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. >> good morning commissioners. i am here to talk about the mothers building. i have been here before talking about it and i am happy to say that the grant application that the zoo, the art commission and rec and park from the historic preservation fund which is

response to the storm is we are -- our rec center's function is more than just places for fun and rec kreegz. they're community centers and in an emergency or disaster we provide shelter and so today i really want to acknowledge and commend everybody who participated in the shelter operation which housed over a hundred people for about 36 hours. >> [inaudible] >> oh it was two and a half days. it was two full nights. these folks really went above and beyond with the storm with less than five hours notice these individuals accomplished a herk layerian task of putting this in motion and did it seamlessly and in partnership with the human services agency and the red cross and many other partners. so i want to recognize who is here. tim fageris and his staff and a coordinator. steve [inaudible] and the entire park service custodial staff. bob lote and marcos is here. come on up folks. our park patrol supervisor who provided around the clock support and jennifer from the division and made sure that we were able to staff the facility and keep it safe and operating. we also had some other staff tha