i thought it all went well, i know we'll have an item for meredith thomas, and so i will withhold my comments about that until then and that concludes my comments. >> is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed and we're on item , the general manager's report. >> good morning, commissioners, today is a busy day for the recreation and park department at city hall and in addition to today's commission meeting we're presenting our budget downstairs. and a number of other items, pieces of legislation, associated with the budget. so if i get up in the middle of this report, because i have been summoned down there. before i start, i want to wish you actually an early happy recreation and parks month. as you know, july is recreation and parks month in the united states of america. since 1985 america has celebrated july as the official recreation and parks month and we want everyone in san francisco talking about what they love about their recreation and parks and why it's so vital in their lives. so not only hosting the most exciting events of the year, am

>> good morning commissioners, meredith thomas with the san francisco parks alliance and i agree with dawn these folks have been on-point and doing all the right things to get their playground renovated and we're embarking on another set of bond projects that are going to involve a lot of community leveraging, and neighbors sweat equity and these folks are really demonstrating that to a tee. so the san francisco parks alliance joins the recreation and park department in having a high degree of confidence this will be a spectacular playground and i want to thank them for volunteering their time for doing this, when i know busy and have other things in happening inhir lives. their lives. >> thank you. >> thank you, any other public comment? being none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner levitan. >> i want to say that i have said before i live in the house that i grew up and mountain lake was my park and i don't think you have to be an arithmetic genius to know how old this park was, to tell you that the play equipment was there when i was a kid and it's long overdue and i want to

will be giving the may report, but if i can just sidestep for a moment and add my comments about meredith thomas, if you would? i just want to point out that i am a very lucky guy and i get the opportunity to work with some amazing people and meredith, of course, walked into my life when she was 12 years old and, in fact we worked with many of the meredith family. but meredith roared through our learning ladder and became part of your career ladder and her legacy echoes to this day. she is one of our brightest and just really, my heart warms to think about how big of an impact the san francisco zoo has on our families and children, and meredith, again, you really made me a success, you really did. thank you. okay. as they say, let's go to the may report, let's do the numbers. the zoo is having an incredible year, and lots of people are coming now and that is great. may was overbudget by 5000 people and year-to-date attendance, almost 100,000 people over our budget and that -- there are a couple of reasons to explain this. of course weather is one, but we also have some great opportunities. for e