. >> good afternoon supervisors, my name is marilyn cohen. i simply want to address what a wonderful idea it is to turn golden gate park into an historic district. the current president of the rec and park commission has stated that parks are assets from which we must extract value. i think most san franciscoans would disagree with that. they don't see parks as capital from which business plans should be developed. the director of the rec and park commission has made numerous, misleading statements. one of which is that he's interested in protecting the integrity of the parks -- >> thank you very much. welcome. >> thank you very much for focusing on this issue. there is passion around it. san francisco customer is a partner of the recreation and park project in protecting and preserving parks. i am here to talk about golden gate park today, since there's been discussion about making historic district and let you know right up front that we do not support that idea of landmarking it. at the same time we have worked very hard to protect and res