and we will take questions you have, but i want to take a moment to thank, we're blessed to have sandy tatum in the crowd today who has worked tirelessly at harding over the last 10 years to create the harding park we know and love and i did want to single him out and thank him for being here today. i'll turn it over to nick kinsey who will walk us through the agreement. >> good morning, supervisors, nick kinsey, the assistant manager of concessions, we do have a power point presentation here. >> you're a little tall. if you want to speak more directly into the mike. >> i'll try. but we'll need an extension. thank you, supervisors. as general manager ginsburg said the general manager before you is a management agreement between the city and tournament players club of california for the management of the harding park golf course. to give you a little bit of background, seven years ago the city signed an agreement with kemper management for the management of the facility and as general manager ginsburg said that agreement actually had a two-year extension which the department felt that we coul

>> my name is sandy tatum and i am a golfer.ave lived in the city for 55 years and have been very aware of what kind of bass said the city has in the park. it is absolutely priceless. that awareness was a factor when i started turning in my patches, realizing they would go to see that i could not bear it. i had been in it involved in various ways in trying to keep it alive. from the standpoint of knowing a lot about golfing administration, you could not possibly have a better reason than to have a pga to take on the project. making sure not just that it is properly maintained, but this is a very, very valuable asset. i have been aware of its potential for years and up we will now realize its potential. now, to take advantage of the fact that the pga was willing to come here to take on this project, i would have to say that i was very stimulated by the fact that i thought that the park provided a great basis for the establishment of a first tee program in san francisco. what that program does, simply, it takes in interest in look

and we will take questions you have, but i want to take a moment to thank, we're blessed to have sandy tatum in the crowd today who has worked tirelessly at harding over the last 10 years to create the harding park we know and love and i did want to single him out and thank him for being here today. i'll turn it over to nick kinsey who will walk us through the agreement. >> good morning, supervisors, nick kinsey, the assistant manager of concessions, we do have a power point presentation here. >> you're a little tall. if you want to speak more directly into the mike. >> i'll try.