as president of the rec and park commission, mark buell often notes that victory or success has many parents. today, we celebrate an incredible community and city agency partnership that is giving this neighborhood what it most deserves, a win. the civic center neighborhood welcomes people from all communities: from little saigon, hard working local merchants, visitors, museum and library goers, to the children who visit our family playground does. if victory has many parents, victory also loves soft ice cream. and if that's true, we have our children to thank. will celeste step forward? celeste drew plans for this playground, and at the end, when we asked her if it needed anything else, she said... >> soft ice cream. >> soft ice cream. so we owe a huge thanks to the kids of the tenderloin for their mission. all right. we have many people to thank, and a few different speakers, and we're going to get through the program as quickly as we can, but to celebrate with us today is our mayor, london breed. i confess, i don't know her favorite brand of ice cream, but we'll find out. she is h