before staff starts this item, commissioner buell you need to recuse yourself. >> president buell: can to stay in the room and listen? >> sure. >> president buell: i live kitty corner to the park and i think i am biased so i have to stay quiet. >> clerk: ok. go ahead. >> good morning commissioners. i'm the project manager for the plaza park northside irrigation project. can you hear me ok? the agent before you today is discussion and possible action to amend the construction contract with the alto plaza northside irrigation and drainage project. to increase the improved contract limit from 2 million to an amount not to exceed 2,000,500. an increase of 363,500. it is greater than the ten% -- greater than ten% over the original approved contract amount. under the strategic plan, the project speaks to strengthen the quality of existing parks and facilities and increase public investment to better align with infrastructure needs and service expectations. the plaza park is in the pacific heights neighbourhood and encompasses far from city blocks. founded by clay, jackson, and scott and sign

> president buell: all in favor?moved. >> now on item 6, the san francisco zoo. discussion only portion. >> good morning commission, general manager, nice to see you. tanya peterson, director of the san francisco zoo and first let us express our sympathy and thoughts with the gorilla foundation. we just learned that coco, she was born in san francisco, she just passed. spent most of her life at the gorilla foundation, and dr. patterson is devastated with the loss. summer at the zoo, i'll turn to our power point here. wells fargo wildlife theater, wellness and conservation programs, and two teen programs, nature trail and they talk about the animals this they have to take care of over the summer, as well as our talk on the wild. also teen interns go around the zoo with carts and educate the public. great way for teens to learn about animals and public speaking. today is the longest day of the year, so we celebrate the longest animal, the giraffe, of course. and it's world giraffe day. actually, i was just saying zoo,

. >> president buell: recrea craigsation and park commission meeting. please call roll.ident buell: with that, let us proceed. >> a couple of announcements. just reminder. so, could we please ask everyone to turn off any sound producing devices that could go off during the meeting. this is our june 21st recreation and park commission meeting. we, each person will have three minutes, commissioner. >> three minutes. >> three minutes per public comment per item. if you would like to comment on an item that is not on the agenda, that falls under the jurisdiction of the recreation and park commission you may speak on item number 4. if you don't have time to speak on 4, it will be continued again on item 10. we would ask that you please address your comments to the commission during public comment on 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. last, if the fire alarms activate you must evacuate the building in an orderl

thank you. >> president buell: thank you very much. >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> president buell, commissioners, general manager ginsburg, good morning. people know me know i like to wear hats and the hat i'm wearing today is as a member of the san francisco-osaka board of directors. the peace plaza represents an important tie between san francisco and osaka. many of you have seen the coverage of londoners protesting our president. in 1960, tokyo was the scene of picketing, tear gas and riot police of japanese, normally courteous japanese people, protesting the u.s.-japan treaty and forcing president eisenhower to cancel a state visit from the u.s. to japan, which is a problem when one of your greatest allies is not welcoming. that trip cancellation prompted a call from the white house to mayor george christopher, directing them to improve people-to-people relations between japan and the u.s. and that was really the background. it's the oldest that san francisco has with a sister city. the peace pagoda was a gift of the people of osaka. cord -- the one that developed the japan ce

. >> moved. >> seconded. >> president buell: all those in favor. so moved. thank you. >> clerk: we're on item 10, 2019 general obligation bond. >> good morning, commissioners. interim director of planning. with me here today, stacy bradley, deputy director of planning. this is a presentation and discussion only to update the commission on planning for the 2019 bond. the 2019 bond plan effort supports objective 1 of our strategic plan, develop more open space to address growth in high-needs areas and emerging neighborhoods to strengthen the quality of our parks and facilities, preserve and celebrate historic and cultural resources. with your leadership, we continue to cultivate one of the best parks systems in the country. with that success also comes a responsibility to continue to invest in resources in a deliberate and inclusive manner. over the last decade, we have invested over $380 million in our park systems. the largest source of funding for park renovations in the last decades are our funds, between 2008 bond and 2012, as you can see in thi

. >> president buell: thank you. commissioner low. >> vice president low: just wanted to respond to richard's comments. there is a basketball court in the design and a multi-sports court, which is, which was intended to be both volleyball, tennis, pickleball when available. but i would encourage your comments, if you feel it's inadequate, to talk to our project team so long as any proposed changes don't increase the budget. but i do want to point out, there was quite a robust community number of workshops where those uses were considered and resulted in the design that is before us>> president buell: thank you. >> any other public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. >> president buell: entertain a vote. >> so moved. >> second. >> president buell: all in favor? so moved. >> now on item 6, the san francisco zoo. discussion only portion. >> good morning commission, general manager, nice to see you. tanya peterson, director of the san francisco zoo and first let us express our sympathy and thought

>> president buell: thank you, commissioner. all good comments. no other comments, we would entertain a motion. >> so move. >> moved and seconded. >> are we moving there is no significance? >> correct. >> president buell: that's correct. moved and seconded. all those in favor? thank you very much. >> now on item 9, the open space fund contingency reserve for deferred maintenance. >> good morning, commissioners. item before you is our f.y.17-18 deferred maintenance funding and what it is is discussion and possible actions to approve two things. one, allocation of $1,155,000 from the open space fund contingency reserve, from the deferred maintenance reserve subfund, to fund infrastructure deferred maintenance projects, and 400,000 from the contingency reserve, this time undesignated reserve subfund to fund wildlife proof waste receptacles and stabilize a build on marina green. as background, in 2010, the commission acted to divide the open space fund contingency reserve into three subfunds. the subfunds are comprised, 50% of the fund balance of the

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