hopefully -- so jackson park was my childhood park.on't remember the memories particularly, but i went to toddler class in our community center. and in the '90s when i was still in the bay area, i would visit the park and notice the renovations that were done in the '90s and then went to college and came back to pretrero hill to live on my own and noted that wasn't any more renovations done to jackson park. so it is now 2019, this year has gone by quick, but it's about time to start bringing in new life to this park. as someone's who's grown up in san francisco and thinking about having a family here and supporting things, i have joined friends of jackson park to help show my support for the park and grow support and hopefully persuade you to please think about jackson park as a place that needs to be a priority project on the next parks bond. so i thank you for your consideration. maybe next time i will be a little bit more clear. thank you so much. >> president buell: thank you. >> clerk: is there any other public comments? seeing no

so parks, parks, parks, parks. we will be hosting a day of fun at the ecocenter at heron's head featuring a volunteer work party, fishing, bee workshops, a smoothie blender -- a bike-powered smoothie blender, and our mobile rock wall. that is right, a bicycle-powered smootie blender. that's what we do. heron's head is now, commissioners, as you know, under the operation of our volunteer staff at parks and rec. the ecocenter if you haven't been there is really one of the most special buildings anywhere in the city. it's an entirely off-the-grid building that is used for environmental education and programming. it features its own solar energy system, a living roof, on-site wastewater treatment, a rain-water harvesting and reuse system. it's fantastic. our goals, since taking over as the program and operator at heron's head are to increase public access to the facility, provide more programs for youth, launch free fitness and nature programs for adults, and to provide community workshops and events at the site. come

and engaging with both port and parks department, recreation and parks department staff.but we had set out some goals for the end of this year -- or early next year to have produced a draft parks code for treasure island. and also to develop maintenance standards for the parks. so wanted to give you an update on that today. so as we mentioned in july, i think, staff is recommending and progressing on the drafting of a treasure island code that would be tailored to our specific open space programs and issues. so this would be kind of the model that the port elected to pursue in adopting the port code, which is -- although it's referred to generally as the port code, all of the provisions of the code are specific to the parks and open space on port's property. that's versus the model that has been followed by public works for united nations plaza where they, rather than drafting a specific code for the united nations plaza, has said that the director of public works will apply the park code to the united nations plaza. so martin and marion have been meeting with rec and par

other civil war parks do as well. other state parks host ccc camps. it's not uncommon. but what i found interesting, and what does make gettysburg's ccc camps in the 1930's unique is who is working there. and those of you up front, if you take a good look at the picture and the individuals in it, what do you notice about the ccc workers? they are african-american. now, that in itself is not unique particularly. shiloh national military park hosts an african-american ccc camp in tennessee, in the 1930's. gettysburg is different. the enrollees are african-american, but roosevelt is going to sign off in making gettysburg a test case that not only are the enrollees african-american, but so is the supervisor. so instead of being under the control of a white supervisor, much like the usct organization, gettysburg is going to see a black superintendent. his name is frederick slade, and he arrives here in 1936. until 1942, hundreds of african-americans toil on the gettysburg battlefield, doing stuff like this. you all probably use this particular facility before, i bet, right?

for park and communities p whilwhile they are the most successful in parks, their success is matched to creating vibrant open space for everyone to enjoy and this makes them a natural fit for our partnership and to lead the fundraising campaign. at this time, i would like to invite the ceo of the parks to speak. >> i'm drew betcher and thank you for the opportunity and i want to give a shout-out to my leadership team. this is important to the citizens and county of san francisco. i just wanted to point out the history and experience of the park's alliance. we have been around since 1971, building and helping to build this city's rec and park department. i would say the rec and park department in san francisco is now one of the top recreation and park's department. it got there with advocacy and partnerships. that's what we are built on with 12 now community leaders that we organize every year and 200 community groups, that we're fiscally sponsored organization and most are in our parks but we're expanding. we are the first city to reach a ten-minute walk to parks and open space and c

into the manat of the parks. it will have a variety of responsibilities that will be memorialized through a concession agreement and vary from day-to-day responsibilities, such a coordination of maintenance and security crews, to programming and special events. annual responsibilities will include delivering key documents such as the operating -- the operating budget and the performance report. both of which will be subject to port approval. the park's plan identified periodic responsibilities that include housing community meets and coordinating with port staff. the management entity will manage the following concession opportunities, two restaurants, four retail kiosk and one rental kiosk, estimated to be 7,000 square feet in space. as you know, programming and activation is a key been provided through this park's plan. it's envisioned this plan will occur at china basin park and mission rock square. this slide shows examples of what small, medium and large events would include, such as salsa in the park, yoga

onto the parks. here is a diagram of union square park. the square is an urban plaza with amenities, as many of you probably know, of a performance stage, a cafÉ, bike rental, an underground parking structure, and the future central subway entrance as you can see is in the lower southeast corner of the park. the 2012 analysis found from the tcdp that new shade fell in the southwestern and western portions of the park, as shown in the image here. since then, the building has been designed and shadow analysis and software has become much more refined, as you see in the lower corner i've super imposed shadow analysis. you can see that the project shade generally falls in the same area on the western and southwestern corner. shade from the transbay parcel f would arrive in early morning, leaving by 815 at the latest and would fall for a total of six weeks of the year in the fall and spring. the average new shadow would last 18 minutes with a maximum shade lasting 26 minutes. here is the shadow on day of maximum shadow, september 6 and april 5,

they can't park in them.y're not legally allowed to park in yellow or white, but it's a way to provide more access without tying up a spot all day long like you would with a blue placard with someone who is abusing it. the green zone, we see abuse of those zones because people with placards are not subject to the time limits, which is why we're suggesting there is a reform, as you stated, would require state legislation as well that people who use those are not exempt from the time limits with the disabled parking placard. maybe they get twice the time limit because you need more time to get in and out of the vehicle, but as a way to reduce abuse in those types of zones. >> ms. smolinski: thank you. i'll be brief. thank you for presenting. i love a lot of the ideas, more white zones, reducing flag stops, et cetera. i'm curious, of course, the competing interest is parking. how do you balance that? curious what the analysis is like? [laughter] so one item i didn't touch on in the presentation is the framework.

i voiced my concerns about parking to parking before. if i would have a clear idea what could happen with the site, i would be happier to support an interim three years to know what is at the end of the tunnel. i am not interested to see three years later for the project to come forward and ask for the same. we are maturing within district with the central subway and cal tran and everything else, i would like to see this site become something different from the use that is dependent or promoting parking in the way that it does. i am curious what other commissioners have to say. i am supporting it, but i would like to know more. >> commissioner fong: you said this building was built in the 1980s? >> correct. >> what is the floor to floor on the parking? probably less than 10 feet, right? >> if we can get the overhead. i am guessing 15. >> commissioner fong: that is not going to make your case. if it was done back then, the ada requirements now would have required the ground floor to be substantially higher to get the clearances, and, ther

on park programming and park design. i've listed the other dates to consider subsequents approval documents that are needed. i know that's a ton of information and i look forward to your comments. >> thank you very much. are you going to give us any information on the utility's entity? >> thank you so much. i should have done that. they have not formed an entity. there's non-status for the entity. the reason this is beneficial for the port is that the infrastructure that needs to be delivered, the black water treatment plan and energy treatment system have to be delivered whether it's for-profit or nonprofit. if they achieve status, they can receive a lower cost of financing and if they receive a lower cost, then the rate payers will not have to pay as much for water. that will show up in building expenses site-wide. if they can charge lower rates, our future buildings gain a benefit because there will be lower operating costs. so we're supportive of them being a nonprofit. we did include the communications we had with s

ground parking.the great irony as we look at buildings today and parking structures today, we are actually thinking about issues around the future reduction of parking garages how they are designed for future mobility. it is harder with underground parking. part of the reason we were able to get over 50% of the 10-acre site as open area is by putting all of the parking and services below grade. there have been concerns about excavation on his site. we have taken those seriously. we have been working on our plans, and we are putting a very high percentage of the parking spaces in either stackers or tandems, and i would estimateted based on the plans we would be further to reduce excavation from what was in the plan by 50,000 square feet, over an acre, more in cubic yards. we are looking at when we think about parking for this project very compact parking solutions. how those are adapted in the future is open. you have mechanical systems that can be used for storage, they can potentially be used for ot

established in 1872 by the united states congress, yellowstone national park was the first national park encompassing land from three states. the park is an economic driver for towns that surround it. wele in bozeman montana, spoke with former park historian about his career and the impact the parkas had on the region. us about your first yellowstone experience. >> my first yellowstone experience reaches way back. ite for so many americans, was a vacation. parents taught us, my brother yellowstone from norman oklahoma, our hometown and continued bringing us for many years. we were always interested in not just yellowstone but the whole american west. into that trap of never going east, no matter what mother wanted to do. mostly dad wanted to fish in yellowstone. so we fell in love with region .arly, had relatives in montana very early experience. brother 1416 and my we vacation here and saw the employees. one of them invited us to a dance. we were too young for the dance, but we got in and saw all the fun they were having. with thed and got jobs concessioner in yellowstone. the jobs with

there is no access to parking. it is a necessity for many students who work full and part-time jobs for us to be able to be at school. furthermore, there are not going to be -- students will not be able to access them. it is public land and should be only 100% affordable, and if that can't be, than the situation that we have currently with the available parking is the best situation for students. that is all. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. [please stand by]

the lever on the national park is a unesco world heritage site it's the oldest park in africa and at 8090 square kilometers is the size of the greek island of crete but different altitudes of the park allow enormous biodiversity and a wide range of habitats. a large number of endangered species live in the national park but it's mountain gorillas are the best known worldwide there are only around 1000 gorillas left and 600 of them live here. go once had the highest density of wildlife in africa today 95 percent. scent of the animals have disappeared tusks and horns are traded for billions on the asian black markets. the street price is higher than that of gold. poaching is on the rise and tourists no longer count. i thank. him just i knew for days to fill one of the 1st questions i asked the director of the park when he called was what will they do as i say my idea was that africans are not used to women being figures of authority. but i soon noticed that i had no problems right from the beginning. i could cry they call me mama which not only means mother but is a mark of respect whe

so we really want to make sure that any developments around the park that would impact the park are taking into account both scenarios until that day that happens that we're able to celebrate a ground breaking. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> good morning, commissioners. i am a district 6 resident. i am excited to be here and to see these renovations before you. i just want to express my gratitude to the team at the department as well as the trust for public plan and w.r. studios. the amount of work that has gone into this plan is huge. a lot of folks will come through, host a couple of community meetings and move on. the team has really gone back to the drawing board again and board to make sure that this is right, that it accommodates the needs of users and the expanded use and our changing community and what new users can enjoy in the space. i am grateful for the thought and details in this plan and the opportunity to have this beautiful facility come to the south of market. i echo misha's concerns for the potential shadows that can come from projects in the neighborhood and just wa

there is no access to parking. it is a necessity for many students who work full and part-time jobs for us to be able to be at school. furthermore, there are not going to be -- students will not be able to access them. it is public land and should be only 100% affordable, and if that can't be, than the situation that we have currently with the available parking is the best situation for students. that is all. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. [please stand by] >> i want to put this picture here because you see so many pictures of this parking lot completely empty. we need to have a counterbalance. of course, it's not always this fall but more towards this end of the spectrum than the empty lots you see in the developer's promotional materials. lastly, in the january 9t january 9th meeting melina cohen says this, quote, i believe avalon bay will create a lot of problems for this. >> thank you, ma'am -- i apologize -- >> those that are relationships in labor and many times they have come here, our labor

that parking lot is more than a piece of asphalt. it is kind of like what folks would call the runways at san francisco airport. without any context in terms of the cultural and social and economic value of that property it is not a parking lot. it is a transit stock for people shock paying and experiencing the educational opportunity that city college provides. we have heard remarks about zoning take this project will require a zoning change, spot zoning is the substance and felt but -- of federal lawsuits developers come in and capture a spot. that is lawsuit material. this group who are opposing this project, i would like you to look at the diversity of the group and compare that with the diversity of this panel and then compare that with the diversity of the project sponsors, who can't find the person who looks like me to support the project. there's something about san francisco that gets diverse populations coming together to try to -- [indiscernible] that legacy has continued, unfortunately. it would be helpful, since you have

it also wants park rangers to be introduced, similar to those who patrol national parks in the uniteders of people in our country come and love places like this wonderful spot in the peak district we are in today. millions of people enjoy it, but millions don't, and we've got to make sure that these landscapes are here for everybody. that's one of the core findings in our report we are publishing today. its desire is that england's most cherished places should become more important parts of peoples lives, to help to make the nation greener, healthier and happier. phil mackie, bbc news. british and allied veterans have joined events to honour them, on the 75th anniversary of the largest airborne operation of the second world war, the battle of arnhem, including a mass parachute drop. it marked the failed bid to recapture a bridge across the river rhine from the nazis, where more than 1,500 servicemen died. one veteran, 97—year—old sandy cortmann, joined nato pa ratroopers on today's jump in the netherlands. with all the sport now, here's john watson at the bbc sport centre. good aftern

and aquavista park. the 2012 bond has funded construction and improvement to six port parks, including construction of the plaza outside the pier 27 cruise ship terminal and [inaudible] narc -- park in dog patch which is currently under construction. to date, the port has appropriated $31.8 million in 2012 parks bond proceeds, which includes $331,000 in interest earnings. this bond sale will allocate $1.7 million to aquavista and $1.2 million to heron's head with approximately $189,000 allocated to cost of issuance. the port is expecting to spend all of the remaining parks bond funds, including this appropriation by june of 2021. funding for heron's head will support continued enhancements to this park and natural area, which is in the southern waterfront. the project will improve a.d.a. accessibility and strengthen connectivity to the yainlds basin and pg&e shoreline parks, which are to the south. the fund willing add signage and lighting and upgrade the solar pan -- panels at the eco center which is an

the park asks that you not enter the fences around the farmhouses anduse park rangers employees live in these houses. they are private residences owned by the park, but you can walk up to the outside fence and check them out. this one, you would have to either walk on park avenue or over from emmitsburg road. but it still stands much like it did. this farm was a scene of heavy fighting, and bodies were buried all around the farm after the battle was over. as a matter of fact, it was this farm in which a series of photographs were reported. gary might talk about this -- he is doing that lecture today, is anti-? -- isn't he? he will mention that photographs were taken of a group of 44 bodies, and it is the largest group of bodies that photographs were recorded of during the entire civil war. it is a very dramatic series of photographs. interruptede battle aerial operations that the confederate soldiers were going through at the time. these were probably georgians lined up for burial. we have lots of photographs of the rose farmhouse through the years. though the park purchased land aro

we always gripe about parking. i can't get a good place to park by the visitor center. see, it's the same. it's the same. gettysburg is going to see over two million people, two million people com to celebrate, reenact 789, but it's also an occasion where governors and dignitaries can talk about the kimp air civil rights movement. so here, the governor of new jersey, who's laying a wreath at one of the new jersey monuments on cemetery ridge, ses this occasion, his oration, to talk about the unfulfilled promises of the american civil war. in 1963, he's telling, reminding listeners that the civil war was not fought to presembt union white or jim crow, but it was fought for liberty and justice for all, lay a wreath and zpwf like deliver an oration is george wallace. george wallace comes to gettysburg in early july, and he will lay a wreath at the alabama memorial, and he also gives a short speech at the then, then it explodes. so i want to go through the last bit of time that and i have talk to you quickly about the latter years of the 20th century, into the 21st century.

also, of course, the 5.5 acres of parks and open space. this shows sort of just outside of the tabular format how the uses and sources measure up. this is because of the cost increases we've seen for construction and we anticipate higher assessed values and that's bad because that drives down land value but it's good because we will have more taxes from the buildings to use to support the public financing sources. we are getting closer to issuing a bond. we're now months away, we think, from issuing a bond and we can zero in on what we think the interest rate will be and they are lower than anticipated at project approvals because at project approvals we had an average bond interest rate and now that we're getting closer with the office of public finance, we can project the interest rate will be lower. overall returns to the port, interestingly from project approvals have gone down slightly from $198 million at approval to $190 million. this is ow on a net presence bas and you might recall much of the revenue -- it comes from a variety of

in 1986, westwood park successfully blocked the opening of one on the west side of westwood park and so that's just a solid wall and on the other side is the el dorado development which happened in the '80s. the plan envisioned the stubs would be connecting up with new streets as future residential development happened in the surrounding neighborhoods. connecting this to the balboa project would seem like an obvious part of the site but apparently, the barrier to do so lies far in the past. i have a conveyance real estate which was just provided to me by the assessor today which shows in 1955, westwood park acquired a slice of san ramon way at the end as a lot, which a a lot a ls made up out of a public street and this is a barrier, because it's at the employee of the balboa reservoir project and i urge them to override this project. >> thank you, ma'am. your time is up. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. garry barringer and i live within three blocks of this proposed area and i have lived there for over 40 years. i first found out about this project in this me

an alvarado, there is a rec and park program at the park where a lot of kids are there. i'm just requesting there is more signage so it's safer. there is a sign outside the sandy area saying no dogs should be in that sandy area. there is no fence around that sandy area. there's not like douglass courts or walter hoss playground. there is nothing to keep the dogs out except being on leash. please put some signs up there. >> president buell: thank you. >> clerk: is there any other public comment? come up on. thanks. >> hi. good morning. i have been a resident of diamond heights for the last 20 years, and i go to upper douglass dog park a lot. what i'm here about is to get a usable restroom because there is no facility right there now and there is a historical building that if possibly we could get that renovated, if not, just something usable. because we have a high-usage dog park there and we have the clientele that young children from 5 to 92. so we have the whole spectrum and we want a usable restroom and if we could restore that building, that would be great. can i giv

to parking. this is not a comment against your project, but a comment by which, we as planning commissioners, need to look into the future and be creative about adaptive reuse of parking other than car oriented uses. thank you. >> commissioner hillis? >> i would fully support commissioner moore's comments on this. we're definitely seeing this trend and i believe we will see it even stronger as we move to the future. ideally this would be housing. we are seeing it even with 80 used -- a.d.u.s in some of the neighborhoods. i think it is a great idea to look at this broadly and encourage housing where we can get it. i moved to approve. >> second. >> commissioner moore? >> to take this further, thank you for your support. what we would also need to look at is where is line or space possible because the report speaks about activating straight friends through greening and active uses. this particular garage, which is simply a garage would continue to be one. it is not really a visual transformative ada