>> hello, everybody. my name is matt dorsey, your district 67 supervisor and i'm thrilled to be here is to open this long overdue extension of mission bay park. [applause] it gives me great joy to stand alongside mayor breed and my former boss deny ir herrera. it will serve the mission bay community for generations to come. this is kind of -- it's -- this is important to me because 22 years ago i worked at 185 berry during the dot-com era when there was a golf driving range

and nothing. it was a lot of industrial unused land. two years before i was appointed to the board of supervisors, i worked at the public safety building but still in mission mn bay. at that so exciting to see this neighborhood come together. having open spaces like this is a part of what 21st century urbanism is poasd to be. i think san francisco will look more like district 6 in generations could tomorrow and 24 is getting it done right. the opening of the fark is a long time -- park is a long time coming. the fencing began to come down and families and workers and kids were welcomed inside. we want to welcome kids from the dahlia school. welcome, kids. do you miss the fence?

i don't see any hands. housing has been at the forefront of priorities in mission bay. this is especially for families of chern here today and that's why the opening of these public spaces in this neighborhood is so important. our rich park system provides an avenue for people to come together and celebrate the beauty of our city and mission bay parking is no exception. we have an amazing view here. giants play visible over here. we have views of citro tower. the mission in creek, i know myself leaders beside me can't take credit along. i want to make it sure you know all the people are thanked. thank you to the engineers, architects and city planners and

laborers who built this park, we thank you today. i do want to say i know there are folks and i don't want to dwell on it, but i can't avoid the elephant in the room, there was a fence here. i remember actually at one point saying if you're going to finish the park ask leave the fence up, could we get a backhoe here so it looks like you're doing something? dennis herrera was a long time city attorney. there are important is to be dotted and t's crossed and important things to happen. there was a little bit of bureaucracy that held things up, but i said, mayor, let's get this park opening on the calendar and then ply my recommendation is that we'll

come down with bolt cutters or sirses, it's your decision. i will say it's going to be scissors. if i'm being honest, i if i this we had taken down the fence with bolt cutters, it would have been better television. with that, let me introduce the real hero, mayor london breed. >> supervisor dorsey is right. i was prepared to come down and take the fence down in the middle of the night myself and hide it somewhere. who knows where. and this is really a testament that even our parks are not immune from city bureaucracy. it has been very, very challenging and i know really frustrating for this community which we know consists of our seniors, our kids, our families,

i remember when i served on the san francisco redevelopment agency commission when this neighborhood was starting to take shape and conversations around the decisions of what will happen to mission bay. and when you think about it, just 25 years ago this was an under-used railyard. not an area you came to unless you were going to the golf driving range. that was popular by the way. i know that. but the fact is look at what we were able to create as relates to this neighborhood and providing not only open space but also housing and child care. we've opened up the park and other parks in the area. we're opening up a school in this neighborhood. chase center is here with the national nba champions, the golden state warriors. you have the giants there. this is real san francisco at mission bay.

so the thought that we're here celebrating the opening of this park is just really icing on the cake. we know at that there were some challenges, but i'm so grateful to not only supervisor dorsey who harassed me more for this park than i think anything else, and i appreciate the support of our puc director dennis hararea. he's running the public utilities commission. i appreciate that we w rked together to come up with a solution to get this open for the community krld i know many of you are anxious. that's why you're all here toe celebrate this milestone. this is what happens when we partner and work together and make great things happen. 7-acres of park space and brand new and all these, you know storm drain things around the environment that dennis will

explain. ultimately, i want to gift credit to the community for coming together and wanting to see this happen. i know many of you had an opportunity to know your neighbors in the process because mission bay is a real neighborhood. it's a great neighborhood. i love the gus market. i want to thank some of the departments. thank you to oci dispirks thor the director is here with us. and justin true who helped to expedite this project. this is more challenging than getting housing built in san francisco san francisco. i want to thank puc and dennis herrera and the port of san francisco and everyone from the mission bay community and all the work they were able do to get this done and the developer who helped to build this park and now we have the responsibility to work with rec and park and phil ginsberg is

here. we're going is to keep it green and we're going to make sure the community loves on this park like nothing else. thank you for being here today. [applause] >> thank you mayor. o now it's my privilege to introduce my friend ask former boss. >> thank you, matt. any delay here was the fault of the city attorney's office. since i'm not there any more, go after them. to echo what the mayor ask matt talked about, the vibrancy of mission bay, i'm your neighbor, i lived in dogpatch since 1993 when dogpatch wasn't even called dogpatch. i used to take my walk and i could come down this route down

third street and back in the old days, i used to keep my keys in between my fingers in case i had to defend myself. i know i'm not going to have toe did that any more now that we have this beautiful park here servicing this neighborhood. i have gust's at one end and newfield if he other. i'm excited to be here now to share in this sell braitionz because we're prude to be part of the open space at the heart of this park. not only to serve mission bay families but be environmentally sensitive as weld. and ecologically help save the bay. you see, we have can a centralize storm treatment facility which is a big part of this facility. it's a centerpiece of it. the rain gardens stormwater

will filtrate water that will be clean asked treated before it's discharged into the bay. more specifically, we have about stormwater that will treat nine acres of public right-of-way land here in mission bay. we have 5500 square feet om bioretention and vegetative swells that will collect the stormwater and allow it to facilitier into the ground. we have about 2,000 square foot of pervious concrete to allow water pass through. and when combined with the pump station that's going to be built at the end right -- we're going to get that done -- at fourth and channel, we'll be able do 800,000-gallons of stormwater per day. that will be discharged in a can clean bay after it's treated into the bay.

he we all saw what happened to the algae bloom this summer. we know we have a responsibility toe not just make sure we're serving the residents but taking care of the bay. in an era of climate change, it's foreign that we at the puc we take seriously to be good stewards not just of this neighborhood but of the san francisco bay. what we've constructed here in partnership with seth who you'll hear sphwr in a minute, is going to ensure that we don't just take care of our neighborhood, we take care of the environment and provide habitat for wildlife that hopefully you'll have the opportunity to sees you walk --s you walk through this poork. we're happy to play a small role in bringing this to fruition. we look forward to the community enjoying it each and every day. thanks so much. have a great day.

>> thank you, dennis. next i want to introduce seth. >> thank you. my company is the managing member of the master developer for the mission bay project. and i am here today to speak to two things, one, the parks at mission bay a don't often get the full recognition that they should. there are a lot of great things happening in this neighborhood, but i want us to pause and recognize this a neighborhood where a 6th of the acreage was dedicated to park asks open space at the girchght project. that was a decision made at the beginning and what does that translate into? that translates into every single building here -- every resident and worker, every visitor to the hospital, everyone who comes to a game, they're within one to two blocks

of a park. can you imagine a city that says that? that is special. everything else in mission bay is worth sell baiting. celebrating. this is a precedent-setter for the city. we have the beauty of parks access to open space. it's important to thank the people who helped make this happen. i want to actually start with the implementers, the people on the ground who are out here designing and engineering and building this, we have landscape architects cmg. the civil engineer firm, our construction management team and then our contractor hosely who removed the fences to do our celebration today. on the implementation team, the

mission development group that oversees the construction of this project. and park live open space management the individual and team who will be taking on the management of this park until it #km■]qe handed . i want to thank the city family. the city family -- there are allusions to battling it. the reality is everyone we work with at the puc at the port, the extended city a family, even the army corps of engineers, a lot of hands that touch a park like this. is it plays an important role in protecting the bay and feeds to last for community. even though it's painful to go through the permitting process even though you hear me on an off day complaining about this or that, the reality is people

care deeply and that is what adds time to the process and hopefully the end product is worth it. i would be remiss not to thank specifically supervisor dorsey and the mayor's office and ocii for stepping in. [applause] they stepped in at a moment where we were at a an impasse. everyone was in the weeds struggling and arguing and it was thor at oci what pull immediate aside and said when the elephants fight, the grass gets trampled out. whm you argue, it's account community that suffers. we got right on it and made sure this opening happened today on time. i finally "want to thank the community. community. it's a weird thing, you have

your official bodies that helps give input on the parks and open space. they're the local businesses. we've had three here that provided eyes andability vaition. eyes and ak at this vaition. eyes and activation. i want to say that new belgium brewing company has been kind enough to welcome everyone in after this for refreshments. if you can come in, come and join them. they're towards the corn there are. that is a generous offer. [applause] i want to caught out and end with a thank you to the community. i don't think people recognize what it means to be a community member in mission bay versus other parts of the city. this is a neighborhood that has been under construction -- under

construction for 24 years. can you imagine what it would be like to come to work every day or come home and in the background pile drivers going in the background? this is the most patient group of individuals i've met and we are blessed as a city to have them as the people who said, you know what will? i know it's not done yet, but i'm going to live here in mission bay and work here because it's because of you this is feasible. we're a looking forward to delivering more. thank you seech, everyone. thank you so much, everyone. he. >> thank you seth.when i was a s tell people, i know what i was signing up for. if i hand somebody my business card, i'll say, if you have any

issues, things to complain about, get in touch with me. if i don't hear from you, i'll he assume you're good. hearing from everybody helps empower the mayor and me and everybody to get this all together. this is really all a credit to you and next i want to introduce dora fleedo who is the director of learning and development at the preschool. dora. >> hi, good morning. on behalf of head start, we want to thank mayor breed, supervisor matt dorsey and everybody in the city who has been involved in creating the amazing spaces. we're excited about our families having success to parks. readily accessible from heir theirhome.

we serve children zero to three months to five years of age and many live in this community. they don't have yards. directly outside of their homes, but these amazing parks in mission bay are their yards, they'll come here and ride their bikes and explore and see nature. as we walked here the children pointed out the flock of birds flying by. children need open spaces to thrive. they need open spaces to develop a sensibility and appreciation for nature and even more important, just physical well-being to be able to run long stretches. our children don't have place do that accessible in their homes. we know that clean outdoors

support children's development. and program list. access to this new stretch is even more important for families to thrive. when children run, jump, throw balls and building gross motor skill, they develop a healthy habit of being active along with their familiarity list. a playing outdoors is a great model for physical activities. the natural landscape will invite children to learn about science. at school, we read books will at birds and trees and animals but at parks they'll be able to see t7f!t butterflies s and birds flying over there. condemn this is show the value of the natural world.

we believe opening this new stretch will enhance the quality of life for children, families and all of the residents of this beautiful water park community. thank you. [applause] >> thank you dora and everyone at the staff for helping support the growth and development of so many children in san francisco. i hope we can all enjoy what this park has to offer and now the moment we've been waiting for. this will -- it will be the scissor, not the bolt cutters. mayor breed, here we go. >> are you ready to open the park? [cheers and applause] >> join me with the count. five, four, three, o two, one --

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