commissioner buell? >> aye. >> commissioner low? >> aye. >> commissioner harrison? >> aye. >> commissioner levitan? >> aye. >> commissioner mcdonnell? >> aye. >> and commissioner wei? >> aye. >> congratulations, commissioner buell. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you commissioner low and mcdonnell for your kind words and i hope to live up to those expectations and i see that the general manager -- acting general manager would like to say something. >> i know phil would not let this opportunity pass to say thank you to you all and president buell on behalf of the general manager and staff for the interest that you take in your role and the support you provide us. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> so we are now going to do nominations for the vice president. so i need a motion and second to open the nominations. >> so moved. >> second. >> all those in favor? >> aye. >> i will now ask for a nomination for vice president. commissioner levitan, i see you. >> it is with great pleasure and honor that i nominate allan low as vice president. he is a friend and

president buell, phil ginsburg. it's a pleasure and really an honor to stand here and seeing some of the work that we have generated and the programs we have created with my team. i feel really blessed to be part of such a world-class organization with rec and park. it really brings to the point where creating really enriching programs, exhibitions, and programs at the lodge or at the photo center to the public, whether it's imogene cunningham or fred lyon or up-and-coming photographers to showcase the great facility we have and the support we have from phil ginsburg. i wanted to say thank you to a few people here and cut this short. i would like to thank basically phil ginsburg or for supporting us, my director supervisor brown, who supports us all the way, nicola alvarez who actually suggested a receive the award. she does an amazing job every day. i'm really inspired by the people i work with every day and i wanted to raise that and wanted to again thank the employee recognition committee and the commission. than

. >> commissioner buell. >> here. >> commissioner low? >> here. >> commissioner bonilla. >> here. >> commissioner harris [stpho*-fpblt/] here. >> commissioner levitan is on her way and commissioner wei has an excused absence today, commissioner mcdonnell? >> here. >> this is the february 19th, 2015 meeting of the recreation and parks commission. we welcome everyone here today, but ask that you turn off any sound-producing devices that may go off during the meeting, which i need to do -- if you could please take any secondary conversations outside, as to not disrupt the meeting. and if you could please fill out a blue card, if you would like to make public comment. you do not have to. our process is that i will call any of the names from the blue cards first and then we'll ask for any additional public comment. so everyone can comment. when you make public comment, please address your comments to the commission, and in order to allow equal time for all, neither the commission, nor staff will answer any questions during public comment but t

would you call the roll for this. >> roll call vote, on commissioner low's motion, commissioner buell? >> aye. >> commissioner low? >> aye. >> commissioner harrison? >> aye. >> commissioner levitan? >> aye. >> and commissioner wei? >> aye. >> motion passes. >> thank you. >> we'll taking a ten-minute break and >> we are in session. >> okay, we are on item 10 washington square restroom renovation. contract amendment. >> >> good afternoon, commissioners, general manager, mary hobson from the capital division. before you is a request to modify the contract for the construction of washington square restroom. to an amount not to exceed $1,160,000. this amount is in excess of 10% above the original contract value, which was $979,000. you may recall this commission approved award of contract to fine line construction back in april. this project, the scope of work includes the demolition of the existing is restroom and construction of a new restroom at washington square park. the project went into construction in june. and has been proceeding slowly since then. we're at approximately 75% compl

. >> commissioner buell. >> here. >> commissioner low? >> here. >> commissioner bonilla. >> here. >> commissioner harris [stpho*-fpblt/] here. >> commissioner levitan is on her way and commissioner wei has an excused absence today, commissioner mcdonnell? >> here. >> this is the february 19th, 2015 meeting of the recreation and parks commission. we welcome everyone here today, but ask that you turn off any sound-producing devices that may go off during the meeting, which i need to do -- if you could please take any secondary conversations outside, as to not disrupt the meeting. and if you could please fill out a blue card, if

this item is closed. 13 is adjournment and commissioner buell, i believe you -- >> bear with me for nearly 20 years under helen dillard's leadership, the family foundation has dedicated efforts in nurturing our communities through the arts and medical research and development and for us the san francisco recreation and parks commission, we're grateful to have known helen dillard as a park lover and champion for children and families in san francisco. she contributed her time energy and resources and more than 8 million to rebuild safe and uniquely fund playgrounds. she invested in a better future for san francisco and we're saddened by the passing of helen dillard and remember her for years to come. we adjourn in her honor. >> so moved. >> second. >> all those in flavor? >> aye. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioners.

congratulations, president buell. >> thank you very much. >> my name is allen manalo and i am currently the development director at hospitality house. i am a former managing director of bindles studio on 6th street in the south of market area also. i sit on the soma stabilization fund cac and i'm here today also to urge you to vote no on this particular project. the reason why, because i think the project sponsor doesn't really have an understanding of the history of of the south of market and the community and families that live there. there is a long history of us wanting this park in the south of market area and in particular, the youth and family zone, which is defined and sits right in the center of the heart of this area. so this is something that is very important to many of the residents who live in the south of market area. i, myself, regularly go to vmd park and my last name is manalo and i would like to think that vicky manalo was related to me somehow through the blood line -- i tell everybody that. [laughter ] >> i see my nephew plays baseball there every time and i know th

you will have commissioner buell three minutes? >> three minutes. >> you will have three minutes for public comment on each item. if you would like to make comment on an item that is not on the agenda, that is item 4, and it will be continued again at item 14, as we only allow 15 minutes under item 4. last, please remember to address your comments to the commission during public comment on all items in order to allow equal time for all, neither the commission, nor staff will respond to any questions during public comment. the commission may ask questions of staff after public comment is closed. so with that, we will get started. we are on item -- sorry about that. >> 2. >> item 2, thank you, president's report. >> thank you. this is a pleasant responsibility i have. we've been collaborating with someone here today, so i want to welcome melvina hill to the meeting, and i will -- you will get the gist of our collaboration. we're not here today to honor melvina, but we are here today as the san francisco recreation and parks commissio

you will have commissioner buell three minutes? >> three minutes. >> you will have three minu

. >> thank you, president buell. since the question before us is east or west, versus whether -- i think we're pass the whether to. i might have a different point of view if we are still in that space. that said for reasons of both the pedestrian safety, the adade as commissioner bonilla pointed out, but the also i'm candidly influenced by the fact that all we heard from residents was west side. we did not hear west side residents opposing or proposing rather eastside. thank you. >> thank you. on that commissioner levitan you indicated you wanted to make a motion. >> endorse the west side location. >> second. >> all those in favor? >> aye. >> unanimously. thank you. [ gavel ] thank you all for showing and taking the time to express your opinions. >> we're now on item 10, the recreation and park budget for fiscal years 2015, 2016 and 2016-2017. >> good morning, commissions, katie petrucione. before i launch in my presentation, i do want to note that while today's presentation is focused on the general fund, you do hav

>> i actually think his statement in cab buell was very important that the president reconsidering the option. what is happening is a broader interagency discussion that instead focused on the draw down, finally focusing on what do we need going forward. there is still al qaeda in the region we finally have afghan government worth supporting. we have afghan forces that are improving day-to-day. there is still a threat. going forward what kind of posture do we need? that is a different and positive conversation that finally occurring and may well lead to various and smart changes. >> schieffer: how long is it going to be before these iraqi troops are ready to handle this? >> it's going to be a long time. we need more of our own forces on the ground to help train them, help with targeting i think that people are talking about may, completely unrealistic. summer, but again unfortunately taking back mosul isn't even part of the larger challenge that we face. if we over focus on that i'm afraid that we leave all these other things behind even democracy issues that the president talked about

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