. >> good morning commissioners, and general manager phil ginsburg. i have to say i wanted to do cartwheels when i came in this morning because of the fact that this is so exciting for me as a personally because i have an aide for 8.5 years and this has always been an area that i thought could be so much better for the community. but mainly for my boss, president breed. she actually grew up there. one of the dilapidated buildings that you saw at the very first frame of the film was right where she grew up, in plaza east. and she used to play in the buchanan mall. so she knows it very well. and when she came into office, this was a priority of hers. i know phil has sat through long meetings of her design process. if you let her, she would go design it itself. to actually have a group, like what we have like now, with green streets, all of the gentlemen here, the community actually taking the lead is amazing. and with the exploratorium, trust for public lands, citizen film involved and of course, recreation and park being their supportive -- as supporti

the commission phil ginsburg, london breed's office, alex, everyone here. so the trust for public land has been interested in the buchanan mall for over four years working with recreation and park for hayes valley and as you heard it's a challenging and often dangerous place, but has the [t-ufpbt/] to be a community space, vibrant, healthy, green and just a hub for community. it wasn't until we met green streets that we felt like it was the right time to start this project. they are a group that has deep connections with the mall. they really understand about organizing and the importance of community space. and they have nothing, but passion for this space. so we had green streets on board and then we were so fortunate to partner with the exploratorium, too. this really innovated and committed to community engagement and skilled museum organization. so as alex said we're currently woring with the [stkao-eupbl/] design task force to develop the vision into a design and build this small installation project by the end of september. but we really hope that th

workingman in san francisco recreation and parks department system your leader general manager phil ginsburg orange is the new green. >> orange is the new green (clapping). >> it is a great privilege to be here we take pause from all the work and blood and stress and celebrate when are we celebrating one that parks matter; right? parks really matter as commissioner president buell noted as this city gross more and more dense our open space is more and more trurdz and more and more demands on the parks that means all of you are working hard and hard and hard to give san franciscans the same level of peace and environment and respite they've historically gotten in the parks parks matter we're also celebrating our department because yes, we're management we're gardenerers and recreation and park patrol and maintenance but we're one recreation and parks department no matter what you do no matter where your from what. >> background you're in the department because you care so much about steward our land and approving the quality of life today, we celebrate our department and last - (clapping) and