mclaren park is still a 300 an acre park with a lot of needs. this $10 million we're fully funding eight capital projects and augmenting funding for an additional four. the goal of having the work done in the change order is to deliver completed site for the community with a new playground, picnic area and restroom. as you can see -- oh. presentation. sorry. as you can see on the screen, a portion of the site directly overlaps between the restroom project and the playground. and it's at a critical point which is at the entrance. this is our ada entrance. if we were executing the contract in this manner, it would be challenging to potentially have two prime contractors sharing a site and we also didn't want to delay the project any longer. additionally we think the approach can save the project money by using a contractor that is already mobilized on site. it will allow us to better balance, cut and fill soil on the site. finally, we have a confirmed price from a contractor and don't have to go through the uncertainty of bidding the project separ

these are free concerts in mclaren park, which if you have not visited mclaren park, it is truly, truly, a treasure. and we are so grateful to friends of the amp for all of the blood, sweat, tears and just love you invest in the jerry garcia amphitheatre. please support them and show up next saturday. lastly, i return back to golden gate park on this whirlwind tour of our park system. i did want to update the commission on a milestone in our efforts to make golden gate park safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. we were joined by supervisor vallie brown along with bike and pedestrian advocates and our sister agencies mta and public works earlier this month in golden gate park to celebrate the last of 13 raised crosswalks recently installed in golden gate park, capping three years of traffic-calming measures in the park as part of the city's vision zero initiative. we were joined by supervisor brown, walk sf, communications director lindsay, and in fact, we all, including me, helped stripe the new raised crosswalk on j.f.k. drive east of 8th avenue on october 3rd. it was the first time in

they will meet at mclaren park come a half-mile from where we are. re outside el dorado elementary. from the park they will walk or ride their bikes or maybe even their scooters from the park to el dorado elementary. this is part of walk or roll to school day. it's an international event. many schools take part. here in the city they are meant to encourage students and their parents to ditch their cars and get to class on foot or by bike or scooter or skateboard. this is video of the event from last year. altogether more than 80 schools in san francisco will take part today. preschools to high schools. back out here live at el dorado elementary we are here early, one before the school day starts. you see they are doing some of the morning breakfast and lunch delivery outside the school. a little later this morning we will move over to mclaren park. that's where everyone will be meeting up to walk and roll or ride their bikes hereto elementary school this morning.allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news . >>> mountain view city council approved a major improvemen

. >> allie rasmus reports from mclaren park were students, teachers, parents and city leaders walked to an elementary school together. >> reporter: there is a large group of people out here at mclaren park in san francisco this morning. about 40 kids and their parents, teachers and also some city leaders joined the students as they set out on foot to el dorado elementary school which is about half a mile down hill from where we are. this is what it looks like as the group set out on foot. mayor london breed held a banner alongside the kids for international walk and roll to school day. some kids also brought their scooters with them. before this group walked they had snacks and played games and did some warm-up activities. a quick game of red light, green light. that got them excited. we spoke to one parent who attended el dorado elementary and she said she's happy to walk her kids to school the same way she used to everyday years ago. >> i think it's cool because as you can see here there are so many adults and parents and we are always driving our kids to school now, right? because

and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise cafÉ. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the birthplace of the movement. we have over 620 murals. it is the largest outdoor public gallery in the country and possibly the world. >> you can find so much political engagement park next to so much incredible art. it's another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we

highlights of mclaren park and the group picnic project is under way. we have work that's ongoing, that will be ongoing. the concept plan was just approved at the commission a couple weeks ago. we're excited about that. on our committee opportunity fund project, the phase one of the project is actually under way. also, it's slated to be complete in december of this year. a larger project, exciting project, the tennis center is under construction, which we're leveraging some community fund dollars with private philanthropy that broke ground this summer, slated to be complete in time for the 150th anniversary of golden gate. and our order conservation, which is in construction right now, slated to be completed this month. this is just some highlights and pictures of our recent, some of our recent work. the water conservation is one. it's under construction, slated to be completed in december on an average, when the water conservation project is complete, we expect to save over 2 million gallons of water from this effort. we're deeply excited about that. a