we need open space for open recreation not passive recreation. there should be nor protection for open spaces. second i'd like to talk about the balance. the diversity is non-native plants but we remain concerned for native plants. we need a stronger statement in the rose that it gives native and non-native plants equal weigh and it roars the native habitat with the economic impacts to industry the eco like wind reduction etc., and also on the animals and reptiles that live there. it's mentioned in the policy yet the rest of the objective shows little balance in the actions it proposes. balance should be strengthened in the rose. we remain concerned that policy 4.2 that rec and park program it is highly controversial and increasing unpopularity they want to cut down 16 hundred trees because their notary republic native. and also seniors has a heavy use of heshdz. its nature programs it seems to be exploring this approach. it is saying there's no real bipartisan of non-native and native. yet the 2013 rose equates the two especially in the majority

much discussion is in here of recreation, and the recreation of j in general and the recreation that's provided on non-rec park facilities. so i reiterate that you should pay attention to the comments made and chris schaffer and dennis. people are trying to get this a rose and right now you have basically an organization s e. we have to deal with recreation this is a huge issue particularly along the waterfront. i've been dealing with it and we don't have policies to protect our open space we have lots of policies on open space. thank you >> hi, commissioner. this 7, 8, 9 i'm speaking on behalf of the great neighborhood association. our group was very glad to see the section policy 2.9 about making school yards available. this has been an issue in the great westport area. when we moved into the neighborhood in the 1986 the school yard was part of the park. and when my children arrived they learned to reside their bikes and when they later went to the school they had been playing there on the weekends as little ones they knew the area well. about 10 years ago they started locking the sc

. >> take this recreation land. and good luck with all your plans. city plans because i can't help falling in city planning gov. with you. like the flows surely to the sea thanks mayor ed lee the best is about to be. take our city recreation land. and good luck with our all your city plans. because because we can't help falling in city gov. with you. and i can't help falling in city land planning gov. with you. thank you >> thank you (clapping) >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. overwhelm to speak mine. (laughter) but i wish i could sing (laughter) >> i'm trudy and i'm here representing the trust for public land the trust for public land protects the places people care about and create close to home parks. we're based in san francisco we're worked to create parks through the bay area. i'm here to support the rose. we focus on entity, access and quality of parks. and i think the rose at a high level addresses those hive points in a strong way. when i ask him down the list the table of xhonts contents i see quality and access and quality in the

mayor, g gnra is a recreation area. as the recreational use for decades has been dog walking. thousands of city of san francisco has long walked their dogs for dog walking. they are imposing restrictions that would severely limit san franciscans ability to utilize ggnra and result in a shift from many dogs from the federal urban recreation areas to already over crowded city parks. board of supervisors recently unanimously passed the resolution that i authored to oppose this proposal by the national parks service. congresswoman jackie spears has been very supportive in the opposition to the park services plan and our federal representative democratic leader, nancy pelosi recently sent a letter to the park service asking the park service to extend the public comment period which it subsequently did and also take into account the recreational needs of dog walker's and dog owners at the g gnra. mr. mayor, do you agree that the ggnra plan goes too far in restricting dog access? will you work with the board of supervisors and our federal representative to encourage the national park

and park facilities improvement bond capital projects; appropriating $36,401 of 2000 recreation and park facilities improvement bond proceeds; de-appropriating $3,000,000 of 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond capital projects; and appropriating $3,816,711 of 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond proceeds interest earnings to recreation and park and neighborhood park contingency funds to fund capital projects within 2000 recreation and park facilities improvement bond and 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond approved projects and program parameters. fiscal impactt11/26/13; assigned to the budget and finance >> the clerk: sf 31234 okay. we have daun from parks and recreation. >> i'm here to provide a brief presentation on the supplemental appropriation request for two general operation bonds. the 2008 parks bond. these request i would like to say represent good news. these are funds that we've been able to free up through both responsible management being lucky from the bidding climate and from undertaking financial improvement management from the bond funds. thi

convolution is not in the business to create the recession he totally support the idea that the recreation and parks will tearful of the maintenance but i want to make sure it stays on our radar because the communication of january 24r08 the general manager related to the parks bond lake merced update and specifically that the department has indicated their engage a community outreach process in spring of 2014 and previous feedback will be used to identify the needs that rb d b will help to prioritize those needs. during that conversation i wasn't interested myself as i sat here simply dell defamating i wanted this commission to see this list of priorities that the recreation and parks came up with prior we we would adapt those pr i hope my colleagues will agree the priorities for that land a acquit the rows and it shouldn't be determined by the rec and park department and i'm going to ask that be the order >> my recollection is that when we adapted the mo u that part of what we built into it was exactly that kind of review progress. the - it was anticipated that would come to us at the en

the parks and recreation staff go out four times a year so every park is rated. we should have up to five scores of each park every year. that's what makes the result of this report. as you can see on this chart, this is over all trend for the last 7 years. what you are seeing from light to dark green are within the quarter within that year and the diamond is giving you the over all score for that year. we are continuing the upward trend and this is the first time since there has been a little bit of movement. 87 percent of the park scores above 85 percent. if a park is getting 85 percent it's in generally good condition. 69 percent have improved. if you compare this to last year, the numbers are different. steve will explain in a few minutes about the reweighting we did in the scores. we retroactively applied it to these scores. so the trend should remain the same. so what you are seeing here is a distribution of parks. in the green we have parks that are over 90 percent and yellow under and red under 80 percent. you can see the parks are still doing well. we ha

candlestick park is parks and recreation largest facility. it's a huge a very complex building, buildings i can say and the park patrol is responsible for the site security and the building and those inside. they are there 24/7, three different shifts. you can see them out in the parking lot where they are controlling the surveillance cameras throughout the stadium and on game day where they are augmented by the sf p.d. and the private security. since they are there 24/7, they are the site experts and have done a tremendous job, and like everybody in the department they are very short resourced, but they stretch and make it work. i was going through names to call a couple of them out. i don't see any of them here. we have doubled up the security between now and the 23rd. they are resting for coming on tonight. they would have been here. raymond wong and -- others. none of you guys are here, right? >> we appreciate that. that means they are working at the site right now. >> great. anyway we are really grateful to them for the decades they have

the marsh habitat seems to be flourishing under the parks and recreation. it's better than it was than the early 80s when i moved to pacifica. i'm not going to get into studies that seem to show that in fact the frogs are doing fairly well and have actually population has seemed to have grown since the 80s. but, what i will say is that as members of the course golf club they course, our membership is very diverse, we are all people who treasure our environment and we respect the privilege of playing in a beautiful place that also has sensitive habitat. our members are well versed in what they need to do to prevent any harm to that habitat and to the diversity of creatures living there. i speak from the heart when i say i would hate to lose this treasure. it's part of our community and pacifica and we meet and regularly there all people of all ages and ethnicities and inclinations. it's a great place and it's truly one of the center points in our community. please uphold the negative mitigation declaration and i thank you for your time. >> thank you. next sp

the parks and recreation staff go out four times a year so every park is rated. we should have up to five scores of each park every year. that's what makes the result of this report. as you can see on this chart, this is over all trend for the last 7 years. what you are seeing from light to dark green are within the quarter within that year and the diamond is giving you the over all score for that year. we are continuing the upward trend and this is the first time since there has been a little bit of movement. 87 percent of the park scores above 85 percent. if a

this project you will just add another half million to glen park for restoration or recreation or whatever it's called. and it being added to a very expensive project. the project is so expensive because it does the things which should never have been allowed. it's a place that tennis players and their own way, where tennis player didn't want. it will be as it was before. i was told to build on that hill it will be at least five times more expensive than to build on this flat area. since the money is spent, it's public money. the exception for this project was based on the lie, a statement that it will be on the program area. not on the hill and not on natural areas of the park. meanwhile over 50 trees which were not in the project area but the neck -- next part of the park. all of them, the hazardous -- the ability for trees but posted as hazardous for the public. at least you can eucalyptus trees were -- beneath. they were acting as giants holding the soil. no other newly planted trees can do these things. they have at least 300 years of life in them. they were taken out. the way they de

. ♪ two states have made the recreational use of marijuana legal and legalized the production for recreationalse but the authorities back in washington still consider both a crime. the careful walk through the new legal landscape is the "inside story." ♪ hello i'm ray and americans attitudes about marijuana have changed a lot since the worst days of the drug war. they have come to think of the drug has more benign and less dangerous than cocaine, heroin or meth, but the federal government still classifies marijuana as a narcotic that can land its producers, sellers and users in jail. their is money seized and property impounded. now the two states, washington and colorado, have legalized marijuana for both medical and recreational use, how can state law, revenue collection, law enforcement be made to mesh with the federal code? it's a question that will only grow more pressing as more states consider a change. another win for legal weed this week. tuesday florida supreme court guaranteed a spot on november's ballot to determine if marijuana could be used for medicine purposes. advocates presen

. >> recreational use of marriage legal and production for recreational use. but authorities still consider both a crime. the careful walk through the new legal landscape is the new inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. americans' attitudes about marijuana have changed a lot since the worst days of the drug war. they've come to think of the drug as more benign and less dangerous than cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine, but the federal government still classifies marijuana as a narcotic that can lend its users, sellers in jail. now two states have legalized marijuana for medical and recreational use. how can state law, revenue collection, law enforcement, be made to mesh with the federal code. another win for weed. a spot on november's ballot to determine if marijuana could be used for medicinal purposes. opponents challenge its language in court. >> this particular initiative has nothing whatsoever to do with medicine. it is not tightly restricted. it is wide open. it would allow pretty much anybody to use to treat any condition whatsoever. >> the legislatio

i'm with the parks and recreation. the parks and recreation department request that we reschedule this hearing to make a decision on the design. the committee has a three phase review on the process. the project has already received a phase 1 and 2 approval. however, it has come to our attention that the project has not received the final phase 3 approval. this was an unintentional oversight caused by the design of the three separate restrooms and were packaged and heard together by the arts commission at the one and two approvals. out of the three approvals, one has not yet. with phase two, the arts commission has already received the findings. the purpose of phase 3 is for permits and construction drawings and for recreation of arts department to respond to commissions comments from phase 2. the parks and recreation department has already quoted the comments into design and is confident that phase 3 approval will be granted. the parks and recreation is scheduling the phase 3 approval for the court's at the arts commi

just a few hours ago sales of legal recreationa recreational a started i. the line has been out the door and across the parking lot all morning long. these numbers tell the story. this is going to be a huge economic windfall for the state of colorado. sales are expected to go between $400 million to $600 million in 2014. a lot of that will go forwards education in the state. this is really sort of an national experiment states looking very closely to see how this plays out. there are still some no, nos, you can't transport it out of colorado legal. you can't take it to the airport, and you can't smoke in public. there are gray areas about how these places are going to process their money. a lot of banks don't want to work with this and get involved with some of the tricky federal laws. a lot of gray areas, a lot of questions to work out. as far as the first day of sales business certainly booming here on green wednesday in volleyball. >> the president's new healthcare law facing last-minute legal challenge from the woman he placed on the supreme court. just

. >> the other thing we need to defer recreational dollars to line up with the recreational costs we tried to do that that way and we're keeping the projects would count for the money we're spend on recreational projects that is substantially more. >> one of the things we've agreed to say report on the first set of projects that kooets keeps it on the quarterly basis and provide the bright light for that. this seems inconsistent with that and by the time we come back to our next meeting we'll take a hard look at that but wre if we can't do it we'll - we need to have money in there for it. but we're going to take a second look at that >> i think what steve is saying is that trying to balance local and recreational water as far as the south is concerned given the fact there's an uncertainty of what the construction will happen we felt comfortable pushing it out but as we put money in the planning for participating in design in two years if he feel this project is x alerted we'll taking a look at that this was an exercise to balance the plan but it can chiang change every 23 years. >> t

marijuana or marijuana for recreational use.is: already becoming the bellwether for recreational pot use today but still a legal wild west out there and joining us with more, it cornwall, a professor at seton hall university school of law. thanks for being with us. i had thought that the idea of legalizing pot was going to remove $1 trillion spin on enforcement of the last 40 years and allowed no rules at all. sounds like instead it is going to engender a whole new wave of regulation. >> interesting point. certainly there is a push for even greater enforcement of the existing drug laws pertaining to the illegal sale of marijuana. with the idea being if you are going to make the new recreational drug laws work than you are going to have to make sure people are buying from the legitimate buyers which we have to shut down the people who are violating the law. dennis: we wanted to know logger address people and put them in jail for the supposedly victimless crime and not spend that money but we will spend even more money on enforcem

i think we'll see continued growth in our recreational programming. as we move through the budget process we will, of course, be out there talking to folks to our staff and stakeholders to the community, labor and to the cities policymakers. we actually have two of our community budgetometers scheduled the first one is next monday at the applying log rejecting center so on monday the 27 and our second is monday february 3rd at the clubhouse from 5 to 7:30. i'm going to be at pro-sack with my presentation and be back to the operations committee on february 6th with an update and we're consider our plan to the mayor on february 21st and, of course, the mayor will submit his budget on june 1st to the full board. two minutes to spare >> not bad. i for one congratulate you on fiscally on sustainability and alive you living those are residing a waiver that happens to be in the tied as it were now and it's our responsibility to do that so i encourage that. i don't see any other comments from my fellow commissioners >> do we have any public comment on this it

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our own park system and balance recreation and conversation. while responsive to some of the concerns raised in the first round of outreach. many residents believe the ggnra plans go too far to those available to walker's. one of the concerns to the ggnra revised plan will impact resources. i ask them to fully the consider the totality and impact on the streets. they need to adequately address the concerns and concerns of our residents before finalizing the dog management plan. i'm confident the ggnra will work with residents before moving any plan forward. they have been partners with the city since the recreation area was created in 19726789 . i have great respect for director jean and the wonderful acts they have entrusted to protect. most recently the partnership with the 34th america's cup which drew millions of people to the water front to see the teams. all while people enjoyed the beautiful water front open space. i asked the ggnra while finalized the management plan to take the public service outreach process and i will work with you o

i shared the open rec and park open space and recreation to prozach. i was on the community that wrote the golden gate park and master plan examine i shared the concord at gate park. as president of the neighborhood organization, the richmond district, i was intimately involved in the rehabilitation of nine parks and recreation areas. what's interesting is the richmond district and pa tril hill and dog patch has eight rec and park locations but the richmond which consist of low density, single homes has a three and a half mile border and a whole park boulevard and the green needs. the green benefit district will come into play that it can provide green which is needed now and for the next 20 years. there's a huge density coming in to patrel hill and dog patch. 1300 maybe 2,000 units. we need this for the next 10 to 20 years in order to maintain dpreen in the district. i appreciate your support. >> are there any other members of the public that like to speak on this. mr. yep. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm douglas yshg ep and i've lived in san franci

why this big jump in the price for recreational marijuana as soon as it became legal? >> as soon as it became legal you had lines around the door and they would stretch around the block and in some caress across the street. i think they ultimately saw that need was there and they just raised prices to, supply and demand, right? >> just the demand was so greatly and stories are that some of these places just ran out of the marijuana they had available and had to close down. >> you know we haven't heard those reports. i don't have anything on the record as any of these shops actually running out of product but even if they do run out of recreational product they still will have medical product for their patients. >> prices that are higher than the ones people can get on the street, is that going to defeat the whole purpose of this? >> well you know part of the purpose is certainly to -- it's an experiment to see if this will affect the war on drugs, the black market. i certainly have heard from many of the readers in the post and the cannabist, the price is right, we'll

i have been working cooperatively and collaboratively with the parks and recreation staff as to how to distribute funds to the car barn project. the list you summarized pretty well. our highest priority is to move forward with the design set. we have 8 designs. we have a couple of hundred thousands of dollars to work the schematic designs. the total cost for the design works to move forward is $1.3 million of which the architectural fees are $653,000. so, again we would be able to use these funds if we moved forward in our capital campaign to match and leverage with private sources. we've also been looking at potential immediate capital needs to be done out of scope and one of those is replacing the powerhouse roof which is the attachment on the northern end of the building where the power supply for the electric train systems was located. as you mentioned the roof is leaking. so we've talked to the architects and there is a possibility of replacing that roof right now and the benefit of ceiling the buildings and the elements of the capital part of the budget. that is estimated to be $

the recreation park departments includes the locationses. the proposed project consist of five elements including construction of a perennial pond located approximately 500 feet. relining a path for golf course hole no. 14. the removal of vegetation within stable pond and the connecting tunnel that links horse stable pond. and the walkway, 16 feet wide and replacement of existing wall and concrete wall. described, the california and to facilitate continued operations of pumps and maintenance of infrastructures. the project is being proposed consistent with bylaws. the bylaws were issued by the -- for horse stable pond for the maintenance walkway and replacement of existing wood retaining wall on the existing pump house. you have before you in the packet the draft motion are response to the appeal letter and comment letter and the amended pm and d. the department established the pm and d. during the appeal, the department received a letter and on behalf of the wild life institute on october 8, 2013. ascribed in the appeal response both raise