. >> do you have any further -- >> i will go after meagan levitan. >> commissioner levitan. >> i ask this from the perspective of somebody that does this everyday for a living and real estate sales and tractions and what not. do we have anywhere in writing and understanding between buyer and seller this is the negotiated price? >> in the form of -- i will back up a second. normally we would have a letter of intent executed between the parties and that will define the terms and conditions making the agreement easier to write. in this case we had collaborative on going discussion with the ministry and their representatives so we didn't feel it necessary to go to that extent. we have a lot of email discussions and these days that is written communications and the price has been agreed to in those exchanges with their representative. plus we have a board action taken by the noe valley ministry that authorized the execution of documents at agreed upon purchase price which is the price before you today and that gave me certainty that we have understanding of the terms and conditions. >> co

commissioner levitan is also proposing funding for the grattan park tennis courts also. commissioner low is proposing funding for the improvements of the herz play ground courts. over the last weeks the project team including the operations staff visited the sites. we visited the youngblood coleman and herz sites and with community stakeholders are here today to talk about this. also the gm was there to see the conditions of the courts, and all can confirm that they're in need of immediate repairs. the project budget as i said is $416,000. the source of funding is from the commissioner's reserve itself of the open space. i will be happy to answer any questions that you have. >> we do have public comment. we have lena. is it liz? cacost? antoinette and vanessa. >> i am [inaudible] improvement association who thoroughly endorses the improvements and this is a much used space. there are kids there all the time and it really needs to kept in condition so it's not a trip hazard for people and i urge approve this. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> [inaudib

seeing none public comment is closed. >> commissioner levitan. >> so just to re-cap. we had moved this to the full commission from the operation committee without recommendation because there were some issues that needed to be flushed out and sounds like the department has done that with them and that sounds good. i want to say i appreciate you have done outreach regarding the security and there was a speaker that expressed about activities going on there so i want to be clear what we're voting on today. it's a two part resolution. one has to do with the mou with dpw to construct this and the second with the item before the board of supervisors related to enforcement of park code. the park code in that dpw property, but you mentioned something about the funding mechanism and i want to know if we need to amend what is before us? >> yes. you have a proposed amendment before you that would allow to finalize the changes to the funding mechanism. we ask that you move the mou as amended. >> okay, as amended. >> and the park code in the package. >> okay. so the resolution be

. >> and commissioner levitan is on her way. just to a few reminders for those joining us this is the rec and park meeting for march 21, 2013. we welcome you today but we ask that you turn off electronic devices that may go off during the proceedings. we ask if you have a secondary conversation take it outside for the meeting to run as efficiently as possible. unless announced by the president of the commission each person has three minutes to speak under public comment. as a reminder we have public comment on item four and then -- and that is for 15 minutes total and then again continued on item number 10. please address your comments to the commission during public comment on items. in order to allow equal time to all neither the commission or staff may respond to questions. the commission may ask questions of staff after public comment is closed so with that we have one announcement and that is item eight, the america's cup permit at the marina green and small craft harbor has beeny removed and not heard today. with that we a

commissioner levitan is also proposing funding for the grattan park tennis courts also. commissioner low is proposing funding for the improvements of the herz play ground courts. over the last weeks the project team including the operations staff visited the sites. we visited the youngblood coleman and herz sites and with community stakeholders are here today to talk about this. also the gm was there to see the conditions of the courts, and all can confirm that they're in need of immediate repairs. the project budget as i said is $416,000. the source of funding is from the commissioner's reserve itself of the open space. i will be happy to answer any questions that you have. >> we do

what happened--levitan? i use his private bathroom. everybody uses it. i get a memo telling me to use the hallway men's room. we share it with pace electronics. it's disgusting. you and your toilets. i snapped. it was the last straw. are you going to look for something else in real estate? nobody's hiring now. what are you going to do? i could do something in sports. uh-huh. uh-huh. in what capacity? you know like the general manager of a baseball team. yeah, well, that could be tough to get. it doesn't have to be the general manager. maybe i could be an announcer. you know how i always make those interesting comments during the game? yeah, yeah you make good comments. so what about that? well, they tend to give those jobs to ex-ballplayers and people that are, you know in broadcasting. well that's really not fair. i know. well, ok, ok. what else do you like? movies. i like to watch movies. yeah, yeah. do they pay people to watch movies? projectionists. that's true. but you got to know how to work the projector. right. it's probably a union thing. those

. >> reporter: levitan studies the foreclo foreclosure system. >> servicers want to maximize the amount of their feed income. >> reporter: that's him telling congress in 2010 that the mortgage industry tacks on fee after fee that homeowners have to pay to get out of default. he has also testified on behalf of homeowners in lawsuits against banks. take joji thomas' case. in the last year he's received four different statements from his bank outlining what he would owe in fees to reinstate his loan. the highest was $4,200 for things like property inspection fees, foreclosure fees, and other miscellaneous fees. >> the mortgage servicers are able to keep any fees and the longer they're able to stretch out a fror closure they're able to pile up more fees. even if the sale doesn't bring in enough money to pay off the mortgage loans, the servicer still gets paid. it's the investors who take it on the chin. >> reporter: bank of america's own ftc filings show it collected nearly $5 million in servicing fees in 2012. d dustin hobbs is with the california mortgage bankers association, the only ind