mohammed nuru is a very tough act to follow.l ginsburg, the general manager of the recreation and parks department. we're giving thanks to the mayor and to spur for the leadership and vision to undergo this project. we often have to respond to problems in emergencies of the day. arguably, there are a few out here, but this process has been speaking to the future. the trust for public land, an advocacy organizationñmiÑ?!i, jt named san francisco as the number 1 urban park system in the united states of america. it is not just the city in the county, but our open space system which comprises 70% of all of this city's land, including the national park service in the state park system. it is so exciting to think aboutejjbkt what can be done o. we all look around. all you have to do is to a 360 loop and the word that comes to mind is potential. it is incredible and precious oceanfront open space. and the opportunity to think about how to agree a better accessibility between our beloved golden gate park, our zoo, lake merced, some of

thank you, mohammed nuru. >> awe. [laughter] >> good luck. thank you. >> said it is to follow a in a little bit on what the mayor said, a turtle tower will be expanding. please look for us but we will expand to three doors down here. about 2013, there will not be any problem waiting in the rain are in the sun. we will have a perfect coverage and shelter. thank you for everybody's support. this place means a lot to us. now that we are a part of the community and a prominent merchant for little saigon, we hope we will develop more jobs and provide more services to everybody. thank you. [applause] >> kathy is a product of our public schools here in san francisco and not only speak us in delicia -- english but speaks vietnamese, cantonese, and spanish. she will probably be taking my place. the next small business helps city of going in feeds us, burmese kitchen. i wanted to bring up dennis and his son winston. [applause] >> thank you for inviting us. to what to everybody here. mid businesses across the street from the federal building, called bur

mohammed nuru has been a longtime friend of our department. this is, after all, am public works, o angeles -- public works. mo and his staff have been incredible in building. thank you for prioritizing parks. mohammed nuru. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you, everyone from ever coming out today. on behalf of the department of public works, and want to thank the recreation and park department for being a great partner with dpw. across the city, we have been able to work and recreation centers like this. chinatown, as you have heard, is one of the most dense neighborhoods in our country. so facilities like this are very, very important for us to provide. most importantly, what do think the architect and design team that worked very, very closely with the community, all the community groups, to make sure that the center and the correct activities are being designed as part of this project. especially. wong, stanly, michele, and farah. a big hand to them because there were the designers. [applause] i also want to think david, the constru

public works director mohammed nuru. stafano. general manager of turner for construction. i want to thank all of you for being part of our program. we're also joined by the ceo of the america's cup event authority. i cannot find him that i know he is here somewhere. the ceo of the america's cup organizing committee. the board of the directors of the committee. our very own naomi kelly, city administrator. [applause] the commissioner of the golden gate bridge district. i saw him a minute ago. there you are. our city engineer. mike galt and adam, project managers of america's cup. our architects. our city project team, kim and cindy, ed, edgar, and oscar. all the employees of turner construction and the 32 sub- contracting firms. our cruise terminal volunteers to meet the guests in the coming in. our port community advisory committee members. i saw several of you here today. our state regulator partners. members of city planning, the board of supervisors, our maritime commu the international longshore and warehouse union members. thank you all for being part of this momentou

mohammed nuru, you have got it now, but i think we have moved a lot of sand already. and what we did in those earlier years, at least to me, was to begin on what we could do to contribute to a larger picture, and this is what i got introduced to, the germans -- the tremendous diversity of people and activities that are taking place along our ocean with these new -- the zoo across the street, the ocean waters, the dog walkers, the kite gliders. people love walking our national parks. seniors, elders, and a diverse communities. and, of course, people who fish once in awhile, too. we also realized it was a we also realíp30 on as a great highway, infrastructure for our public utilities commission. certainly fantastic in very important transportation infrastructure to get in and out of our wonderful parks. it is a link. and it is our ocean for the city. it is our touch of the ocean in is such a remarkable part of ours is -- our city. so beautiful. i know our twoté$%v(qÑ supervise greatly appreciate that diverse use of this, along with the small businesses and our zoo and

next it is my honor to introduce the director of the department of public works muhammed new rule -- nuru. muhammed has dealt with just about every element of public works and streets to you can imagine. mahomet is a landscape architect. he has worked in the u. s, africa, and saudi arabia. he tears numerous committees and interfaces with our local and federal partners on our behalf. we could not have a better person help lead this important project. please welcome mohammad thank you for the great introduction and thank you for being here today. i want to begin by saying how proud i am with the partnership we have with the port authority. we have been working hard to get this project to what you see today. there has been a lot of challenges, many agencies mentioned here. i think what is great about it is the leadership that mayor lee has brought to our city where we are now working together, all city agencies, on many of our bond and capital projects, delivering great projects. every week, we go from different neighborhood to another neighborhood and there is some groundbreaking or opening

mohammed nuru, our new director of public works. and luis hererra. let's give a round of applause.applause] in many ways, you get a sense of the brent our taxpayer dollars go to, just seeing each department represented. i will now hand things over to our town hall and see. the shed did such a wonderful job last year, we asked her to come back to do it again. thank you for being here. >> i just want to thank everyone for being here tonight. i am the director of programs with united players. we are a youth-service organization in district 6. before i go on, i want to thank the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs and let everyone know there are interpreter services available to my right, if anyone needs them. let's get started. our agenda for tonight, we are going to go over the agenda and ground rules. we will have a budget overview from the mayor's office, and then we will have some constituent presented speakers, people chosen ahead of time to give short comments about how the budget will affect their constituency. then we will have a community open mike. we have a sho

nuru, who has been very helpful to us in getting as information. i would like to call on carla johnson, who is with the mayor's office of disability. and if i might add, a bernal heights district resident. i think it is important for her to be here because this legislation and the issue of accessibility to white zones has a specific -- special significance for that community. i wonder if you can speak to that. and again, thank you be -- for being here, ms. johnson. >> thank you for inviting me to speak before the committee this morning. i'm carl johnson, director of the mayor's office on disability. i'm here to speak in support of this legislation that would prohibit placing obstructions on the sidewalk adjacent to a white zone. the reason my office takes a position on this is because it is an issue that actually affects people with disabilities and seniors and families. obstructed access to the public's right of way is a civil-rights matter. the white zone itself serves as a safe zone for safely disembarking from vehicles. those could be their per

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