this is purchase of public parkland. and if you think of it any other way, you're fooling yourselves. i'm very sorry. what i'm hearing is, if you have a lot of money, you pick a piece of parkland and you offer the money and you get it. and you do it however you can. i do not believe that this item has been on your agendas, i believe that public parkland belongs to the entire city, not only to the people who live around it, if it belonged to the people who lived around it, we would not be having so much trouble with the other projects in golden gate park. if it belongs only to the people who lived around it, the boat house would not be planned to be given to a different contractor. i believe that also apply to things that have been done to the arboretum. i encourage you to think about this very carefully. i encourage you in the agendas to list every single project. i would like to know what other things are in the plans. i'd like to know, i'm sorry, i'm very upset about this and i really didn't want to talk about it, but

wetlands, parklands, and 408 acres of athletic fields.t is from that perspective i speak for the 40 acres of athletic sports fields. our organization has and represent thousands of kids in san francisco and the bay area through our own consideration, the boys and girls club, rhythm and blues c.y.o., ymca, etc. what the kids in san francisco are literally crying out for is quality playing fields. two years ago our own organization was at a crossroads. we were on the verge of dying. so we took an enormous leap of faith and developed 15 acres of derelict lands that was a blight on the island of treasure island and convert it into 15 acres of pristine athletic fields at zero cost to the city of san francisco. but with an estimated cost to our own organization of $5 million. these fields have been enormous benefit to the kids of san francisco and the bay area. and indeed the disadvantaged kids on the island. in collaboration with tida and the city of san francisco we also pose add 10,000 square foot playing structures for the kids on the islan

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. >> reporter: parkland escaping and tree maintenance will be reduced and street sweeping will be cut to once a month to save money. debbie ar buckle couldn't believe what she was reading in a newsletter sent to city residents. especially after seeing cbs 5's story on the hefty wages of the city's public employees. >> i was just infuriated to hear the mayor say that the city has a surplus and then to see from this letter they are blaming the economy on budget cuts and that the cuts are take money from seniors and way from our city and the city manager gave himself a 10% raise. just infuriating. i want to know how the mayor justifies that. >> reporter: the mayor makes no apologies for his city manager's salary. >> er. >> ' looking at a person who doesn't have an assistant, that works twice a hard as i think a lot of other people, the 10 years that he has here and the fact that he gives 200%. >> reporter: you don't think this salary is excessive? >> not for what he does and as an individual. >> reporter: but you're cutting back on services, you're asking seniors to pay an extra buck and