. >> good morning commissioner, catherine howard. i'm concerned the reck and park department has followed the letter or spirit for the strategic plan. the charter states pry to adoption of each 5 year plan they shall conduct 5 hearings and [inaudible] however there have not been 5 hearings held in location distributed geographically throughout the city. they have all been held at city hall. reck and park claimed 2 meetings have been held in the neighborhood however those meetings were primarily advertised at a public meeting. a brief note, get a sneak peek at the department new strategic plan. find out [inaudible] this wording clearly states the staff is doing the planning, not the public. it is not a invitation to give and take planning session. that notice contrasts with a different announcement asking the public to participate in a playground design meeting-join us to help shape the play experience for san francisco's children. i'm also concerned the public was left out thf formulative stages of plaj. reck and park started the pla