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

now, we love lake merced and we're proud of lake merced and it certainly needs a similar type of investmentthing we see today. but it was the witness dovepble the park and recreation commiss, -- commission -- wisdom of the park and recreation commission at the time that said no, we need to do something more substancive, more significant and they decided to reach out got a that built the city hall and the opera house in that great beaux-arts style. for those of you visiting, come down 8:30 to 5:30 monday through friday to city hall and enjoy one of the most remarkable civic institutions anywhere in the united states. it was done by arthur brown. designed by arthur brown, who came up with this concept. people thought for years that this, and i kid you not, and i know the chief will talk a bit more about some of the legacy and the hysterics and a lot of the rumors about what this was purported to be designed on behalf but i'll leave that -- and no, it's not what you were thinking. that is shameful, really. just not right. but the fact was there were a lot of rumors about this, including the ru

what we have is a request to install a sign on lake merced boulevard. currently, there are signs that are placed within the property not. what the owners want to install is a corresponding sign that will mimic the sign they currently have in the right of way along the boulevard. this has been reviewed by city agencies, the planning department, in your commission, and they of all approved it. it is now left for board review and evaluation. president maxwell: all right. thank you. you know why they want more signage? >> this is just more to identify that community. president maxwell: all right. thank you. colleagues, any comments or questions? any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed, and if there is no objection, we will move this forward without objection. madam clerk, and number two. madam clerk: the california environmentall quality at findings for water system improvement program habitat management action. >> good afternoon. we are here to request that you adopt the ceqa findings and the reporting program to implement th

. >> 5000 linear feet, a couple in the presidio, lake merced. >> that is correct. the registry is i actually on the border -- is actually on the border. you're exactly right, those are the areas. >> f.a.q, tom. he highlighted it. all right. -- president crowley: colleagues, anything on item 11? ok, any public comment? clerk: we have no speaker comments. president crowley: seeing none, and will entertain a motion. all in favor, say aye. clerk: mr. president, item 12, a discussion and possible action to authorize the general manager of san francisco public utilities commission to execute on behalf of the city and county of san francisco a memorandum of agreement with the united states department of the interior, national park service, in yosemite national park, for an amount not to exceed $30 million in with a duration of five years to provide for watershed protection, collaborative environment and stewardship studies, and security for the yosemite national park watersheds that supply water to the san francisco regional water system. >> there are a couple of things t

as a founding member of the lake merced task force, we saw this project back when, and we very much support what they are talking about with the old streams that have long since been covered over. this, again, is a terrific idea. we have to admit, it is an enormous service. what was done with the traffic and transit studies are enormous service to this part of town to give us an understanding of what the situation was. i would suspect the neighborhoods on the west side will strongly advocate for parking. i would think that given the community's push for unit and bikes and ped and muni and all of that, we would love to have a project that is one to one. that would be a real landmark. something that would be a great example for the future. more broadly, we would like projects like this on the west side. successful projects that you can look to, you can have a successful and desireable project, and it sets the bar higher and makes it possible to do more of them. we are excited about where this is going and we hope you will track it also. thank you. chair maxwell: public comment is closed. supe

windy then the sun came out today from lake merced you can see mt. tam. the first time in a long time. it is also on the mild side. two temperatures in san francisco at 58 for the longest time they have been 52 at this time. low to the north right there coming in along the boardser triggered thunderstorm activity and has ushered in much cooler temperatures aloft. that low is just the first of what looks to pe three between now and sunday-monday. low clouds, then sun ian breezy. 60s, 70s to right at 80. mt. tam is nine degrees cooler than they were 24 hours ago. they are at 62. yesterday low 70s and then you had mill valley and tiberon at 52, well, the spread is much different today, san enselmo 55. vallejo crockett 58, process santon 48. water temperatures have warmed up. 50 ukia, 57 sacramento, still a delta breeze but even down to l.a. and san diego temperatures have warmed up. a strong system coming down from the gulf of alaska is going to play into our weather. today after the low clouds burn off sunny and breezy. more of an onshore wind today. tomorr

in the fog or in the drizzle from the cliffhouse over to lake merced.t along the coast in the ci, it's cold. 15 to 20-mile-per-hour wind. temperature around 22, 23. the fog is extended well inland, more today than yesterday. west 12 at sfo, west at oakland at 9. they reported heavy drizzle and then fairfield, west-southwest 24 gusting to 30. that's a howling sea breeze. that means the inland areas which warmed up yesterday, cool down. temperatures to remain below average across the board. only a little bit warmer there but around the inland areas they camup 5, 10 degrees. morning fog, drizzle. cooler, breezy today. even if you get the sunshine it will be back in the upper 70s, low to mid-80s for many. it looks like another big cooldown for the weekend. the first of three lows is now moving in. there it is up near the oregon/california border. week as they may be, it doesn't matter. that will usher in cooler temperatures. there's still some warm air in the higher elevations. that's starting to come down. 61 san francisco, should be 68. oakland, 66. shoul

as you know, it is an existing residential neighborhood with about 3,000 units adjacent to lake merced. it's a mixed use development program to replan and redesign the sight. the project would increase residential density, modify transit facilities and improve utilities in the area. about 1700 of the existing units would be maintained in exists towers and over a period of 15 years the remaining 1500 units would be demolished and fully replaced. an additional 5700 new units would be added bringing the total to about 8900. the planning director summarized the project. michael yarnie gave an overview and the development agreement. peter discussed the n.t.a.'s role. and our staff manager provided information on the development of design guidelines for the puck blick realm, urban form and the development. commissioners we expect to hold a certification hearing on the e.i.r. and bring a development report to you this fall. no action was taken. the other hearing was on the academy of heart. this was a request that maxwell and mars -- from maxwell and mars. we described the completion of all 3

this was heading away from lake merced. you can see the chp officers were doing an investigation. these are pictures taken a short while ago from news chopper 2. one of the officers on the scene did tell us more about the accident. >> right now it's too early to determine who was at fault for this but we're conducting our investigation right now. >> reporter: a person on a bike walking in a crosswalk. >> the person was walking in the street and so, right now, i'm not sure exactly how the crash took place or who is going to be found at fault for this. >> that was chp officer brent cross -- trent cross, sergeant the reverend cross. we'll find out more about this crash and let you know more. 7:08, time for the bay area forecast. >> good morning, we had a little change in our weather today. it started yesterday when actually the inland areas cooled down and the coast warmed up but we have a high cloud deck this morning, low clouds but they are higher. instead of being right down on the ground and foggy and drizzly and cold it's actually low clouds and rather mild. all surging with tha