my neighborhood park, sunnyside park, previously was an off-leash area and now is an on-leash area. i guess i want to change what i was planning on saying, because i'm one of the threatening dog people, and i understand it's super hard to come to a public meeting and be in the minority, maybe even have people boo you, maybe have people act inappropriately in the audience, but that's part of the public process. we need to teach people on our side how to act right and be okay with people and express anger somewhere else, and the other people need to know that, yeah, it's hard. i've been in that position, too, and it's hard and it's part of making changes you want. you probably know the trend around the world is to keep parks open later and more hours, because of the increasing documentation of the physical health benefits, the mental health benefits, and the safety benefits of having parks in our neighborhoods. so i agree with what others have said about the community process. i don't know how it got this far, and there's no reason to keep it going any further. so i hope that you take

park. district 8. vicitation valley district 10. sunnyside. bu i believe it was his most favorite assignment of his career coming home to be the captain of his home turf. in 2017, captain mcfadden was appointed to develop the general crimes unit, handling burglary, firearms and narcotics. he was in charge of the s.w.a.t. team, bomb squad, motorcycle unit, mounted unit and k-9s. it was just a month ago, in 2019, june of 2019, after 30 years of service, that captain mcfadden retired for all the time he served the police department here in san francisco. in addition to his service for the police department, he served as an instructor for s.f.p.d. recruits, veterans and the post, the governing body throughout the state of california. in 2018, he was awarded the hiberniaen of the year. he was also recognized for his outstanding service to the community by the triple i. those of you who don't know, it's the irish, italian, israeli society in 2016. he was a founding member of the san francisco society that does charitable work in cooperation with com