sec rec & park and, has not paid back -- second, rec & park has not played a part there for decades other than a golf courses. it is not clear what role there is for them to play at lake merced. this abdication is not their fault. their budgets are always the first to be cut and a deployed their limited resources elsewhere. you are paying for the remaining few gardeners out there and have for years. in spite of the good faith expressions of wanting to establish more recreational uses at the lake, given current and future budgetary realities, is not realistic they will ever be able to deliver on this. why should rec & park be given management authority now? joint management authority by two agencies has resulted in a confused and inefficient decision making. you must not lose sight of your chief goal. the best management possible of this property. dividing management of lake merced with another agency at a minimum sharply increases the complexity and delays to make decisions and take action. five years and has taken to produce this mou is a perfect position of this problem. it's long past