i am the founding member of the lake merced taskforce, and a former chair. i am 13 years of the advocacy board. i got interested as a geologist. i want to command staff for the great work in getting us here. they are a credit to your agency. the mou is a long-held goal of ours that we are finally seeing. it is late, but we are glad we see it here. if it has one flaw, i think we would prefer seeing unambiguous management authority residing in puc. before anything else, like merced is a water asset. it is an emergency water supply. it is a drinking water supply. before it is a recreational facility, it is an important water resource. and frustration for us has been a confused decision making process over the years as policy issues come up. "they are responsible -- no, they are responsible." you already pay for the gardening work by rec and park. you are funding everything there, with a couple of narrow exceptions. it is not clear to me what productive role rec and park has out there now. they have no visible presence out there in a long time. they are stretche

. -- the lake merced taskforce as long as these other guys. my wife says, "why don't you get paid for that work?" i am appreciative of the commons by the commission. i think you should reject the mou and take responsibility for the lake, its management, and programs. i encourage you to stop work on the boat house. it is a waste of repair money at this moment. and i concur with the appointment of the land manager. why do i recommend changing the mou accountability? you still have the dual responsibility. do you know that rec and park had a lease with the gun club for four acres, and the gun club is built on that land without any approvals? is that good stewardship of their lease? accountability means limiting the divide in management. rec and park lacks the resources to do that. you are paying for everything out there. why not take it under your control so you have accountability for the gardeners? who knows? we recommend that the mou only allow harding park as the rec and park responsibility. you do all the work. you do it's to concessionaires