. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the san francisco playground's hitsvery dates back to 1927 when the area where the presentround and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 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 member

the exploratory elements across the mall and san francisco parks alliance. the playground within this block is a tier two sf project. per the strategic plan the mall project inspires public space by strengthening the quality and preserving and celebrating the cultural resources, inspires play with the promoting the health and well-being of the san francisco youth and seniors and working to activate parks through organized events and activities and unstructured play. it inspires investment and support. so buchanan street is located in district five in the fillmore district in the western addition. it spans five blocks between eddy to the north and grove to the south. it is segmented by the crossing of four east-west streets. the neighborhood is very interesting. lacking restrictive covenants in most of san francisco when it was first surveyed in 1860. the area rapidly grew to a thriving multi-ethnic neighborhood. many japanese citizens were displaced. in the late 1940s it was an african-american cultural hub. lending practices led to disrepair similar to many non-white neig

screen, and my question to you is in my neighborhood, we are planning the first senior playground in san francisco, an exercise area specifically with equipment that is targeted towards flexibility and mobility for seniors, so age-appropriate equipment, those type of things on public land. wanted to know how do you feel about that? >> i think that's terrific. i hope the city will put enough money into it so that it becomes effective, and be delighted to watch it and follow up on it. >> supervisor fewer: oh, great because i'd love to work with the commission on this. thank you very much. >> great. >> chair ronen: i think that's all. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> chair ronen: thanks for your testimony. i'll now open this item up for public comment. any member of the public wish to speak, come on up. you'll have two minutes. >> david elliott lewis here. through my volunteer work with senior disability action, i've gotten to know dr. cooper over the past year plus as we continued to work together under voluntary services plus. and i've just been immensely impressed with his work on our voluntary

can't thank you enough for the excellent stewedship of this park, and the neighborhood playgrounds that make san francisco so livable. this coming year, in celebration of golden gate park's history, we're tying the 150th year anniversary to our signature summer stride, summer learning program. this is the single largest program that we do all year. all aimed at ensuring children in san francisco keep reading and keep learning during the summer months. last year we engaged more than 35,000 people in this program. and we open it up to all ages, so that everyone in every neighborhood in san francisco can ben frit from the library's push towards more books, more learning, free events and amazing prices. as part of our partnership, we will be featuring golden gate park on all of our materials, including the game board, which allows people to track their reading, and the program guide, all of our advertising and book marks. we will be exhibiting our display that highlight all of the amenities available in the park. we're continuing to welcome with the recreation and park team to see how we can encourage familie

her granddaughter is a lover of this playground and we are happy to have her as a supporter, so thank you for your service to san franciscoill, you say that i am the park champion, i tell you no one works harder to bring in the resources and move these projects faster to get these done so that you have these results today. thank you and your team for the work that you continue to do. [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: last but not least, i started that and she finished it. valley brown has been an amazing advocate for this community for decades and she made sure that we got this project done. i will say in absolute record time. we just broke ground on this project last year and in bureaucracy time, this is fast. ladies and gentlemen, the person who was making it happen and doing the work for this community, your supervisor, valley brown. [ applause ]. >> thank you, mayor breed. i remember when this was a twinkle in your eye, phil. i see the ashbury council is here. people have come here because this is an amazing park and the way that it was done with the contributor contributors made it what it is now. look at everything. i w