we started to help maclaren park when we found there wasn't any money in the bond for this park maclarenime for funding. it was expensive to raise money for this and there were a lot of delays. a lot of it was just the mural, the sprinklers and we didn't have any grass. it was that bad. we worked on sprinkler heads and grass and we fixed everything. we worked hard collecting everything. we had about 400 group members. every a little bit helped and now the park is busy all week. there is people with kids using the park and using strollers and now it's safer by utilizing it. >> maclaren park being the largest second park one of the best kept secrets. what's exciting about this activation in particular is that it's the first of many. it's also representation of our city coming together but not only on the bureaucratic side of things. but also our neighbors, neighbors helped this happen. we are thrilled that today we are seeing the fruition of all that work in this city's open space. >> when we got involved with this park there was a broken swing set and half of -- for me, one thing i really

we started to help maclaren park when we found there wasn't any money in the bond for this park maclarenpent time for funding. it was expensive to raise money for this and there were a lot of delays. a lot of it was just the mural, the sprinklers and we didn't have any grass. it was that bad. we worked on sprinkler heads and grass and we fixed everything. we worked hard collecting everything. we had about 400 group members. every a little bit helped and now the park is busy all week. there is people with kids using the park and using strollers and now it's safer by utilizing it. >> maclaren park being the largest second park one of the best kept secrets. what's exciting about this activation in particular is that it's the first of many. it's also representation of our city coming together but not only on the bureaucratic side of things. but also our neighbors, neighbors helped this happen. we are thrilled that today we are seeing the fruition of all that work in this city's open space. >> when we got involved with this park there was a broken swing set and half of -- for me, one thing i

we have 22 park properties that are protected in perpetuity including maclaren park. however, any contract that's ten years or greater must have board approval. so at this time, the recreation and park department is bringing the legislation to approve the contract. we -- the action is retroactive because the grantment being less than 1 million was appropriated through the budget process in fiscal year 18-19 and 19-20, so we have actually expended some of the grant -- most of the grant, probably, and we are close to completing the project. it's expected to be completed in february. so in closing, i am asking for the budget and finance committee's support to -- recommendation to the board of supervisors to approve the -- the resolution and the actions described in it. >> chair haney: thank you so much. appreciate your presentation and appreciate the work on this playground. is there a b.l.a. report on this item? >> no, chair haney. we don't have a report on this item. >> chair haney: okay. great. can we go to public comment on this item? >> clerk: yes, mr. chair, operat

we have 22 park properties that are protected in perpetuity including maclaren park. however, any contract that's ten years or greater must have board approval. so at this time, the recreation and park department is bringing the legislation to approve the contract. we -- the action is retroactive because the grantment being less than 1 million was appropriated through the budget process in fiscal year 18-19 and 19-20, so we have actually expended some of the grant -- most of the grant, probably, and we are close to completing the project. it's expected to be completed in february. so in closing, i am asking for the budget and finance committee's support to -- recommendation to the board of supervisors to approve the -- the resolution and the actions described in it. >> chair haney: thank you so much. appreciate your presentation and appreciate the work on this playground. is there a b.l.a. report on this item? >> no, chair haney. we don't have a report on this item. >> chair haney: okay. great. can we go to public comment on this item? >> clerk: yes, mr. chair, operat

not since john maclaren added more trees to the urban environment in this city. charlie was also the most active member to the presidio parks trust presidio steward program, which i volunteered for for 20 years. in 2011, public works befittingly made charlie the honoree of its annual arbor day planting of a signature tree, who strengthened the community through his work and volunteerism, and the city planted a cork oak in the median, which charlie named buffy, after the city's bureau of urban forestry. charlie said, i'm a long-term bachelor, and i regret not having someone to live on after i die, but now, i have a friend on almost every street in the city that i will be able to look in on forever. along with the thousands of street trees he planted, he is survived by his brother, sister, and eight nieces and nephews. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor peskin. supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you, madam clerk, and i want to report on the state legislation committee that supervisor chan and i sit on and would like to recognize preston kilgore of my off