lawrence pitts. barry galvin. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i was asked last night to come speak to you. my name is tracy thatcher, the founder of flower and designs and i an educator and i teach botany, organic gardening and soil. i am a child docent and adult docent as well. i am strongly in favor of this lease agreement. and i just want to say, as far as the children go, i probably do about three tours a week, and now we're extending our enrichments, our classes throughout the summers as well. and i am joining up with that as part of the redwood walk with the children too. i do weekends to the tourists and adults that come through. it's wonderful. i love it. i was listening to the other people, and i don't like the fees. i see a lot of tourists turning away because of the fees and it almost breaks my hearts because they should see our garden. it's a beautiful garden and what people don't realize that i told the children and the parents that come through with the children is that all of thes

thank you. >> thank you. >> lawrence. >> good morning, commissioners, my name is lawrence pitts, i am a 44-year resident of san francisco and profession of neurosurgery. things that struck me very on the fragrance garden with many plants with lovely smells and braille signs so poorly-sighted people can enjoy that part of garden and wandering through the garden one day, young german visitor wanted to see a rare plant and took him over to the covered with the species. it's a remarkable place. it's a living museum. and it requires ongoing support as a museum has to do. the extraordinary partnership with rec and park that has supported the botanical garden with the society, providing major resources for education, for maintenance of plants, for addition of new plants and for interaction with arboretums around the world. it's just an essential partnership that needs to continue and the new lease and management agreet will support that and i hope that the commission supports that as well. thank you. >> thank you. [ reading speakers' names ] >> thank you. my name is barry galvin, third gener