. >> thank you katherine howard please. >> good afternoon katherine howard friends of the advocate groups. first of all, i want to thank you all for the golden gate park. we've been involved in the soccer project and for those people who have been living on mars we're replacing that with the stadium lighting until 10 o'clock of every night of the year. we've been concerned about this project. we've had a lot of setbacks but we're all committed. we're not giving up. one of the things there is a beautiful new video about this impact of the park. the filmmaker maker was - he's an internationally known film mark. if you went down to the auditorium you'll see his work. he went out to the fields and was so horrified by the project he made this video for us. it shows creativity financial services to the global entertainment industry. we have this on youtube so if you have four minutes i'll give you the link and people tell other people about it and please click like. thank you. again for your past support >> do we have anyone else that would like to speak only a temp that's not on our agenda. se

next speaker, please hi katherine howard i'm up here as co- latter damage. however, last time at the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods there was a presentation by the forestry alliance and they talked about how the canopy is diminished in the city and county of san francisco. the effort alliance said the park is more interested in removing trees than protecting them. i don't know. and the trees are given a bad rap about falling brandishes. my comments are general but i want to give you some hints about things to think about when people want to remove trees one is the sewer line if the sewer line is sealed the roots don't know they're there. so if they get into the pipelines that's a problem. sometimes people say there's all this vegetation near the park the park was created so you can't see the traffic. trees on the roofline gosh that sound like a good idea who wants trees that you can see the above everything. one thing not mentioned is proen if a tree is heavy leaning it could be prone. there doesn't seem like there's much effort to mitigate that.