. >> good morning, commissioners, commissioner buell, phil ginsburg. >> on behalf of our executive director, it is my pleasure to get this report to you. i'd like to start with a quick attendance that day. february was a great month for us. over 60,000 visitors versus our budgeted goal of 39,000. our fiscal year-to-date attendance is 517,000. trekking 14% above the budget and 50% above the same time last year. march through this weekend is also very strong. 26,000 visitors with the budgeted goal of 19,000. we are ahead for the moment. looking outside, you know that rain is a strong deterrent for us. we're currently on budget and above 177,000 for the month versus 127,000. we should be a will to absorb the weather-related fall-offs, as long as it does not keep running for the rest of the month. keep your fingers crossed for that. programs, at this moment, the wild about art and science program is taking place. this is a great program which we do in conjunction with the san francisco unified school district. we have teachers to come in and ask their classrooms to each take a particular animal

i just want to publicly recognize phil ginsburg for his leadership and far actually all the staff within and park department for being extremely supportive of all the programs that dpyf funds and the things we're doing in partnership. i think i just did that. once again, our process, last year we presented the needs assessment. this year we're presenting our final children sources allocation plan. we have gone through many public meetings regarding the details of this plan, and about what we're doing is going to all the commissions to gather feedback and guidance around the final development of the plan. we will then present the final plan to the board of supervisors for their approval so that we can then implement the plan through a competitive solicitation process, which is called the request for proposal. once again, this plan and the request for proposal will be for the 2013-2016 year. so not for this year or for next year. in development of this plan, we wanted to make sure that we created some guy in the principles. in previous years, there have been s and flows in our budget. when

. >> good morning, president buell, general manager phil ginsburg, and commissioners. as the director for the department of children, youth, and their families. i am once again presenting before you another plan which is our second part of a three-part or a three-year planning process. if members of the commission remember, last year approximately at this time, april of 2011, i came in front of you to present the results of our community needs assessment. now what i want to present to you are the results of what we called the children's services allocation plan. it is based on those needs and budget projections, how do we plan to meet those needs? before i died and to our presentation, like to acknowledge the wonderful and great -- before i dig into the presentation, i would like to acknowledge the wonderful and great relationship rehab with general manager phil ginsburg. it has developed over the years. at this point, we feel that we are completely in sync at 100% in agreement around of policy decisions for how we ensure that all san francisco children, youth, and fam

. >> good morning, commissioners, commissioner buell, phil ginsburg.

. >> reporter: limited rentals won't harm to tower, says phil ginsburg, head of san francisco's recreation parks department. and he admits that it's tough to find money to fix the murals in today's hard economic times, much like the times when they were painted. >> i wish the city could do more to protect and preserve them. the parks department has about a billion dollars worth of deferred maintenance needs throughout system. we're actually going to be giving the arts commission about a quarter of a million dollars from our capital fund to help them preserve the murals. >> reporter: ginsburg says the proposed ballot measure isn't needed. but ruth gottstein supports it, as a way to insure the survival of what she considers a national treasure. >> i think it's extraordinary. it's amazing; it's a capsule in time. >> reporter: in a city noted for its political activism, coit tower and its murals have become the latest battleground. >> ifill: now to the story of the americans, including the son of a cabinet secretary, who traveled to egypt to observe the elections and ended up under arrest. ray