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good mork, commissioner -- good morning commissioner. happy holidays. i have a brief report today. we start with some election results. the promenade is here to stay. after the elections the jfk promenade [indiscernible] just as the board of supervisors affirmed in april. san francisco voters overwelcomingly approved the vote -- it's up to 64% of san franciscans voting for prop j. 65% voting against prop i. so, now that we know the promenade is here to stay, installations like our chairs, teams, ping-pong, pianos and more can stay and continue to

bring joy to all. and of course, along with the results on prop i, compliement change initiatives to protect the highway in ocean beach will move forward including the climate adaptation project. also for the time being, on the great highway, it will remain a car-free prom gnat from friday afternoons to sunday. there is a three-year pilot suspension going from july and it is expect to go before the board of supervisors before the cities declaration of emergency expires in february. that would not be for permanent results but more of a pilot that we include continued car-free enjoyment on the weekends. and i want to thank all the

commissioner regardless of neans point of view or preference. there was robust community outreach on the topic. i'm proud of our staff who worked incredibly hard over a number of years on planning, on the counting. on some of the interim design features of the promenade and he i got to experience it this past weekend as a san franciscans. i was there saturday on a bicycle. sunday emily winson and i took a walk and it was special. we stumbled upon something that i think san franciscans are going to enjoy for generations s and i think we -- all of us, regardless of our point of view on the topic, proud much exploring this issue and talking about it and trying resolve

[indiscernible] which we'll continue do to make sure everyone regardless of what neighborhood you're in or how you get there, once you're there, you have an opportunity to enjoy this beautiful space and those commissioners who have not spent time out there -- and it's almost like a park within a park within a park because you have all the different programs and prengs along the -- presentation along the promenade. there is something to see and enjoy. it's holiday season. and particularly given the results of the election, we have a lot of exciting stuff all around the city. but i'm going to focus a little bit on stuff happening in golden gate park for the holidays. tree lighting ceremony, i believe we're up to year 68 or

87 -- there is a joke somewhere there but i won't make it. we've been doing tree lighting for a long, long long, long time. started by john maclennan and it will be december first from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. is the event featuring snow. we're bringing snow to the promenade. if you were outside this morning, it might actually be natural. food trucks, caron a val rides and preentertainment and lots of lighting exhibits. we'll have special treats all along the promenade. music and band show. the observation will be lit up and it's going to be fun. we had a hard couple of years. election behind us and we'll celebrate together. entwiend, of korgs, we'll be back for it i believe the third

year. this is an incredible light installation by charles gatikin. we're grateful for san francisco aldz club for their part in entwinned. we have the holiday ice rink back in the square. i was up there with the mayor and the alliance and many, many uniformed personnel and impacters on wednesday. union square is popping. between the macy's tree and ice skating rink and not in my notes, unfortunately, but beginning out of union square, friday, saturday, sunday, the day after thanksgiving will be world cup soccer. part of a much larger program

that starts next monday, november 20th at the pop-up parking transit parking lot. it will be freely. that will be home base for our world cup soccer efforts by win on monday, november 20th and we'll have matchings there. they willing over thanksgiving and civic center and the finale which commissioner alisy will be a part of and the united states and -- >> england. >> wales. >> u.s. plays wales in the opening match on november 20th. i think usa germy and brazil is looking good and so is spain. so we'll see. >> personally it was brazil who

did win. >> that's right. i knew commissioner hallisy was all over there. usa englands at union square on friday -- the day after thanksgiving which i believe is the 25th. super exciting. lots of fun holiday stuff. we all have our favorite activities. in addition to the rink at union square, on december 7th, we turn on the civic center plaza holiday tree with a wonderful ceremony and more fun with games, holiday entertainment and a give away benefiting more than 400 kids. lots of good holiday stuff. earlier this month, we held our therapeutic recreation family day at the botanical gardens. you could try out hula hoops and

more. afterwards, families got to explore trying out different mobility devices that fit their needs and for a few participants, it was their first time riding a bike. that was pretty exciting and speaking of the botanical, i was very grateful to be joined by commissioner louie at a hard-hat tour and reception for the new nursery at san francisco botanical dparnds. this is a game-changer. it's one of the best nursery facilities anywhere in the country. it's something to celebrate. that, combined with the work that this commission did earlier in the year to create the garden at golden gate park, our three can he treasures, gardens,

japanese tea garden and the botanical gardens are on the map. we're thrilled about that.çovz on december 6th, we're excited to welcome everyone to our next ground-breaking event at the sunnydale hub in visitacion valley. the hub will bring a i new community center and a new recreation center to this diverse and well-established neighborhood. it's not had a rec center for the boys and girls club. we have a gym a naiz naiz yum, early learning center and fitness classes and get-togethers and several of us were out for the groundbreaking at the playground and that will be part of this wonderful new

complex in the neighborhood which really, really deserves it. we are proud to partner with the hearsy housing on this groundbreaking. earlier this month and i'm sure there will be at least somebody here who wants to talk about pickle ball during public comment but earlier this month, park and rec held a meeting with pickle ballers. we were able to gather quite a bit of feedback and listen to concerns of each community and we're hard at work looking for solutions that allow both sports to thrive. we love pickle ball and we also love tennis and basketball and skateboarding and all kinds of other fabulous sports. i will remind us that you will in the last only few years, we now have 6 o outdoor lined for pickle ball and five indoor

gymnasiums for pickle ball and 11 pickle ball courts in addition to outdoor courts and we have dedicated pickle ball hours at four different tennis court sites. we have reservable courts at five park locations and there will be more. we have more to come on this and we have exciting ideas on how to accommodate this fabulous growing sport. and then, i get to read about world cup soccer. as the 2022 fifa world cup approaches, thank you for not taking more time because i've taken yours. as the 2022 fifa world cup the park is proud to host the world cup village. a series of live parties happening at several city locations, crossing, union square plaza, civic center plaza

and the jfk promenade. festivities kick off this monday november 21st and patrick lynch, the u.s. plays well. the goal here is -- while soccer is the draw, the goal is to foster community. full schedule of events can be found at world cup tf.org. our program is having a graduation ceremony saturday december 10th. it will be at the boathouse, it's for leadership program and it's possible for a partnership with the port of san francisco. young people are trained and given skills to participate in community events and team-building exercises. all the commissioners are invited to the graduation

ceremony frses 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. saturday september 10th and we also celebrate a ribbon-cutting joined by commissioner griffin at the newly refurbished waller skateboard area. i got to meet with members of this community again last night to do a little bit of debriefing and talk about what next in the skateboard world. they think wha we've done in waller is an emerging best practice. they are so excited about it and it really is quite special. for all of the partners involved, my amazing planning staff for all the great work they do. this thing has turned out to be extraordinary. people are happy and pickle ball is a very, very popular sport can.

commissioner buell -- coming to the end. we'll show our video of the week here. we have the shuttle program front and center. it allows community members to be picked up at their local recreation centers whisking theam way to the beautiful golden gate park. once at the park, community members can relax and enjoy beautiful locations with no cost and without having to worry about parking. we'll show the video and take a look at that. that will be the general manager report and happy thanksgiving. >> and the public will note he said it would be his brief general managers report. >> that was brief. that was the short version. [laughter]

>> sfgov trk v, i'm going to play a video. >> let it roll.

>> sfgovtv, i don't know if you can help with the sound. i have it both on the video and computer. >> this has been a fabulous program. our partnership division and team along with our public affairs division and our golden gate park team, we've worked with community partners in districts 10 and 11 and around the city where people don't spend as much time there because it's not their neighborhood park. we've been able to bring people to the park and give them a ride on the ferris wheel and explore the gardens and rife' had the pleasure to show up at lunch and talk about the history and

specialness that is the park and it's been a wonderful way to just welcome people and celebrate all of the park's incredible attractions. and without sound, i'll say that concludes the general manager's report. >> they're trying [off mic] do you want me to rewind it? >> no, these all right. we have pickle bawrls who want want -- pickle ballers who want to talk so we have to keep flimming.

mom brought out her children. we have been out four times. it takes a while [off mic] >> she actually told me she had been back three times to spend with her kids and they had a great time here. >> one woman brought her grown children and grandchildren. it's great to be out in nature. it's to great to [indiscernible] you realize so many people.

people have told me that they hadn't been here in a long time -- in decades. this helped them to be able to come out. it [indiscernible] ♪♪ >> thank you, commission. >> thanks for your patience, everyone. now i'll take public comment on the general manager's report. is there anyone in room 416? seeing none, do we've hands raise? for those listening, you can dial *3. no hands raised so public comment is now closed. >> commissioner anderson. >> as an add-on to some of the things that the general manager discussed, i've been going out to the jkf promenade frequently

and almost weekly, cool elements are getting added to the promenade. there is a yellow dot, a "you are here" dot with trees ton and hopefully all their leaves were turn yellow. you can go farther down the promenade, you'll find a whale tail poking out there and there is a beer and wine garden that is a popular event. and there is such great energy when you go out there. i really want to give a shout out to phil and community partnership that he's built out with bill davis has come to us with a lot of ideas and there are others coming in including

the taxpayers. i want to feature the generosity and energy pouring into the park right now and great efforts are made to make sure that people can be helped to get around. the shuttle is going all the time. there is plenty of parking in the music concourse garage. i really encourage people to make the effort to go out. i also have visited japanese tea gardens a couple of times. the pagoda has been you be veiled. i can't say how beautiful the gardens are. i went this past weekend and there were so many people streaming into the japanese tea garden, you almost couldn't find a peaceful space. i encourage anyone to come out and it's free to san francisco residents. i want to give a shout out to stephen and his crew who

welcomed the stone masons from japan and they had a great visit with us and we are really garnering a lot of respect from all over the world. good job, phil and team. >> thank you. >> president buell, we had a person raise their hand after i closed public comment. >> please have that person come. >> okay. jeanette, if you would like o unmute them, they'll have two minutes to speak. this a reminder, it's a comment on the general manager's report. go ahead p p i'm david reigner and i spoke this commission last time a year ago when the city parks and rec truck shut down the junior warrior's youth basketball team. they were trying to cut it back

to 8 teams per grade level. we managed to get recs and park to open it back up and teams to participate but it appears they're doing the same thing. many teams had been wait-listed. there is no answer on when that wait list ends, we want to have youth basketball for all kids in san francisco this winter. there is no reason why it shouldn't happen. this is a basic service that has to happen. there are no other rec centers that can oa that can handle this kind of citywide league. if the city can't handle it then maybe we should transition it to a non-profit that can handle it so our youth are not shut out of basketball this year and future years. >> thank you. >> so i want to double check, there are no other comments on the general manager's report. we'll move to general public

next. okay. seeing no further comments, public comment is closed and we we're now in general public comment. this will be item 9. members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are under the jurisdiction of the commission and do not appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda items, you'll have an opportunity to address the commission and the item is addressedded in the meeting. i have a number of blue cards here that are filled out. there are blue cards up here, otherwise i will call on additional people after. i'll call you in groups of 3. i have dan, lillian and lisa. come on up to the microphone, starting with dan. >> good morning. i'm dan and i've been a resident of san francisco for 25 years.

if i were a commissioner walking through the parks, seeing pick-up basketball, roller bladers, dancers, swing dancer, i'll be thinking to myself this is what parks are all about, people coming together to enjoy activities they love, meeting old friends and making new ones. how can we create more of this? i'm here to tell you that pickle ball is a gift to you. all you have do is create spaces around the city and magically, thousands ever san franciscans will appear. they will gather together to play and so socialize. if you're wondering how to make this happen, i suggest you listen to what the community is saying. i have here four pounds of e-mail, 288 messages, and

written to the commission, supportive dedicated pickle ball courts. the points of the writers that they agree on is as foms: number one, the few pickle ball venues are overcrowded. number two, a solution has to be found quickly because more players are slowing up every day. three, dual-lining tennis courts is not a good solution. pickle ball players nor tennis players like it. and finally, the letter writers agree having dedicated pickle ball courts in stern grove is the solution. in making this decision, i urge you to take time to understand the issues and listen to what the community has to say. thank you for your attention. >> thank you very much.

>> lillian, lisa and evan. >> good morning. i'm lillian and i'm a 30-year resident and avid supporter of rec and park. you've done an amazing job of preserving space. sports fields and gardens and play centers serve. but now there is a new game in town, pickle ball. it's not a fad or window dressing, it's a new essential in recreation and a number of players are exploding locally in flagsly. we have an opportunity for pickle ball in the city. it's a mystery why they're in a model of squaresity with a plethora of ten kiss courts. there is open play and multiple courts at one site is fundamental. the game bultdz community without trying.

[indiscernible] it's diverse people. dual-lining tennis courts is a huge concession for both tennis players and pickle ballers. if numbers matter, the footprint in stern grove have eight pickle ball courts versus two tennis courts and four tennis players in one area. reservations are gone in less than five seconds. the sunset district has seven sites with 14 tennis courts. there are only 11 dedicated pickle ball courts in the city. the need for pickle ball courts is immediate. we ask the commissioners to be open and nimble to support pickle ball. if removed, we can relieve the

pent-up demand. we cannot wait for other projects that has not been approved by the community. stern grove is the solution. >> lisa, evan and laurel. >> good morning, i'm lisa shaw and i'm an active member of the tenant and pickle ball communities. currently there is a huge misconception by some local members of the tennis community that pickle ball is on a land-grab mission to take over the tennis courts. comparing pickle ball to tennis is like comparing apples to oranges. we need multiple dedicated courts. for those that are not familiar with pickle ball, the same two

tennis courts that accommodate 4 to 8 players, translate to pick eight pickle ball courts with 48 people per hour. we're waiting because of overcrowding. in terms of taking over tennis courts, according to the park and recs website, not counting golden gate park which you have to pay for, there are 120 public tennis courts. 20 have lights. there are 52 pickle ball courts including the six dedicated courts at louis center and volleyball courts. pickle ball only uses 16 of 120 courts none of which have lights. dedicating courts at stern grove would not affect the court count and would return 4 of the 16 courts back to the tennis community. for the record, i'm not a proponent of converting tennis

courts to pickle ball but i believe these two courts at stern grove will not be missed or make a difference. not person that spoke last week on behalf of tennis mentioned their personal attachment to the courts. i know if the courts in question were mountain lake or presidio, the community would have protested. park and rec has a huge opportunity to help to alleviate the overcrowding at the current pickle ball location without hurting the tennis community. it would be great to come together and find new solutions for future locations which will be needed considering the rate at which pickle ball is growing and how pickle ball is turning away players. >> thank you. evan and laurel and hans.

>> i'm laurel and i've lived in san francisco for 37 years and i wish i had discovered pickle ball a long time ago. i first heard about pickle ball at my 50th high school reunion a few years ago. some of my classmates live in florida and they mentioned a game called pickle ball. back in february, thank goodness my delightful neighbor lois mentioned she plays pickle ball and would i like to try it? sure i replied. she invited me to accompany her to louis center court and told me about the free lessen every tuesday at presidio hall. i was enthralled and so excited to learn a new sport with so many other eager beginning students of all ages. i returned for a second free lessen which is the limit, because the lessons became sod

popular and continued to play and have clearly found one of my life passions. i have met dozens and dozen of gracious, welcoming and patient willing to enter their skill leave so less-advanced players can participate until gams with them. presidio hall is my favorite place to play. we need more dedicated permanent pickle ball courts. what drifs me nuts at most courts is trying to figure out what color paint determines the sidelines and baseline. i am grateful for the pickle ball courts we have, but we're outgrowing our existing court and i along with many other players are desperate for more pickle ball courts especially at stern grove. as ang example of how popular

pickle ball is, the cbs network is having a two-hour pickle ball special tonight -- your time is done. >> hosted by stephen colbert. >> we have evan and hans and bill. >> my name is evan and i grew up outside of bossen. i have a lot of friends and i love sports. i went to college in if massachusetts and graduated in 2007. that summer my girlfriend and now wife moved to boston and i moved with her. we are always on the move because of her job. during each move, it was a bit daunting to make friends.

i played sports to stay active. i still have a lot of close friends if the three cities. i played volleyball, kick ball, tennis, flag ball, and basketball. from 2017 we moved to san francisco. i was 32 years at the time and was excited to start another chapter in our life. it quickly became our favorite city. i started to play sports knowing i would eventually find my people. but i was wrong. everyone was friend will, but unfortunately i was unable to make close connections. i wondered if it was me or were people busy with their jobs or addicted to their phones? the pandemic hit and too affected everyone. in february of 2022 everything changed for me? that's when i found pickle ball. the sport is easy to pick up and full of laughs and smiles between each point.

it's fun and exet competitive and social. i now play five teams a week and have a place in the city where i can call home. i went from having two friends in the city to now oarve 50. i don't think there is a sport that will bring this much joy and excitement. excitement to people's lives. i'm happy because of the pickle ball community. we need more dedicated courts so more people can experience this happiness. >> thank you. >> we have hans, bill, and then [indiscernible] >> good morning. i'm hans and i've been playing pickle ball for six years. i'm also a long-term member of the pickle ball working community that meets with rec and park including commissioner louie. i've seen this can grow from a small group much dedicated players to huge numbers of prpts. pickle ball is still considered

america's fastest growing sport with over 50 million participants nationwide. i want to talk about the court situation in the city. pickle ball is played in 10 outdoor public locations in the city. wa cording to rec and park figures, tennis has 140 courts citywide. pickle ball has 52. general manager phil said 06 but that includes six at stern grove. 11 of the pickle ball courts have permanent nets. the other 40 courts are dual-lined tennis courts and require daily net servicing meaning volunteers to set up, take down and store equipment when the courts are given over to tennis. 140 tennis courts have permanent nets with only 11 pickle ball courts in two locations with permanent nets. dual lining was appropriate six years ago when pickle ball was

started and demand was limited. since then 16 courts were dual lined for pickle ball creating 40 courts but it's met with friction with the ten kiss community. we think dual lining is the wrong approach to reduce the overcrowding. with all the media attention goifn pickle ball, we think that the dual lining tragedy should be abandoned and create an eight-court permanent pickle ball fiment at stern disbroaf the best option for the choices made by the public today. thank you. >> we have phil and suzy and nate. >> my name is bill, i'm a native san franciscan. i retired 16 years ago and i worked within the community since then. i worked on historical streetcars, on market street,

i've been a diver in the aquarium, i worked for many years at golden gate park with the gardens for the last five i've volunteered with the san francisco pickle ball community in an attempt to get permanent pickle ball courts in the city. this effort is becoming unsustainable due to the lack of permanent-loq pickle ball court. san francisco, we supplied three on-site storage boxes and two wooden boxes and rolling carts. we provide nets to two middle schools and boys and girls club. we supply four rec centers and four outdoor courts for 48 nets, 60 paddles all through donation frses the pickle ball community. park and rec supplies six rolling nets. we need eight permanent courts at stern grove so we can play on our own time schedule, not rec

and parks schedule. there have been over a hundred volunteers, over hundreds of hours put forward to keep access available to the community by the community. it is time for parks and rec to step up to the plate and support the pickle ball community. >> i'll restart your time for the letter he's reading. >> this letter is from a 12-year-old boy, ashley. he would like to be here but school will not let him out and his folks have work scheduling. they allowed me to speak for him. this is his letter, not mine. i started playing pickle ball when i was 8 years old and played with my dad, mom and sister and my grandfather when he's in down. most recently i got my friends into it so we've start add playing teeght. the fast pace quick game fun for all levels of athletes, made me

if my friends and others fall in love. the game itself is not the best part of pickle ball. it's the community. everybody is supportive, welcoming to all players no matter age or pickle ball skill. i remember when i was 10 years old, i had a soccer camp at paul goody field with a two minute walk away from the courts. the camp would end at 12:00 p.m. and i my sofa would walk to the court, eat my lunch and play publical ball with the community. i did this every day for two weeks and never in the time did i not feel welcomed and encouraged to be there. i believe pickle ball community is why the port is so popular. the the game itself is connecting the pickle ball community, however, it's hard to grow this community had the courts are so crowded on a weekend before covid, there were 35 people, now there are a had you been players plus.

it makes me and my family have to wait 20 to 30 minutes to play a game. it's discouraging to invite my friends to pickle ball only to play three games in two hours. i would love to have a league or tournament in the city for kids. the courts are too busy and there are not enough of them to play. let's work he together to change this so we can groat amazing pickle ball community. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> president buell, we are a now at 15 minutes of public comment. >> let's keep going. we have a couple more comments. >> i have suzy and nate. >> i was born and raised in san francisco. can so you've heard it pickle ball is glowing popularity. i want to reit yait there is an plead need to have the courts in

way overcrowded. on a recent saturday there were over 90 people on the courts and on wait to play was substantial. 24 people playing, 07 waiting to play. i'm going over the options presented. option one, dedicated courts gives the city to meet the need. this only option is viable because it's shovel-ready and paid for by the puc. proposed option four converting the croquet field could take years and does not address the immediate need. on the other hand, converting croquet field at stern grove to tennis players would get their two courts back. they don't have the urgent need since there are 137 public

tennis courts. this would say everybody's needs. to have pickle plans at larsen is unworkable. it would take years to get through the process and create a need for more town hall meetings which brings opposition from athletes and neighbors. larsen would displace many kids from playing. to further the court at larsen would come out of the budget and there is very limited street parks. threal is dual lining the tennis courts. tennis players and pickle ball players dislike this. it's not a court without a net. option one is being the most viable option that will meet the immediate need for the pickle ball community. >> thank you.

>> i have a diagram of the pickle ball court. >> next is nate. >> good morning i'm nate and i'm a bay area resident my entire life. i lived in san francisco for 20 years and have been active in the bar, restaurant, businesses and parties. you heard the word "community" probably a hundred times this morning. i want to give you a more description of what it means to me. this is moafers diverse, race and economically and age. that is not borne by single places where you have to reserve a court but formed in a six court and eight court environment where there is conversation before and after and waiting for a game. that's where you meet people for the first time in your life. if i go to a court reserved for an hour, i'll make a reservation

for people to meet together but i won't meet larry and joseph and phil and larry junior. that's why it's important to build six-court centers. stern grove could be built now and it's the right thing for the citizens asking for that. and don't stop there. there needs to be more facilities in san francisco, i feel in the north part of town. i don't want this to be about tennis versus pickle ball but what is best for san francisco. you can figure out that path. please support the community of san francisco and the people heerl in front -- here in front of you. >> is there anyone else that did not fill out a blue card? come on up. >> good morning, commissioner.

i'm paul, i'm a san francisco resident i was born and raised here and i want to talk to you blt junior boys program. basketball and youth sports have been important for me growing up in san francisco. i think basketball especially since we're the home of the best team in the past decade. i think it's inexcusable not allowing more teams to play. last year there were only eight fourth-grade teams. growing up, my peers that decided to leave sports were either incarcerated or passed away. i see these kids being shut out again this year. live oak school pro individuals education to kids from all social and economic backgrounds, not just rich or poor but

everyone. if they continue to be shut out, they might ultimately lose interest in sports and i feel like san francisco needs to get back to where it needs to be as a family-first city. thank you for your time. >> thanks very much. >> seeing no further public comment, we don't have anyone on the line with their hands raised either. public comment is closed, but we'll have another opportunity at item 9. we are now -- >> commissioner anderson, you had a question. >> i just want stod seek clarification. we have on-going community input meetings, right? on the pickle ball issue. when is the next meeting?

anyone know? >> we'll try to come to you in january for steps to groat sport. a reflection, since you asked, this is a great sport and it is clear that a lot of people play it and enjoy it. but it's a sport that emerging quickly. and government public spaces and public facilities, it's sometimes [indiscernible] on a dime. i think my team -- we have a lot of pickle ball players on the staff. we're doing our best to figure out and create strategies to try and meet the growing need. we have a few ideas that we're developing. we also can't be just an sf park

and rec responsibility. there are other land managers and spaces public and private that have to work to try to grow the sport. we will do our best with the facilities that we have and the public comment that rez a nateed with me and i appreciated it, was let's not do this by cannibalizing somebody else's preferred recreation. let's do this my adding more recreation. let's create more. that's how we want to approach it. we'll keep working on it. we have good things brewing. >> thank you very much. >> that's exactly what i was hoping to draw out. i appreciate everybody coming out and we are definitely on it. >> commissioner louie. >> i just want to say thank you

for coming out. i know you're here today. if you weren't here, you'd probably be on a pickle ball court. we all understand not just today that this sport is growing faster than there are courts in san francisco. and so we hear you. we've heard every angle and there are not enough courts in san francisco. we've also heard that the -- i'm a converted racquetball player to pickle ball. i went from racquetball to pickle ball. i like the pace of it. i don't like waiting either for my turn to play. because the sport, we understand, is not the department's, you know, problem. it's like the sport is growing faster in the world than with players of our age and even the younger players.

so with the lack of courts, they tried dual lines, we understand that. when i play on a dedicated court and then on the deum lines, i get confused. maybe it's my age, but i get confused which line i'm playing. i understand your voice about wanting more dedicated courts. i also want to commend the department for try -- doing what they're doing to look for a balance between tennis and racquetball -- not racquetball, pickle ball. everything like in san francisco takes time. it's not -- we service oversight committee commission to the department. i think all of us know that the health benefits of playing this game is just resounding.

we know what going on and see what is going on and see the struggles. it is confusing. so we appreciate your patience. and we'll -- like general manager guinness burg said, gin. we're doing everything we can and he's a pickle ball player himself- i'm not good but i'm enthusiastic. >> i have plenty of paddles at home. we can try the game. it is -- i just want to say for those who don't know, it is ping-pong on a tennis court and it's a fun game and we know it's growing and ages throughout san francisco lot of game. thank you for coming together. >> commissioner griffin. >> i wanted to address the gentleman that was the last speaker. and i noticed we got some

letters, general manager ginsburg, about basketball leagues not being available. i'm wondering what the progress is on that. are we working on it? >> nick williams, the superintendent, is here. we have about 130 teams signed up in the junior warriors program in various age groups. so we have the gyms that we have. we are hopeful -- nick why won't you come up and i'll turn it over to you and you can talk about what we're doing. >> good morning, commissioner. currently we have 132 teams that are in the league active is to start in january. there are 40 to oo teams wait-listed. before we get them into the league, we have to make sure we have move to referees and gym time so the quality of the playering experience is not

diminished because we have overgrown it accessibly. our goal is to have each and every team in the leg but it will take us a few more weeks to make sure we can run them successfully. there are over 130 teams admitted into the league and 140 to 150 are wait-listed and our goal is to have them all entered. >> the commissioner is not here but it's worth noting, we're not the only game in town here. there are non-profits and other youth basket ball leagues in san francisco that use other facilities that are not ours. we're going do our best to headache sure everybody is accommodated. similar to the pickle ball conversation, we have the facilities that we have and we do the best that we can to a program them without compromising other very genuine,

lit activities happening. one addendum, it came do me about this conversation and i wanted to share with some of the folks here today that are enthusiastic and thank you for loving your parks and thank you for want the recreation that you want. we get that. in terms of the multi-lines, while not ideal, we have to learn how to share ow space. the example that i will give is a while back, we had a similar challenge with youth sports and youth soccer when we converted a bunch of grass soccer fields that needed to rest for a period of time into synthetic turf. when we went through that process, we lined all of those fields -- not just lined for soccer, they're lined for lacrosse and some of them are

multi-purpose socker and baseball. we have some that are lined with hash marks for youth football and not ideal either. lines sometimes are in different colors and they can be confusing, but in the dense si y that we have, we try to come up with solutions that facilitate as much play as possible. while we'll continue to work on dedicated space e spaces, we are proud of the fact that we've gone out and relined over 50 courts in the last few number of years for both sports. not perfect, but it's there. >> i had one follow-up question related to basketball. how do we go about recruiting the referees? i understand that's a problem. >> current by because we are in excess of the teams that we can handle, we have to hire a rev ye

agency to come in and assist and bring in a number of referees to facilitate the games to the tune of 14 to $16,000. >> per season? >> per season. >> thank you very much. thank you. let me make an observation and then we'll move on with the agenda. in the big picture, we clearly hear you. i think it needs to be recognized that in urban areas and this is happening all over the country, pickle ballal is a phenomenon and the challenge is finding space. in a densely populated city, land values is such and competition for pace makes it a real challenge. having said that, we're also heading into an economic downturn with office spaces in this morning's paper, you'll

read taxes are declining. the competition for dollars are short. with land short, dollars short, and an increasing sport, the challenge is that much greater. i want to frame that and say that i'm delighted to hear we'll hear something more in january. and we're going to work hard on this. every day a different national newspaper has a headline story about pickle ball. and so, you're on the winning side of the curve, but you're also on the challenged side of the curve to solve this problem. i think there is -- as an afterthought, there is room in the private sector here to do well if they can figure out realigning spaces that are under-used to take advantage of this growing phenomenon. we'll continue to look at it but thank you for coming today and we appreciate your comments. >> okay. item 6, the consent calendar.

is there any public comment on the consent calendar? in room 416, seeing none. do we have any hands raised on the public line? we have one hand raised. as a reminder to those raising your hands, this is public comment on the consent calendar only with the minutes and zoo logical site transaction nrs month. you can unmute the first caller. okay. they have their hand down. commissioners, did you want to remove anything from the consent calendar? >> is there a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second. >> moved and second dz. all those in favor. so moved. >> we are now on item 7, are the

san francisco zoo. tanya, let me know if you have any trouble opening up your visual. >> please your request to speak, if you've already spoken, commissioner louie and general manager ginsburg. >> i'm tanya peterson with the san francisco zoo. i only tried pickle ball once and everybody screamed at me to get out of the kitchen which i think is ironic because i don't spend that much time in my own kitchen. stay away from kitchens. all right, i have a powerpoint here.

>> well done. >> you know, we're getting back to normal too. we've met with our colleagues around the world and recently we did this to help the zoos in the ukraine. our plan was to vacate the animals from the polish zoos tim similar to what they did in world war ii and bring them out of ukraine. russia has targeted one in the ukraine a. it was not safe to be in poland and not safe to bring the animals to the zoos in poleland. i had a chance to talk zee zoom and go to the directors in the ukraine. i was inspired to people's commitment on endangered species. one man is taking care of four siberian tigers on his own. i feel i have nothing to complain about. we couldn't help but talk about

covid as well. we hired an outside expert and surprisingly over the pandemic, zoos lost more visitors than aquariums probably because more new members visited their zoos with frequency, but the zoos were hit more severely than at aquariums. coming out of pandemic, zoos did better because of outside factor of most zoos. the summer -- the worst of the pandemic we were doing better than expected. but this will recent summer, everybody's attendance was down. i think inflation having something do with it. we fell more in the wildlife park. we're down about 25%.

i think it's because of where we're located, families drive in cars and gas prices are startling. and of course, we're also -- the great highway is shout down on the weekend which is our peak time. we'll continue to adjust to the great highway closures on weekends. but i did want to show you a fun adjustment by one of the zoos. as you know, there is flexy glass everywhere in your grocery store but look at the grocery stores in europe and dubai. if i did this, i would be holding his hand all day long. it's best we didn't do this. i applaud everybody for thinking out of the box, a way to have connections because our contact yards were the slowest and longest to be close the during the pandemic. the other thing was most of the

zoos in australia and asia have been hit severely by droughts and floods. a number of their species are in the red. red is the color code used by the international union of conservation, iucn to say an animal is critically endangered. we were all challenged to see if you could find a local species and get it down from red to the next yellow. we thought perhaps the san francisco damselfly is a reminder that our damselfly was thought to be extinct. with our partnership with the presidio, we're bringing it back o life. it's not beautiful and tiny but they also eat the larva of mosquitoes and i think we'll meet the challenge to bring it

down from red to the next color. as we -- 2002, the non-profit that manages the zoo came out with a plan to invest in conversation making the zoo a conservation campus and invest in human diversity and biological diversity. some moved ahead. some didn't with the pandemic, but i wanted to focus on two successes. one we were able to focus a lot of our programming and signage on conversation, human and biodiversity. i realize in the '50s the zoo long cal society had scrvetion conservation in its message anyway. i have to applaud our partnership with crews, cars and assist the driverless taxi service and they actually used

technology from animals or insects and other animals that use southern, they're not just using radar, but a lot of the technology our animals use for sensory adjustments. i had the chance to take one of these at 10:00 at night. that was an experience. and they named all their taxis after an mals. i think this was ant and we have a panda and tiger. also they came and sponsored our most recent san francisco free days. so conservation reimagined as we go forward. we took the chance from the pandemic to clean up our waste management and sustainable efforts. nominated for the award which is the san francisco's chamber of commerce a whard and we were stunned to win it.

thank you for that. lastly, i know it's hard for to you come to the wroo, so i wanted you to meet our most critically endangered species, it no longer exists on madagascar and most of eastern africa, it is now extinct. [indiscernible] >> did it pop up on your screen? p. >> this is the spetzs that no longer exists in africa? >> i'm sorry, in parts of africa. the species no longer exists in parts of africa.

[off mic] >> here we go. sfgovtv. there we go. it is a pygmy hippo. this is a young male, but he is nearly full grown. he might gain a few more pounds. folks think he is a juvenile. because of their small size, they suffer from predation as well as poaching. he's about -- he's about this big and will grow to 400 pounds. if you see my purse, you'll see it's about a hundred. he looks like this right now. 400 to 600. compared to 3 to 4,000, these

were all over africa. they were in madagascar car. now they can only be found in eastern africa. we're focusing in our zoo on krit clay endangered. come and visit him. i wanted to show you how cute he is. >> any other public comment on the san francisco zoo report? do we have any hands raised on our lean? seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. we're now item 8, equity analysis and metrics.

>> i get to do a brief introduction here. hold on, taylor. okay. so before taylor kicks off, i get to formally introduce to all of you our new racial equity program director patrick lynch that started earlier this month. welcome. patrick has a story career in government having served as a special assistant to the many mayors ago. so he's come full circle. he's worked for the san francisco housing authority and done great work there and east bay, you were in richmond too, right? and he is experienced in overseeing and implementing pool

sis. first equity inclusion and accessibility. it was a long search because finding the right person for this was really, really important. we couldn't be more thrilled to welcome patrick to our team. patrick, do you want to say a welcome? >> which mayor did you work for, patrick? >> let me say it this way. general san francisco. i was part of a group at that one of our current senators used to come on saturday mornings and read stories to us and not allow the press in. i was at workration person with father goode at the shipwreck. i finished school, i was

appointed2■÷ by mr. jordan and . brown. i am so pleased to be back home. >> welcome aboard. >> thank you. >> thank you can. >> also did twiem [indiscernible] time with [indiscernible] >> taylor from the capital planning division. it's a pleasure to be before you in-person today. >> put your mic on. >> all right. that's better. good morning. it's a pleasure to be here before you in-person in these beautiful chambers. i'm here to talk about our required equity analysis metrics. i wanted to just start with a high level about the timeline

ahead because this is one of the things that's changed this year. we did take this to pro wrack p. what we show before you will feed into the strategic plan. in january we bring the sub plans which is capital and operational and all of that feeds into the budget which will be before you in february as usual. looking forward, the strategic plan is a five-year plan, as you recall. we'll be working to implement is for fiscal yearly 23 through 28 along with the racial equity action plan. there is a charter required midpoint reporting period which will happen in the fall of 2025. and then this cycle of long term planning will begin again in fall of 2027. for those of you long term maitioners, you'll note we were

going to do a five-year plan, have it cook for five years, and then do another one at the end of that can. all right. the equity analysis is a measuring tool. it's not the work of increasing equitable access to recreational park and services. for the work, patrick is here to lead us and coach us and guide us through this. and i'm going to let him speak for another moment. >> thank you taylor for that introduction. i will keep this brief. our time is all valuable, because you'll hear from us many times as we move forward. to give you a sense of perspective, think back to when the department adopted the equity zones. that was a work product that

provided evidence to the community as a whole in 2016. back then in 2017, 18, the department staff came dispoaght said we'd like to explore other opportunities and how do we build point equity zone? they began to engage in trainings and conversations around diversity, equity and inclusion. the city of san francisco decided to move forward with legislation and created the officer racial equity around 2019 and staff continued and it evolved into the document you have before you. we like to refer it as a racial equity action plan. within that document, you will see that there are 7 focus areas along with those seven focus areas, there are particular categories. you have everything from hiring and recruitment to retention, to

diversity to separation, discipline. you have your mobile and mobility. if you towrn page 28, i believe it is, expen we're going to have as it relates to boards and commissions, in that, we're going to assess, where are we with our action steps and resources? we'll look at indicators. we'll look at timeline and implementation steps. we'll look then at where is our status? and where is our lead support on that? just as an overview, that's within the diversity, equity and inclusion as we fold in the equity matrix. matrix.within the strategic plae

bracket that as with your tragic plan strategies how to inspire space and place how to inspire your investment, your stewardship in our team? i wanted to put that in a particular framework. i'll turn it back over to [indiscernible] >> thank you. >> so back to this tool, measuring tool, the charter language says we must develop a set of equity metrics to service low income neighborhoods and disadvantaged communities. then that work should go into informing the strategic plan and capitol operational plan. the first five years, we had a methodology that focused on open data and we made up our own

methodology. these 10 characteristics were weatd on population, vulnerabilities and together, the methodology accumulated those factors by census track. we took the 20% highest frequency, highest rate of those factors which will be the two darkest colors in this map is overlaid on to a map of our parks and designated all those tracks in the 20% equity zones. we treated that. awltd pink area and called it area zones and metrics where we compared though resources and services in those areas compared to the city has a whole to park access, recreation, investment and kids and nature.

and then in fy-21, we took a break. we -- the underlying data source issued an update 4.0 and the results of our analysis was strikingly different. we had some -- complicated by the fact that census 2020 results had only been partially implemented. there are vacancies in staff and we weren't able to figure out -- we anted to clearly und what was causes the difference. at the same time there was an audit by the controller as planned. it was a fourth year but made a fifth year to confirm that we were meeting our charter mandate in prop b and they had a recommends, no surprise to president buell, that we look more closely at the community level. rather than grouping the equity

zone as a whole. we took that fifth year as an opportunity too renew and reflect on our methodology. what did we do during that time? we looked at all the other -- looked for best practice and other better ideas in what we had. we looked at other methodology from san francisco agencies including cta, department youth and families has one. controller has an equity dashboard. city planning has a tool called environment justice communities map. we looked at other park agenciesand looked at trust forc lan has a score guard and u.n. has a tool based on access to education. we went back and looked at our own methodology more closely to understand what was happening

with 4.0. our findings after that research, number one, our first effort original methodology is really something that we can be proud of 1.0 as we call it and other smaller agencies ask us to learn more about it. it does rely own -- it requires a lot of staff time to implement annually each year. we made up this methodology so there is inherent staff discretion involved. i want to note theat demographic profiles has into the yet been released. it's been delayed several times now scheduled to release in may of 2023. when those come out, i predict there will be more changes ahead. what the cat data now shows

which is based on american community survey, a small sample plus projections based on the 2010 census shows a contraction of poverty and disadvantaged in san francisco. when we reach for the 20 or 30% of the most disadvantaged, it now includes some surprising areas. after all that have good thinking, we're here today to recommend to you that we adopt the city planning tool called environmental justice communities which will be adopted soon by the city planning commission as part of the general plan. i'm going to now introduce daniel noh from city planning to talk more about this tool. >> thank you for having me today.

i'm dam and i'm a senior planner of the planning department. me and lisa chan and other staff at planning have been working on an environmental justice framework and community map to comply with state law sb-1000. the ej map is one of our deliverables to fulfill an advance ever disadvantaged communities in san francisco. our team is choosing to rename this phrase as environmental justice communities and map that you see on the slide is going to our commission at the start of next year, in january of 2023. this map is a analysis of state and local data on environmental pollution exposure as well as social mobilities. the areas in red and dark rorng what we deem as environmental justice communities.

these are census tracks that face the top 30% of cumulative burden in san francisco and predominantly low income and experiencing disproportionate environmental burden as compared to the rest of the city. the analysis that we followed is guided by the california office of planning and research. it includes four major layers. the first one is version 4.0 released in october of 2021. that has, as know, a lot of environmental pollution and social vulnerability indicators. in addition to the state map, we included three layers to add more local data to guide a higher resolution understanding of environmental justice in the city. there is the state income data to adjust for what low-income households in san francisco are as well as the air pollution exposure zone to add more local

data on environmental pollution. the last layer is from -- the areas ever vulnerability analysis with a slew of social and economic graphics. with those four major layers and the analysis, we can depict this gradient and spectrum in the city. again, to wrap up, we are intendto bring it to the commisn the start of next year to live in the city's general plan. we appreciate of taylor to represent the department in our interagency work, our community outreach has been occurring over the past year and a half. and we're appreciative of the idea to incorporate it in your agency's work as other agencies like sf environment and puc and the port have been coordinating to aliant efforts on environmental justice and other result is necialts.

drl justice and other vulnerabilities. >> this tool offers an opportunity for the city to align and have a unified definition of what disadvantaged areas we can work he together. development planning, mandate, neutral expert. they have extensive public outreach in common. daniel did not mention more than 5,000 public comments have been received and integrated into this. and we're here today to say we hope you approval methodology of this. adoption of this methodology. when you overlay this, now we've added an additional layer which is city plan's definition of neighborhood. going forward, equity analysis

will look at the neighborhood level compared to the city as a whole. there have been some changes. i mentioned the general contraction in the first methodology, we use 20% of the census blocks and we had 89 parks included. ej methodology 30% of the city in many of the parks are not there and 17 new parks are added. and some parks are no longer included in this including betty ann long which we think of as definitely -- we know this is service of residents of chinatown who are included in the equity zone demographic criteria. betty ann long is technically in nob hill and its neighbors and

surrounding residents are not in that top threshold of disadvantaged. there is an asterisk here because this analysis has been geographically based. looking first at our facilities and where they're located. and i think going forward with all the changes there are in big data, and the opportunities around learning more about parks visitors versus parks site, i think there is going to be changes in the future where we know about who comes to a park rather than where the park is located. another change that you'll notice this year is that the metrics themselves are within the structure of the strategic plan. now there are metrics that are place related under inspired place and things related to play like recreation hours, children'

play area and access to scholarships are under the goal to inspire play and investment and our capital investments with funding sources, volunteer hours. and stewardship. our team is missing -- our team is about the reep which is an inward facing look at how we interact each other and hire and promote where as the equity analysis is an outward facing analysis. all right. going to the enabled level, there are 17 neighborhoods that are touched by the equity zone. if a enabled had oo even just one park that was included in the purple area, it's counted here and we looked at each neighborhood level to see what

assets there are and to measure proportionally the comparison of the neighborhood and citywide. here is an example. the first one out of bayview hunters point neighborhood. there is an appendix c, there are 17 of these mini analysises and here you can see the bayview has 4% of the city's population. and -- let's see. [laughter] >> do you want to borrow my

readers? >> everybody has their readers. >> where did i put my glass? >> on his head. >> so under "inspired place" we can see that citywide, the average park allegations worse is 50% and in bayview it's 87%. there is opportunity for improvement there. one of them is obvious things we're doing to improve is building. right now these scores are based on the shoreline park and it tends to be lower scoring. i think everyone is so excited for the future. facilities with public wi-fi is a new metric. maybe you don't have internet at home, but you can come to your local rec center and access. there are 38 sites citywide and there are sites in the bayview

with public wi-fi. i wanted to point out another new metric nearby nature access. this is a combination of our designated natural areas plus our natural -- nature exploration areas which are natural playgrounds. we have 34 of these sites citywide and yes, there is access to nature in the bayview. some of the findings we had from this neighborhood level analysis is that, for example, we see disproportionately low recreational programming in a couple of neighborhoods. including chinatown, sommea and tenderloin. we know there is a ton of recreational programming at

tenderloin, for example. in this case, it might be a call to do better at capturing our own work, data, the work of our tenants and operator, and figuring out the department of children, youth and families have grantees that work on our site and doing a better job of capturing that work may be the call to action here. as you know, this charter clearly states that the equity analysis is just a tool for measuring and that when we find inequity, or disproportionate service allocations, turning that data into action happens in a strategic plan. we'll come back to you next month with initiatives included in our new five-year plan to

address some of those findings that we've seen here in this new analysis. i want to draw your attention to the last bullet. the numbers showed just both high and low, surplus and gaps. one of the surpluses we noticed is that 60% of our mini parks are located in equity zones. what can we do as good government to leverage the resources that we have in these places? how can we make the mini park experience, you know, enhanced and more active? these are the kinds of questions and thinking that we're working on fow to take the data revealed in the equity analysis and turn it into naks a strategic plan. into action in a strategic plan. >> thank you, taylor, that's a great presentation. if you want to ask for public

comment first and then go to questions. >> anyone with public comment on item 8 in room 416? seeing none, do we have any hands raised? no hands raised. public comment is closed. >> mr. ginsburg. >> i want to thank both taylor and patrick for the work they've done. we've been working with equity metrics since 2016, i believe. i want to give taylor a tip of the cap for some of the strategic analysis she's done over the years. and now with also patrick's strategic thinking about this, it's only going to get better. i do think -- keller said it which was we want to shift over time and this will take time to looking at who ises using our

facilities rather than where our facilities is located. that's an important distribution, otherwise you end up with an arbitrary line drawing on rec centers where we know we're serving the population that needs us that often probably lives in equity zones, but the facility isn't technically in one based on the best definition of it that the city has come up with. also, the data capturing. i don't think we have historically done a good enough job in telling our total stories. if you see lower program hours at tenderloin, children's rack or low scholarships, that's because of the children go for free. we have a number of partner programs and a number of drop-in

programs in certain facilities where we have long viewed registration as a barrier to entering. because we're not -- because -- okay. because we have viewed a little bit of paperwork and barriers to entering, we haven't captured all the data yet. and that is going to be reflected in the analysis, but doesn't really tell the full story of our work which i believe and most fundamentally on the recreation side is deeply, deeply committed to serving kids and seniors. >> thank you. commissioner louie. >> thank you, taylor and

patrick. this is so important and thank you for highlighting the surpluses and gaps through methodology plan. i think the rec and park department is the best department and it seems to implement and care about equity and so, with this tool and you highlighting today what we are going6z6z!ç to flook forward to discussing in january, i think this is a beautiful thing for the department and thanks very much. >> commissioner griffin. >> thank you both for the plan. i think i see a lot of work has gone into it and i want to thank you for getting us a kicht whole plan. because i plan on reading this whole thing. i commend you for it. but i have one question about these maps. in particular, the western

edition. what are your boundaries here for the western edition map? do you know off a hand? >> for the street boundaries? >> yes. >> i would have to refer to the map. >> you have help coming. >> okay. good. >> hi commissioner. i'm the deputy director of planning. the boundaries come from the planning department's neighborhood boundaries. we're using their boundaries for all of these maps. i don't know off hand what the exact locations are for the western edition, but that's how the planning department designates that neighborhood. >> should i reach out to them for the actual streets? >> we will meet with the rovide the boundaries for you.

>> we can get you the boundaries easily. >> great. >> thank you. >> is there a question about the actual geography? or just the boundaries. >> there may be questions about the geography. i want to find out. i was born and raised in this area and it looks different to me. >> thank you. seeing no other hands raised, let me make an observation that i think this is one of the greatest tools we have to make decisions. and so, i compliment the whole staff, patrick, welcome aboard. taylor, i think the world of this data and information and it keeps getting better. i congratulate everybody involved and thank you. with that, the chair would entertain a motion to approve this. >> so moved. >> second. >> it's been moved and seconded. all those in favor.

it's unanimous. thank you. >> we are now on item 9. general public comment. if there is anyone who didn't have an opportunity to comment during item 5, now is the time. is there anyone in room 416 who would like to comment during general public comment? seeing none, i believe wove one happened raised on our line. if you could unmute the first caller. you have two minutes. >> the commission -- hello commissioner. [indiscernible] i'm very interested in how you're going to use the office space in the [indiscernible] sector of san francisco without consulting the

environmentalists? without doing [indiscernible] to the grand jury and what we have decided. what is happening is that i think it's tragic that there is [indiscernible] there is real representation, but you are not capturing our attention because you don't have the detailed from the biomonitor reading that is happening. parks and recreation should get the data of the biomonitorring. parks and recreation should go out of its way to consult the environmentalists before moving on any plans to build recreation

areas that have have been contaminated by radioactivity. this is very serious. the area where the [indiscernible] you need to have a hearing on that can. either in the community, or at city hall. because i know some of you all, and i know y'all can do due diligence. but don't sneak generalities and think that everything is okay. thank you very much. >> thank you. there are no other callers on line so public comment is closed. we're now on item 10. commissioners matters. commissioner. >> i don't see any hands. >> okay. is there any public comment on commissioners matters? seeing none, public comment is closed.

we're now on item 11. new business agenda setting. anything from the commissioners? >> i don't see any hands. >> okay. seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. we're now on item 12. communications. is there any public comment on communications? seeing none in the room and none on our lines, public comment is closed. we are now on item 13 adjournment. >> so moved. >> it's been moved. >> second. >> it's been moved and seconded by the same person. all those in favor. >> thank you everybody. >> are we going do agenda settings?

[♪♪♪] >> i just wanted to say a few words. one is to the parents and to all of the kids. thank you for supporting this program and for trusting us to create a soccer program in the bayview. >> soccer is the world's game, and everybody plays, but in the united states, this is a sport that struggles with access for certain communities. >> i coached basketball in a coached football for years, it is the same thing.

it is about motivating kids and keeping them together, and giving them new opportunities. >> when the kids came out, they had no idea really what the game was. only one or two of them had played soccer before. we gave the kids very simple lessons every day and made sure that they had fun while they were doing it, and you really could see them evolve into a team over the course of the season. >> i think this is a great opportunity to be part of the community and be part of programs like this. >> i get to run around with my other teammates and pass the ball. >> this is new to me. i've always played basketball or football. i am adjusting to be a soccer mom. >> the bayview is like my favorite team. even though we lose it is still fine. >> right on. >> i have lots of favorite memories, but i think one of them is just watching the kids enjoy themselves. >> my favorite memory was just having fun and playing. >> bayview united will be in

soccer camp all summer long. they are going to be at civic centre for two different weeklong sessions with america scores, then they will will have their own soccer camp later in the summer right here, and then they will be back on the pitch next fall. >> now we know a little bit more about soccer, we are learning more, and the kids are really enjoying the program. >> we want to be united in the bayview. that is why this was appropriate >> this guy is the limit. the kids are already athletic, you know, they just need to learn the game. we have some potential college-bound kids, definitely. >> today was the last practice of the season, and the sweetest moment was coming out here while , you know, we were setting up the barbecue and folding their uniforms, and looking out onto the field, and seven or eight of the kids were playing. >> this year we have first and second grade. we are going to expand to third, forth, and fifth grade next year bring them out and if you have middle school kids, we are starting a team for middle school.

>> you know why? >> why? because we are? >> bayview united. >> that's right. >> once i got the hang of it a little bit, you know, like the first time, i never left the court. i just fell in love with it and any opportunity i had to get out there, you know, they didn't have to ask twice. you can always find me on the court. [♪♪♪] >> we have been able to participate in 12 athletics wheelchairs. they provide what is an expensive tool to facilitate basketball specifically.

behind me are the amazing golden state road warriors, which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hill, who was a national paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco. we are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here. now that that is happening, you know, i i'm looking forward to that growing and spreading and helping spread the word that needs -- that these people are here for everyone. i think it is important for people with disabilities, as well as able-bodied, to be able to see and to try different sports, and to appreciate trying different things. >> people can come and check out this chairs and use them. but then also friday evening,

from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., it will be wheelchair basketball we will make sure it is available, and that way people can no that people will be coming to play at the same time. >> we offer a wide variety of adaptive and inclusion programming, but this is the first time we have had our own equipment. [♪♪♪]

>> tell her zee a quorum. she will call back in. >> all right. >> thank you very much. good morning. i call the san francisco d. disability and aging service commission meeting of wednesday, november 2, 2022 to order i'm the commission president martha nuts then is prosecute visions of the brown act and executive orders issued by the govern to facilitate teleconferences to reduce the risk of covid-19 transmission. the brown act has strict rowels the governor signed a new amendment to the brownct