mr. ritchie. >> we have a number of speakers. i would ask him to line up, beginning with mr. allen, mr. morton, mr. murphy, and mr. addigan. >> my name is lerees. i do volunteer work for california child care in san francisco. in 2002, they hired me to be the program manager for lakers said. the reason they did is in 2001 the had brought an administrative complaint through the water board against the city of san francisco and around the lake, with regard to beneficial uses around the lake, linked to lower in water levels. this is an ongoing complaint. i am involved with it as a volunteer. as the program manager for lake merced, i joined an organization that started around 1999 the consisted of more than 30 stakeholder organizations, including this agency and other representatives of rec and park, for example. the city council supervisor member -- it was quite a large group of stockholders. we monthly had meetings and work on issues related to lake merced. we raise the money to improve lake merced. in the year 2006, we discussed with these agencies the potential of a puc taking over the

mr. ritchie. >> i am here today to talk about lake merced in all of its facets. basically as a brief overview, i am going to talk about the proposed lake merced management mou between the puc and park commission, the watershed reports, and specifics about the bauhaus, which is a particular -- about the boat house, in dealing with the lake or said water levels. here is a photograph of lake merced. three legs. south lake, the main body. northlake, which is kind of the park at the top. at the bottom is an area called in how -- impoound lake. it is separated off because of sewer facilities. it is our responsibility overall. this would update the puc resolution. it does not replace that revolution, but would define better our responsibilities, defining the rec and park responsibilities. the whole point is we defining the responsibilities so that expectations are clear for all to say. on the pc front, there is a laundry list of items about attracting collaboration with rec and park, really focusing on water levels, water quality. we monitor that to maintain and operate

mr. ritchie said, was going on. i grew up out there. it hits me right here. i would like to see us do something. i was glad that you were able to show up today. i was expecting that the recreation and parks department is getting kind of a raw deal as we sit here today. i also understand the motivation behind it. i want the record to reflect that i am torn because i think that there is a lot of recreational activities that could be taking place for the families and the use in the city at lake mercd . there is ample parking out there. the weather is incredible. the sunset over the life from the boat house is just amazing. we have to have long-term vision for that location. i see illustrations in the record. i want to remind the group that he the purpose of the mou is to define a framework of cooperation is between the puc and recreations and parts apartment as it pertains to the beneficial uses of lake merced. i was under the impression, not only that with the rfp has a related to the boat house project, we would be collaborating on that as well. i think that t

mr. ritchie. >> i am here today to talk about lake merced in all of its facets. basically as a brief overview, i am going to talk about the proposed lake merced management mou between the puc and park commission, the watershed reports, and specifics about the bauhaus, which is a particular -- about the boat house, in dealing with the lake or said water levels. here is a photograph of lake merced. three legs.