meredith thomas. warner lee. richard fong. in that order, please. go ahead and get started. >> according. good morning. dave bernett. as the president indicated, the initial concern from the people that objected to the process, was the stops election issue. basically park's death what -- staff and went and picked a spot that was right between the area which is the meadow and washington street. there was a fair amount of concern on the group of us that were involved in the original creation of this park. the park has very different personas. block 202 persona is quite normal, and is a result of the $1.9 million expenditure you guys made to upgrade the place. it has a nice cohesive feel to it. block 203 is the brainchild of one of the gardners that was on the original staff and had no funding money and basically when the freeway came down picked up my machine and the rhododendrons and the other thing in the park for all barred from golden gate park as a result of upgrades that were done. it has a very natural sort of feel to it. the point i would like

and ronnie and meredith warner. >> good morning, commissioners here again i represent friends of the waterfront playground, as well as i am a board member and also speaking today on behalf of the president of the neighborhood association. bill is also a founding in managing member of friends of the waterfront playground. there is in fact tremendous widespread community support for a playground. we have letters support from over 15 organizations representing hundreds of families come of thousands of residents, grandparents, seniors, homeowners associations, tenants, businesses such as the ferry building, the ymca, the golden gate tennis and swim club. all in support of a playground. as the commissioner noted, there were dozens of families that up appeared before the operations committee on november 3 that can passionately testify for the strong need for a playground along the waterfront of these communities. the lack of safe and convenient place for our children to play. in addition, the board of supervisors land use commanded -- committee will approve the legislation that will go bef