with an organization playground. we're happy to see the move to set aside the issue the fence around the park in order to gather greater input before you make the decision. and in the meantime, we urge you to move forward with the approval of the playground to commence and would we're not going to rest until we achieve our no safety issues in san francisco >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> distinguished members thank you especially for what you do for the people. i've lived in district 3 and currently, the president of the knob hill foundation we're proud to be the oldest foundation and have given money foyer on the playground for the last 20 years i've been involved and then as a chairman of the playground that's formed a few years after my daughter was born. we've worked to help renovate this but sadly the san francisco report rorptdz us a d and it folded into the foundation when i took over as wanting a little over a year ago. we work closely with the rec and park department to make sure we follow the process

portion. >> only the playground all right. that's what we discussed. i appreciate that >> i wanted to say quickly that we've been meeting with supervisor chiu which we really appreciated in recent weeks. and we do support the playground renovation as well as the dog owners but there's been a strong opposition to the fence. and it turns out that not many people in the neighborhood knew about the fence and there was something in the the magazine called knob hill. of course, a lot of people didn't see it but i've been talking with my neighbors and asking if they heard about it first of all, it's shocking and then the complete disapproval the b.j. market on the corner of taylor he said i've owned this place for 45 years and historically it's been inaccurate so it would be sdaij the park it went around a mansion there before. so, yeah it costs a lot of money a million dollars for a fence we can do a lot more for the community. i appreciate your time >> thank you very much is there any additional public comment on item two. >> i'm g

so here the scale comparison is the delores park playgrounds that's a beautiful playground. and so you this imagine that with a grove of trees and terrace he seating which you can sort of see going up the side there and the green that you see on top is a concept we've always had in the plan to have active recreation softball or soccer. you see the seating and a grove of trees. one late of those i congress frame structures you couldn't find today but gets you above the historic building we've got a beautiful view of san francisco. that was a lot in not a whole a lot of time as i was requested (laughter) and so we're you know we're obviously excited about that. i totally forgot to talk about the field operations one of the things we did in summary we sort of 5ug9d our design team we were very interested in findings a landscape firm that had experience successful experience s with industrial waterfronts and they are emerged as an imminent firm we're looking seattle center waterfront and in chicago and ray pier in philadelphia to get the character of those postindustrial places

with an organization playground. we're happy to see the move to set aside the issue the fence around the park in order to gather greater input before you make the decision. and in the meantime, we urge you to move forward with the approval of the playground to commence and would we're not going to rest until we achieve our no safety issues in san francisco

in the city and in 2012, the huntington park was raid a failing playground. the community has, however, since radical with the park alliance under the knob hill foundation. they've been working with a couple of years to raise the private few minutes for the playgrounds and continue to raise those funds. they intend to make this a gift and we support this project and the replacement of a failing playground with an organization

i have suggested to both sides that today, we moved with the expenditure part of the playground and we have at least one more large community meetings so as many people can come in and weigh in on the fence and give the supporters of the event folks to explain how we've gotten here and colleagues, i want you to do in the committee to add a couple of additional clauses whereas is rec and park department worry about it further look at the ramps of the playground and be it resolved that the board of supervisors authorizes the general manager to extend up to 3 hundred and 50 thousands for the acts to advance the playground and to remove the third clause it removes it from the previous acts on page 2 and again to clarify we're all in agreement to move forward with the playground but we will defer until after this meeting and there will be other meetings and only after that conversation will i ask you to consider what we may or may not do so colleagues, i want to ask for the amendments to move forward to the full board with recommendation >> just a quick the resolution is not. >> it's - >> i

kids are selected with the help of the playground's community center.ids had the opportunity to trade in bikes that are now too small for them after they've grown up. the bikes come from the police department, private donors and an organization that teaches people how to build their bikes. >>> here's a question. would you pay $100 for grilled cheese sands witch? one restaurant things you nye. a 100 didn't grilled cheese is on the menu at a restaurant in chicago. it has 100 year old age edvin -- the cheesees wisconsin white cheddar. we agree, we don't want gold flakes in our sandwich. >> good to have good elsewhere. >> that's it for us at 6:00. i'm ama daetz, for sandy, mike, rick, thank you for joining us. the news continues online, facebook, twitter, see you at account and 11:00. >> ♪ saturday in the park ♪ ♪ i think it was the 4th of july ♪ >> ♪ whoa-ooh-oh ♪ listen to the music ♪ whoa-ooh-oh ♪ listen to the music >> ♪ even the nights are better now that we're here together ♪ >> in the early '70s, rock music mellowed out and showed a softer side. sing

kids are selected with the help of the playground's community center. kids had the opportunity to trade in bikes that are now too small for them after they've grown up. the bikes come from the police department, private donors and an organization that teaches people how to build their bikes. >>> here's a question. would you pay $100 for grilled cheese sands witch? one restaurant things you nye. a 100 didn't grilled cheese is on the menu at a restaurant in chicago. it has 100 year old age edvin -- the cheesees wisconsin white cheddar. we agree, we don't want gold flakes in our sandwich. >> good to have good elsewhere. >> that's it for us at 6:00. i'm ama daetz, for sandy, mike, rick, thank you for joining us. the news continues online, facebook, twitter, see you at account and 11:00. oh, hey, donna, about this little celibacy kick we're on, does that cover quickies, 'cause i could be really quick? well, that's why i call you "the flash." that's why you call me the flash? i thought it was 'cause i was flashy, like an entertainer. come on, one little one.

the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000.e 1950s, the sen consider was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. >> the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities including basketball, line dancing, playing ping-pong and arts can crafts. >> you can use it for whatever you want to do, you can do it here. >> on friday, november 16, the dedication and ribbon cutting took place at the sunset playground and recreation center, celebrating its renovation. it was raining, but the rain clearly did not dampen the spirits of the dignitaries, community members and children in attendance. [cheering and applauding] ♪ ♪ >> good mo

but we were able to enhance all of those features. >> the playground and the soccer field and the tenniss and it is such a key part of this neighborhood. >> we want kids to be here. we want families to be here and we want people to have athletic opportunities. >> we are given a real responsibility to insure that the public's money is used appropriately and that something really special comes of these projects. we generally have about an opportunity every 50 years to redo these spaces. and it is really, really rewarding to see children and families benefit, you know, from the change of culture, at each one of these properties >> and as a result of, what you see behind us, more kids are playing on our soccer fields than ever before. we have more girls playing sports than we have ever had before. [ applause ] fp >> and we are sending a strong message that san francisco families are welcome and we want you to stay. >> this park is open. ♪ >> good morning and welcome to the san francisco transportation authority personnel committee. my name is supervisor avalos chair of the transportation aut

have tried to educate you against the forces of the tire companies this is developed just like playgrounds before they banned arsenic they'll taken it out now no one who knows i mean no one i'd like to turn my file to you who say this is not toxic they're putting in cocoa nut huts and no bathroom at the franklin and let me tell you what everybody is saying if you play on this stuff you shouldn't have kids under 3 i've got a policy position for school boards we're putting it in schools children should wash their hands before they eat their injecting lead. please take - think about it if nothing else take a peak and i'd like to answer some of the questions and be glad to help you while i'm here because the rest of the year i live in hot strings and doorway >> next speaker >> i'm leo cassidy i'm with the san francisco men's soccer club we have our organization has exploded from 2 teams to 48 teams in 4 years because of the demand for soccer. and we got the world cup coming up here shortly in june here. and, you know, to talk about the stuffer every country in the world has turf and for where

we are currently working with a generous donor to explore redoing the playground in front of civic center. the proposed legislation again concerning the budge and schedule of this project and challenge the donor's intent to make this city more livable and have great public parks for all san franciscans to enjoy. thank you. ~ >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thanks. it's great to hear we're looking at the civic center play grounds. i don't think they've been redone since maybe the '93. i used to work at the conservation core and they did some work on that back in '93. my kids go there and play all the time. it's just not the standard it should be. so, right in front of city hall it would be great to see that happen. thank you for your support for that. ~ >>> good afternoon, supervisors. joshua [speaker not understood] with bright line. thank you, supervisor avalos, for your continued work on the evolution of local hire in this amazing community labor partnership that has developed here in san francisco that's led to the success that you talked about. when you talk about 36% local par

parents everywhere should examine playground equipment. >>> all right. far would you go to avoid going to work? well, one man near tampa, florida, went so far, it landed him in jail. police say dwayne yeager actually staged a robbery at his home. it was yeager's neighbor who had a surveillance camera. police reviewed the video. that led to the bust. he told police that he saw yeager leaving early monday morning coming back 45 minutes later. the robber's getaway car that yeager told police about wasn't spotted by any of his neighbors. >>> also making it into our stupid file, check this out. video released by police in houston shows an suv that just couldn't wait for the train at a railroad crossing. oh, my goodness. so the driver, wow, tries to go around the lowered safety bars and gets slammed by that oncoming train. two adults, two children taken to the hospital. everyone is expected to be okay. >> oh, my gosh. >> isn't that terrible? just horrible. >> oh, my goodness. i hate to think about those parents. what were they thinking? >> what were they think

of the evolution it's a coming out of our design team in terms of creating new waterfront parks playgrounds on pier 70. one thing i want to start by saying everything you'll see comes out of the seven years of planning that was initiated by the port through their 3 year master planning process and picked up by us. and what you'll actually see came out of the input and feedback in particular we've had the benefits of many ways of communicating with the community in the special events that have enabled thousands of people to energy act. the framework for this parks concept is the land use plan that was came out of the process that was endorsed unanimously by the board of supervisors last year that came out of the work that was done with the city family team including the planning department and all the other action that were involved and had a mix of office used and residential uses what we call creative small-scale manufacturing and, of course, bound together by the waterfront parks network. and in particular we're focused on the ground floor what's happening in the building connects to the

she's searching for and finding shark's teeth in the playground sand. why are you spending recess looking for sharks' teeth? >> well, i like fossils. >> reporter: her love of fossils led her to discover that south carolina has no official state fossil. she knew that one of the first fossils found in north america from an ancient kind of woolly mammoth was dug up in south carolina, so she wrote to governor nikki haley and other state lawmakers to lay out the case. >> i wanted it to be a state fossil because i didn't want the history to be lost and our state to not get credit for it. >> reporter: did you feel like you had to do something about it? >> if something's wrong, i got to help out. it's just the right thing to do. that's what i'm all about. >> reporter: at the state capitol, olivia's letter went to her senator, kevin johnson, who thought a state fossil was a great idea. >> i thought it would fly through the house and senate and have the governor pass it with no problem. >> reporter: but then came the roadblock. several highly religious senators s

the attacked the playground with paint hoping to make it a happier place to play. >>> next week, san the city waterfront. it's been a year filled with record attendance and groundbreaking exhibits. abc7 is the museum's official tv partner. tomorrow dan ashley hosts an inside look at the huge range of cool stuff they have going on and what's coming up in the future. you'll see new exhibits they're testing out. special events, including wearable technology, and how the new building is helping the exploratorium take science beyond its walls. all that and more when abc presents "more to explore" tomorrow night. >> a crocodile abandoned in a shopping center is now in san francisco. the four-foot croc will spend the next two weeks undergoing medical evaluations at san francisco's aquarium. in the meantime, the search is on for a zoo or other facility to permanently house the crocodile. police said someone had abandoned it in a container outside a reptile business in roseville, which is near sacramento. the animal caused a big scare when it got out of the container and went for a walk. i th

she's searching for and finding shark's teeth in the playground sand.cess looking for shark's teeth in. >> well, i love fossils. >> reporter: it led her to discover that south carolina has no state fossil. she knew that one of first fossils found in north america from an ancient kind of woolly mammoth was dug up in south carolina, so she wrote to governor nikki haley and other state lawmakers to lay out the case. >> i want it to be a state fossil because i didn't want the history to be lost and our state to not get credit for it. >> reporter: did you feel like you had to do something about it? >> if something's wrong, i've just got to help out. it's the right thing to do. that's what i'm all about. >> reporter: at the state capitol olivia's letter went to her senator kevin johnson who thought a state fossil was a great idea. >> i thought it would fly through the house and the senate and we'd have the governor pass it with no problem. >> reporter: but then came the roadblock. several highly religious senators stalled the bill by attaching whole passages

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we are currently working with a generous donor to explore redoing the playground in front of civic center. the proposed legislation again concerning the budge and schedule of this project and challenge the donor's intent to

it's a scary trend at playgrounds across the country.ick pranksters are taping razor blades to jungle gyms and monkey bars. the latest in a park outside philadelphia. and abc's ron claiborne has the story. >> reporter: this morning, instead of slips and falls at the neighborhood park, parents are now being asked to watch out for a more sinister danger, razor blades hidden in the playground. >> i want to go to the park. >> reporter: 2-year-old madden jenks was on his dad's shoulders at this illinois park last week when he reached for the monkey bars. >> he said ouch. jason put him down because he thought maybe it was hurting his hands, the coldness of the bar so he put him down and then he started bleeding. >> reporter: the toddler had cut his finger on a blade. >> we looked and there was razor blades were everywhere. >> reporter: on the monkey bars, rock climbing wall, the fire pole, even the bottom of the slide. someone had glued a dozen straight edge razor blades all over the playground equipment. a dangerous prank that just happened a

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we're proposing users the fund for two purposed over a filling out parks initiatives or the larson playground and also like coit tower making the lighting changes as well as the overall improvements lake merced and tenant improvements in the interior and the elevator project. it's resulting in incredible increase in the overall project budget. lastly $2 million for the restrooms project you're aware there's several restrooms great highway bathroom and other we've had unexpect historic value that have resulted in addition design cost and while the timeline is delayed out for alamo's square the project margin is still dealing with that so we need to request the $2 million as described to the community. those are our proposed used for those fund happy to take any questions >> thrombin is there any public comment on this item seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner harrison. >> yeah. i want to comment and compliment on the professional oversight of those projects. i mean to generate some of the money for those needy projects is great you deserve recognition >> it's not a lot of pen

it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis courts. there are plenty of areas for football and picnics. it is very much a couple's park. there are many activities you can experience together. stroll on the pathways, bring your dog, or just picnic at one of the many tables and enjoy all that it has to offer together. many couples find this is a perfect park to throw down a blanket and soak up the sun. it is a majestic place that you can share with someone you chairs. lafayette park is also easily accessed from the 47, 49, and 90 buses. it is ada accessible. we are here at the historic palace of fine art in the marina district. originally built for the 1950's exposition, the palace is situated on san francisco's number waterfront. it is ada accessible and is reached by the 28, 30, and 91 bus lines. set against the reflecting waters of the lagoon and eucalyptus trees, the palace is one of san francisco post most -- san francisco's most romantic spots to relax with that special someone while listening to the water and gazing at the swans.

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department that will be presenting but essentially the project entails the replacement of a children's playground and the hunting park to maintain a wonderful park for the residents to enjoy and it's been driven by the committee members and volunteers and over the course it worked with rec and park department to get the scombut from our neighborhood and raise the funds for the implementation felt project. it's been a community effort. i'm going to ask abigail from the rec and park department to give more detailed presentation and the supervisor will be asking for requests for the resolution a little bit later >> okay. thank you very much. so rec and park now >> good afternoon. my name is ash galley work with the rec and park department. i'm here today to request an approval for the rec and park to accept a entrant from the knob hill foundation. the park is in the knob hill district at taylor and in sdprakt 3. the park is dissected by sidewalks and in the east direction with the circular fountain and the child pack is along sacramento street. the eastern play areas for the constrain and the wester

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. >> plus -- shreds of habanero peppers, found on a playground, sent dozens of children to the hospital. we'll have details. and -- a nine-year-old boy is being called a hero, after helping to save his father's life. we'll hear from him. ♪ we want you to be okay ♪ enroll, we say ♪ take care people for goodness sake ♪ a marine was shot and killed by another marine, at their base. the shooting happened at camp lejeune's main gate, in north carolina, yesterday. a spokesman says one of the gate guards shot and killed the other, but no one is saying why. the shooter is in custody. another marine was also there, but he wasn't involved. this was ruled an isolated incident, and the base was never locked down. is school colorado is expected to open again after pieces of habanero pepper were found on a playground. two dozen students and teachers aide had to be decontaminated after completing the but skin and eye irritations. environmental investigations found six pieces scattered in the wood chips at the school which is 25 mi. southwest of denver. the don't know how the peppers got there. >>a 9-y