on december 4 we celebrated the 85th annual john mclaren tree lighting and included arts and crafts and live entertainment and a visit from santa. [inaudible] and the tenderloin community came together to open the park after a 9.3 million dollar renovation. online registration is happening now so visit our website and we hope to see you in the park and rec kreegz centers soon. >> happy holidays. >> thank you commissioners and that concludes the general manager's report for 2014. >> is there any -- oh i'm sorry. >> no, thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing no one public comment is now closed. we're on item four which is general public comment. we will take comment up to 15 minutes. if need be we will continue to item 9. at this time members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the public matter jurisdiction within the commission and not on the agenda. for items on the agenda your opportunity to address the commission is when the item is reached in the meeting. i have one card and that is for richard rothman.

john mclaren, superintendent of golden gate park was enlisted as , chief of landscape early in the planning process. he worked closely with the architects to achieve stunning landscape effects. two years prior to the exposition, he built six greenhouses in the presidio and cultivated the plants that would adorn the grounds. more than one million bulbs were planted. the flowers in the part tears -- parterres were changed three times over the course of the exposition so they were always in bloom and coordinated with the color scheme. this is two postcards of the same view of the tower of jewels showing entirely different types of plantings. another notable feature of the grounds was the immense hedge fence that ran for four city blocks from the fillmore street gate to the scott street main entrance seen here. it was grown in boxes and then affixed to a vertical framework. the hedge was eight feet thick and 20 feet high. it rose in 36-foot arches of the main entrance of the fair. this beautiful color picture is from donna huggins. walter darcy ryan was appointed chief of illumination. his spec