i'm with the parks and recreation. the parks and recreation department request that we reschedule this hearing to make a decision on the design. the committee has a three phase review on the process. the project has already received a phase 1 and 2 approval. however, it has come to our attention that the project has not received the final phase 3 approval. this was an unintentional oversight caused by the design of the three separate restrooms and were packaged and heard together by the arts commission at the one and two approvals. out of the three approvals, one has not yet. with phase two, the arts commission has already received the findings. the purpose of phase 3 is for permits and construction drawings and for recreation of arts department to respond to commissions comments from phase 2. the parks and recreation department has already quoted the comments into design and is confident that phase 3 approval will be granted. the parks and recreation is scheduling the phase 3 approval for the court's at the arts commis

. >> certainly parks and recreation and hotels and energy and steam loop system. so collectively, the city departments do use a fair amount. the director has the right number, about 5 percent of water is used by the city departments. >> 5 percent? >> yeah. one of the things we are working and plan to work with is the large water users of city departments. so one of the things that we are planning to ask for as part of this legislation relief is that is that they are ready to fund ready projects. one of the things that we are moving forward is the direct install program. when you actually rebate someone for their toilets, it doesn't cover the cost of in stalling them and this will subsidize that cost because we know that parks and recreation have a lot of facilities that have the old urinals or toilets that are 6 gallons per flush where the new ones are 1.28. this is a way to really reduce their water use and also reduce the city's water use over all so we have more water available for times like this. >> thank you, mr. richie. >> the next item is i would like to h

got together and the groups purpose is to sturdy the park. the group approached the recreation and parks department in 2012 to enter into a private-public 16 implement a renovation of the south park. the group joined the improvement association joined up 80 with the park alliance and embarked on a community process in which they developed a master plan. following the 2012 park bond and the designation of the if you happened to south park the staff from the capital division including myself joined the project and implemented a community planning process deputy a conceptual plan for the renovation of south park. i have my colleague here to talk about the park and walk you through the other item your bagging being asked to approve today and a david. >> i'm sure everybody is familiar with the park itself. those are imagines the new configuration of the park restores the park part the master plan wants to address a few things the traffic calming slowing down traffic around the park and drainage issues regrading it settling. and hopefully accepting stormwater from the streets so no n

park and appreciate mrs. ballards concerns. the situation that would occur if any land or obligations were added to their charge. i know green san francisco. i shared the open rec and park open space and recreation to prozach. i was on the community that wrote the golden gate park and master plan examine i shared the concord at gate park. as president of the neighborhood organization, the richmond district, i was intimately involved in the rehabilitation of nine parks and recreation areas. what's interesting is the richmond district and pa tril hill and dog patch has eight rec and park locations but the richmond which consist of low density, single homes has a three and a half mile border and a whole park boulevard and the green needs. the green benefit district will come into play that it can provide green which is needed now and for the next 20 years. there's a huge density coming in to patrel hill and dog patch. 1300 maybe 2,000 units. we need this for the next 10 to 20 years in order to maintain dpreen in the district. i appreciate your support. >> are there any other members of the public that like to speak on this. mr. yep. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm douglas yshg ep and i've lived i

you know her work on "saturday night live" and the nbc sitcom "parks and recreation." lease welcome the lovely and wonderful amy poehler. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: how about this? >> hey! >> seth: can you believe it? >> yeah! this is awesome. >> seth: this is awesome. >> wow. >> seth: we've come a long way. >> yes, we've come a long way. >> seth: 2001, we started the show together. >> mm-hmm. we were in the same class together. >> seth: we were in the same class at "snl" right down the hall. this is a super hot picture of how we used to look back in the day. >> wow! [ cheers ] >> seth: look at those two. i used to just set an iron on the top of my head to get my hair to look like that. >> that was before i fixed my teeth. yes. >> seth: well, you can't tell. >> thanks. >> seth: for me, i -- >> all my teeth are fake now. [ laughter ] >> seth: every single one? >> yeah, i pulled them out and i got new ones. >> seth: oh i remember because there was that one year at "snl" where you had no teeth. >> yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] hi! >> seth: hi! >> you're hosting your own

dpw and recreation and parks have already issued their own directive already to cut down on water use. that's a great step and we've had contact with the other departments. however all important things people can do to reduce to go ahead. what other things can departments do? replacement of plumbing fixtures that are over 20 years old. the graph here showing water consumption, one of the things we've been trying to deal with are old fixtures in st city hall. we do that throughout the city but we do not have funds to use for the installation. we got a federal grant and used that money and paid dpw to install those new fixtures and water usage has already dropped. that's what we are looking for is appropriate fundings to help us replace fixtures around the city. we have grants to help us make that happen. we hope to make best practices for irrigation and fixing leaks appropriately. and parks and recreation and dpw are starting to control their irrigation as well as the puc because we have a lot of land scaped areas. people are working on this quite well together. one of the things about

farrell is here. [ cheers and applause ] plus, this guy is great in everything he does from "parks and recreation the "lego movie." chris pratt is dropping by. [ cheers and applause ] colin, chris and i are going to play a game of bubble soccer. >> steve: oh, you love that. >> jimmy: i hate that game. >> steve: what? >> jimmy: this is the last time i'm playing this game. >> steve: are you serious? >> jimmy: i hate it. >> steve: it's the worst. >> jimmy: it is the worst game i've ever played. >> steve: you are so sweaty. people at home watch for the sweat pouring off your head. >> jimmy: it's a giant plastic bubble that you get inside, and then you kick, because your legs can move, but they're covering you so you can fall down and get back up. you don't get hurt. but i'm claustrophobic a little bit, and i thought i was going to die last time. and i go, this is my life. i'm going to die in the plastic bubble. [ laughter ] so get ready. i might -- [ applause ] >> steve: watch the last bubble soccer. >> jimmy: i hate the game. it's the worst. we go out to the elevator bank, and we wear these bubbles

years ago a group of community members and burns 0 got together and the groups purpose is to sturdy the park. the group approached the recreation and parks department in 2012 to enter into a private-public 16 implement a renovation of the south park. the group joined the improvement association joined up 80 with the park alliance and embarked on a community process in which they developed a master plan. following the 2012 park bond and the designation of the if you happened to south park the staff from the capital division including myself joined the project and implemented

it gives great pleasure in making sure people are enjoying the parks and recreation. i am blessed to work in a great department with great leadership and prepared me to to do the work in the communities i surfb. i want to acknowledge a couple people-this is my academy awards you guys. i want to acknowledge my supervisor lorraine [inaudible] for her mentorship throughout my young career and i also-a wonderful colleague and friend [inaudible] for her continued support and [inaudible] can reck and parks stand up? i want to command supervisor avlose, ricell and frances for the out standing work they do in district 11 and thank you for the awesome award. >> thank you supervisor ovlose. it is now my turn. adrien williams, come on up. i'm going give you the background, but also have a couple things to share from my personal experience. adrien is the founder of the village project and she mostly operates out of the western addition. working with our young people and in many cases these are kids that don't have access to other programs and these are kids that are very challengi

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get in touch with the parks and recreation center so come today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a lot different. we don't expect what we had then. we want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. >> if you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or heat. be careful not to shut it off unless you smell gas. >> absolutely because once you do shut it off you should have the utility company come in and turn it back on. here is a mock up of a gas hear the on a house. where would we find the gas

. >> it is a communitywide pilot program offered by the parks and recreation.ared towards middle school students success through teamwork, respect. inclusivene inclusiveness, values, excellence. >> this program uses stepping as a way to teach life skills. hear the community sent a team perfecting their moves. >> it is fun. a lot of fun. >> we want to invest a lot of things in it. >> mostly health and wellness showing that you can have fun and do better in school and eat healthier and live a healthier lifestyle. and also, learn the art of step. >> in addition to learning how to do this, students also visit college, participate in community service projects, and learn importance of conservation. >> we all fit together and they have our ups and downs. when one person that's -- we all have to help each other out. >> if this program is to teach them look outside of themselves and others to look to their system, to their brothers, and say if you do this together, we can make something happen. we can make it happen. >> landover, maryland, danella sealock, news4. >> gr

get in touch with the parks and recreation center so come >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in in this cfo memory i rememberth mile-an-hour grorm >> and they were having sausage with my grorm. >> and i was six or seven and i made a face. >> when i was younger i had a preference for cfo i used to drink it but that did something to my body. >> i've been drinking coffee since i was 17 role the only thing i'm good at i have trying to find my way through school i jousted coffee and decided to do that for the rest of my life i started looking into the process of the coffee and where it came from and where do those beans come from oh, they come from a fruit. >> the coach stays with me i grew up and one day i'm going to own a coffee shop i should at it in 98 i visited over 11 hundred coffee shops to see why people go to come over shops. >> we've searched beans api all over the world tokyo and south america. >> when i wanted to do was get into every aspect of the coffee and real estate there was multiply steps of making a great cup of coffee. we do is revolt and that's because with the qualifies of coffee shop and o

and rose. we've been working closely with recreation and parks department and in this current form we've been working closely with the recreation and parks department and supporting the nap program and all the efforts to sport diversity in san francisco. just wanted to say in its current form i think we think it's a very badly attempt to protect open space in san francisco. and overall a very important policy document that lazy the ground work to connect adults and children's with the nature and a open space in the city. particularly the different policies that exist in the current draft need to focus on funding and connection activity and including calling out the urban effort and master plan the green connection program also a great project for the planning department and to focus on stewardship >> so that is critical to have at the level of on objective and finally my role at the department is a university coordinator so we're pleased the diversity has been raised to a level of the draft it was not in the previous recessing rose and the previous rose had a great policy 2.13 but this rose goes beyo

the new york city department of parks and recreation, transportation, the list goes on. this could be the seventh largest army in the world, it does not have independent oversight is beyond me. we don't even know where our tax taxpayer dollars are going. to provide information to communities about what kind of policies and practices are implemented in the new york police department, and the new york police department needs to open its training programs to include community advocates and members of our community to do training. we know how our communities to be policed. we know what it means to interact with our opportunity. >> before we hit the break there are a lot of police unions and police representatives that are concerned that this rule something going to negatively impact how police officers do their job. is. >> it could affect their personal safety. they're concerned about how to deal with people who may be armed. will they stop? >> will the they hesitate. >> to specific someone with a knife or a gun. there is a control. it's call the city council. linda, you hel

started working for the city with the bureau of urban forestry and then a fellow named ross montana talked me into it joining recreation and parks which is a challenging job, even for a person like myself with 25 years experience in pest management. some of the programs that we have done, and i'm very proud of, recreation and parks, chris mentioned the conservatory of flowers where we had an invasion of cockroach species. we used a combination of natural enemies to the cockroach as well as some very low-impact insect sidual materials like boric acid and some [speaker not understood]. and that problem is controlled ~. once it was a very visible problem that actually was an encumbrance to renting the facility out for various things. same thing with -- i don't know if any of you got to enjoy the poinsettias at christmas [speaker not understood], that would be used on those flowers. time after time, rodent control, i'll go out and inspect a facility and it's always about rodent proving the facility first, and trapping rather than using some sort of bait. we don't use any second generation rodent base on parks properties. i find that

get in touch with the parks and recreation center so come >> we came to seven straight about 10 years ago. -- 7th street about 10 years ago. the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work, excavate, play with the dancers, and then things began to emerge. you may have a plan that this is what i want to create. here are the ideas i want to play with, but then, you go into the room, and there maybe some fertile ideas that are becoming manifest that are more interesting than the idea you had initially set out to plan. so there has to be this openness for spontaneity. also, a sense that regardless of the deadline, that you have tons of time so the you can keep your creativity alive and not cut

you know what another thing the creators dangour make sure they created my favorite sitcom parks and recreation and i said we are and we're in good hands and these guys you know to cut their teeth on the office and conan is it true you said the jeff daniels made you better house so watching him stay on the areas lines you know that aaron is a playwright ok so we were not allowed to change any of the lines you're not allowed to do anything different and to watch all that dialogue and how he studied us i copied him i did out he had his little cars and all this i went got myself some cars and i watched the way he would go over the highs and i did it just like he did and you know i'm used to that i can be able to go ahead maybe interpellation you know but you can't do that on those who are you as comfortable with comedy as drama definitely i think comedy is harder everybody knows drama ok when your dog is dead as a drama you know but nobody can agree on what's funny nobody is saying it's of you harry and he is funny yeah so that he can make a whole roomful of people laugh at a very very hard thing

get in touch with the parks and recreation center so come [gavel] >> good afternoon to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, february the 11th, 2014. madam clerk, could you please call the roll? >> yes, mr. president. supervisor avalos? avalos not present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? >> present. >> campos present. president chiu? >> present. >> chiu present. supervisor cohen? >> present. >> cohen present. supervisor farrell? >> present. >> farrell present. supervisor kim? kim not present. supervisor mar? >> here. >> mar present. supervisor tang? >> present. >> tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener present. supervisor yee? yee not present. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk, do we have any communications? >> there are none today, mr. president. >> and if you could read

parks and facilities. the kind of orangish red -- sorry about that. the small orange slice is golden gate park and the big orange is golf. this is just for recreation and park. so, in general, i think -- i'm sorry, i missed one. i meant to discuss the little statistics at the bottom of this graph. we have overall at this point an 84% reduction in all pesticides since the beginning of the program. since 2000, which is when we really got our system best organized, it's been at 62%. since 2007, which is five-year mark, it's been a 6% reduction. as you can see it's very bumpy, depending on climate, depending on budget, depending on all sorts of things. >> depending on golf as well? >> and depending on golf. so, we are trying to find other ways -- other ways to lower that which i'll talk about in a second. a few other things worthy of note. what we are moving towards instead of -- along with with trying to get rid of the bad stuff on the list of pesticides are more prevention -- i'm sorry, more emphasis on prevention. one of the big accomplishments this year was the roll out of our pest prevention by design guidelines, which is a comprehensive list of t

get in touch with the parks and recreation center so come >>> >> >> >> february 6, 2014, >> >> >> good afternoon, welcome to our rules committees meeting for thursday february 6, 2014. i'm supervisor yee and i will be chairing this meeting. to my left is supervisor campos and katie tang who will join us. lisa miller is our clerk. and we would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, jessie larson and joshua alexander and record eefrp of our meetings and make the transcripts available online. are there any announcements? >> yes. please turn off electronic devices. if you wish to speak, please fill out a card. >> >>supervisor norman yee: madam clerk, please call item 1. agenda[health, business and tax regulations codes - safe body art]1304021.ordinance amending the health code by repealing miscellaneous sections relating to tattooing and adding article 40 to require body art practitioners to register with the department of public health dphh and to annually renew registration, and to require permanent and temporary body art facilities to obtain and annually renew permits with dph; amendin

who runs parks and recreation and is incredibly organized. i have a sister who is one of the greatest mothers and grandmothers. i have a sister who chairs the social work department at und. and every place i go in north dakota when i run into her students they tell me how she changed their lives. privilege to be here and important to be here, but what my siblings do every day is important. and i am proud of them. >> senator heidi heitkamp. thank you very much. >> rank you. -- thank you. >> the all new c-span.org website is mobile friendly. that means you can access our comprehensive coverage of politics, nonfiction books, and american history where you want, when you want, and how you want. site's responsive design scales to fit any of your screens from your desktop computer to your laptop, tablet, or smart phone. whether you are at home, at the office, or on the go, you can now watch c-span's coverage of washington. check our program schedules or search our extensive video library when ever and where ever you want. makes it easy.org for you

parking lot across the street from truck 15. the daughter says despite pleas from herself and others, no one would leave the fire house to help. was a 40 year employee of the parks and recreation, a driver seen helping women out as his van for a ceremony. he was well-liked. >> everybody knows him. >> gleaned davis is placed on lieutenant -- kellene davis is put on administrative leave. family will hold a news conference on thursday at the site where mr. mills fell and later died. also, we may get information from the fire department investigation that is said to be going on. perhaps we will get the results this week. reporting from northeast washington, sam ford. >> police and tow trucks are on the scene of a crash in montgomery county. this is a chopper seven video. no word yet on whether anyone was hurt. police are not releasing details at this time. virginia's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional? that is the claim for two couples taking the case to court. >> arguments today in federal court on a case that may or may not lead to virginia becoming the 18th state to allow gay marriage, including maryland and the district of columbia. the decision may come quickly. agains

. >> parks and recreation actor chris craft and act bush make overs and this special story you won'to good. i'm here to help. you and i will get through this together. ♪

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. >> the vice president didn't get top billing, that honor was parks and recreation star amy polar. the vp not announcing his potential but amy polar said she intends to run. giving you a lot of good laughs. comedy legend harold raymond best known for his classic role in ghost buster films has died. >> i have a radical idea. the door swings both ways we could reverse the particle flow through the gate. >> how? >> we will cross the street. >> that was just the beginning. he made us laugh from in ghost butzers to animal house. he was diagnosed with a rare auto immune disease in 2010. he passed away surrounded by his family and friends. harold ramis was 69 years old. >> so many folks can quote "caddyshack". he was a writer on "caddyshack". >> let's talk business and family news. a family vacation to disney world. lauren simonetti is here with that and other top business news. >> disney's magic kingdom has a price tag now fit for a king. the orlando theme park raising admission to $99 for adult the and children. it's the second time in 8 months disney increased prices visitors to ep cot

. >> "park and recreation" is a fun show. rific duet today for everyone has a story and our "ambush makeovers." >> today is the day. today is jay leno's very last night on the air after all those years. >> comes to an end. >> it seems funny. ending on a thursday, because olympic coverage starts tomorrow. but 22 years on, and he's been doing little look back here and there. and did a look back at some of the greatest musical moments. >> he personally had. >> that he's personally had, with a twist. let's watch. >> of course. >> well, here's some of the musical highlights we have gone over over the years. take a look. ♪ ♪ gangnam style >> oh, that's always -- what did they do before they had the ability with the -- >> the head on top. >> so we also have been on the show a few times with him and we had a little bit of fun. him with us and us with him. >> every day they do that happy hour on the "today" show. i don't think they're really joking. nobody can drink that much. >> go kathie lee, go kathie lee, go kathie lee, go kathie l

this includes participation from as i mention from the puc and the recreation of the parks department and the mayor's office of housing and the san francisco public health department. before we launch into this i'm going to turn it over to to ken rich who is here to address you >> good afternoon ken rich from o e w d. i'm here to introduce you to our new public sites initiative for under all the other evidence pieces of land with a particular unifies for affordable and middle income housing as you know mayor ed lee focused 0 on our cities housing crisis. overall we're to have thirty thousand new units by 20/20 and more than half would be in the reach of middle income you households. i'll be happy commissioner sugaya to answer our questions. we have a 7 point plan and one of the points creates important middle income housing to help this happen so we're starting that today. in a moment planning staff will go through the principles. we're not listing at this point the specific sites because the right thing to do is reach out to the stakeholders and neighborhoods. each site we want to as

and park. a great way to get out and play. >> for more information, >> hello, i am with the recreation and parks department. we are featuring the romantic park location in your backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in santa and cisco with someone special. -- san francisco with someone special. our first look out is here at buena vista park, a favorite with couples and dog walkers. both have a significant force. a refreshing retreat from urban life. the romantic past that meander up and down the park under pines and eucalyptus. hang out in this environment and you might see butterflies it, fennel, and then the lines. -- dandelions. is ada accessible. public transit is plentiful. we have conquered the steps, we have watched the dogs, and we have enjoyed a beautiful view. this is a place to take someone special on a romantic stroll and enjoyed a beautiful look out. welcome to corona heights located in the heart of this district. it offers a view of the downtown skyline, the bay bridge, and the east bay. it is one of the best kept secrets in the city. it is hardly ever crowded. on any giv

contributions i want to recognize many folks john and a truck driver and a crafts instructor steve parks and carla a recreation supervisor and romo washington and neil mar are both gardeners. i want to graduate them on their incredible careers. i hope they don't learn from commissioner president buell they won't learn much. i want to recognize their professional service >> are any of them in the audience. >> they're not here today. >> please will express the commissions gratitude. >> someone who is here we have our quarterly program kim do you want to do it. ray from under our leadership kim has a quarterly recognition program where employees are pure animated for their contributions and on their fema at home of active living i'm excited to recognize today levy johnson who is the coordinator and was appointed in august 2010. the department had a new leader services but liv i was assigned the recreation. his primary things are jogging ca a and liv i has assistant with our parks program and correct me if i am wrong levy is now in 12 >> we run 8 classes perry week and by the end of the year there will be more. >>

i have a sister who runs parks and recreation and is incredibly creative and organized. i have a sister who is one of the greatest mothers and grandmothers. i have a sister who chairs the social work department at und. and every place i go in north dakota when i run into her students they tell me how she changed their lives. and so, it is a privilege to be here and important to be here, but what my siblings do every day is important. and i am proud of them. >> senator heidi heitkamp. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next, is a conversation with republican senator john thune. he is part of the gop leadership. he talks about how he got involved in politics, his family and his interest outside of washington. >> senator john thune, republican of south dakota, do you remember the first time he came to washington dc? >> i do, actually. i was in college and at that time, there was a member of congress from the state of south dakota, jim abner, who i had gotten to know when i was in high school. and he had me come out here and spend a week over one of the periods when congr

san francisco unified school district for physical activity and health and nutrition programs, about 25% to the recreation and parks department for parks and physical activity and recreation and about 25% to the department of public health for continuing health education and about 10% to community-based groups for health work and physical activity. i also wanted to say that a significant amount of the money will also go to alternatives like drink tap water fountain stations especially in neighborhoods that don't have good access to fresh and clean water that i think is the best alternative to harmful drinks. the measure requires that communities most affected by the harm from sugary drinks will be prioritized. it will increase access to healthy foods and physical activity, both in and outside of school, especially in neighborhoods that need it the most like the bayview, like the tenderloin, like the mission, like chinatown. our growing coalition is strong and diverse and rapidly growing and it now includes senator mark leno and assembly member tom ammiano. the author of our public education in richmond fund and hea

. >>> meanwhile, first lady michelle obama will have her own reunion with amy poehler on "parks and recreationre the first lady joked, they are best friends. >>> did you catch ted cruz doing his impression yesterday? >> last fall, jay leno said, so, president obama called me, he said, jay, if you like your job, you can keep it. >> he's got jokes. lfr all right. that wraps up this hour of "jansing and co." i am ari melber in for chris jansing. "news nation" with tamron hall is up next. we know we're not the center of your life, but we'll do our best to help you connect to what is. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm tamron hall and this is "news nation." we have two breaking stories we're following out in california, it's being called a volatile monster storm and it's hammering the state right now. mandatory evacuations are under way just in los angeles. the storm could cause dangerous mudslides from the mountains and police are warning people they face, quote, injury and/or death if they ignore this very serious order. now the heavy rain's the biggest in california in nearly two years are causing