>> i am michael cook, and the president of the usta northern california.ant to thank you for allowing us to get on the court. a bit of a misnomer that it is just 10 and under. where we are finding when we put these courts down, we're introducing tennis back to some seniors, through their inability to move, are covering the court again, but grandparents playing with their grandchildren on and of corporate court size. it became much more inclusive and inviting by these new rules put out by dennis for 10 and under. usta thanks you for accepting our gift and we look forward to working with the city as much as we can. >> thank you. thank you for your gift. motion. second? all those in favor? it is unanimous. >> we are now on items six, for san francisco zoo. >> good morning. executive director of the san francisco zoo. we closed in january on a high with visitor attendance over butted by 65%, 22,000 visitors. february has been doing well, in large part, too many events. february 14, thousands of visitors came to the zoo which puts us at 30%. one of the reasons

>> it's when someone very senior in the usta, i was on the board at the usta, came to me and said gordonou're the best person that we could bring on to move this organization forward as executive director. >> before making a final decision, smith went to bangkoff for advice. she you, too, switch to the nonprofit world? >> it's pretty goodment you ought to give it a try. >> one, two, three! >> with an immediate blessing from his wife, smith became the usta's executive director. the couple moved to new york. smith, father of three, grown children, loves his work and sees it as a chance to give back to the sport that developed him as a young man. he recently reupped for a second four-year term. >> there comes a point is there something that would give me more satisfaction in a nonmonetary sense than what i'm doing now? >> smith's got big plans. >> we're going to get more kids 10 and under playing the game. you don't have to be a member of a club. we're going to get millions of kids playing the game. >> both admit running a large, mostly volunteer organization was an adjustment. >> as a lawy

there is tennis, ball, and then, membership a free one year junior usta membership and racket.this is for 6-10-year-olds get in on this. everyone who has done this loved this. >> this is a sport you can play for live. >> you can learn to play with this. >> this is a againus gift. >> okay. >> so is that and there is a out of conservatory of flowers, isn't that a beautiful place? there is a play land by the sea. you'll see hundreds of trolleys and more. there is just stunning with a $14 value. you'll take it with two tickets. and there is is how easy to get or you can log on abc 7 news.com. while you're there go to michael finney's consumer blog. there are three additional yimts one is a disney collectible. >> thank you. >> and check out this stage manager there. >> there is more just ahead. >> and there ir >>> bay area unemployment picture why companies are reluctant to hire. and also, putting iphones and ipads to the test. michael finney will be back to find out what happened to them when you drop them. >> this is coming up at 6:00. >> i've done that. >> a swiss jeweler created

the planning commission and the responses about what happens to the of usta if the club is raised "the golden gate we tennis in club would not have a sufficient number of tennis courts to maintain certain tennis programs such as tournament play and club tournament. plain enough. fair enough. the evaluation of the plans to replace the club with condominiums, the commission in its revised comments is not honest about what happens to the tenants under seqa. according to this, the implementation of the project would have a significantly bigger impact come only if the word to impact other ports negatively. there are 168 courts in this city. not all of those are playable, many are not. and i asked you to please take a look at the public courts you cite in this document and see how truly playable they are before you eliminate this number of tennis courts and this amount of playing for the thousands of people who play here throughout the year. thank you. >> david stockdale and susan mccoulath. >> them, but afternoon. i am the proud creator of scary part open space jim. -- open space gym. the h