presentation by gary mccoy. policy and community affairs manager, san francisco recreation and parks department. public comment is welcome. item 9, ceremonial item. the late mayor edwin lee, councilmembers, and members of the public are welcome to share thoughts, stories and memories of the late mayor, edwin lee. item 10, public comment. items not an today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to 3 minutes. please approach the microphone or give your comment card to the mod staff. item 11, information item correspondence. item 12, discussion item. councilmember comments and announcements. item 13, adjourned, in honor of the late mayor edwin lee. >> okay. thank you very much for reading the agenda. i appreciate that. is there a motion to approve them? >> i move to approve the minutes. >> second. >> motion moved to accept and seconded. those in favor, say aye. any opposed? okay. it's done. number 3, public comment. items not on today's agenda, but within the -- all right. if the

kearn is our operation director and jordan lam berson is here, a chief land plan use owners and gary mccoy from our staff so we have plenty of people to answer questions should they arrive and they are here to cheer me on. >> supervisor kim: thank you for being here today and one of the civil grand jury recommendations that this board, that this committee took upon was to call a hearing as a follow-up on your strategic operational and capital plan and to also ask some questions that had come up during the civil grand jury process. but before we do that, why don't we start with you, mr. ginsburg. >> thank you, supervisor, and we appreciate the opportunity to present and we take a lot of pride in the work that we've done in the department over the last several years and particularly a lot of work, a lot of pride in our strategic planning work which we've taken extremely seriously in the last, you know, three, four years or so and it's worth noting that prior to that the last strategic plan that was done in the department goes back to 2003. so i thought they would start with -- if we could fl

. >> good morning, i'm gary mccoy, policy and public affairs commission, community affairs manager witharea known as sharon meadow and golden gate park in robin williams. i don't want to repeat what is in the staff report, but highlight that the area known as sharon meadow has not officially been named by the commission and there has been significant press coverage over the last two years since this was brought forward with vast support by many folks and some in this room. including former mayor willie brown and late mayor ed lee as well. there is no known opposition and i could answer questions. >> clerk: we have public comment. anyone who would like to speak on this item, come on up. >> good morning, commissioners, my name is debbie durst, i'm the president of the board of comedy day and producer of comedy day. it still rings true with me and just for -- i apologize, if you've heard it before, but for the commissioners not here at the last meeting. i'll read it now. dang it, they broke. the very first comedy day was 1980. we moved the laughter to the western end of the golden gate par