president buell: thank you. >> reverend fong? >> after 10 years, talking about process, working to restore honor to betty ann ong has been going on for 10 years. sometimes there's petty politics in the neighborhood or the city. i thought the family and all of us did a good job of getting buy-in from everybody. i get to hand to you today the 3700 signatures. the family did it on line -- did it online. rich is one voice in the community. we grew up in chinatown to show that we are old-timers in the community. about 1000 of the signatures are from residents. those who live in the community have supported this. i disagree with the previous, enter, -- i disagree with the previous commenter. i must love all people. we all know that. we took it to the national level. nancy pelosi, feinstein, personally writing letters. i think we are well covered. what do you think, commissioners? i'm going to hand over to you. today, i'm feeling -- today is a blessed day of peace and justice. the family has been struggling for so long. their determinat

president buell: thank you. that concludes our report. >> is there anyone who would like to make public comment on the general managers' report -- i mean, the president's report. i apologize. >> catherine howard, a golden gate park alliance. i would like to thank president buell for the reminder on sunshine. there have been some incidents regarding that. if people are interested, they can contact us and we will send them some more background information. goldengatepreservation.org. you can address us there. thank you. >> on your report of reopening my park, it is ferry park, not sue beerman. it's a disaster. the lights go on and on. you know it was criticized and i will go into that later. thank you. >> is there anyone else? >> i am co-chair of south park improvement. we have embarked on a grass- roots effort to master plan the park. we raise money privately. we have been working with the department of rec and park on this. we have done several meetings. now we have maintained david fletcher to help us continue

president buell: thank you. >> is there anyone who would like to make a comment on item #6? seeing none, public comment is closed and we are now on items 7, the chinese recreation center. president buell: thank you. i introduced this item at committee, so i would like to make some brief comments. before i introduce this item, i would like to let everyone know how we will proceed. after i introduced it, i will ask the family to speak. following that, we will have the united states and then commissioner comments. i am truly honored to introduce this item. on september 1, mayor lee announced he was requesting to name the chinese recreation center the betty ann ong chinese recreation center in honor of betty ann ong, a native san franciscan. one of the planes, as most people know, did the world trade center on september 11. mayor requested this to not only celebrate her life, but to honor her heroism and make future generations aware of her bravel andrery and the lessons learned on september 11. she was born the you

president buell: thank you. is there other public testimony? i will also ask staff -- if they could give up their seats to people standing here or outside in the corridor. if you have an item later in the calendar, i would appreciate you giving up your seat. >> is there anyone else who would like to make general public comment? president buell: i have a comment. any recommendations on how to limit or better supervise the alcohol intake would be welcomed. i do not know what the solution is, but let us know your thoughts on that. thank you. >> ok, i just wanted to make sure there's no one else who wants to make general public comment. ok. general public comment is closed. we are on item 5, the consent calendar. we are removing 5b from the consent calendar. it will be heard on the general calendar. is there anyone who wants to make public comment on the consent calendar? president buell: someone raised their hands. >> please come forward, if you would like to make public comment on the consent calendar, but not bal

commissioner buell: thank you very much. before we go to general public comment, i will like to ask the mayor's office in supervisor mar's office to weigh in on this issue. can we get someone from the mayor's office? >> good morning, commissioners. my name is johanna, the environmental policy advisor for mayor lee peter i am here to speak on behalf of mayor lee in strong support of this project to the mayor feels that golden gate park is a world-class park and deserves a world-class bicycling in facilities and opportunities for people to be active, get out, and be healthy. i live about three blocks from the institutions at golden gate park. i take my two sons bicycling every sunday in the park, but i only do when the street is closed to vehicles because that is the only time i feel safe bicycling with my two children. so personally i look forward to the opportunity to take the mother days of the week when there is a bike lane. last year when the board voted unanimously to adopt a city-wide goal of 20% of bike trips by 2020,

commissioner buell: great. i should also knowledge that the organization, i thought, did the right thing and keeping the advocacy role a prominent place, and we have the head of the advocacy part here which is so important to that effort. nice to see you continue in that. that concludes my report. >> is there any public comment on the president's report? in be in none, public comment is closed. item number 3, the general managers' report. >> good morning, commissioners. i want to begin with an america's cup update. the city has been drafting a series of operation plans concerning transportation, wis management, security, and other issues for the final eir for the america's cup event in 2012 and 2013. included in the plants is a document which is currently being drafted, and it covers all park areas that will be used as even being -- event venues. it has federline, state park land, and city park land. it also includes the civic center in union square. the section of this document that pertains to a city park lan

president buell: it is unanimous. thank you. [applause] thank you. i'm going to recommend we take a three-minute recess to allow those that came for this to celebrate and moved out. thank you very much. commissioner lee: i just wanted to thank the commission's staff and supporters. we thank you for renaming the san francisco chinatown recreation center to the betty ann ong chinese recreation center. there have been so many ups and downs and struggles during the last 10 years. we deeply honored this renaming from the bottom of our hearts. the legacy of betty and all the 9/11 heroes will be remembered forever. members of this commission, thank you very much. president buell: thank you. >> thanks, everyone. >> that may get a sense of how many people would like to testify on it this -- ok, seeing the large numbers that would like to testify, we're going to go down from three minutes to two minutes on public testimony in consideration of everybody. i think we will clearly get the message of what you want to say in two minutes. >> terrific. good morning. c

commissioner buell: thank you. >> i am lawrence lee, a resident. from there, i bike downtown to go to work. i bike west through the part to enjoy some dirt under my feet, to find peace and the sculpture garden, sometimes to go to a late-night party at the museum. i really love those museums on those institutions. their 21st century institutions. not only with the architecture but the programming at the academy of sciences, working on educating people about climate change. and the museum offers a discount if you discountmuni -- if you take muni. this is the 21st century proposal that needs to happen now. it needs to turn into a 21st century park which meets the needs of today's residents, giving a safe place for children and adults, like myself, to learn to bike safely, to practice their skills so they can get out to the streets. i actually feel safer on market street than i do going through jfk. it is because of the level of uncertainty. i. rided -- i have rode my bike in the dark, and people honk at me. people drive at high speeds. that does not h

commissioner buell: entertain a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> all those in favor?us. >> we are now on item 6, san francisco zoo. >> good morning. i am with the san francisco zoo. we had a good month for october. we exceeded our projections by 11,000 visitors. we have reindeer a writing this saturday, and our brazilian penguins, which is rescue, are doing well. we had a good month. i thought i would take advantage of showing a priest -- a brief overview of what we're doing at the zoo. not quite as exciting as phil's, but close. ♪ >> oh, cute. [laughs] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> on behalf of the entire zoo, we want to thank you. a lot of those for new acquisitions. the hippo, the tiger. without you, we cannot have done that. thank you for your patience and support. any questions? commissioner harrison: just a compliment, and thank you. my granddaughter, who just turned 3 if you months ago, had a birthday party out there with a lot of family, friends, and relatives. and it was absolutely wonderful. thank you. everything was perfect. we rode the train. it was absolutely great. i wanted

, and i just want to a knowledge once again, author, writer, singer, and guitar player, evangeline buell, former president of the filipino american history society in the san francisco- berkeley area. she was the national president, i am sorry. also, isabel. this is the face of women who have it in their blood to pursue the strength of the filipina women. and to them, we offer the leadership of tomorrow. all of us to dedicate the future for both of you. thank you for being here tonight. and so here we are in the seat of power in the city of san francisco, and only in a filipino tradition can you combine power, leadership, and lupia. so i would like to call on our newest board member, a lovely -- i am proud of her. i knew her as a young girl, and she is really our host for tonight. so if you just keep quiet, you're going to get your food. ladies and intimate, board member of the filipina women's network, the one that can put power and lupia together, susie cansada. >> thank you, tita elena. i know everyone is hungry, because i can see the line for me already. i wanted to say, i look forwa

was addressed to mayor lee, president buell, and the commissioners. the subject was lead paint dispersal and contamination at stow lake. since renovations at still lake have begun this fall, several public health and safety issues and environmental concerns have surfaced. in january of 2010, saved the still lake boathouse coalition and others raised concern about lead paint at the historic boathouse, in writing and verbally to rec and park staff. in response to public concerns, rec and park to permit representatives testified in front of the board of supervisors, in front of the historic preservation commission, and the rec and park in commission on multiple occasions, promising to follow local, state, and federal laws while renovating the boat house. many promises were made as to the representatives of irritated family enterprises, that every precaution would be taken to ensure public safety, as well as to protect the environment. an early october of this year, many witnesses saw workers power washing, blasting, sanding, and scraping the paint off th