golden gate park pen nissenter operating agreement. -- golden gate park.nis center operating agreement. >> good morning, commissioners, dana ketcham. i do have a document to put up. thank you. i am here to present a discussion and possible action to authorize the department to enter into an operating agreement with lifetime for the public purpose of operating the golden gate park tennis center and offering tennis programs for a period up to eight years. with terms substantially the term sheet dated october 22, 2019. just a reminder. we are excited the construction on the new tennis center began with a groundbreaking ceremony in april. it is expected to be complete understand the fall of 2020. the new tennis center is 17 tennis court, one pickleball court, court lighting, a sunken court and beautiful new clubhouse including both an area for public use and for tennis learning center, which will continue at the courts serving kids from a variety of areas in the city with tennis and learning. there is also a beautiful garden area and outdoor viewing areas. bac

i fell in love with golden gate park. i moved here and live order the edge of the park for many years and used the park endlessly and appreciate all that has gone into it. i feel this project to renovate the golden gate tennis center is wonderful, and i look forward to having it runny efficient leann with a lot of equity for all. i am in total support of the process that has gone on to select an operator and i wish to express my support. >> trish then. >> kris: teechristine andshawn. >> good morning. i am trish robins, i am a board member on the tennis coalition of san francisco. four years ago things got real for us. with the encouragement and support of some of the san francisco park supporters we werwere recruited to help move forward the renovation of the tennis center. a project that had long been dreamed of. along with so many other motivated people i have been working toward that goal for 10 years. it is now under construction and ready to open hopefully in the fall of 2020. it is on track. we have come to you all a

get really for trail rides at golden gate park. horses are making a comeback. rts this weekend. >> reporter: raj, the official kickoff is tomorrow, saturday. this has already been getting attention out here in golden gate park. it's been a very long time. these are three of the horses that people can book for a guided rides, and people are surprised to see them. horses are grace's passion. >> i have carmel and peaches, who are quarterhorses. >> we're going to start with pony rides. >> reporter: these are some of the horses that people can pay. >> the golden gate park is like her backyard. we come here all the time.excit. we'll definitely take advantage of it and do some trail rides. >> this is the first time since 2001 we've been able to welcome horses back into golden gate park, except for a brief stint in 2017. >> reporter: san francisco rec and parks said they worked with the company outside the city. >> there are free visits to san francisco public schools, and also to groups such as therapeutic riding programs. >> reporter: for grace, it's a chance to share

initiative e define and implement best practices of maintenance of lakes in golden gate park. i was surprised to learn there are 10 lakes in golden gate park. this doesn't count ponds. these are lakes. north, middle lake, oak glenn lake, mallard lake, lloyd lake and alfred lake. trying to figure out how to manage those, the plant life around the lakes has been a challenge. i have learned from parks and open spaces that we are -- it is organized and best operating now at best practice level. >> the objective is to conserve and strengthen natural resources. >> thank you. >> strategy five. this was assigned to me. create one new data partnership annually to enhance the outcomes of the programs. it sounded like a great idea. i had no clue where it was going to go, who was going to share data with us, and it turned out to be so amazing. i can't take credit. i am not on the team any more, but this is the spark that has become a $2 million collaboration that started with the human services agency to look at we started by looking at how many residents of public housing participate in t

lastly, i return back to golden gate park on this whirlwind tour of our park system. i did want to update the commission on a milestone in our efforts to make golden gate park safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. we were joined by supervisor vallie brown along with bike and pedestrian advocates and our sister agencies mta and public works earlier this month in golden gate park to celebrate the last of 13 raised crosswalks recently installed in golden gate park, capping three years of traffic-calming measures in the park as part of the city's vision zero initiative. we were joined by supervisor brown, walk sf, communications director lindsay, and in fact, we all, including me, helped stripe the new raised crosswalk on j.f.k. drive east of 8th avenue on october 3rd. it was the first time in my ten years i have ever operated a crosswalk striper, president buell, so we can check that one off the box. the improvement project was launched in 2016, following an executive directive from then mayor ed lee and includes floating curbs along the bike lane, striping, hit posts and

san francisco recs and parks department work together on so many things, including our 150th golden gate parkelebration. this is part of that. the panhandle itself was practice for building golden gate park. around the park are 80,000 trees that were planted to figure out what would work best down the road. i'm so pleased to bring up a special partner, drew beker. >> thanks, phil. i want to give a shout out. thank you, mayor, thank you, valley, thank you, phil. the parks alliance is so happy to be a part of this wonderful event. i would like to give a shout out to the civic committee. thank you so much. you helped make this possible. i want to give a shout out. thank you, liz, for everything you do. also brian baker held an event before this. thank you for you and your family to support us and the san francisco parks alliance. thank you so much. and the rec and park commissioners, we couldn't do this without them giving the okay to make all of this happen. we have partners with rec and parks and they don't get shout outs that much. i want phil, lisa, and abigail to know how much we appreciate

also news from golden gate park. stay with us. >>> happening now -- lori loughlin fighting the latest charges against her. her attorneys say loughlin and her husband plan to plead not guilty to charges of conspiracy to committing federal program bribery. the couple accused of paying $500,000 to get both their daughters into usc as fake athletic recruits. they previously pled not guilty to fraud and money laundering. we're back with more news in a moment. sarah's last tuition payment, sent off. feeling good? oh yeah. now i'm ready to focus on my project. ♪ ♪ this is why we plan. ♪ ♪ you never cease to amaze me, maya. see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch. >>> we have a breaking news update on our top story. in the past few minutes we've learned a fifth victim has died in connection with yesterday's shooting at that halloween party in orinda. we've now learned that a 19-year-old girl from vallejo passed away in the hospital just hours ago. we also know that there are a

like to mention a few action items that i would like to see possibly happen since i work in golden gate park every day. the key is our parking lot should be removed and returned to parkland. there are 500 people waiting to get a garden spot at the golden gate park community garden. that parking lot is a horrible eye sore -- >> good afternoon. i'm the lawn policy leader for the earth center. . i'd like to express my gratitude as well to the committee, san francisco environment, and the inter-agency working group for your combined efforts to promote healthy biodiversity in san francisco as a priority. members of the board, with due respect to the other significant issues that come before this committee, protecting our biodiverse ecosystems is the most important. climate change and the destruction of our environment is the greatest existential threat humanity has ever faced. time is of the essence if we hope to preserve the environment that is so precious to this city. we would urge the board to loosen the purse strings, to provide the support necessary to employ qualified staff to study, monit

vicky nguyen, bay area news. >>> and to a public horse riding option, coming back it golden gate parkweekend. the city's recreation and park department says the ranch will have guided trail rides and lessons that can be all booked online. they say except for a brief time in 2017, it has been 18 years, since the city offered horseback riding in golden gate park. >>> it is 7:54. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay," coming up, it is a first for the clear the shelters segment, a guinea pig. meet apricot. next. >>> welcome back. it is time for our "clear the shelters" segment featuring our friends from pets in need, program director martha hollander is here with the palo alto adoption manager, and here with apricot, a guinea pig, i think this is a first for us. >> this is a first. >> because you had your redwood city location for years, about 50 years, and you adopted cats and dogs, but now that you're open in palo alto, you adopt out all sorts of animals. or i should say you rescue all sorts of animals. >> yes and then adopt them out. >> and then adopt them out. exactly. >> so t

laurel hill is listed in historic registry and was the inspiration for golden gate park. i don't know if you know that our park, the cemetery most of the cemetery in san francisco became our park. laurel hill was an inspiration for golden gate park and we're going to destroy that. it took that long to enjoy. it's unbelievable. keep our trees on both sides. keep laurel hill. no commercial retail. no towers except neighborhood height limits. building period for four years no flex retail it will harm our businesses that are struggling. thank you. >> next speaker. hi, i agree with everything that my previous speaker just said. i just wanted to add a little bit about the government leaders and pioneers and i do think that that would be almost like desecrating their graves to move the trees as well as having their burial sites. i also understand that the building itself is in the california historic at register and is eligibility for national register and it would be because the current owners of the property opposed it because they wanted to do this development and it's not goi

a public horseback riding option is coming back to golden gate park. it kicks off this weekend. ranch will offer guided trail rides and lessons to be booked online. prices are listed online. except for a brief time in 2017, there have been 18 years that the city offered horseback riding there. >> these kids may have never been able to see a horse before, especially out here. so it's exciting to share something i love so much with them. >> they have accommodations for underserved communities as well. the city says the program will be reviewed in six months and possibly extended. look how much fun the horses are having. >> shaes going to that's going fun for a lot of people. >>> a shooting on a bridge in front of aoffi it was a morning commute gunma. >>> my parents never taught me anything about managing money. the amount of student loan debt i have, i'm embarrassed to even say. we just decided we didn't want debt any longer. ♪ i didn't realize how easy investing could be. i'm picking companies that i believe in. ♪ i think sofi money is amazing. ♪ thank you sofi. sofi thank you, w

looking to invest and in space and at a significant leveg the central waterfront, india be merced, golden gate park is goin ongoing investment as we build . golden gate park is the open sp, as well as planning opportunitie connections in parts of the cite don't have a lot of open space n parts of the city. but we've increased better acce. this is a map of where those prt be. lastly, priority production aref buried on this map. the area around the creek and jt that's colored blue on this mape industrial area, stretches intol waterfront. it's the city's most significanr area. it's our most important industr. we are proud to nominate this ay area. and i think we want to recognizn pdr preservation around the reg. so we would like to nominate th. so just closing out, the procesa nomination the board of supervit by resolution to the region. there's a planning department sd resolution that's been introducd of supervisors and they'll be tn the next month or to. and by mid-january we would neee board's final action to the reg. so that concludes my presentati. i'll take my questions. >> thank you. we will no

for the first time in two decades if you go to san francisco's golden gate parkings you will be able to regularly ride horses. horseback riding at the park will begin at chaparral ranch. trail rider is included along with children's pony rides, forest camp and riding lessons. students at san francisco's unified school district, schools, they will be offered free visits. regular horseback riding has not been available at golden gate park since 2001 but the ranch will be opened wednesday through sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and if you use san francisco bay ferryboats to get to work or get around, check the schedule. today is the first day of the winter schedule. some fore boat departures on vallejo and alameda routes have been canceled and some ferryboats at that leave san francisco a couple minutes earlier than from the summer schedule and some boats, including weekend service between richmond and san francisco, have been canceled. however the weekday service continues. . >>> a bart passenger say live after a dramatic rescue from the tracks at the oakland coliseum station last night.

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we're also adding golden gate park to that model and our previous model was like a blank zone because there's no buildings really there. we need to take into account what fires will break out in that park after an earthquake. we'll look into other parks, especially have our conversation last week, we want to make sure glenn canyon and all of the other parks, we incorporate them as well. that model will then feed into this more died in fire analysis and we'll review it, updating the cac, providing updates to the annual report and having this final presentation to the board, june 30, 2021. i want to show a map on the left, the civil grand jury concerned about. it just seemed too zoomed out and you couldn't say, well, this block is up a hill versus this block is at the bottom of the hill and what's the difference in pressure there and the different needs of the areas? the right is what you'll see we're zooming in on and we get more-day-old. we're not going tmore detailed . we're going to analyze how fires look differently within a district didn't so this is the more zoomed in. version we

for the first time in almost two decades if you go to san francisco's golden gate park you will be able to ride horses. horseback riding at the park will begin will be included wit children pony rides and riding lessons. asfrancisco's unified school district will be offered free regular horsebacwednesday through sunday through 10:00 a.m. and five p.m. >>> and if you use san francisco bay prairie to get around to get to work check the schedule. today is the first day of the winter schedule as some of the ferry departures have been canceled and some of the ferry boats leaving a few minutes earlier. and the trip between richmond and san francisco have been canceled but the daily service will continue. >> a bart passenger is arrived after being rescued last night. there were extra bart workers. a man fell to the platform with a train approaching. john o'conner was 60 feet away when when he saw the man dropped. he grabbed the man's shoulders and rolled him up on the platform. the man was taken away for a medical evaluation. his name is not released but wow. quick thinking, quick action. both

space and at a significant level including along the central waterfront india basin lake merced, golden gate park is going to be an ongoing investment as we build housing. golden gate park is the open space on that side, as well as planning opportunities to increase connections in parts of the city that maybe don't have a lot of open space like the southern parts of the city. but we've increased better access to the park. this is a map of where those priorities might be. lastly priority production area and sort of buried on this map. the area around the creek and just south of that that's colored blue on this map is the bayshore industrial area, stretches into the central waterfront. it's the city's most significant contiguous pdr area. it's our most important industrial area. we are proud to nominate this as our priority area. and i think we want to recognize as a leader in pdr preservation around the region. so we would like to nominate that area. so just closing out the process, this is a nomination the board of supervisors would submit by resolution to the region. there's a planning departmen

. >>> for the first time in nearly two decades, people visiting san francisco's golden gate park willave the chance to ride horses. horseback riding at the park will begin at chaparral ranch. trail riding will be included along with trail rides and riding lesson. regular horseback riding hasn't been available at the park since 2001 despite a brief pilot program in 2017. the ranch will be open on wednesday through sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. >>> colin kaepernick celebrated his 32nd birthday in oakland today by giving back. the former 49ers quarterback was out on the streets early this morning helping the homeless. distributing backpacks filled. he paid for a food truck for everyone to eat. kaepernick hasn't played in the nfl since leaving the 9ers three years ago, the same year he made headlines with his national anthem protest. >>> sports wrap is mostly away. >> after 49 days away from the coliseum, the raiders returned home and delivered a dramatic win over the lions. we'll show you how the rookie led the way. >>> amidst all the injuries and losing, we'll tell you about one b

. >>> happening today i will saddle up and tell you that horseback riding is back at golden gate park in san francisco. regular horseback riding is not been available at the park since 2001 despite a pilot program briefly in place in 2017. this new program at chaparral ranch will have a six month trial run and then department officials will check it out, review the program and consider if they should expanded. the ranch is offering trail rides for children's pony rides, horse camp and riding lessons. it will be open wednesdays through sundays between 10 am and 5 pm. >>> some of the first signs of the holiday season today will appear in san francisco. pam cook is out there somewhere because she always goes. the outdoor ice-skating rink at union square and the embarcadero will open today in san francisco. the san rafael outdoor -- >> there i am. >> that's you. the san rafael outdoor rink will also open today. walnut creek and concord's outer rings will open friday with the icebreaker for the rink in san mateo opening saturday. by the end of the month there will be at least 13 open air r

a stranger answers saying that they found his phone in golden gate park and the fact that his phone wasn't with him. >>was there a concern. >>friends held a vigil for the missing father and then on may 11th. green's body was found on the side of the road in healdsburg. days later police arrested olivier adela who described himself as by on some bodyguard. adela decided to cooperate with poli sci told detectives that he was paid to get rid of green's body. adela claimed by ott then told him quote i need you to take out the trash unquote. the day after adele is arrest. leanne were arrested in an early morning raid at lee's hillsborough mansion. >>we do have in custody, 3 people. >>but then an unprecedented move tiffany li posted i 35 our million dollar bail to get out of jail. the family and friends helped her raise $4 million in cash the rest made up in property. the staggering transaction stunned the community. >>the fact that she was able to make that bail didn't come as a surprise but still for talking one of the top 8 or 10 bales ever posted in the united states. that's one that does wi

something about golden gate pa park. >> oh, really, okay. >> good morning. john updike. with respect to the bequest, it is very specific relative to recreational park must be used at the golden gate park. with respect to the library must be used for certain books which was subsequently amended and court-approved to also allow other forms of media if the library could have on certain topics. that's exactly what i wanted to hear. >> any members of the public like to comment on item number four? seeing none. i would like to move this with a positive recommendation to the board. we can take that without objection. thank you very much. madame clerk, can you please call item number five? >> item five, 191023. resolution approving a first amendment to the grant agreement between the adult probation department and the regents of the university of california, on behalf of its san francisco campus, for the operation of the community assessment and services center, to increase the grant funding by $12,207,010 for a total amount of $18,007,010 and extend the performance period for th