thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good morning president buell and commissioners, jim [inaudible] native san francisco born and raised in the mission. i lived in san francisco my entire life and i raised 4 kids in the mission district. obviously you probably know this better than most of us, but soccer is a national past time in south america, central america and mexico and during the last 10 years there is a growing love affair in the lutino community with soccer. kids light up on the soccer field and has a positive impact. those that raised children in san francisco as i have, i have lived in san francisco my wlole life so i would know, it is very difficult to find a family venue, a positive family venueism you have this commission, this panel and all we have that bring quality of life to san franciscan and san francisco families. you now have that ability to make that decision here. i don't know the owner of the franchise but can tell you from what i see, he wants to insure that families are in a safe and nurtureing environment. these kids need positive role mod

. >> commissioner buell, here. commissioner low, here. commissioner bonilla, here. commissioner harrison, here. commissioner mcdonald, here. commissioner levitan is on the way. we have a couple announcements. we are-the order we are going in today we are going to start with the presidents report which is extremely short. we are then going to item number 4, which is general public comment. after that we are going to item 8 which is ceez arstadium and then the other things on the agenda. if you have sound producing devices please turn them off. in regards to public comment if you fill out a blue card we'll call those first and then open up to everyone on each item. how many minutes do you want? general public comment. because we have 15 minutes in the first period let's give 3 minutes and we'll look at other items. >> 3 minutes on general public comment and then he will- >> see how many people want to testify. >> during public comments the commission nor staff will respond to public comment while it is going on. commissioners may ask staff to respond when comment is c

. >> commissioner buell, here. commissioner low, here. commissioner bonilla, here. commissioner harrison, here. commissioner mcdonald, here. commissioner levitan is on the way. we have a couple announcements. we are-the order we are going in today we are going to start with the presidents report which is extremely short. we are then going to item number 4, which is general public comment. after that we are going to item 8 which is ceez arstadium and then the other things on the agenda. if you have sound producing devices please turn them off. in regards to public comment if you fill out a blue card we'll call those first and then open up to everyone on each item. how many minutes do you want? general public comment. because we have 15 minutes in the first period let's give 3 minutes and we'll look at other items. >> 3 minutes on general public comment and then he will- >> see how many people want to testify. >> during public comments the commission nor staff will respond to public comment while it is going on. commissioners may ask staff to respond when comment is c

this became before us at the operations committee commissioner burny and buell sunched with me and heard many same arguments on both sides and didn't have queeus robust turnout in public comnlt but that added a lot to what our position was that day. and that is that our job as a recreation department is provide recreational opportunities. you have seen the public comment this morning about the demand on our fields and obviously the demand is great, but one the charges is bring people to a sport and to increase peoples interest in a sport and if that means we can do that by facilitating a professional team in a park facility and make that affordable i see that as much of our responsibilities as anything we do. that isn't to say we don't have great sensitivity to the concerns of the neighborhood. i know we kbet numerous requests for kezar stadium and the department is sensitive to what some of the requests are and many of the requests have been turned down because they are not compatible with the neighborhood. we have taken into the consideration of the impact on the neighborhood and feel

. >> commissioner buell, here. commissioner low, here. commissioner bonilla, here. commissioner harrison, here. commissioner mcdonald, here. commissioner levitan is on the way. we have a couple announcements. we are-the order we are going in today we are going to start with the presidents report which is extremely short. we are then going to item number 4, which is general public comment. after that we are going to item 8 which is ceez arstadium and then the other things on the agenda. if you have sound producing devices please turn them off. in regards to public comment if you fill out a blue card we'll call those first and then en

. >> commissioner buell, here. commissioner low, here. commissioner bonilla, here. commissioner harrison, here. commissioner mcdonald, here. commissioner levitan is on the way. we have a couple announcements. we are-the order we are going in today we are going to start with the presidents report which is extremely short. we are then going to item number 4, which is general public comment. after that we are going to item 8 which is ceez arstadium and then the other things on the agenda. if you have sound producing devices please turn them off. in regards to public comment if you fill out a blue card