you i'm here to say parks that we have in san francisco is wonderful. most of all these concerts that coming here this we want to present to you all here, we need these concerts. they works for us and our community. our budget and helps. you know helps keep everything run figure you do away with this we gotta figure out where we will get money from to do other things for the city. we need this money. we need these concerts to create revenue to be able to support people housing. people jobs and everything that we the people need in the san francisco. i'm here to say that we need your help to support us and -- support the parks. park and rec is a wonderful place and just to keep it going we need the concerts going.

thank you for your time. i'm a shop steward for local 261 a natural resource specialist for rec and park and grew up in the richmond and still live there with my kids. i commute through the park almost every day. i get to seat impact both to our neighborhood, my neighbors and friends family and i work with supporting the wildlife and i urge to you support this. because it would acid a huge benefit to rec and park and the communities. thank you. >> good morning. i'm beth and gardener with rec and park. i calm up throughout aprenticeship program and resident of the richmond and live at main entrances to the outside lands's concert.

's entertainment mitigated impact of sunset and benefit from support these paid progressing solid jobs for san franciscans and the benefits the concerts brings. thank you very much. >> thank you. [inaudible]. jury room good morning supervisors i'm apaolo wallace if 2085 i have parts one a person and a professional. nile father was a musician in the 60s and 70's played bass with grateful dead and performed

at polo groundses in the 70s. this is a strong tradition i like to seat concerts continue. >> music festivals bring alost good times to the city with the doom and gloom going on. outside lands brought happy ness and needed good press to the staechl not counting what [inaudible] did. secondly for the teamsters support another planet union work has been taking a hit we got google trade show and said that will be the last. sales force is threatening to go to vegas. these are staffed union and put food on the table. a life line for working families the city cannot afford to lose.

thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm sam peterson i live in mid town and a representative. nonprofit the san francisco social venn rue alliance representing small businesses i'm here to express support for permitting another planet. i believe that manufacture music and events are good and another planet has done a great job. i want to focus on the cultural and economic benefits to the city not just ape and outside lands what i saw last month outside lands was a ton of visitors from other west coast cities in nashgsdzs spending machine and he enjoying our city in a well behaved matter. met people from seattle and l.a. and coal valley, san diego and the mission. and they are having i great weekend this is i valuable breed of tourists i love the folk who is come here for pier 39 and the

golden gate bridge tourists seeking out arts and dining is another matter. these are all people hor influencers in their communities and come back with stories about san francisco. if we can keep some portion leer throughout week tell be a boom to the businesses. to me thkdz be an art's week and events all overnight city would benefit with our hotels, restaurants and barsful another component is the timing of early august. it is my belief the trends of inference france headed out of town for july and august is only become prosecute nounsed. i work with business owners and i regular refrain the city gets sle over the summer before school starts coming become in session. some shared ideas of closing for

fourth july week. the economic boom would create is [inaudible]. thank you. time lapsed. thank you. >> i'm tim a resident of the richmond with my 2 children and wife. i'm in d1 i believe you are my supervisor i want to voice support for the extension of outside left-hand sides i took my daughter there this year. she love today. her highlight of the summer i'm often thinking why do we still keep our family in the city why are we raising children in the city we need more events and live music it is a positive for the communities. yes it is successful and as a residents can be a hassle to traffic that's buzz it is success and will people are coming to the city and enjoying the weekend. we should have felony more weekends of live music not just

one. thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. i'm colby clark i'm a resident of the richmond district. district one. and you live with an earshot of the polo fields. i lived in san francisco for 25 years and work in san francisco raised 2 children here. they were one in four when the concerts starred you in they are attendees. it hen fun see this growth. and i guess the points i would like to make is how outside landses the concert got better and better every year. another planet shown they are committed to improvements and every year when you go there are finish taftic new improvements that shows good partnership and the city needs to do more and

work with -- organizations that have shown they will be good partners to the city and i think the second point i like to make is one made by other people simple am we need more people back to san francisco. whoefrn visited me in san francisco said, wow. not as bad as on the news and the stories and i read in the newspaper. and so i think we need to get people here and outside lands does this and having a second weekend would get more here. i think the case is compelling and i support it. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. i'm barbara thompson i have been a residents of san francisco for 25 years. i'm a homeowner in the richmond. am a supporter of outside lands and attended and enjoy today every year since it started 15 years ago. our home is 2 blocks from the

park i consider our family luck tow have this amazing park so close and we are in the park every day. we feel a few days of increased noise and traffic is reasonable trade off to the support provided that benefits our city and parks and enhances our public image. i'm in support adding additional weekend of concerts. more positive exposure for the city. more fundses to cover student budget and income for residents shops and hotels and 3 free concert in thes downtown area. no cost to the city some invoens for residents who is live notoriety pathat is correct it is a good deal. i don't think our board of supervisors presented with opportunity like this afternoon i urge the supervisors my supervisor, and budget chair

connie chan to approve this permit which will bring more music, good press and more money, millions to san francisco. we need to support this. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. i'm tonya polar a residents of san francisco and the food curatorator for outside lands. i'm here to speak about the positive impact it would have on restaurants and food vendors had a tough couple of years.

on a personal net i feel this this event would combat san francisco is stuck in a doom loop economic contributions and through putting on an incrediblent them show cases the best bay area through art, music and food. thank you very much. next speaker, please. i'm nick i'm a 50 year richmond residentful i'm getting old. so i wanted say i support the new concert. i mean -- we were talking couple weeks back dealing with this for 17 years. of wing together. to find mitigations for the

concerts. things i say they have done are driveway signs uber lyft area. cleaning the streets and this year they clean it better than in the past. somebody went under my car and pulled out a bottle i thought this was nice. they had the hot line tow trucks dedicated to the park. there are closed 30th after the festival every get to uber and lyft area. people getting out of the district in 45 minutes to an hour. bathrooms outside of the park. and the gardeners. they say how much that outside lands will help them and get them material when is than i need them. this is a huge help to the city. district and they have done a lot over the years. to see them go for another concert they will do more and help more i know this i worked

with them. on the personal side i took my folks to see paul mc cartney. somebody they loved and to a place where i played soccer when i was young they sat through the figure to see me there. they did anyway. i stook them to their favorites there the joy of this is when this brings. joy to san francisco and don't we all need more joy. thank you all. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm isabelle a san francisco native. this is my sister oftena and lived in outer richmond for our lives. going to outside left-hand sides for 8 years and the few types a year everyone come out to my part of town and show my first spot in thes richmond. and after the pandemic when the

store fronts on balboa close today med me help to see everyone coming out this year. i'm confidence it would help for the concerts for next weekend. i'm drive nothing and out of the richmond and the chain of lips is the easiest way to get through the park. and it being open during the second weekend would mitigate the issues. and i think golden gate park hosts concerts and brings out different people. >> hello i'm anna. i would like it offer support for the extended weekend of outside lands. i'm a musician myself. i study music in school and an interest in the musical history of san francisco of which the golden gate park is a staple of. and i feel blessed live where i live close to the p and close it

recognized musical performers. and i noticed that planet entertainment taken steps to make accommodations for outer richmond residents. i have noticed congestion and blocked driveways but i think with ride shares something they taken advantage of to keep the our streets less empty. and so i would very much life to have another weekend of this go down. i'm andy olive grown up in sunset. thank you for hearing us out it herb a long day. we are here in exciting times for the entertainment community and i think it is an exciting

time for the city over all. i'm a dad of 2 girls and a co-owner of 2 small businesses in the outer sunset. one is pete's pub and other is [inaudible]. you get this buzz in the city before outside lands happen when the giants are going to the world series. you feel it everybody is excited and talking the build up in the businesses the weekend before outside left-hand sides we get new faces. leading up to the weekend you have new faces coming.

next speaker, please. good afternoon. i'm brendon lange and i'm an out are sunset resident and director at gardens of golden gate park the partner of rec dp park that manages tea guard sxen botanical garden. i want to support the poley field proposal. i think this is the joyful, positive beneficial activities we need to welcome. and another planet hen a partner to the gardens as a sponsor of flour piano event. it kicks off on friday.

and also offer an opportunity to out reach on outside lands. i want to express our support for the polo field concerts. thank you. i'm sascha in the outer richmond. raised 2 kids there and i'm going to a lot of the pointses have been touchod i will address 2 points that i believe mrs. chan addressed. concern for her and residents. this is park access. i'm a user of golden gate park. i run, have a dochlg jog the dog and i nundz there is plenty of access during set and up break down sometimes it force mode off my normal route and this is

great i explore. there is ocean beach. there are trails and the height's park next to the golden gate one of my favorites i have not felt the use of the park has been lacking or use of the out doors or spaces or park in general in san francisco. in addition, and important low something this gets here locked in who benefits official low from this. outside lands is the some of the san francisco usd schools. we have 5 schools that are participating in renting out parking spaces. and i think that this left year we made 26 thousand dollars over that weekend. which is our dig biggest funds raiserings. thank you for that. and with another weekend of this. this could be our largest fundraiser of the year. this motive not sound like a lot of money but to us this is a

chunk of change. in addition to that, we also let the paying customers use our bathrooms. that does also alleviate the use of the streets as a toilet which i know happened. and when i printed out a map this morning of the other schools i see it listed 5 schools in the richmond and sunset that could be doing the same. >> so. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. hi. [speaking upon cantonese.

] >> thank you firefighter your comment. >> hi. please. eunice. >> [inaudible]. sorry. [muffled] california renter association. and i support this principle we have concert, in the city and now we only have a couple days of live concert that bring a lot of revenues for our city and

spending and this revitalize the economy. thank you. >> thank you. and before i ask the next speaker to start comments we have a standing rule that no one is allowed stand and signs rowels on signs, also. so, you can hold your sign no higher than your shoulder as language as you are not obstructing the views of people behind you. >> the throw ladies standing, please, sit down. can i ask eunice to -- advise

the audience this if you are here you must be sitting.

i strong low passport this venue for the concert i did in the understand, lot of english. i know a lot of people like them. because i think every time the concert attract many i believe is a great success.

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>> [inaudible]. [muffled] strongly approve the [inaudible]. live concert. because it attract a lot of people and also a lot of places in the golden gate park is not fuely utilized if we utilize it and we will bring a lot of revenue for the city. and [inaudible]. i support it. thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. hello i'm -- [speaking chinese]

>> hi. my last name is [inaudible]. i strongly support. i believe the revenue brought by this concert will help with rec and park and [muffled].

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>> my last name is kwon. i support the concert and because our economy is in poor management and declining. this will bring in more revenue to support the economy. thank you. next speaker, please. [speaking chinese]

>> hi. my last name is chan. i think i strongly support this proposal. and i think our beneficial process and long process and i think we don't need to wait for our park and rec and muni. let's go start it. thank you. next speaker, please. >> [speaking chinese. ]

>> my last name is kwon. i'm from the california renter's alliance. and thanks to the leader who

[inaudible]. [inaudible] and everybody can see sf is [inaudible] more activities [inaudible]. [choppy audio] thank you. [speaking chinese]

>> hi. my name is [inaudible] and in -- san francisco -- [cannot understand speaker, bad audio]. it is time to reform [inaudible]. thank you. last call for anybody who wishes to provide public comment.

seeing no speaker here in the chamber we have 12 members of public in the queue with 8 in line. mr. lamb, can you unmute our caller, please. >> hi. good morning or good afternoon supervisors, thank you for opportunity to speak on this important resolution. i'm patrick gradey i'm a long time sunset resident. homeowner and i my wife and i going or we live about a block from the park. and on the south side and enjoy the park and really enjoy the outside lands festival every year and bluegrass and without that we have been impressed every year where another planet the city, local communities as

well as parks and rec, make adjustments to improve the experience both for concert go and residents. we are impressed with how they how the outside lands festivalers put on. you know i do speak to local friends in the neighborhood. and our neighbors from the sunset and richmond and the vast maker support outside lands. many of them don't go. they see the benefits to the local community as well as the city. i strong low support this resolution. you know primarily for the clear economic benefits this it brings to the city. to be the park. and to the local communities. incredible package this will deliver and bring some additional free concerts

downtown. will be a good benefit for downtown as well. the i will say another planet you know you have a really good partner there. they are thoughtful, responsible partner as well as a local per in. and finally, outside left-hand sides we have friends come in every year. >> great time. >> i apologize for kuth you off. thanksgiving patrick gradey. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon chair chan and members the san francisco building trade council we support the entertainment unions you heard from a couple represents and soeshgd my comments with brothers of paolo and vince well is a tremendous amount of economic benefit you

heard from the public than i ren joy the concert. i'm think burglar it as a public employee cochair about the impact to the budget. a tax on unionized workforce this is struggling to meet the basic needs to have basic city service rec and p has i balanced budget and encourage to you move this forward with positive recommendation to the board and i want to say thank you to supervisor chan, your leadership struck a balance with legitimate and important occurrence of the neighborhood and the community not just festival goers and you think have take into account the fiscal impact to an important department that continues to

deliver world class rec and p experiences for inference inference and visitors. thank you to chair chan and we counting on your leadership and that of our colleagues. >> thank you. next speaker, please. i'm representing the san francisco park's alliance in support of this proposal. ps alliance vision for every public space and park to be welcoming, communication connections and belong to everyone. we believe in public spaces bring people in their parks. building community and ownership and keeping our public spaces dynamic. we worked with the rec and park department for the 50 dwroers bring joy and life to parks. we believe that the events proposeed take place in golden gate and downtown plaza aline

with this mission. this program of events will support our downtown after the impacts of covid-19 and increase revenues. we would like to thank them for their efforts to ensure all parties are happy with the plans and call for the focus on traffic and noise mitigation fist richmond district and the maintenance of clear cycle route across golden gate p to allow access for all park users. thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. this is arm morgan with operating engineers. good afternoon toed board. and chair chan.

eate ref now this later create more work for workers. and a great event for residents tourists and local businesses and restaurants and hotel its is a win/win and i'm all for it. thank you for your time of i'm a residents of the outer rich manualed in the sunset going on 14 years. the reasons i live close to outer richmond is the park. and what another planet and park s and rec propose is awe some i'm supportive of it. what it does for local economy

is grit. it does in the close our parks and it is set up to be of safe i felt safe at these event and think another week magical importance this helped the left 12-13 years outside lands gone on. so i'm backing this. i think that most of my community is in support. and i appreciate that you can hear me today. thank you. i'm raffle a residence genetics of denned of d8 in the castro. i know people got used to a quieter san francisco since covid thots not what san francisco is about.

used to be tourism. we need to bring this back. this is an exciting opportunity to collaborate a bunch infrastructure for the outside lands festival from into another weekend and increase the economic benefits from the program of to the city and tax revenue and the local restaurants and hotels around the festival and dun town. we need to do everything to bring tourism back and make at this time number one industry. thank you. mr. lamb. yea. i'm abraham i report local 40. in san francisco. rec and park with another planet i billion dollars in the economy.

i'm john i'm a representative of local threat the will plummer and steam fit are union in the city. enter nothing a contract with another planet entertainment company to host concerts after outside lands will generate revenue this is crucial for the rec and park department to

maintain programming. avoid cuts to service. this partnership would bring benefit including good jobs. support community and enhance opportunity helping address the city's significant budget deficit. thank you. thank you. hello we can hear you. this is local 61 represented up to 5500 members we support to have the concerts in the city of san francisco they bring a lot

of revenue. to our city's dead. if you are good. concerts to bring money to the city. park for p and rec. thank you. >> that was our left speaker. >> public comment is closed. i would like to discuss earlier before we open up for public comment like to make the motion to move this forward. to full board without recommendation. i do see the majority of colleagues will be in support of this. and moving forward. again without recommendation indication on going occurrence not addressing the richmond and look forward to move this forward and address the concerns

in the year to come. 3 years to coming. supervisor safai. um -- thank you, h chair chan would be my preference to be in support of this but i'm happy to defer to you on this. i want to express my support near had proposal. appreciate all of benefits that this provides and it is an extension of something this has a tremendous positive impact on san francisco. we heard from home grown resident who is have employment and mall businesses who benefit from and included in the economic benefits it is in the outside benefit its is local small businesses which are still struggling to recover. and provides a path way for aprenticeship and opportunity to organize labor a phenomenonal asset to our assistant district attorney. because it is not just about having labor jobs but having the opportunity to put the people in

positions to really be employd and consistently when the economy is recovering i appreciate the work done. we heard from labor, plumbers, guard ins. stage hands. everyone. that was here today on teamster. others everyone. that has benefited and long with small businesses i'm very much in support for a very minimal cost to the city. i know there are costs with staffing but general low the majority of the costs is born by the promoter. and i think it is prosecute mote they're made a similar to the way we started the day with the fisherman's wharf, made us a strong statement about commitment to san francisco and helping to revitalize the economy there. so. i'm happy to be added as a cosponsor and supporter of this. and will continue the conversation at the full board.

so everyone understands there are 3 ways we can vote on things here. at the board. one is it say we are declining. and that would be not a positive recommendation and second a positive recommendation and then we can sepdz it out without recommendation and the board will vote and feel positive there will be support for this i know chair chan is in her district and will continue the conversations with some of the occurrence she has. i of course this it is well thought out. appreciate the investment in the hard economic times. and thank you the have i benefit for our city. and just as a note, we are doing something similar in the southern part of town with the due south concert series. we have 4. we startd that 2 years ago after covid.

it is has been a success and agreeing every year. minimal impact and all of the same am people benefiting are in the southern part of the city. we appreciate that as well and the partnership with rec and park and the park's alliance. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor before i call on vice chair mandelman. the reality about when we have our meeting on august 9, there were 1 huh human resident from thes richmond they are richmond resident this is came out and overwhelming majority of them voicing concern and some of them are not against the concert itself. it is really they already have outside land and bluegrass and to have additional concerts and impact on the neighborhood, is something that i think when we are doing here at the event the mir and rec and park and another planet is asking the portion of

the richmond residents to pair the brunt of the neighborhood impact. for the rest of the city. look, i think that part of the conversation like to seat benefits. not just prevailing wage i wish he had this for downtown area. but also yes. thereupon is some support for our small businesses. there are challenges with the mall businesses, too. with the concerts not on polo field butt outside lands where people not have in and out privilege. they are really inside a concert all day. when they release in neighborhood there are neighborhood impact including small businesses.

both outside landses and for this additional polo field concerts during the august 9. the community meetings i'm seeing that to come to fruition. too bad it does in the seem like we can get that together today. and having a concrete plan we can present. become to the public. so i look forward to seal the conversation. vice chair mandelman. >> thank you for placing this on

the fwnd and heavy lift nothing terms of protect the needs and interests of residents of the rich monds. and i would like to be added and thank you for, luthanksgiving to go forward without recommendation. >> thank you and with them roll call. >> on that motion, forward this resolution to the board without recommendation. vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> member safai. >> aye. >> chair chan. >> aye. >> we have three. >> motion passes. >> with this let's refer become to item 8. and -- yea. we. just a reminder item 8 is the resolution approving the director of public work declaration emergency. for repair work at laguna honda and rehad been center. >> with that like to make a

motion to amend and colleagues, our deputy city if. attorney a professional work. amendments before you. and those amendments when we discussed earlier to limit not to exceed to 28 million dollars and the left of reper se its strike out the cabinet we place ams. the help and guidance of the deputy city attorney that we are going to reference in the legislation itself referencing the budget and legislative analyst report. so it would we have a clear scope what the repairs are about. so with that could i have the like to make a motion to amend

and roll call. >> on that motion to amend the resolution by the chair, vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> member safai. >> aye. >> chair chan. >> aye. >> we have 3. >> thank you. the motion passes. and then i like to send the amended item to full board with recommendation and with this roll call >> on that motion to forward this resolution to the board with positive recommendation as amended. vice chair mandelman. >> aye >> member safai. >> aye >> chair chan. >> aye. >> thank you the motion passes and mr. clerk do we other items? >> this concludes your business. >> meeting is adjourned.

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