. >> item number nine, at the helen diller playground. >> good morning, again. the next item is discussion and possible action to amend the construction contract to bauman landscape construction for the helen diller playground project in the amount of $372,977. in april 2011, the commission approved the construction contract to bauman landscape construction. it is approximately about 70% complete. we have approved about $200,000 to date. some of these changes relate to additional investigation to address unforeseen conditions on the site, to capture some of the water runoff on the project so that foundation work can proceed. the contract amount increase is still within the the overall project budget. we're asking that you approve this amount. i would be happy to answer any questions you may have. commissioner buell: any questions? >> any public comment? being none, public comment is closed. commissioner bonilla: yes, i would like a little clarity here. i am a a little confused. it says that in consideration of the gift that is being provided by the friends of bi

the helen diller playground will be opening in march 2012. we have now began two rounds of community opportunity programs and continue to move forward in that program's implementation. i think it is a good moment for us to pause and celebrate the progress of this project and just see how all the reforms put in place in 2008 continue to bear good results. again, we have one project complete and many others in construction. we are currently in design and planning on the remainder of the six neighborhood parks in the second half of the bond. i'm going to quickly go through these. this just details of progress we have made on a citywide program side. the spending has been a little slower on the city wide program side then i would like to see things like the environmental review. also, these projects are environmentally complex. there's a lot of value in these projects. this briefly summarizes the real appropriation that we also discussed about a month and half ago. it was necessary to get to the place that we are today as the third bond sales. th

helen diller playground update. i am very happy to report that in the center of banks in our park system, the construction is now 52% done. the contractors completing with concrete work and irrigation water lines are being installed. we anticipate the delivery of the bridge, the very iconic bridge that will be part of the playground in mid-january, with new play equipment arriving shortly after. we have got lucky with the weather, and i think some of the delays we could have experienced if we had gotten bad weather we have passed, so we are very optimistic. all this means we are moving ahead. the new playground will open to the public in spring 2012. the project represents a remarkable partnership model, and we are very excited about the prospect of opening this new playground in just a few short months. to set up to bid on construction, members of the public can log on to our web site and click our capital improvements have, where they can find updated information on all of our capital products. winter registration