we added mclaren pass this year, where we had food trucks.s. i'm not sure how to say that. we just want to say thank you very much to the city and to rec and park. we are thrilled and we are honored to be able to give $1.4 million to san francisco's rec and park this year. thank you. commissioner buell: thank you. commissioner lee? commissioner lee: i have a question. i have heard from a number of members from the advisory board and i have made our general manager aware of some of the e- mails and phone calls i've received. with regards to the hot line that you have set up, a number of members complained about calling the hot line and not getting through, or talking with a representative of the hot line and not getting any kind of response in terms of the noise level. i'm just wondering. when you receive calls to the hot line, how are those calls recorded? how do you respond to them? >> when people call into the hot line -- we are bilingual, as well, so that we can answer questions from non english speakers. we take everyone's phone number do

i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very much in a remote area. there are a lot of trees that shield your view from the urban setting. you would simply see different groves that gives you a sense of freedom, of being outdoors, not being burdened by the worries of city life. john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. he proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campaign slogan was, people need this open space. one of the things that had to open is there were a lot of people who did a homestead here, about 25 different families. their property had to be bought up. so it took from 1928 to 1957 to buy up all the parcels of land that ended up in

i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the director goldstein: good evening, and welcome to the september 14, 2011, board of appeals. we are joined by president kendall goh. commissioner tanya peterson will be absent this evening. we will be provided with legal advice this evening, and we have the board's legal assistant, the victor -- assisted, -- assistant, victor pacheco. i am supervisor daly -- director goldstein. we have others with us, and i believe that scott sanchez will be joining us momentarily. we also have a representative from the department of public health. at this time, mr. pacheco, if you could go over the guidelines and go over the swearing in process? secretary pacheco: please turn off all devices and carry on con

you can sign up onliine, at any of the nine major rec centers, or mclaren lodge.gistered over 4000 people for our program in the first three hours. it was a new record for the department. next week i will be joining several members of my staff, the juvenile probation department, the san francisco police department, and brothers against guns, the chinatown youth center, and mission neighborhood center in bringing 54 boys and girls to camp made thether. it has traditionally been a family camp and a senior camp. for the first time ever, we are bringing children from our neighborhoods who have never seen camp mather and never experienced the high sierras. the kids will be there next thursday, friday, and saturday. they will be returning sunday. the four-sunday will have hiking, swimming, sports, navigation exercises, and a talent show. this is a great example of the city family coming together. i want to give credit to mayor ed lee, who has also been a leader in making sure this event happened. we're very veryit. -- we are very excited about it. i want to turn to our

this is the [unintelligible] pump station built in mclaren park.re very pleased with that project. last week, the program received the outstanding large infrastructure project of the year by the american society of civil engineers. we were very proud of that. this pretty much conclude my overall presentation. i can answer any questions you might have. supervisor chu: let's go forward with contracts. >> items 6 through 10 on the agenda relate to the amendments for private consulting contracts that provided consulting in the program. in terms of the big picture, out of the $4.6 billion, up $3.4 billion, or 74% of the budget, was for construction and financing. what remains is for what we call delivery costs. project management, engineering and services. of that, you can see that these services are equally split between city staff. the five contract amendments that we are seeking approval for today, it would represent 2.8%. this is a summary of the five contract amendments. the first are for engineering amendment services. the last two or contract ame

various sophistication and improvement projects throughout the city, including in golden gate park, mclaren park and delores park, to name a few. we relied on 130 hours of volunteer time. our on going partnerships with the san francisco police department is also helping us keep our park clean to we partnered with local schools and san francisco general hospital to create a moremural to discourage graffiti. a proposed state pakate park atn gate park. with respect to our recreational choices, we've talked a lot about this. we put a lot of focus and energy into our recreational activity and is paying off. we've increased the number of registered hours by 13%, providing more than 76,000 hours of programming to the public. we also had a significant increase of 20% in the total number of program registrations, meaning we have gone -- this year we were at 48,851. 16,000 alone in our summer camps this year. we've also gotten off the one- size-fits-all programming and we created new and creative programs to the public with significant input. recreation is not one size fits all. we have skateboarding

his world title after winning an incident packed singapore grand prix well out of the night race mclaren's lewis hamilton hants to recover from a feisty little to finish fifth after running into ferrari's for the payments or seven time world champion michael schumacher emerged unscathed after this spectacular crash however vettel started on pole and finished first to claim his ninth speech with fourteen races just one point for the remaining five races to seal the title mathematically the only man he should be training is jenson button he finished second at the red bull's mark webber. why it was a multi-million dollar payday for american golfer bill hawes he won the fed ex cup after beating hundreds of man in a playoff at the tour championship in atlanta and walked away with just under eleven and a half million dollars at the end of the final round haas was tied with fellow american man on eight out of the part so it went to a playoff where fast rode his luck the second extra hole he found a bunker with his tee shot and then in the water with his seconds that he managed to chip his ball fr

go the overlays of once again terminating the competition finishing almost down seconds ahead of mclaren rival jenson button. was ferrari's fernando all those are the english on the road into believe though by the germans the tel regained it and kept his number one position all through that is red bull team mate mark webber was one of a draw it was to retire and russians with timely pitch off was another one so it's itself was finishing on top again his eighth victory from thirteen races this season button came second with the. also taking the last step on the podium mattel's overall lead in the standings now rises to an impressive one hundred and twelve points over alone so. i stay with more disposed of an invalid fitted from team mate he had a lot less lowing down on the team orders to win the australian valley the finn taking his second win of the season with his compadres relegated to second place overall here but in the fifteen points behind seven time defending champions to boston with three races still to go the season rushes he again in the wake of had a rough ride during a parti

minute and twenty four seconds in the morning session the briton topping the time sheets ahead of his mclaren team mate jenson button while the red bull of vettel and mark webber just behind the top four however vettel stepped up a gear in the afternoon session to edge hamilton into second but the german champions ten are still in the one hundred to have posted nearly a run. in a new zealand have launched their bid for a first world cup title since nine hundred eighty seven with a comfortable victory over tonga in the uk in much of the twenty eleven tournament the hosts took a twenty nine mil leave pool a game in oakland through the first half races from israel dagg and richard kahului before last landed a penalty for tonga in the stroke of half time their own play no sport the hosts this trying time they could only manage their first of the mind after seventy two minutes instead of a low it's boring what was i so insulation for his side but i did a late six and the last we all blacks were eventually won it forty one ten. me wrong it was a dream debut for n.f.l. rookie randall cobb is the twe

one minute and twenty four seconds in the morning session topping the time she's the head of his mclaren team mate jenson button while the red bull of bethel mark webber rounded off the top four however vettel stepped up again in the afternoon session. to second but the germans time was still slower than the one hundred often posted earlier right. now heavyweight boxing champion fatality klitschko has put aside retirement talk as the ukrainian w.b.c. belt holder says he will once again show you the best and his fifteen kilograms heavier than his opponent for this saturday's fight out for the elder klitschko brother could be nearing his swan song bank but he insists he is in great shape ahead of this one his challenger is former light heavyweight champion thomas out of the polish six years klitschko junior and will have the support of the home crowd in front of his record stands at forty four wins and just one defeat while klitschko has been beaten twice in his career but thirty nine not out of the sporty two wins however klitschko strain is says his star client could fight just three mor

and i remember march of last year went by mclaren lodge and i saw you, phil, and i know you have told this story a couple of times how i brought my boy, a.j. there, and said, can you help us? my boy has autism. what can you offer him in the summertime as a camp experience? and that sort of began a long relationship and wonderful time working with you and lucas and a number of other people here that spent time and effort trying to find ways that we could involve both the community, the private sector, and so on, to get this a reality. because it is expensive. the stats are really daunting that you heard from vicky. one in 120. mostly boys. that means one in 40 boys in san francisco has autism. and that's -- if there was some kind ever external threat that was neurologically damaging our children everybody would be up in arms. because it's mysterious, we don't know where it comes from. it's partially genetic, partially environmental. the needs are still not met. so what we needed 20 do -- to do is try to find a way that we could have this one-on-one with an aide and camper experience, a

under one minute and twenty four seconds in the morning session topping the time sheets head of his mclaren team mate jenson button with the red bull of vettel and mark webber rounding off the top four however the battle stepped up again not in a recession to edge hamilton into second but the germans time was still slower than posted nearly a run. now a heavyweight boxing champion vitale to go has put aside her time and talk ukrainian w.b.c. belt holder says he will once again show he is the best and is fifteen kilograms heavier than his opponent for this saturday's fight but for two the other kids go brother could be nearing his swansong bounce but he insists he is in great shape ahead of this one his challenge is for my light heavyweight champion adamic the pole is six years gets goes junior and will have the support of the home crowd involved his record stands at forty four wins and just one defeat well lets go has been beaten twice in his career thirty nine not cancer out of his forty two wins vertigo's trainer says his star client could fight just three more matches before hanging up h

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once again dominating the competition finishing almost town seconds ahead of mclaren rival jenson button in some polls ferrari's fernando alone for the initially ruled into the lead but german the tel regained it kept his number one position after that is where he made mark webber was one of eight drivers to retire rushing to tally another one so it's a bit tell me it's finished on top again he's eight from win from certain races this season boston came second alone since the last step on patel's overall lead in the standings now rise instead. press so one hundred twelve points over alone so. stay with more to suppose where he had been in benefited from teammate he had a lot less slowing down on the team orders to win there early australia the famed taking his second win of the season with his compadres relegated to second place overall here one in fifteen points behind seven time defending champion said boston with three races still to go this season rushes gain in the wake of how to run riot during a particularly challenging stretch of terrain and crashed out here. so it is here again

season the overly the once again dominating the competition finishing almost down seconds ahead of mclaren rival jenson button. silly it was ferrari's fernando a loans of those who initially ruled in to believe by german battell regained it and kept his number one position after that is red bull team mate mark webber was one of eight drivers to retire and russia's. was another so itself was finished on top again he's a victory from thirteen races this season but he came second with alone so taking the last step on the podium tells leeds in the overall standings now rises to the mazing one hundred and twelve points alone so. saying with a lot of sports where make a hit or win in benefited from teammate he had a much less lowing down on the team orders to win the really australia the thing taking his second victory of the season with his compadre it really gets to second place overall here when in fifteen points behind seven time defending champion see buster learn when. three races to go rushing me again you know a bit of had a rough ride during it the second the challenge you straight took

team mate mark webber will start second on the grid by jenson button lose hamilton make up an all mclaren second row battle admitting things could not have gone better so far. in all a perfect session and i'm very happy especially around here it's a very fun track a big challenge i mean it's very difficult so many corners such a long lead to get everything together. but i think we learned especially from you know the mistakes we've done last year in qualifying and kept their head cool and did it today it's great you know we have both cars in the front row so let's see tomorrow it's a very very long road and that is all sport for the moment more like. can't .

go the overall leader once again dominating the competition finishing almost ten seconds ahead of mclaren rival jenson button. it was ferrari's fernando alonso heard initially ruled into the lead but german battled regained and kept his number one spot after the. webber was one of eight drivers to retire with crushes rushing to tell you patrol for another couple on top again the twenty four year old eventually finishing nine point five seconds ahead of button with alonso taking the last step on the podium bettles lead in the standings now rises to one hundred and twelve points over a longer. let's see what motorsport benefited from teammate yuri much in love fall is slowing down too in the rally of australia the finn taking his second win of the season with his compact it relegated to second place overall the thirty one year old is not fifteen points behind seven time defending champ sebastian loeb three races to go again starting today twenty two point seven seconds behind his teammate who had won nine specialist in just over the course of the events russian if any number call for quite

the brink of retaining his world title after winning an incident packed singapore grand prix and mclaren there was hamilton had to recover from a drive three penalty to finish fifth britain was punished for running into ferrari's amass a who has seen stand hamilton for ruining his race and seven time world champion michael schumacher emerged unscathed dark a spectacular crash there while battles night victory in fourteen races means team each just one point from the remaining five races to seal the title mathematically the only man who can be tamed is jenson button finished second ahead of red bulls mark webber ferrari's fernando alonso was fourth best low is now one hundred twenty four points ahead of button with only one hundred twenty five still available this season he's finished first or second in arab league later check his native germany where he was for each time we were comfortable position for most of the race which is pretty handy around here because it's quite a big challenge to you know put the sectors together not only in qualifying also in the race has a set the pace was g

on the brink of retaining his world title after winning an incident packed singapore grand prix mclaren's lewis hamilton had to recover from a drive through penalty when he's fit the britain was punished for running into ferrari to play for massey since lane hamilton rooney his race and seven time world champion michael schumacher emerged unscathed after a spectacular crash there while battles night victory in fourteen races means he needs just one point in the remaining five races to seal the title mathematically the only man who can be to me jenson button in the second ahead of red bulls mark webber right now no longer was full battle is now a hundred and twenty four points ahead of danny under twenty five still available this season he finished first or second in every ship in his native germany where he was born. we were in a comfortable position for most of the race which is pretty handy around here because it's quite a big challenge to you know put the sectors together not only in qualifying also in the race so as a set the pace was good then i'm very pleased and for the championshi

on the brink of retaining his world title after winning an instant packed singapore grand prix a mclaren's lewis hamilton how to recover from a drive three hadn't finished this dark a running in the ferrari make massa while seven time world champion michael schumacher emerged unscathed after that spectacular crash that although started in poland finished first is nine think three and fourteen races and he needs just one point five races to seal the title mathematically the only man who can beat him is jenson button he finished second ahead of greg falls mark webber. we were a comfortable position for most of the road which is pretty handy around here because it's quite a big challenge to you know put the cyclists together not only in qualifying also in the roads as i said the pace was good and i'm very pleased and for the championship yeah looks like we have another chance at the next race. now in the n.f.l. the buffalo bills pulled off another stunning comeback to defeat the new england patriots thirty four points to thirty one buffalo had come back to beat open last weekend and sunday ni

the brink of retaining his world title after winning an incident packed singapore grand prix and mclaren's lewis hamilton had to recover from a drive through penalty and he's fit britain was punished for running into ferrari's sleeper massy since lain down with him to relieve his race and seven time world champion michael schumacher emerged unscathed after a spectacular crash there are all battles night victory in fourteen races means he needs just one point in the remaining five races to seal the title mathematically the only man who can beat him against him but he finished second ahead of red bull's mark webber right now no longer was all that although it's now a hundred and twenty four points ahead of boston with any one hundred twenty five still available this season he finished first or second. in his native germany where he was thought. we were comfortable position for most of the race which is pretty handy around here because it's quite a big challenge to you know put the cyclists together not only qualifying also in the race so as i said the place was good and i'm very pleased and

grand prix championships gemini's are waiting until late told the ponce to sign moving in front of mclaren steal lewis hamilton and jenson button twice champion for nadal also will solve a second row for ferrari red bull had never before claimed phone nor a podium finish and the story more as a track tell us he may well have now secured polls for each of the thirteen races so far this season reno's russian without a bit off or didn't have a bad day either with the sound of quick a stime but it is a bit tell who is the man with the race due to take off in just over one hour. and finally ukraine's big board it is sure one individual gold the pentathlon world championships here in moscow while the combined russian women's result are on them a team bronze medal and one quarter of reports. four out of seven are. ssion women qualified for the finals of the modern pentathlon world championship in moscow and judging from their opening performance it seems one of them might even get it placed on the podium you have a good fish nick over start of the second event with the best results from earlier f

of retaining his wild title after winning an instant packed singapore grand prix while the race mclaren's lewis hamilton had to recover from a trifling penalty to finish best after running into ferrari's for me paymaster seven time world champion michael schumacher emerged unscathed after this spectacular crash however that all started on pole and finished first to claim his ninth victory in forty rice's continues just one point from the remaining five races to seal the title mathematically the only man who can be traced jenson button they finished second at the red bull's mark webber. we were a comfortable position for most of the race which is pretty handy around here because it's quite a big challenge to you know put the circus together not only in qualifying also in the race has a set the pace was good and i'm very pleased and for the championship yeah looks like we have another chance at the next race. over in the n.f.l. the buffalo bills have pulled off another thrilling comeback to defeat the new england patriots thirty four points to thirty one with just three seconds left on the

go the overall leader once again dominating the competition finishing almost ten seconds ahead of mclaren rival jenson button in monza it was ferrari's fernando long's will who initially ruled into the lead but german vettel regained kept his number one position after about his red bull team it mark webber was one of eight drivers to retire russian vitaly petrov another so it's petal who's struggling talk again his eighth win from thirteen race is amazing you just season will second with a long taking the last step on the podium penpals lead in the standings no rises to one hundred and twelve points over a. stay with. her been benefited from teammate to. follow a slowing down under team orders two in the. the finn taking his second win of the season with his compacted relegated to second place overall irvin fifteen points behind seven time day fending champion sebastian vettel with three races to go. give me another path of rough ride this is it crushes during a particularly challenging stretch of terrain but it is herman who takes the wind despite teammate mike wallace per weekend off wo

sunday championships a german leader waiting until late on to pose the fastest moving in front of mclaren do you use hamilton and jenson button twice f one champion pernod all also will start from the second row for friday red bull had never before claimed polls nor of code. finish the story monster truck tell a teammate mark webber have now secure a pole for each of the thirteen races so far this season reno's russian without a parole meanwhile didn't have a bad thing either with this one point this time but it is a tell who is the man to catch the latest say. because this is very good here but balance this is perfect even though you know for most of the people except those two we don't carry a lot of women around and low downforce this is very slippery still. throughout all the three sectors and i was able to put it together so i'm very happy today and finally ukraine's victoria to show while individual gold that more than half of the world championships in moscow while the combined russian women as a result team bronze medal and one quarter watched the ladies finals for us. four out of

on the brink of retaining his world title after winning an incident packed singapore grand prix mclaren's it was hamilton had to recover from a drive three penalty and his fifth britain was punished for running into ferrari's police amass a who has since found hamilton for ruining his race and seven time world champion michael schumacher and unscathed dark a spectacular crash there while battles night victory in fourteen races these teams just one point from the remaining five races to seal the title mathematically the only man who can beat him is jenson button finished second had a red bull's mark webber right now no longer with both bethel is now one hundred twenty four points ahead of button with only one hundred twenty five still available this isn't his finish first or second edge and later shekels later germany where he was for. a comfortable position for most of the race which is pretty handy around here because it's quite a big challenge to you know put the sectors together not only qualifying also in the race as a set it was good and i'm very pleased and for the championship yeah

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once again terminating the competition finishing almost down seconds ahead of mclaren rival jenson button. it was ferrari's fernando are those over usually rode into believe though by german battell regained it and kept his number one position after that is red bull team mate not workable was one of a drivers to retire and brushes with early control is another one so it's a bit self was finishing on top again his eighth victory from thirteen races this season important in second with alonso taking the last step on the podium mattel's overall lead in the standings now rises to an impressive one hundred and swell points over a longer. stay with motor sports where mika had been benefited from teammate yet a much loved down under team orders to win the australian barely been taking his second win of the season with his compadres relegated to second place overall here but in the fifteen points behind seven time defending champions the boston globe with three races and still to go the season rushes you gain in norfolk of how the rough ride during a particularly challenging stretch of terrain cr

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minute and twenty four seconds in the morning session the briton topping the time sheets ahead of his mclaren team mate jenson button while the red bull of bethel and mark webber just behind the bank it's what four however that stepped up again in the afternoon session to edge hamilton into second but the german champions. in the one hundred pounds to nearly around. new zealand have launched their bid for the first world cup title since nine hundred eighty seven with a comfortable victory over tonga in the opening match of the twenty eleventh alderman's the hosts took a twenty nine mil lead who a game in oakland first half brace is from israel dagg richard care who even if the last landed a penalty for tonga one stroke of half time their own play no sport the hosts this tribe will tend to only manage their first of the night after seventy two minutes in the same.