go ahead. >> good morning commissioner buell, president buell, commissioners, general manager ginsburg, i want to lend my voice to the speakers who came before me and associate myself with the comments made before me. i know of mario de la torre's legacy and his work is at every level of government today and beyond. and i can't think of a better and more worthy naming for this academy. i can't tell you how proud i am to be associated with this endeavor. i did not get into the leased at gleneagles ten years ago to change livers. i did it to save a golf course that i played at when i was young that afforded me accessible golf as a recreation. through programs like the first tee, we have hosted thousands of young children from the surrounding neighborhoods to have their first green grass experience at gleneagles and i have seen in the last eight years people turning into some pretty good golfers, but more importantly, these young people turn into very good people with great skills in dealing with all the teachers of the first tee. and i believe that this training academy is going offer th

the keynote speaker on monday and our own chair mark buell is moderating the panel of mayors and parks that will also include mayor lee. >> i just want to say that was an excellent presentation by a college intern. >> i couldn't agree more. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] >> is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. we are now on general public comment, this is continued from item 4. if you spoke on item 4, you cannot speak on item 10, but if not, and you would like to make general public comment, please come on up. >> good morning again, richard fong. i attended the betty ann ong center and having a technical issue -- i think it's more mr. ginsburg, i had spoken about they are trying to form a partnership with the rotary club and betty ann ong organization and they had in mind simply using the facility at mason street. so when they use the facility they have to pay the required permit issues and guarantee that the floor is okay and everything else. it's a partnership aspect that i wanted to look at closer. the foundation has an additional rot

. >> eli, i have three more cards and commissioner buell has instructed me just to call them out and finish with, that even though if will be over 15 minutes. linda tom borden and karen phillips. >> good morning, commissioners, i'm wearing two hot hatts one as the food and agriculture director at spur and the other is as coordinator for clipper community gardens. i want to echo what was said about the urban agricultural program. super excited and has done a number of very clear advances. we have resource centers which we didn't have before. there is a website with a lot more information and there is clearly more coordination among city agencies. so i would say that a lot of things that we are hoping to see in the first year, which we have seen, which is fantastic. we're excited that the department has put money so that the position can continue as part of the normal budget and increase for funding for the community gardens. those are all fantastic things. there are hundreds of people using the gardens and it's hard for one person working quarter time to keep up with the requests and

then, of course, democrats are saying buell -- we do not want to pass a short-term bill. we certainly will not pass a bill that includes this, gives us a clean bill, we will vote on a up and down, then we will bow on the immigration bill. it is still up for debate what will happen this week. be funding runs out again friday at midnight. there has been some conferencing saying that this divide, we want a clean bill, we will worry about the other part later, we arty have a victory in tech is we don't want to mess this, we want to stop -- what they see is a uncut searn unconstitutional push from the president. the judge did not caller unconstitutional -- he rolled on a very nerdy understanding that there was a need for public opinion. he did not go through the rulemaking process. that is what the judge has pointed out so far. later on in the case, he may rule something else, but that is where we are now. host: we will thoroughly be looking out for your reporting with the associated press. we appreciate your time this morning. that is our show for today on "washington journal

then, of course, democrats are saying buell -- we do not want to pass a short-term bill.e certainly will not pass a bill that includes this, gives us a clean bill, we will vote on a up and down, then we will bow on the immigration bill. it is still up for debate what will happen this week. be funding runs out again friday at midnight. there has been some conferencing saying that this divide, we want a clean bill, we will worry about the other part later, we arty have a victory in tech is we don't want to mess this, we want to stop -- what they see is a uncut searn unconstitutional push from the president. the judge did not caller unconstitutional -- he rolled on a very nerdy understanding that there was a need for public opinion. he did not go through the rulemaking process. that is what the judge has pointed out so far. later on in the case, he may rule something else, but that is where we are now. host: >> a bill would authorize the veterans administration to provide long-term care through non-v.a. medical facilities. the senate was in moments ago. they blocked from 47-