and this is crocker amazon as basketball and open play and le grande half-court. the reason i bring this up, i don't think $250,000 for a one-time expenditure will be enough. this is just one district and there are several districts throughout the city, and i think this is probably a need for annual expenditures which is what i am suggesting for my supervisor and i hope that is also amended when this goes forward as well. also, on the second item, which is the lower crocker area converting the dirt lot: this has been a problematic areas since the soccer fields have gone in. there are cars parking on the right. we would like to see landscaping rather than extended parking, which has been suggested, paving. because there -- mclarens is right on the edge, but if you add more parking there will just be more problems, damaging the sprinklers and the grounds and that is a drain that has been destroyed. so i would prefer whatever the details are, that they include landscaping. thank you. >> thank you. >> catherine. >> now it's afternoon, commissioners. the five-year plan

hosting spring trainouts for girls ages 11 to 13 this saturday, february 21st at crocker amazon park from 10:00 a.m. to noon. they will be on diamond 3. baseball instruction and practices will be held two days per week and every weekend from march to may, culminating in your participation in the first girl's baseball national tournament in orlando florida, this summer. the team will be coached by our very own rocky henley, who was a member of colorado rockies women's baseball team and they had a couple of try-outs already. i went to one and it's so inspiring and there are some really good baseball players out there. we invite everyone to join the recreation and park department in celebrating reboots national day of unplugging. in march, it's on march 7th, reboot national day of un[phr-ulg/]ing unplugging is only once a year to draw attention to the world around us and reconnect with family, friends and most importantly for our purposes, nature. it is true that our kids today are spending over 7 hours a day behind a screen of one form or another and less than 30 minutes a day outside.

than trying it out in a place that we think will have high usage, for example as beach chalet or crocker amazon. so we're starting with the earlier-made fields to find a product that works for us and find ways to adopt and expand that. this includes a request for silver terrace. in 2017. which as per the renewal cycle that we outlined. with that i would be happy to take questions. >> we have public comment. >> let's take public comment. >> linda and katherine. >> good afternoon commissioners and general manager. i'm here today to speak on behalf of the friends of camp mather and we're delighted to see that camp mather is among the list of proposed additions to the budget request and should this come to fruition and get through all the hurdles and actually become funded, we would like on behalf of friends of camp mather to invite the capital division to work with us on this planning process. we have an excellent relationship with the operations departmenting and they attend regular meetings and friends of camp mather, as you may know, have quite a large outreach. so we are in contact thorough em

determined at this point it's not feasible to activate for food growing purposes and with the crocker amazon site we're moving forward with the analysis this spring doing a new biological survey and then after that we intend to partner with podare to continue that site design and refinement and ultimately have them be the operator of that site on behalf of of the puc and with that that i'd be happy to answer any questions. >> well, it sounds very exciting. >> thank you. >> and i just have one question on the bayview site. i thought i heard you say that you were considering using that as a way of distributing mulch and other soil did i get that right? >> on a temporary basis. we developed a series of pop ups 1 day where the community can pickup those resources and yes, along the fell side where there's a trellised area a beautiful space not often used in march one of these days where folks can pickup soil and mulch. >> no long-term? >> no not at this time correct. >> thank you very much. i do have some speakers on this item. keith tanner? >> >> thank you. i'm keith tanner from the san francis

it fell on power lines. 2:30 today, next to crocker amazon playground. it's not the only tree causing problems. we have team coverage, live from the richmond police station. >> reporter: hey dan. it was business as usual at the richmond district police department until that big tree landed against the building. those inside the police department said it felt like an earthquake or possibly lightning. i tell you, today, we have seen a lot of saws. some residents on crescent avenue were without power after this tree knocked out several power lines. pg & e crews responded. no one was hurt. crews began cutting the tree once they were sure there were no live wires. the heavy winds caused a branch from a eucalyptus tree to fall. not far away this fallen tree stopped traffic. as of late afternoon, up to a dozen trees and large limbs that have come down. there have been no injuries reported so far. some vehicles have been damaged. there's a tree that came down on the cable car tracks on high street. we sent crews out there right away. >> reporter: after 1:45 one

i live in the crocker amazon district. i have known ike for several years and as i was thinking of what i wanted to say on his behalf i noted a thread running through some of the questions you were asking. it was obviously the intent of those what you were looking for, what your concerns are, and so the one thing i want to talk about ike is both his character and integrity. and i think more than anything else that will determine whether or not he's a person who is going to cave to particular interests or pursue his own self-interest in a public role such as this one. my experience with ike has been in something relatively thankless. we have served together for several years in our church in what is called a parking and traffic team which means that every sunday in the mission district we've been out there in all weathers, in multiple locations, dealing with whatever comes our way. it's not a role that a man in his position with his professional expertise would naturally gravitate to, but one of the things i see we're looki

. >> reporter: and this one near crock crocker amazon playground laid down on the power lines. >> it pulled everything down. >> reporter: the fire crews stayed there until pg&e arrived. and commuters stayed busy trying to avoid the raindrops at the bus stop. >> i forgot the umbrella. >> and even those who remembered got wet. all four of the gentlemen have umbrellas and not out right now, but i am hoping for their sake the umbrellas make it through the night. they are in for a long night, and fan fest begins at 10:00 a.m. reporting live in san francisco, jeanne ellie. >> thank you. not for the faint of heart. trees down all over the bay area. the crews are clearing the debris at a home in alamo after a tree came crashing down. this happened not far prfrom the alamo shopping plaza, and luckily nobody was hurt. >>> and another sight in all of the rain, standing water. and drivers caught off guard in coleman and san jose. the water the was nearly two feet deep. we can handle the rain but not sure that the parking lots and trees can. nbc bay area peggy bunker is in los alamos and it has b