>> president buell: doesn't look like it. >> clerk: okay.here any public comment on the consent calendar? as a reminder, to please press star 3 to raise your hand to comment on the consent calendar. >> there's still five callers on the call but zero hands raised. >> clerk: all right, seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. commissioners? >> if the chair would entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar. >> so moved. >> second. >> president buell: moved and seconded. all those in favor? thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. we are now on item 6, san francisco zoo. >> hello this is the c.f.o. at the zoo. our report for december is basically that we're closed again. the latest mandate took effect on december 7th and that's in effect to at least january 4th. so nothing going on at the zoo other than taking care of our animals and maintaining the grounds. that's my report. >> clerk: okay, thank you. any public comment on item 6, the san francisco zoo? >> i do see one hand raised, ashley. >> clerk: okay. thank you. caller, p

>> president buell, you're on mute. >> you're still muted, president buell. >> still muted, president buell. >> you're very animated, but you're still muted. >> you might have to step in. >> now i'm not muted. >> clerk: i muted you because you were talking. >> all right. chair would entertain a motion to approve the plan. >> i would like to move to approve the capital plan for the upcoming fiscal year 22-23 that was an excellent presentation. >> second. >> it's been moved and seconded. all those in favor? any opposed? hearing none, it is unanimous. thank you, commissioners, and thank you, staff. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> clerk: we are now on item 14, budget, fiscal year 21-22 and 22-23. >> hi. good morning, president buell, commissioners, president ginsburg. i am derek chu, the director of administration and finance, and i'm here to present for discussion only the current year and fiscal year 21-22 and 22-23 budgets for the department, and can you see my screen? >> yes. >> yes? terrific. so providing a quick fiscal outlook for the city, as in the last couple of years, revenues co

>> president buell: doesn't look like it. >> clerk: okay.ny public comment on the consent calendar? as a reminder, to please press star 3 to raise your hand to comment on the consent calendar. >> there's still five callers on the call but zero hands raised. >> clerk: all right, seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. commissioners? >> if the chair would entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar. >> so moved. >> second. >> president buell: moved and seconded. all those in favor? thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. we are now on item 6, san francisco zoo. >> hello this is the c.f.o. at the zoo. our report for december is basically that we're closed again. the latest mandate took effect on december 7th and that's in effect to at least january 4th. so nothing going on at the zoo other than taking care of our animals and maintaining the grounds. that's my report. >> clerk: okay, thank you. any public comment on item 6, the san francisco zoo? >> i do see one hand raised, ashley. >> clerk: okay. thank you. caller, please

>> president buell, you're on mute. >> you're still muted, president buell. >> still muted, president buell. >> you're very animated, but you're still muted. >> you might have to step in. >> now i'm not muted. >> clerk: i muted you because you were talking. >> all right. chair would entertain a motion to approve the plan. >> i would like to move to approve the capital plan for the upcoming fiscal year 22-23 that was an excellent presentation. >> second. >> it's been moved and seconded. all those in favor? any opposed? hearing none, it is unanimous. thank you, commissioners, and thank you, staff. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> clerk: we are now on item 14, budget, fiscal year 21-22 and 22-23. >> hi. good morning, president buell, commissioners, president ginsburg. i am derek chu, the director of administration and finance, and i'm here to present for discussion only the current year and fiscal year 21-22 and 22-23 budgets for the department, and can you see my screen? >> yes. >> yes? terrific. so providing a quick fiscal outlook for the city, as in the last couple of years, revenues co

. >> president buell: please call the roll. >> clerk: [roll call] this is the recreation and park commissionng of december 17, 2020. please note that due to the covid-19 health emergency, and to protect the board members, the city employees and the public, that the meeting rooms at city hall are closed. however, the commissioners are participating in this meeting remotely at the same extent as if physically present. we ask listeners to turn down your televisions and/or computers while listening on the phone. we ask for your patience if we experience any technical issues. public comment will be available for each item on the agenda.

of the press, noting that newspapers -- for having too much, grant for wanting to fight too much, buell for wanting to fight too little, and the governments for removing fuel for wanting to fight too little. the sacramento daily union qualified its announcement of the surrender of vicksburg on 4 july, 1863 with the wonderful statement, "the news is so good that we must indulge in a little skepticism until we receive a confirmation." which brings me to the whole question of accuracy and inaccuracy in the papers. the texas papers were by far the worst because they were isolated from both sides. at the beginning of the war, the papers were more prone to speculate enthusiastically. but sometimes, they were very prescient. one reported that arms are scarce in new orleans this turned out to be quite a coup. "the daily nebraskan" correctly reported federal strength in may 1861, but when the early campaigns began, then came the real challenge. the early 1862 campaigns in virginia are incredibly confusing, with three major events overlapping. this was truly a case of the fog of war. but sometime

operations about our equity work in one way or another, and i'm happy to discuss with you and president buell sort of your -- your vision for how you'd like to see that happen. we are just beginning sort of our phase one implementation work on our racial and equity action plan. we highlighted for you today some budget investments that we want to make. we will be having a leadership team discussion next week on our racial equity action plan and some internal discussions with senior colleagues about, you know, sort of an implementation path, so we will certainly comeback and give you updates as we make progress and the substance. this is going to be a determined and deliberate but not overnight journey. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> clerk: okay. seeing no further public comment is item 18, public comment is closed. we're now on item 19, communications. is there any public comment on item 19? >> operator: zero hands raised. >> clerk: seeing no public comment, public comment is now closed. we're now at item 20, adjournment. >> so moved. >> is there a second? >> second. >> been moved and seconded

. >> president buell: please call the roll. >> clerk: [roll call] this is the recreation and park commissionting of december 17, 2020. please note that due to the covid-19 health emergency, and to protect the board members, the city employees and the public, that the meeting rooms at city hall are closed. however, the commissioners ar