phil ginsberg in rec and park. one of the things with the sfpd and the things that we have to do to keep this city safe is work with other community partnering. this has really changed the game at civic center commons, so phil and your team, thank you for that. so if you've walked around the area in the last month or so, you've probably noticed some differences. we have committed as a city to really take care of what i believe is the front yard of our city government. this is the front yard of city government. the mayor has made it a top priority, we have made it a top priority, of course, because the mayor made it a top priority. but even with that being said, it takes a community to make this happen. you did see san francisco police officers in tenderloin district that starts right across the street along with a whole host of city departments, department of public health and city housing. department of public health, we know we have to work together to make our city safer, cleaner and really restore of beauty of

phil ginsberg is a general manager of recreation and park. have over 131,000 trees and 4,000 acres. let's hear from phil ginsburg. thank you. [applause] >> thank you mohammed. we are the recreation and park department are very proud to be part of the green team. captained by our mayor mayor, my favourite tree. [laughter] >> but with the incredible partnership and help of private and public partners. and mohammed's incredible leadership. it does take a village, as mohammed noted. he also noted that we have 131,000 trees in our park land in san francisco on 4,000 acres of parkland. these 131,000 trees were planted over 150 years in the very birth of this city's park system. interesting that we have about ten trees or so that surround the spots. this used to be a parking lot 30 years ago. and now admittedly, it is a fixer upper, but if you come back because we break ground on a beautiful renovation to the site in january with mohammed's partnership and we hope to cut a ribbon on a beautiful new space with even more trees here in july of 2019. [a