we want to give willie george and our partners a huge thank you for the amazing job they do of introducings really special pastime to a new generation of fly fishers. we have one more announcement about earth day. we have two special acknowledgments today. i want to start with mike skinner and youth tennis advantage. mike, come join us at the podium. earlier this month, i had the pleasure of joining mike and youth tennis advantage in celebrating yta's 50th anniversary at its annual for the kids dinner. like our own tennis and learning center program, yta is the model and is dedicated to enriching the lives of kids in under served communities carrying on the legacy of -- it provides life skills program for the youth inspiring them to reach their great en potential. they can talk more about this, but yta works with slightly older kids. one of the most impressive parts of what yta does is help work with high school aged kids and getting them into college. with over 400 kids served each year, program locations including oakland, berkeley, hunters point and our tennis courts which were resurfac

so i am delighted to say a few words willie george. he's served at the club for four years. he has a certified master casting instructor and teaches fly-fishing and californiaing at the club and throughout northern california, including teaching a fly-fishing course at stanford. i should have gone to stanford. so president buell, if you'll join me in presenting a certificate to willie honoring the casting pools and the club's stewardship of them and we'll take photos and then i would like to bring him up to say a few words to all of us. thank you. >> thank you commissioners, and everyone present. great opportunity to say a few words about our great club and the special relationship that we have with the san francisco recreation and park department. we currently -- to bring you up to date, phil did a great job with the history lesson. from 1938 on when the ponds were built and the lodge was built, we've occupied those as stewards really offering our casting instruction, fly-fishing lessons. we currently have over 1,000 members, which is an all-time record, and that makes us t

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