>> president buell: yes. [roll call] >> clerk: okay. this is the recreation and park commission meeting of april 15, 2021. please note that due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, city employees, and the public, the meeting rooms at city hall are closed, however, commissioners are participating in the meeting remotely to the same extent as if they were physically present. we ask for your patience if we experience any technical issues. public comment will be available for each item on the agenda. each commenter will be allowed two minutes to speak. public comment will be available via phone by calling 415-655-0001, and the access code is 187-326-5591. when you hear the agenda item that you were calling for, please dial star, three to enter the queue. the system will notify you you were -- you you are in line and waiting. alternatively, you may submit public comment in either of the following ways. by e-mailing recpark.commission at sfgov.org. if you submit an e-mail, it will be included in the written file. wri

>> second. >> president buell: all in favor? opposed? thank you, one and all, and ashley, thank you very much. mr. general manager, thank you very much. we did some on-the-spot covering, and it went well. >> thanks, everyone. have a good week. >> still a lot of people wonder since the trees have a lot of issues, why did we plant them in the first place? >> trees are widely planted in san francisco. with good reason. they are workhorses when it comes to urban forestry. we have begun to see our ficustrees are too big and dangerous in san francisco. we have a lot of tree failures with this species in particular. this is a perfect example of the challenges with the structure of the ficustrees. you can see four very large stems that are all coming from the same main truck. you can see the two branches attached to one another at a really sharp angle. in between you can't it is a lot of strong wood. they are attached so sharply together. this is a much weaker union of a branch than if you had a wide angel. this is what it looks like af

>> president buell: yes. [roll call] >> clerk: okay. this is the recreation and park commission meeting of april 15, 2021. please note that due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, city employees, and the public, the meeting rooms at city hall are closed, however, commissioners are participating in the meeting remotely to the same