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renee's playground over the years. that's where we got our start. most recently the mobile rec center and the rock climbing wall and mclaren park and golden gate park and i have utilized a lot of space while i have been here in the last 20 years. thank you so much. >> thank you. all right. and for our next acknowledgment commissioner buell you talked about how harding weathered the storm. you know it's a big park system and we had lots of storms and it was a pretty dicey 10 days for our staff and before i go into this special recognition i want to commend danny kern and the entire operations term for their preparedness. our park system weathered the storms very well. we lost a small number of trees which is to be expected but we had minimal fleeding. our facilities were in pretty good shape and we prepared very well for the storm and we responded very quickly to emerging colleges in our park system or on the streets adjacent to the parks because of the storm and i want to thank him for his leadership. one aspect of our response to the storm is we are -- our rec center's function is more than just places for fun and rec kreegz. they're community cen