. >> i want to thank the supervisors for their perve verance. i admire it and pity for the large number of conversations that have gone on this afternoon all of which are worth and he highlight the many important issues in san francisco. my name is larry pitts. i'm a 44 year residents of san francisco and i want to urge the budget committee to consider recommending the agreement between rec and park, the management agreement between rec and park and the san francisco botanical garden society. it's a remarkable place. it is in fact of a museum which was said as a negative this morning and it's inaccurate and not true. it trued all san franciscans. the non residents fees are for those living outside of san francisco and it's for the garden of the garden has areas of growth that can't be sustained in most places in the world. for example we have a cloud forest for south america, southeast asia and no where else can do that because we have unique climbate here and with the california native garden and with birds and insects from california. the volu