courts. >> what about the tv stuff? >> it's really offsite. we have a very good plan. we've done these tournaments before in terms of what we need to do, our team has built next that expense to set it up and i do want to, i forgot to mention this and i think it's an important part of this is that keeping harding in the spotlight is really important as -- as one of the few public excellent courses, so these sorts of things heighten our maintenance and they are providing, there's a reimbursement for materials and supplies to do extra fertilization. the course will look beautiful and we're not worried about impact on the course. >> okay.

>> ah, commissioner mazzola? >> thank you. thank you, dana for the report. this is exciting of an item. having lpga here and to follow up what was just discussed with commissioner griffin and yourself, i do believe that the course will be in better shape than it was when they got there and that's a tribute to the staff at harding park especially kevin continue who did a phenomenal job with the last pga tour during the pandemic and he's top notch and i would welcome any tournament coming here with pga. i think this is an exciting time and we need more tournaments like this here, like you said, it exemplifies our beautiful course

and beautiful city and i'm for this and excited you brought this forward today and i'll be voting yes. >> i would like to affirm what commissioner mazzola said. i went out there too and was quite impressed with the whole operation and i got to talk with a lot of volunteers who were just so excited and happy to be there and they were such great emma saidies for san francisco, and i don't know who puts the volunteers together but they are doing a great job too. all right. commissioner hallisy? >> yes, dana. i think this is fantastic. i attended the pga tournament there as well. i got to watch some on the television and the aerial views of harding were spectacular. do you know at this point that it will be a nationally televised event, possibly internationally televised event? >> this is followed closely by the world by these teams. i have the list of where the teams are

potentially from. let's see. australia, china, england, france, germany, korea, sweden, thailand and the united states and they do have followers that come with them. another reason why sf travels and we're excited about it. it's not just the event televised but the lead up from the other tournaments going which will highlight harding and one of the reasons pga looks beautiful was because nobody was there so the grass was the most amazing venue you could have. they do expect fans to come out and enjoy this and they are hoping to launch the marketing as soon as we get at approval, so thank you. >> this is going to be fantastic, thank you. >> any public comment? all right. i would like to hear a motion and a second to approve.

>> so moved. >> second. >> all those in favor state aye. >> aye. [multiple voices] >> any opposition? none. oh, it passes. dana, another win. >> thank you, dana. >> have a good day, good to see you. >> i'm not leaving. >> dana isn't going anywhere. >> we're item 12, golden gate park jfk promenade. >> i was trying to get my powerpoint ready. i have with me, my great colleague from our capital division, dan mower and we are going to tag team on this and we do want to push for me and i'll push for you. cool. we're going to tag team on this, except i need to see my slides. never mind. we're going to tag team on this and present an update to you on the jfk promenade. just a reminder in

case you could have forgotten after that wonderfully long meeting. >> no. >> in april 2022, the supervisor approved the closure of jfk drive and golden gate park from creating a car-free promenade based on the recommendation of this commission. the department and sf mta have been working together to ensure safe, equitable access to the park and that when people arrive, they are greeted by a vibrant and welcoming space. and we're here to update you on that. so, we have a number of thing that's are going on. we are experimenting with temporary activations that promote health, happiness and well-being. these activations give us a chance to see what works and this isn't the long-term solution but see what takes to the people, so they include art and design, food, social seating and tables, placing large box trees and interactive elements to see what

works best because this is not just a closed road that people walk and bike on, this is actually going to become a promenade. participants in our efforts to date have included sf mta, illuminate for the arts which you'll hear more about, paint the void and both departments recreational division ask capital division, as dan is here and musicians and local food per have aers. all installations will be temporary. dan do you want to take it? >> does this mic work? >> yeah. >> killing trees. so improving entrances, so dana will go after the slide with a host of other -- >> i have one more slide then. before we get to improving

entrances, you can tell we practiced. we have done some other things. we have worked on improving access because that was the number one priority we heard. we have implemented the daily shuttle, we have put new taxi stands in the music concourse and created dance teams, 20 free blue zone parking spaces as well as additional parking on nancy pelosi and mlk drive. we've repaved walk-in surfaces and created an accessible path to the tea garden and curb ramps. the mta restored the 21 haze bus to provide access easily from the western addition, haze valley and the tenderloin and work with the borp that have free cycling for those who want to try them on the weekend. now dan. >> great, thanks, dana. yes, so the elements i'm going to present here are focused on

items that the capital division is working on in concert with the larger theme on these temporary improvement and place-making improvements and if you have been out there recently, we removed signed clutter and taking down signs not required so we're cleaning the space up and turning it into a park. the other things we're doing are removing some of the roadway striping that is no longer required. so we're cleaning that space up and making it a cleaner surface and easier to read for the people using it when they are cycling and skateboarding and walking and jogging through the space. and so, the other things that we're doing is we're going to put new paint at entrances and the two areas that (indiscernible) and you'll hear others in the presentation is kezar and jtq as you enter the park and eighth avenue east and west of eighth avenue and what

we're trying to do is provide pause points where people can stop and enjoy the space and control traffic conditions currently out there and make it a friendlier park space. dana alluded we're trying to put trees and tables and also some play elements like a concrete ping pong table and corn hall elements so people can enjoy the space rather than passing through it. the other thing we're doing too and if you have been through the park and during the covid period we put up barricades during the closed section and there's eight or nine structures from (indiscernible) sign to traditional roadway barricades, concrete barricades and we want to clean that up so it's less clutter in the park so what we're proposing to do is put more decorative concrete

barricades and they are smaller and more ornate than the traditional one asks concrete bollards. there's concrete spheres and some elements will match some of the concrete elements you see on the bridge at tenth avenue there. so we're trying to get a theme that runs through the park so the run we're providing safety and protection we need for cyclists and vehicles that's moving through the spaces, but make it more friendly for the park environment and a cleaner look for park visitors. there are a few images here, they are hard to see but these the two painting murals we're proposing at kezar and eighth avenue and we're trying -- you can see the colored palettes and shapes are immolated our shuttle bus wrap and it's the 15 -- it's the 150th anniversary. each space

will be sprinkleded with chairs and tables and play elements that will create that pause point for those visiting the spaces. here's some furniture that we're proposing to put out there on your image there, again, some tables, benches, there's semi, like, lounge chairs so-to-speak and then you can see we're going to be putting some box size trees to give it a more park-like people. those will be -- those will be temporary in nature and try it out and see if they last as long as i think they will but they can be substituted out and we'll plant those in the park when they show degradation and make it a cycle. next picture. and then these are the bollards that you see here that we're going to be put nothing the park and those are rough representation pictures ever it but you can see we'll be scattering those throughout the park at kilo

cajuns and removing the old clutter out there and having consistent theme through the park. so, that's the goal there. >> so, the next part is to talk about how we are activating the promenade with other things including interesting installations, music and food. so, first from what i call interesting installations, we're looking at art, mural and sculpture and i want to give a shout-out to illuminate for the art, ben davis is here who as many of you know, did the bay bridge lights, has created so many great things. he helpeded us with the ban shell and bringing music back to the music concourse and he's full of ideas and energy and place-making at times to an exhausting degree but we have come up with a plan we're really excited to share with you. on monday in this room, we met with the arts

commission who did something really different than they would have done before. normally every time we put art anywhere in our parks even temporary, we have to go to the commission. they gave a blank the approval to their director that lets us go to the director and say boom, we want to do this, can you get it approved and i'm happy to report, we got 12 approved yesterday. so, and i have to say the arts commission was incredibly enthusiastic and positive. we view the promenade as a great new place to display art, if you think about the scale of large art and things like that. it illuminate -- illuminate has worked with an organization which some of you may be familiar with and they were, called paint the void who does murals around the place. and then we're looking at other fun and interesting installations. but let's first talk about art. paint the void is going to be putting murals on the blacktop throughout jfk. so,

and these are some of the representative artists that are coming from all over the city to create art and kind of change it from looking like a road to a place you can wander down and step on the mural and look at the mural and you're also going to be able to watch installations of the art, which is starting this weekend. so, here is some of the examples going through just to give you some pictures. the first one, this is next to peacock meadow. then a, we are a native land, coming to, you know, represent the importance of the history of our land. this is just a beautiful flower placed. this is on the lindsay bridge and this is where the lenny dancers are and you can see it embedded in the art and i got to speak to her yesterday by phone as she standing out there talking where

the different pieces are going. we're doing it carefully so they paint only in certain areas, so that there's ways for people to come through. the rose garden, you'll notice the rose images and 14th avenue east meadow, pioneer meadow, still lake and dough boy meadow. those are all going to be very exciting to wander down and see on the promenade. oh, and (indiscernible). didn't mean to forget that one. we also are doing some sculpture type installations and there's likely more to come. this is cubed that we found, ben actually found, he was a bernie man and bringing back to us that's going in front of the statute and express the words, love. and dana is doing a sculpture on top of a tree stop that we're going to be placing

in there. we're also doing interactive exhibitions that aren't technically art but the doggy diner (indiscernible) are going to be placed on jfk with playful paws around them for kids and families to come out and see and enjoy. so, that's where we are in art so far. and anything other than the murals we can move things around. illuminate is placing two pianos and they can open it up to the public and they can play. we have been working on a bosc program for golden gate park. i'll get to that. we have music -- buskra allow musicians and other performances, our program to obtain permits. before we didn't have a program to permit them and you can't just show up

and do it because you can be on top of other people and things like that. and so we've identified, my team, shanna who you have met, went out with jessica king on my team and found spots, good spots for b usc aers and there's an easy online form for people to apply and the program is free until march 1, 2023. after that, it's a 73 a year. people will sign up for specific dates and times so you won't go on top of the san francisco marathon or on top of each other and doesn't allow for amplified sound because there's other park users but we have a solution on that which is called music mozi and they are helping us with using the same folks who have been working at the ban shell for the last year. and we have two locations, one on jfk and nancy pelosi where you might

remember the welcome center and one by 14 avenue playground with battery-operated low level, and i call this modestly amplified system, low music and illuminate team will coordinate a regular schedule of free live music so you mousey down the promenade to hear music and the site will be open mic for busters who want amplified sound if they applied for a program and say i want amplified sound, they can sign up for one of the slots here. we have other fun activations, ping pong tables and corn and mobile rec. will bring out the climbing wall and skating elements and there are 100 chairs being placed along the promenade for engaging and interacting. we're looking to expand food. we have

a couple of food trucks and we have just simplified our rfp which was like an old one with ten addendums and it has been launched to make it easier for food vendors to come in and we also looking at having a small beer and wine garden near the 14th avenue picnic area which is the music sites also. we have (indiscernible) -- the halloween event and it has a new name and sarah might remember. halloween haunt on -- skid road is moving to jfk and we'll have our tree lighting and we have other things to come including prom on the promenade which is a dancing event that's coming up and more to come on all that. but i do want to emphasize that all of this is temporary and exploratory. this is, we have six months to sort of test

things out and try place-making and see what is best. we can move things if this location doesn't work or that location creates too much congestion and we're looking to get feedback from everybody on the experience and really want to thank our illuminate for stepping in to kind of help with place-making as we move forward. thank you. >> is there anyone in the room that would like to make public comment? it, is there anyone on the phone that would like to make public comment? seeing no public comment, public comment is closed and this was discussion only. commissioner hallisy? >> dana, first of all, thank you for bringing up the shuttles and taxi stands. at the lengthy meeting with mta over the

closure of jfk, i made the point, not agreed upon by many, but the made the point that i felt that the closure of jfk was more transportation than recreational issue so folks can get to these great attractions we have in that stretch and i still believe that but i have a couple of questions. number one, these temporary activations, do you have a cost on those? >> well, we're issuing the permits for those activations to illuminate who raises money to put activations throughout the city so there's no cost to that. what dan has done which is creating a safer entry way, the budget -- >> i don't have -- i don't have the art figures off the top of my head but the idea is all the elements that we're buying with

the exception of putting paint on the ground are mobile and can be reutilized in our park system. but i'm happy to get those cost to you, those hard cost to you separately. >> thank you, dan. i appreciate that. and we as a commission, as you know, we approved the closure of jfk but i would think possibly there are some viewers or listeners who may be wondering why there would be any funds spent at this time when the voters have not spoken as yet. and i mean, that's a question i had and now dan, actually i think you answered that. the outlay that will be made now regardless of the decision in november and as i've said, we are onboard. the commission voted to close jfk but the outlay of funds at this time, suppose the voters go against us, you're saying that all. things purchased could be

used -- you're saying all the things purchased could be used through the park system. >> other than the paint. >> and the grinding work happening on the asphalt and mta is covering the cost of that effort because they are doing it with their in-house staff. >> very good, thank you. >> commissioner griffin? >> actually, i had some of the same questions that commissioner hallisy had about the cost. i guess, the last question i had that hasn't been answered is, dan dana, you gave a great presentation but not a presentation of temporary anything. it seemed quite a presentation of a permanent change. >> let me go through that. the paint that is being used, that they are using would not, i mean, for the murals is intended to be a six-month paint and

obviously, it will disappear over time, so if the road was reopened, not an issue. everything else, the art installations, the pianos, the chairs, those are all temporary. nothing is being set into the ground. >> concrete, ping pong table. >> the ping pong table is dan's and we can deploy them at any park. >> those are set on the concrete including the site funnishes and we have to bolt it and table it so they won't walk away. but all those elements would -- if by chance we need to reverse course, all these elements could be picked up and moved into our park system either in golden gate park or any city in the park. >> in the bollards and all that stuff. >> we'll be utilizing those for the operation staff and they would utilize those in golden gate park and probably maclaren park is the next best home for

those. >> okay. thank you. >> commissioner jupiter jones. >> thank you for the presentation. it's all very exciting. i wanted to first appreciate, i loved seeing some of my friends faces on thereof artist that are going to be doing the murals and just great work on outreaching, paint the void is an amazing organization and it's perfect for this project because they are very much about temporary art and of course i hope this can become more than temporary. so great work with that. and i really, seeing all the diverse communities and artistic practices represented with this. the buscar program and it's an amazing program, how do people find out about this because even though it's just temporary right now, it's a great opportunity for our city musician -- >> we've been working on it for a year. >> awesome. >> and we did a big, i didn't

give you a lot on it but we did a survey about the programs around the country and the ports program, we're doing an official launch tomorrow. you're getting the preview and we are going to -- but i have already spoken to the entertainment commission and we have spoken to grant for arts and other musicians out there and they are excited to get the word out. one of the reasons that this really came up was during the pandemic, we had people trying to just perform in the park because they lost their other venue and we had this on our list of things to get done for a long time and we were, like, let's get this done. let's just move and maybe it won't be perfect and so, yes. temporary, and we'll adjust it but our intent is keep this going. >> dana, i would add that because we work with illuminate on the band shell, we're using those contacts to get it out to musician. >> it will go on the normal

channels like social media and so folks that's -- [multiple voices] >> if you looked on our website, it's up there under permit. >> great, thank you. >> is that all the questions? we want to thank ben davis, thank you very much. >> yeah. >> thank you, dan. thank you, dana. >> yes, thanks. >> all right. this is discussion only. so, just general public comment. is there any? seeing none. item 13. general public comment is closed. item 14. commissioners' matters. do i have any thoughts on future matters to be discussed? all right. 15, new business agenda setting, anything for that? you'll note there were a lot of communications listed under item 16. >> i didn't close out 14. >> okay. >> is there any public comment on item 14? [laughter] >> we didn't have any. so how

can there be -- >> i don't want to look online. seeing none, item 14 is closed. item 15, new business agenda setting. >> we don't have anything. >> is there any public comment on item 15? seeing none. item 15 is closed. and item 16, communications. >> is there any public comment? >> comment on communications? no hands raised on communications. >> [mic is off] >> you got to step up to the mic. >> send e-mails in and have you read the e-mails, just out of curiosity. >> it's in our packet. >> have you heard all of them? you have read the thread of e-mails. >> i read the ones forwarded. >> very important. >> that are -- >> that's forwarded to you.

okay. i was curious. >> thank you, susie. >> is there anyone on the line with the hand raised? seeing none, public comment is closed. we are now on item 17, adjournment. >> before we go to adjourn many, commissioner griffin? >> no, that was a mistake. i make a motion to adjourn. >> sure. first, i wanted to say thank you to stacy for running the meeting so a lucks trusly and sorry you're not feeling well, ashley. i wanted to mention another great event that a lot of the events happen on rec. and park property, there's stuff that happens in the band show and scattered at our park service which is fleet week which is october 3rd through 11. the activities all through the week and blue angels and special

aircraft and there will be a surprise on the, i don't know, the boats that show up, supposed to be a great week so everybody check that out. can i hear a motion to adjourn. >> so moved. >> seconded. >> all those in favor say aye. >> aye. [multiple voices] >> any opposed? all right. we are adjourned at 12:21. thank you, everyone. >> thank you. . thank you, everyone. >> thank you. p. thank you, everyone. >> thank you. . thank you, everyone. >> thank you. m. thank you, everyone. >> thank you.

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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. >> look at that beautiful jellyfish. the way to speak to students and motivate them to take action, to save the planet, they do, they care and my job is to speak to them in a way that they can understand that touches their heart and makes them feel

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get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. by the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. but as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant a lot of physical labor. i only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy towards making a lot of money, helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful. i found the nonprofit working to save the rainforest was looking for volunteers. i went, volunteered and my life changed. suddenly everything i was doing had meaning. stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. i eventually moved up to san francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot of assembly through los angeles county and then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about

rainforest. one of my jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, i'm teaching them they have the power, and that motivates them. it was satisfying for me to work with for the department of environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix

provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city

and county of san francisco. i try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and others. think of entering the job force as a treasure hunt. you can only go to your next clue and more will be revealed. follow your instincts, listen to your gut, follow your heart, do what makes you happy and pragmatic and see where it takes you and get to the next place. trust if you want to do good in this world, thatttttttttttttttt

>> alright! that's why i love doing these things with maliah cohen. state board of equalization here. happy early women's equality day. my name is carmen chui. every year we brought this today for the importance of voting and importance of women equality day. for folks who may not know tomorrow august 26 is women equality day, past in 1973 in united states congress which designate the 20 as wementen equality day to acimemerate the 19ths amendment