>> bayview united. >> that's right. is -- >> our united states constitution requires every ten years that america counts every human being in the united states, which is incredibly important for many reasons. it's important for preliminary representation because if -- political representation because if we under count california, we get less representatives in congress. it's important for san francisco because if we don't have all of the people in our city, if we don't have all of the folks in california, california and san francisco stand to lose billions of dollars in funding. >> it's really important to the city of san francisco that the federal government gets the count right, so we've created count sf to motivate all -- sf count to motivate all citizens to participate in the census. >> for the immigrant community, a lot of people aren't sure whether they should take part, whether this is something for u.s. citizens or whether it's something for anybody who's in the yunited states, and it is something for everybody.

>> bayview united. >> that's right. >> my name is amanda [inaudible] over see the girls sports programwhen i came to san francisco and studied recreation and parks and towerism and after i graduated i moved to candlestick park and grain r gain adlot of experience work with the san francisco 49 and [inaudible] be agfemale in a vore sports dynamic facility. i coached volo ball on the side and as candle stick closed down the city had me move in92 too [inaudible] >> immediate interaction and response when you work with kids. i think that is what drives other people to do this. what drew me to come to [inaudible] to begin with for me to stay. i use today work in advertising as a media buyer and it wasn't fulfilling enough and i found a opportunity to be a writing coach. the moment [inaudible] you to take advantage of how you change and inspire a child by the words you say and actions you do. >> you have a 30 different programs for girls through rec and park and fast ball, soft ball and volley ball. i started the first volley ball league and very proud what i have done with that. being a lea

>> bayview united. >> that's right. >> we have private and public gardens throughout the garden tour.rdens are volunteers. the only requirement is you're willing to show your garden for a day. so we have gardens that vary from all stages of development and all gardens, family gardens, private gardens, some of them as small as postage stamps and others pretty expansive. it's a variety -- all of the world is represented in our gardens here in the portola. >> i have been coming to the portola garden tour for the past seven or eight years ever since i learned about it because it is the most important event of the neighborhood, and the reason it is so important is because it links this neighborhood back to its history. in the early 1800s the portola was farmland. the region's flowers were grown in this neighborhood. if you wanted flowers anywhere future bay area, you would come to this area to get them. in the past decade, the area has tried to reclaim its roots as the garden district. one of the ways it has done that is through the portola garden tour, where neighbors open their gardens o

>> bayview united. >> that's right. >> good morning everyone. the meeting will come to order this.s the march 11, to 20 regular meeting. i am chair of the finance committee i am joined by supervisors walton and mandelman. i would like to thank samuel williams and michael from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. do we have announcements? >> please silence cell phones

>> bayview united. (roll call).>> this is the recrd park commission meeting februar.come to everyone today. we remind you to please turn off electronic devices and take your conversations outside. if you would like to speak today we request you

>> bayview united. (roll call).>> this is the recrd park commission meeting februar. welcome to everyone today. we remind you to please turn off electronic devices and take your conversations outside. if you would like to speak today we request you complete a blue card. each person will have three minutes for public comment on each item. please address your comment goes to the commission during public comment. for equal time neither commission nor staff will respond, commission may ask questions of staff after public comment is closed. if you have an item not on the agenda under the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission you may speak under general public comment in item 4. please note if the fire alarms activate you must evacuate the building. if you need assistance make the way to the closest area across the hall in the men's rest room. there is a speaker box. press it and the city hall security will answer. they will assist you. we are on item 2. president's report. >> i will be brief. i like to read e-mails that talk about the parks. this is to the general

national black alcoholism council, american heart association, heart in the black community, the bayview uniters point roundtable, citywide leadership forum, black women organized for action, served as executive committee member of the national advancement of colored people, naacp here in san francisco, and a trustee of providence baptist church. retired from employment since 2000, she is active as a volunteer. she has strived throughout her life to improve the quality of life for others and believes that has contributed to her own quality of life. we are privileged to honor miss carol tatum here in the board of supervisors chamber. miss tatum? [applause] >> i want to say good afternoon to everyone, mr. president, board members, friends, family, colleagues, city and county of san francisco and beyond, and to mr. walton -- supervisor walton. i guess when you've been around as long as i have, you have the pleasure and the opportunity of seeing people grow up. and so before us today is supervisor walton. and i want to tell you, i was quite humbled when he told me i was going to be honored, and i st

national black alcoholism council, american heart association, heart in the black community, the bayview uniters point roundtable, citywide leadership forum, black women organized for action, served as executive committee member of the national advancement of colored people, naacp here in san francisco, and a trustee of providence baptist church. retired from employment since 2000, she is active as a volunteer. she has strived throughout her life to improve the quality of life for others and believes that has contributed to her own quality of life. we are privileged to honor miss carol tatum here in the board of supervisors chamber. miss tatum? [applause] >> i want to say good afternoon to everyone, mr. president, board members, friends, family, colleagues, city and county of san francisco and beyond, and to mr. walton -- supervisor walton. i guess when you've been around as long as i have, you have the pleasure and the opportunity of seeing people grow up. and so before us today is supervisor walton. and i want to tell you, i was quite humbled when he told me i was going to be honored, and i st

bayview-hunters point. i am a veteran of the united states coast guard.ey chan, and i did not know there were any services available to me. he brought me to the veteran's affairs offices, and helped obtain services for me that i didn't even know were available. i believe that he would be -- his work continues -- he needs to be there. that's it. thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. next speaker. >> i am the executive director of the a. philip randolph association of san francisco. i'm here in support of hanley chan. a lot of people don't realize i was born in san francisco, and the hospital that i was born in no longer exists. my mother was an active duty petty officer in the u.s. coast guard when she gave birth to me at letterman hospital. so i'm truly a military brat, a san francisco native, and as you guys just heard from my other half, david, i'm also married to one, as well. but i supported many community members and leaders on various city commissions whose work impacts the community that i serve, and i'm really proud to stand in support of

bayview. >> soccer is the world's game, and everybody plays, but in the united states, this is a sport thattruggles with access for certain communities. >> i coached basketball in a coached football for years, it is the same thing. it is about motivating kids and keeping them together, and giving them new opportunities. >> when the kids came out, they had no idea really what the game was. only one or two of them had played soccer before. we gave the kids very simple lessons every day and made sure that they had fun while they were doing it, and you really could see them evolve into a team over the course of the season. >> i think this is a great opportunity to be part of the community and be part of programs like this. >> i get to run around with my other teammates and pass the ball. >> this is new to me. i've always played basketball

units for public families. the developer will build out phase 3 which includes building some blots for market rate housing, bayview park 0.7-acres and the improvements to that area because the bottom picture kind of shows that it is vacant right now. it is flatland. they have build -- not flatland. they have to rebuild the infrastructure with streets and curbs for the new area. the reason for the height increase or what is creating the shadow is height increase we are requesting on the affordable property. the reason we are requests is before we began working with the developer to look at financial feasibility of 100% affordable development, we started analysis in 2010. this project has to build 53 public housing replacement units, most of which are three bedroom and larger. i will say there is 30 four bedrooms in the property. if we were to build at the 40 feet height, that project was not feasible. in 2010 that was about $700,000 a unit total development cost at that time. costs have gone up today. to make that feasible we added additional units so the original project we looked at was 53 units. today the projec

units for public families. the developer will build out phase 3 which includes building some blots for market rate housing, bayviewk 0.7-acres and the improvements to that area because the bottom picture kind of shows that it is vacant right now. it is flatland. they have build -- not flatland. they have to rebuild the infrastructure with streets and curbs for the new area. the reason for the height increase or what is creating the shadow is height increase we are requesting on the affordable property. the reason we are requests is before we began working with the developer to look at financial feasibility of 100% affordable development, we started analysis in 2010. this project has to build 53 public housing replacement units, most of which are three bedroom and larger. i will say there is 30 four bedrooms in the property. if we were to build at the 40 feet height, that project was not feasible. in 2010 that was about $700,000 a unit total development cost at that time. costs have gone up today. to make that feasible we added additional units so the original project we looked at was 53 units. today the project is