-- stowe lake motels. it says the forces of this delta that have gripped the quarters -- the seemingly object to a series of improvements that will transform the boat house and are clinging to a concept of the past, and then, he cites the forces that were opposed to the academy of science. as a regular walker are around stowe lake, i can tell you that i regularly take tourists who are looking for the deyoung down to it and express my cry -- pride in that explicit building, and i take them also to the academy of science and express my pride in that. they were earthquake damage and had to be taken down. there is no earthquake damage that has been associated with a still lake that i'm aware of with the boat house. it appears that we are into a very definite money situation here, obviously, and i'm wondering if the ortega family with the effort to make this happen -- it has been said that is a beautiful park, a beautiful lake, and i concur absolutely that there will be huge problems with parking and the additi

what struck me stowe lake stowe lake is beautiful -- what struck me was that stowe lake was beautiful, but what struck me was that the boat house seemed dark and avoid of energy. a man who works here who testified previously spoke about how we need to see the kids -- it would be neat to watch the kids see the boat getting fixed, but i was never under the impression that that was an activity my kids could see. i am from detroit, and there is a fine line between installed and being number. this is an amazing place that could use a lot of love and attention -- there is a fine line between nostalgia and being dumpy. if a similar provision comes up about fixing the cavan's it can mazer, i will be back. thank you very much. -- fixing the cabins at camp mazer. >> commissioners, back again. before i let my friends speak here, i just have one question -- finally, after the sunshine ordinance being served, they are reaching out to the public, but what good is it if it is already a done deal? i get the feeling it does not matter what we say. i hope i'm wrong. i do not want to get my ankle, so th

i have a job and walked around the lake and rode on the lake and enjoyed many happy hours of outdoorecreation there, and i am here to give my personal comment. i am a registered dietitian and an adult weight management specialist, so i'm also concerned about health, and it is my belief that the recreation and park committee should support the expansion and preservation of opportunities for outdoor recreation in san francisco, rather than turning our beautiful natural environment, which is limited -- a limited resources, into yet another place to sit down and eat. commissioner buell: thank you. >> commissioners, i would like to thank you for your consideration as well as the input from all the other speakers here today. i am the president of the stow lake corporation. our firm and family has been the concessionaire for the past 67 years since my grandfather reintroduced the boats. i urge you to reconsider staff's pending recommendation. over the years, we have responded to numerous bids. in each case, the process was competitive, but the evaluation criteria was known. that is not the

i am a regular to the lake. i think that the corporation has a lot of good ideas and we all agree that the boat house and the concessions could use an upgrade but i am opposed to having an outside corporation come in. i agree with the idea that this is about recreation, not just about food. i think that parks and recreationi] should be the one d i hope that they have some ability and they guide the family of whatever would be managing it. i would like to know exactly what the standards we are looking now at in terms of having a new building. i resent that i was lobbied coming into here and i was handed this pro ortega information. i agree with restoring the lake. we are all in part of this community. i think that this speak

i have been the manager at stwoe lake -- stowe lake for 15 years, and we take it real serious. safety is our number one objective. we take the serenity as our objective as well. we like to keep a peaceful place where people can retreat, and we are very proud of that. we're very proud of what we do out there. we cannot understand why someone would want to turn a boat house that is billed as a boat house into a cafe where we have hundreds of cafes within a two- mile radius, probably. the shop itself is something where i find -- something as a father, when little kids come and see boats being worked on right there. there is nothing that can explain the feeling to see that in a child's eye because it is all about boats. and also, too, having the bookshop right there at the lake is one of the best things about keeping safety primary objective -- having the boat shop. if you run out of supplies like we did yesterday when is a beautiful day, the first in two months, we ran out of life jackets, so we had to go right in and grab some life jackets and rush right back out because there we

selfishly, i want to be involved with this at snow lake. -- stow lake. we would like to know what this will look like. in san francisco, we are very open-minded and progressive. if you try to change something, everyone says do not. one side says, it is find a way it is, don't change it, it has character. the other side says, we can do this. i don't see why this is utility exclusive. this is where i disagree with the opponents. i think that we can achieve maintaining this. i would not be sitting here, i would not be on this commission if i did not feel strongly about maintaining the integrity of the assets in this department. i am all about family friendly. that is a very fair argument. people say that they don't want the magnets for tourists, i'm sorry for those who do not support the tourist industry. i want this to be an important destination or locals. i don't know that this is a fair thing to say. one of the charges of the commission is to bring people to the park. if the new and improved part does this, this is part of our commission. i don't want t

when you get over to pine lake meadow and pine lake, pine lake is considered a natural area. in 1847, the green family came out here, back then this was kind of an empty canyon and sand dun area. they claimed this property. in 1892. george green who's a second generation built the truckdaro club house. there was a hotel then. it was said this was the place to go if you were weary of the dirty city and the police. there were a couple of gun fights the front door has bullet holes. i don't ever repair them. 1931 stig mond bought the property from the green family. she donated it to the city of san francisco and had a specification, i'm giving it to the city that will be used forever for the enjoyment forever of the people of the city of san francisco. it has ever since. every summer the stern grove association in san francisco rec and parks put on 10 free concerts. usually people come out at 10 in the morning it's a family affair. everybody is on the lawn with picnics and it's free. anybody can come out. it's a great way to spend a sunday. >> goes to 1-2 in the afternoon and run

one lake for the rest of the summer, almaden lake is closed because algae is still blooming. the lake's been closed for almost a month now. that's when the algae started to show up. we are told it can be toxic. that's why swimming, boating and fishing off limits at least through labor day. >> all of us are really disappointed because we didn't get to swim or get wet because of the lake closing because it's really hot out. >> the lake is not going to be open until at least two weeks after the algae dissipates. in the meantime, the rest of almaden lake park is open including the playgrounds, trails and the picnic areas. so that's an obvious transition to weather. >>> when it's sunny, warm, you want to swim, you want to go in the lake. >> have you been there before? >> almaden, but not swimming. but i have been to the lake. >> it's absolutely glorious there so it's a shame. but there are doing it to help everybody out. >> right. you don't want to be sick. >> people are going to want to flock there. wait until you see the seven- day forecast. >> really? >> let's take a look. let'

for the snow lake, 67 boats operating. for boat rental, one firm sites experience of one other principals working in all aspects of boating such as public safety, rental. 67 years' experience for the still lake corporation. experience managing capital projects, one of the principles was an architect and had 15 years of project management experience for that work. for the ortega families, they have managed 11 properties including your wouldst -- including muir woods. lastly, the stow lake corporation has done improvements to the boathouse, they have rebuilt the boat quist system. the proposed improvements, they propose a cafe, outdoor patio seating, the existing snack bar window would be retained and the existing office where it would be converted into a kitchen. for or take it, they proposed to run as a sense all portions of the building. -- for ortega, the proposed to renovate all portions of the building. they would make the available to the public as a lounge area, comfortable seating for people to read or relax. they w

the r directors are wonder. >> the pine lake is natural. they take of the area around the lake. they plant natives that are drought tolerant. one that stands the dry summers here. the whole park is under going quite a bit of reconstruction. they will renovate the trails around the lake. and the big project is the capital project for pine lake meadow. they are going to returf the dog run and the meadow by the day camp. we are looking for a very busy fall. by the spring of next year should have major renovations to the mark thal make it an outstanding park. i don't ever refer to it as my park. all the parks belong to all the people. this park belongs just as much to the families in the bay view sdrishth as it does to the gentlemen that lives across the street. i'm happy and proud to be the caretaker for them. i wake up every day and thank that i havee >> good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us. today is a very special day in san francisco. it marks our celebration of the bicycle injunction we have been suffering under for about four years now. today, we are able to

for the snow lake, 67 boats operating. for boat rental, one firm sites experience of one other principals working in all aspects of boating such as public safety, rental. 67 years' experience for the still lake corporation. experience managing capital projects, one of the principles was an architect and had 15 years of project management experience for that work. for the ortega families, they have managed 11 properties including your wouldst -- including muir woods. lastly, the stow lake corporation has done improvements to the boathouse, they have rebuilt the boat quist system. the proposed improvements, they the proposed improvements, they propose a cafe, outdoor patio

i'm a member of the stowe lake boat coalition. i was born and grew up in san francisco and and a current resident, and i'm here to express opposition to the commission's plan to offer the contract to operate the boat house to a new mexico company. with the disaster changes the plan entails. by that, i mean turning this place into a corporate tourist trap and providing food from somewhere like how grow creamery, which is wonderful, but it also stilled the ferry building. stowe lake as it stands is one of the city's last remaining peaceful places, one that neighbors have treasured for years. it draws neighbors from all ethnic and socioeconomic groups from throughout the world. why destroy that serenity? the area not far already attracts tourists to its restaurant and sculpture garden. another site to see in proximity to the museum would be a disaster for the thousands who visit the lake annually for a touch of quiet beauty, let alone for the already mobbed park. and what about parking?

these two photographs or four actually, lake,meed, looks like that and the other lake, powell. >> this is courtesy of doctor read mond, you should. he's doing wonderful work on the climate. what we have here is a temperature slide from the lower basin starting about 1890 to current and it looks much like the slide of worldwide temperature. the annual data is red and the blue is $1,130,569 running mean and this two degree fahrenheit increase. the upper basin numbers are comparatively about 1 point 5 degrees and in the little inset here you can see, what's happening nationally during that period. you know las vegas wins the record for many many things and they win nationally for the highest temperature increase during that same period of time. another slide from doctor redmond, he swapped the colors to red is the $1,130,569 year running mean. what you see is very little trend over this one hundred year period. it's interesting to look that low period numbers here at the end and the lots of variability you see here in recent years. in 2002, and 04 and 06, the basin lost enormous amounts o

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this natural reservoir is called lake the shiva it's been here for. thirty thousand years people have lived next to it for centuries. i especially like going down to the lakeside bush. which is just a lovely place you can hear the frogs croaking the birds singing it's a lovely place to spend an afternoon. now it's the ideal place to camp a perfect location to enjoy sports whether it's windsurfing you like. in the natural setting you can see the area is extremely popular but it's not just camping this is here. this is rather like attractions at the lake it's a pagan rock called the blue stone a legend has it that people have tried to destroy it over the centuries they've dropped it into the middle of a lake but it still ends up here at the lakeside magical properties perhaps that's why so many people are wanting to touch it and make a wish. and tourist type activities you want to do there are several weird and wonderful museums around the town the museum of science opened here in two thousand and two and now its collection includes move to two hundred.

miller sed. -- in lake merced. chair maxwell: i just said, that's great. i'm really impressed with that. are you working on perhaps daylighting parts of the water shed? >> we can't venture out beyond our property lines, but our intention is to daylight all the water sheds within this department. we've worked with the lake merced task force, and they are enthusiastic about this, because they believe this will help to address the serious problems lake merced is having with water levels. as you know, much of park merced's open space is captured by lawns and it is basically nonuseable. it is public open space. the intention is to make these public spaces really socially active, vibrant, and productive. the public recreation area will be accessible and very flexible. it will be adoptable to ladross -- lacrosse, for example. the neighbors are particularly excited about the opportunity to share these facilities that park merced will be providing. interesting, also, in this new open space we are providing, will be a commer