wanted to thank the organizations in standing with never did like bernal heights -- neighborhoods like burdo heights. we do everything we can to prevent foreclosures and hold banks accountable. i want to acknowledge the social worker -- long time social worker and a friend of mine have -- has passed away, left us peacefully on march 1 with his family by his side in san bruno. he was a richmond district resident and his mother was a longtime resident of the richmond district as well. he courageously battling brain cancer for the second time in his life. he was born in japan and move to san francisco as a child. prior to moving, he had with his wife lived on fifth avenue in the richmond district and at 17th avenue. he was always as city person and enjoyed walking to places until recently. his mother was a longtime resident also of the richmond district. she had a home child-care business on fourth avenue. now the twitter service center. he leaves behind his wife, susan, of 17 and a half years of -- and his beautiful children. his mother, his sister, and her husband david and their daughter. hi

it is away from the burdo area. -- 280 is the boundary. it is away from the bernal area. vice-chair lam: if you could introduce yourself. >> i live in district 10. >> ok. to get it back? >> eight lanes of freeway that acts like a castle, by keeping us apart. i have no business to go there. >> this is the center. even some from the hunters point. >> that whole area [unintelligible] . get used to all the friends we have here in 10. >> portal belongs in district 10. it belongs with the bayview and visitation valley. it does not have a place and it has not. we have had no voice in district 9. >> i like the neighborhood. >> i am in district 10. i had already submitted this earlier on but i wanted to get this into the record. this is some community letters as well as petitions from the community. i am a 25-year resident and i am a former president of the -- as well as the district 10 council. i urge you to respect the wishes of our community and keep the portal undivided and within the boundaries of district 10. your predecessors on the 2002 task force curry-demus our community

for the site in burdo heights, we're in conversations with the san francisco unified school district, looking to partner with them and the site would potentially be an outdoor classroom for the surrounding schools in the area. the college hill site, there are three elementary schools within walking distance of that site. we have been meeting with the principles of the schools, having conversations with the school districts taking on those sites and having it be an outdoor classroom on steroids. when you look at the outdoor classrooms their building, many of them are small and include a few planters and the kind of thing. working with them to look at this being an outdoor classroom that paul revere school and to other schools could access and there is a staff person who would manage that. there would be additional news for parents and community members when the school was not using that side. in the site in bayview hunters point, we have been in conversations with the east access group, the folks who do agriculture in bayview and are getting feedback. thinking about what makes sense fo