fortunately, i met sam bower. he's been invaluable. together we saw this whole little park should be treated as art, and we have, you know, seen that it needs to be healed and kind of brought back to life. and, so, i hope that this project can in some way be an example or a precedent that other people could, you know, who are park lovers and donors, that they could focus on one spot and the thought they could partner with rec and park and bring it to its most beautiful possibilities. so, thank you. >> thank you. >> sam. >>> hello, thank you very much. as mentioned before, my name is sam bower and i have a background making environmental art and also as part of an organization called green museum.org that highlights projects around the world that address ecological issues through the arts. working with carla over the past couple years on this project and getting to know neighbors and staff at rec and park and their organizations has been a really wonderful experience. and for us, the goal from the start has been to combine art, ecology,

and sam bower. >>> good morning, commissioners and director. [speaker not understood] with the san francisco parks alliance. we're the fiscal sponsor for the friends of kesar triangle. it's a real privilege to be working with this group on this very interesting project that brings kind of a special treatment to this area of golden gate park at kesar triangle. we're really excited about this project because of the great vision that it has to bring some artistic elements and the connection with eco logic design into the park. we feel it is an opportunity to make it a special place and possibly is a model we can use in other parks around the city as well. the great thing is it also builds on activation events that the group has already been doing. we've been able to have some events where we're out in the park enjoying music, blowing bubbles, and the usability of the space will also be greatly increased by improving the turf area and the buffering some

at this meeting sam bower presented the plan for temporary nature based art installations. so, like i said, jeff miller is with us today to walk you through the conceptual plan. as he wraps up his presentation, i will then show you the conceptual ideas for the art part of this project and give you a brief summary on the m-o-u. so, let me just load the presentation. >> hello, commissioners. i'm jeffery miller, miller landscape architects. it's been a real pleasure to work with the friends of kiza and the members of this project. we're happy to be involved. so, we want to take you through the presentation that was given to the committee and want to share with the whole commission what the plan consists of. you can see in the first slide the context. we are at kiza triangle just west of the stadium. what we noticed is a lot of people don't even know this is part of golden gate park. but it indeed is part of the park and is where the project is located. the next slide is showing an aerial of the triangle. you can see some of the issues immediately in the triangle. there, there