. >> katherine howard, golden gate preservation. i'm here to talk about the bluegrass festival. the festivals seem to have conflicting approachs to vegetation protection. our observations are included in the memo. if anyone would like a copy who is listening or watching, we'll be glad to send it to them, we have a lot of photos. i would say there were some items that were good in terms of protection and some that were very bad. one in particular that stands out is once again the bicycle parking was extremely damaging to the park and the park vegetation. the good news is people are riding their bikes to the concert. the bad news is more people are riding their bikes to the concert. a little disconcerting thing is that a -- a park visitor told me that when -- when asked what to do with the bike, one of the security people hired by the festival told them to chain it to a tree. so i think we need a little more education for the security. that person by the way was also smoking at the time. we have a little double problem with park codes and what is supposed to go on in the parks. i

. >> and katherine howard, did you want to speak under general public? >> okay. thank you. >> my name is alan jefferson. i'm a resident at 1339 pier street and while we love the park and the renovation, we don't love the pal league there in the evenings. doing their practice. it is a very dangerous situation there. we have complained, our neighbors are -- our neighborhood association has complained to the park and recs to the police. and now i'm going to the fire department after -- after this because it -- the double parking, the belligerent behavior is a danger to the children that dash if and out of the -- between the cars, running to their parents, you cannot get through pier street between 6:45 and 7:30 any evening, i welcome any of you to come out. i'm not sure if they're there this week but -- they may have ended it -- as of last week but i have to literally get out of my car and take 15, 20 minutes to go in to the park to find people who have blocked my driveway. i have to get cursed out by parents for blocking my driveway. i'm like drawing the line if th