commissioner levitan: this all sounds great and necessary. relative to the floor, with this new flooring, would you know the difference looking at the interior of the pavilion? is this somehow going to change sort of the historical or authentic aspect to kezar? >> but the appearance will look the same with the one exception of the narrower floorboards. the paintings and decals will have the historic design. for those with a critical eye, they will see that they are more narrow, which would be the one thing that will look different. but that is not something that jumps out at you. commissioner levitan: assuming one's eyes are even good enough to be able to see that. i am sure that is just fine. >> the true impact of this change, it is officially the end of my dunking carrier. commissioner levitan: that changes everything. >> the staff really rung their hands over this. commissioner buell: when was the unofficial end? >> it never began, to be honest. >> any public comment? being none, public comment is closed. commissioner buell: entertain a mo

commissioner levitan: assuming one's eyes are even good enough to be able to see that. i am sure that is just fine. >> the true impact of this change, it is officially the end of my dunking carrier. commissioner levitan: that changes everything. >> the staff really rung their hands over this. commissioner buell: when was the unofficial end? >> it never began, to be honest. >> any public comment? being none, public comment is closed. commissioner buell: entertain a motion. moved, seconded all those in favor? thank you. >> we're now on item 12, hellman hollow and golden gate park, ocean beach parking lot, public celebration of the life of warren hellman. >> good morning, commissioners. acting director property and concessions management for the department. i have a bittersweet task today of presenting this item to the commission, and i am sure we're all aware, warren hellman passed away last year. the department has been working with don holiday and the long- term promoters and producers of the partly strictly bluegrass festival and hosting a celebration of warren hellman

president buell: before i ask commissioner lee to make the item, i'm going to hear from commissioner levitanmmissioner levitan: the adage of no good deed goes unpunished could never have been more true for everything warren did. he could have backed away, but he did not. he fought hard because he believed in it and he believed in access to the park into the institutions for generations to come. that is one thing i will think about when i think about warren. what i find so touching about what has been said today -- everybody seems to have a story about warren, whether it is personal or on a larger scare. le. maybe they heard some of his great jokes at 7:00 and the morning. he had the ability to touch individuals and the masses with devotion. i feel blessed to have had his support the very many times i ran for office. he was always there for me. the odds were not that great in the outcome. he was consistently there. he has been a friend of my parents for some time. he has been an inspiration for those of us -- many of us on this commission are born and raised in this city. he shows what it mea

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commissioner lee: i want to echo what commissioner levitan said. tom harrison also went to the employee holiday party earlier this week and had a great time, and it was very rewarding to talk to the employees and how excited they are, particularly under the general managers leadership, all the praise is that his employees keep upon him at this very happy event. i have one item for commissioners matters to consider. a number of people in chinatown come to me about an idea to build a stage. maybe the general manager has heard about this. at the portsmouth square mezzanine area. they often have events there, and each time, organizers have to actually read a stage to be put in. the idea would be perhaps to build a stage akin to what the japanese tea garden has done. where it would be a permanent structure, fixture in the plaza, and that when events happen, they can use that stage, as opposed to constructing it every single time. anyway, i would offer that up for future consideration. commissioner buell: thank you. >> is there any public comment on this

[calling roll] commissioner levitan is on her way. we are on item number -- just as a reminder, if everyone could please turn off any electronic- sounding devices. if you would like to speak today, please fill out of blue card. it you could please take in the secondary conversations outside, we would appreciate that. when you speak on public -- public comment, please address them to the commission. neither staff nor the commission will respond during but they may be asked to respond after public comment is through. with that, we are on item number two, the president's report. >> i am going to refer that to later on. commissioner buell: i did want to announce that a good friend of the recreation and park department passed away. she is the late widow of gene friend, who was a friend of the commission for many years. they have been very generous to the recreation and parks department. i would hope that we would adjourn in her honor. with that, let's move on. >> any public comment on this item? public item is closed. item number three, ge

i want to thank commissioners lee and levitan for chairing the officers committee.nk is more work that we've made real progress on that commission as well. to commissioner martin, i want to thank you for attending to the zoo. that is the meeting that is farthest removed from us, but it is always interesting. if you ever want to go to those meetings and see a dedicated staff the cares very bad about what they do, i recommend them. commissioner martin, i know you were very supportive of having more community meetings, so you can take certain pride in having that happen. i appreciate that very much. having said all that, where are we? commissioner harrison, the vice chairman, vice president. he stands in for me, in goes to many things that he might not otherwise want to go to. he spends a lot of time going to the meetings for me and distiller vice president. i am very thankful for that. where are we headed? we're headed once again into the 8 year of budget cuts. that continues to put an enormous challenge on everyone. i want to say that i continue to be extremely impre

>> [roll call] commissioner levitan is on her way. a few announcements as a reminder -- please turn off any electronic devices and please take any secondary conversations outside. when you come to comment on public comment on anit

>> [roll call] commissioner levitan is on her way. a few announcements as a reminder -- please turn off any electronic devices and please take any secondary conversations outside. when you come to comment on public comment on an item, please make public comment to the commissioners. they will not respond to questions. they will wait until public comment is closed, and then they or staff may respond to questions at that point. there are two items that we are moving on the calendar today. the first is the general managers' report, which is item three. that will go to the end of the calendar. it will follow item 11. the second item is item five, the consent calendar. that will follow item seven. with that, we are on item two, which is the president's report. >> thank you. i will be brief. i know we have people here on other business, but we have a certificate of appreciation for the national aids memorial grove, and i would like to present that certificate. let me read from it. we have one of the most dedicated partners in our car drove

commissioner levitan: this all sounds great and necessary. relative to the floor, with this new flooring, would you know the difference looking at the interior of the pavilion? is this somehow going to change sort of the historical or authentic aspect to kezar? >> but the appearance will look the same with the one exception of the narrower