. >> catherine howard. >> good morning, commissioners. katherine power -- howard. i am here to talk about the athletic fields in golden gate park. for a background, for the general public, the athletic fields is a project that would remove over 7 acres of meadow and golden gate park and would be replaced with artificial turf. it would add 150,000 watts of night lighting at ocean beach in the park. there would be additional parking. in a city that is possible transit first there will be more paving and more lights. it is something to contemplate as we celebrate earth day, what we're doing to golden gate park and ocean beach with this project. over the last few months we have distributed bulletin's giving background on the draft environmental impact reports. public comment at hearing often gives little time for thoughtful communication about the myriad of issues surrounding any project. these bulletins are our effort to more fully inform the citizens of san francisco and our city officials about this project. it is probable negative impact on golden gate park, the pl

. >> catherine howard. >> good afternoon, commissioners. sf ocean edge. i am here to address the draft environmental impact report for the beach chalet athletic field contract. it will change the western edge of golden gate park and ocean beach. it will move over 7 acres of natural living grass and topsoil and install over 7 acres of are the -- artificial turf. gravel, plastic grass, and waste. this is an area larger than candlestick park. the ottoman society has described this as the environmental equivalent of paving over the western end of golden gate park. the index of 60 ft. stadium lights that will tower over the trees and shine down on the ocean beach. this is 150,000 watts of light lighted from sunset to 10:00 p.m. 365 days a year. we will lose over 55 trees, part of the park's natural wind breaks. it will cost $9 million to $12 million. it can be done for $1 million to $2 million. there are concerns to the negative impacts on this project on ocean beach. at two others which will submit to you, a total of nine pages of commons. they recommend the