preparation for the 2012 park bond. because of the size, diversity, the park is used very differently by different people. they had some very significant and serious natural areas that warrant some extra care and attention. it has an incredible trail system and is also very much used for active recreation. it is used by bringing some mountain bike programs. it has a very important oilfields in the system. it has had some very special playground places that have gone into disrepair. those are being addressed in the 2012 parks bond. i still think it is an under- utilized hub in the city. it's a special place. what types of improvements? if you talk to 10 different people, they will tell you 10 different things that are needed. i will tell you that i think the park will definitely benefit from more signage. i think it will benefit from something as mundane as more trash cans. i think the amphitheater could see some structural improvements. that area is particularly important because we suffer from a lot of play fields with

to supervise and run programs in the park. you can see in that aerial photograph, there are two parcels together. the clubhouse is 4 feet below, so it is impossible to look out. the fences are tall and surround the park and divide up every activity in the park. no matter where you are, you feel like you are in prison and cannot see throughout the park. spaces are odd. there is a triangular or lawn and only one remaining playground which is unsafe. there is a half-court for basketball which is still functioning but does not serve the community as well as it could. we held about 10 community workshops trying to get input from a broad spectrum of people on the concept plans. we had our reach in multiple languages and tried to make an inclusive process. the committee came up with the fact that it should be safe for all residents and should provide something for everyone and make the best use of park space available. with that mission and specific comments of the community and working with staff about how the park can become great a

no off-leash in the park and play areas. e of enforcement, we have park patrol people and we have sfpd and the animal control people. [bell rings] thank you. commissioner buell: thank you. >> is there anyone else to look to me general public comment? >> cocamonga zalea resident of the city of san francisco. -- i am i resident of the city of san francisco. i will like to note the golden gate park golf course is being discussed today? i was told that that was part of the agenda. the first tee program will be taking over. that is not part of the agenda? ok, thank you. >> you're welcome. anyone else? general public comment is closed. item five, consent calendar. i do have two cards. jonathan and meredith, come forward, please. >> good morning, commissioners and a general manager. meredith with the san francisco parks alliance. i wanted to touch on a couple items on the consent calendar. the park's alliance supports the approval of the botanic nursery project for the arboretum. we look forward to the completion of that project in

park. this is the third of three parks in the trust for public land. in september of this year, we expect to open about ballpark. we will be back if you approve this conceptual plan in june with recommendation to approve the gift in place. in the ensuing weeks since capital committee, we have close the funding gap. with that, want to turn it over to the director of the parks for people program. thank you. >> thank you very much. we are really excited to bring this project forward. to share with you -- we have been working with the community around boeddekker, attending meetings and learning about the challenges and benefits the park brings to the tenderloin community. from those initial discussions, taking it on in partnership with the recreation and park department to give it a full- scale renovation. a quick orientation to the project. i'm sure you are familiar with the project, but i don't need to tell you it is located in one of the most diverse neighborhoods in san francisco. it is the only park open their to adults without children, so it is an i

at the glen park improvement meetings, the consensus was that we wanted our park kept while. instead, they are removing the wild and creating a sarsgaard and landscape, reducing the wildness that we said we wanted. these occurred -- the so-called habitat restoration is deceptive. with these terms involve is a tree and forced and thicket removal to become grasslands. in the process of this destruction, they're using more and more toxic pesticides. usage has increased 300%. unknown to most people to maintain the butterfly habitat, it requires the use of this parade on toxic chemicals over four months. recent butterfly count was only 17. thank you. >> betsy and newton. >> good morning. my name is tim. i am a citizen of san francisco. i pay property taxes, and i vote. i am here to express my concern about the bond measure. i have always voted for every bond measure for recreation and parks since i have been voting in the city for 30 years. this bond measure has given me thought about not voting yes on this, because in the recreation park is the natural areas program which i think

we are the independent partner for the park system citywide. phil mentioned some of the statistics for you to be mindful of. the cuts to the parks department will more than 26 percent and it makes up 2%. we believe the facts to that rec and parks department is a step in the wrong direction. if you find yourself in a whole, the first thing you need to do is stop thinking. department has a chronic operating deficit in the $30 million range periods we need to stop -- the $30 million range. we learned the voters find the park system extremely important. 91% from the park system to be extremely important. 80% of voters want to see the city put more financial support into our system. further cuts to the city's park budget is against the will of the voters who elected you. we urge you to not make those cuts. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> years ago my mom and i have these metal detectors. we used to have a big list of parks stands -- and playgrounds. we found this, the given out in the 1920's harriet -- they gave them out in the 1920's. there

and this was donated to the park years ago. from descendents of major gober. it's in good shape, showing that it was well cared for and stored. even though apparently this has been buried at one time in ground. that's the story. that's the family story. with a loved one for a while in a grave. i'm not sure. but it was recovered later. and that's how they claim that staining occurred. it may have gotten wet underground. at that point in time. all the flags underwent major conservation treatment so they could be properly exhibited. the next flag is not a relic of the battle, or been a witness flag of the battle. this is an 1864 dalton pattern, confederate flag, adopted by the army of tennessee at that point in time and issued to the troops. it was in bad shape when it arrived here in a brown paper bag. a gentleman walked in, threw it down on the visitor center information desk. which just happened to be manned by the chief ranger at that time, george reeves. threw it down and said this things causing so much trouble in my family, i'd just soon be rid of it, it's

it was transferred over to the national parks service when the chemistry became part of the administration, park administration. so, these items do have some provenience to shiloh, particularly the personal possession items, whereas the larger things, such as belts and bain yets and haver sacks are donated to the park might not have park provenience but civil war provenience. you see the civil dollar that has popped up. apparently general buell paid for bread between columbia and savannah, and these people still possessed the gold dollar. it's amazing that that story stayed, and it's -- it's wholly believable. i mean, there's nothing to disprove it, but it fits, you know. buying some fresh bread for the general's commissary, and these are all artifacts off the field. again, a number of the items are items that were recovered with the national dead. you see an ovm belt plate, ohio volunteer militia. you see jackknifes. almost everybody had a knife of some type. some of them have big bowie knives like many of the confederates. the buttons are off the field, collected off the field. some of t

. >> we're here as the park visitor center. we're taking a look at a collection of objects on exhibit we have battle flags. what's unique about this flag is that it carries the pittsburgh landig battle honor, the official name recorded by union forces for the battle of shiloh. this case the landing being the primary feature here. officially went in as the battle of pittsburgh landing. confederacy referred to it as the battle of shiloh. meaning place of peace or house of peace. took dominance over the identity of the conflict through time. and so it's interesting to see the pittsburgh landing on these flags. a unit that participated in the battle with the apprentice division and fought at the hornet's nest. you can see the dark fabric with the lighter fabric to same is true for the white stripes as well. you can see the flag was in tatters. story, light, moisture, you name it. it's amazing to think they do survive. usually they go through some major deterioration over time if they don't have proper treatment and care. there's no

in terms of the individual neighborhood parks. we have done our best to make sure there is geographic balance in this proposal, and you can see the $35 million in waterfront open spaces that this fund will fund. and a member of the port is here to speak on the presentation of those projects. all told, these specific neighborhood park sites at up to about $97 million. the rest being allocated city- wide programs. and to the waterfront open spaces. these cost estimates have been vetted not only by recreation and park staff but also developed in conjunction with our operations and field staff as well as using outside consultants to help us review these numbers as well and provide their feedback on the level of contingency we should be using. while we do want to continue to benefit from a positive bidding climate, we're not counting on it. we have increased our corporation -- program contingency 2 $6 million for the 2012 bond. we have learned a lot from the implementation of the 2008 bond. so we have learned about the success of our co

to the parking lots. wanted some way to have -- increase both the sense of safety and a real safety in the areas near the parking lot, and i think those things are addressed in the legislation. supervisor avalos: superliner wiener -- supervisor wiener addressed the collaborative process in this legislation. could you address your role in the process? >> i think the first meeting was just 15 people in a room from the community -- members of the public, members of the -- sort of largesort ofgarage -- a large, corporate -- large, corporate garage owners. the evolution of understanding the responsibilities we all had and how we could all work together on this. i thought it was a great collaborative process. so interesting to me to see it on the first day when people came in and work a little guarded about where it was going, and to see it designed in such a way -- even the chief's discretion to look at a place has not had a problem in two years -- it seems to address the needs and concerns of a lot of folks t

i am here to talk about the athletic fields in golden gate park. for a background, for the general public, the athletic fields is a project that would remove over 7 acres of meadow and golden gate park and would be replaced with artificial turf. it would add 150,000 watts of night lighting at ocean beach in the park. there would be additional parking. in a city that is possible transit first there will be more paving and more lights. it is something to contemplate as we celebrate earth day, what we're doing to golden gate park and ocean beach with this project. over the last few months we have distributed bulletin's giving background on the draft environmental impact reports. public comment at hearing often gives little time for thoughtful communication about the myriad of issues surrounding any project. these bulletins are our effort to more fully inform the citizens of san francisco and our city officials about this project. it is probable negative impact on golden gate park, the plaza in the draft an arm of impact report, an alternative to the pr

happens is the parking lots, the lights are off. people gather there. if a customer parts there, a tow truck comes by. so, basically, we are not providing parking, which is part of our package when we applied for entertainment permits. we are asked to provide parking for the patrons, and not having attendeds -- and attendant -- attended -- not having attendants, we are not able to provide parking. supervisor avalos: thank you. the speaker. ben i am the executive director of the california music and culture association. we represent a broad coalition of nightlife and entertainment industry -- businesses and individuals. as an organization, we fully support this legislation. our members, especially venue owners, are fully committed to the safety of their patrons and the broader community. the legislation gives us another tool to take a proactive approach and actually prevent a lot of the crime and sometimes violence associated with the nightlife industry. this legislation makes sense. it is there, and it is actually probably a little o

karen has made significant contributions to the 2008 parks bond. she is advocating for the inclusion of trees and the trails and our successful community opportunity fund, which has leveraged approximately $13 million in outside funding. she is someone who exhibits excellence in building community leadership, building morale, have shown exceptional skill in building a community consensus with state agencies, interest groups from the community, has inspired confidence through her park advocacy, responsiveness, reliability, for supervisor hads a goal and in the being the advocate for the department through all stages of the joe dimaggio project, having forged a strong partnership with a library and stakeholders to move the project forward. if she had not been assigned to the project, it would not have happened. karen is now working on the environmental review, many aspects of the 2012 bond proposal. one of the things i belly most about caring is she does not just talk the talk, she walks the walk. she is very active the hayes valley neighborhood assoc

it was said by john mclaren at golden gate park is the lungs of the city. if that is true, then dolores park is its heart. on the average weekend, there aren't 10,000 people here. many of them are crammed in this immediate space. in this world-class city, this is the heart of the city, the heartbeat of this city that we are able to cut a ribbon today on what can only be described as a world-class playground. >> thank you, commissioners. that concludes the general manager's reports. >> we are now on items 4. i'm sorry, is there any public comment on the general manager'' report? being none, public comment is closed. we are now on item four. general public comment. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public better within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission and that do not appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. commissioner buell: before we get comments, how many people in the room

the proposal on the table is to divide the park. miss sidwell? -- tidwell? the proposal is where they will talk about dividing the park at all. >> i think i am ok with where i currently stand. >> mr. schreiber, mr. pilpel, mr. leigh, mr. alonso. ok. mr. pilpel. >> back to where we are, in the block to the west as well. this is with me haight and inner sunset. the big rack. the children's playground carousel. the tennis courts. but there probably are a couple of other things, but, yes, they are a major feature. this is reasonable. a little odd to look at, but i am wondering if there is any population in this highlighted area. a at -- the deviation of district 5 would be 1.3%. it would be -4.99%. >> i so propose. >> thank you. mr. mr. leigh, mr. alonso. [reading names] who did i leave out? ok. ok, phase two, and i am not as supportive of this, but i am thinking about this on the west side, north of four. select certain blocks, so starting at 19th and lincoln /crossover. north of there. south of their headed west. yes? yes? keep going.

the existing shadow on the park is approximately 40.3% of the annual sunlight for the park. the proposed project would cost 435 sq 5 hours of net new shadow. and an increase of about 0.00166 %. the total shadow would increase from 40.33597% to 40.36664% of the proposed project. in 1989 a memo identified qualitative factors in order to assess the significance of such a shadow impacts subject to the sunlight ordinance, which includes time of day, a time of year, the size of the shadow, duration of the shadow, location of the shadow, and public good served by the shuttle caster. considering these qualitative factors in terms of the condition, net new shadow would occur from early june to mid july for 50 minutes. the proposed project would not cast new net shatt al on suberin park at any other time of the year. -- at sue bierman park at any other time of the year. winds it would move also from the park at approximately 7:00. the affected area of the park would be the northwest corner of the western bloc 23 at the corner of washington and davis streets. there are no benches or oth

those are being addressed in the 2012 parks bond. i still think it is an under- utilized hub in the city. it's a special place. what types of improvements? if you talk to 10 different people, they will tell you 10 different things that are needed. i will tell you that i think the park will definitely benefit from more signage. i think it will benefit from something as mundane as more trash cans. i think the amphitheater could see some structural improvements. that area is particularly important because we suffer from a lot of play fields with serious irrigation and drainage problems. we would like to see some more robust trails. we think is important that we kept the diversity and natural areas as well. supervisor kim: thank you. bringing up parked patrol, i only ask because i got a bunch of e-mail's regarding overtime. could you address that issue? and when do we use over time? >> the issues that were covered by "sf weekly," they come from -- in fact, the origin of those challenges with how overtime was assigned, it is important, par

he becomes the park historian. he's the first park historian. he fought at shiloh. he writes books about shiloh. he interprets shiloh. these reed maps i talk about are named after him. he locates the troops position there. granted, you get this story of the hornet's nest and some of these other issues prior to this establishment of the park. for instance, professor marchs was talking about the infighting against the confederate generals and the union generals are fighting each other and you get the different theories and stories, among each other and we weren't surprised, yes, you were surprised, and i saved you when i came in says bulan and grant says i had it under control and johnson's son says beauregard threw away the victory and all of those major historic graphical concerns and those fights have been in place prior to the establishment of the park as has this idea of the hornet's nest, 1880s, this pan ram ain chicago where general priut himself speaks and it is the institution of the national park and the people can read, emphasizing, the hornet's nest and how

many fights in the city, as you know, about dogs in parks. we have 317 acres and god knows there's plenty of room for both of us. man and his best friend. early in the morning people before they go to work will walk their dogs or go on a jog themselves with their dogs. joggers love the park, there's 7 miles of hiking trails and there's off trail paths that hikers can take. all the recreational areas are heavily used on weekends. we have the group picnic area which should accommodate 200 people, tennis courts are full. it also has 3 playground areas. the ampitheater was built in 1972. it was the home of the first blues festival. given the fact that jerry garcia used to play in this park, he was from this neighborhood, everybody knows his reputation. we thought what a great thing it would be to have an ampitheater named after jerry garcia. that is a name that has panache. it brings people from all over the bay area to the ampitheater. the calls that come in, we'd like to do a concert at the jerry garcia ampitheater and we do everything we can to

parking. let's just strike the requirement. a builder could come in with no parking presumably or they could come in with limited number to try to make it into the parking that is in place in the adjacent district which is onete to four. correct me if i am wrong. the only cu opportunity would be to go to one to two. this would make many projects infeasible. >> they have to have one to one on van ness. >it is 150% of the amount would be accessories. if we did one to four that would be one to two. commissioner miguel: thank you for comments. i do not think this is a modification i can support. it does not make a lot of sense. i have heard from a number of people who say we need to get rid of the one to one requirement because we want to develop some of the existing buildings or perhaps new buildings, to be able to build a lot of denture housing and not have to deal with the cost of -- denser housing and not have to deal with the cost. a number of buildings would be proposed to existing buildings or a newly constructed -- or newly

i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. s one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very much in a remote area. there are a lot of trees that shield your view from the urban setting. you would simply see different groves that gives you a sense of freedom, of being outdoors, not being burdened by the worries of city life. john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. he proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campaign slogan was, people need this open space. one of the things that had to open is there were a lot of people who did a homestead here, about 25 different families. their property had to be bought up. so it took from 1928 to 1957 to buy up all the parcels of land that ended up in this

the parking meters, signs, traffic signals. it is a pretty broad and almost daunting array of assets that we have that have a pretty significant price tag that have not been invested in the past. i think that is one of the reasons this provision was included in prop a to empower the mta to incur debt to make these investments. so what we are proposing come and you made reference to this, is the debt issuance. this is focused on state of good repair needs for the most part. there is reaail vehicle and restoration, track signal upgrades come overhead wire restoration come and a parking garage items. the revenue control equipment for all of them, as well as addressing a wide range of long- standing capital means that they have it. we are structuring this in three series. the first two issuance would be this year, and the third would be next year. the first issuance is to refinance existing garage debt. this would save us money shown at the bottom of the chart. the sec issuance this year, and these other ones we are asking for procr

a district that includes the park. and right now, that is district 10. i think it is a primary -- of prairie importance the portal be together as one neighborhood. and then secondly, i really want to be in a district that includes mcclaren park. a lot of us in the neighborhood and the neighborhood surrounding the park are working on try to take care of the park an advocate for the park and protect the park. thank you. >> i live on gambier street. this is the third time i have appeared before you. i was at the two previous meetings. i really have a couple of simple messages. one is the portola is a unified neighborhood. we want it kept together. for me i consider myself part of the area because our neighborhood extends to about the top of the hill before you go around avignon. you are facing down toward mission. that is where you would be in the excelsior. i want to see our neighborhood together. secondly, i do not see how we could possibly fit with the-9. is the mission. colonel heights and so on. we have a vast freeway

park. we will be with the friends of dolores park at dolores park. we will be with hands on bay area, rei, pg&e, and others at 26. we will also be at a community clean team event with the mayor, the part of public works, the part of the environment, and numerous other community organizations at union plaza. i think we are also going to be at our own park for their own event and clean up on ringleader policy. those interested in joining us can go to our volunteer page and sign up. i encourage everyone to get their hands dirty on earth day. on monday, 3:00 p.m., i have great pleasure of joining the mayor and the consular of japan who will be planting a cherry blossom tree in the japanese tea garden. it is one of 18 donated trees from our friends in japan. the tree will be planted in the tea garden and there will also be a tree planting in union square, with the remainder planted in meadows throughout the park to celebrate the initiative from japan of giving us the cherry blossom tree. on may 12, we invite everyone to the palace of fine arts theater to l

he becomes the park historian. he's the first park historian. he fought at shiloh. he writes books about shiloh. he interprets shiloh. these reed maps that i talk about are named after him. he locates the troops position there. granted, you get this story of the hornet's nest and some of these other issues prior to the establishment of the park. for instance, the professor was talking about the infighting between the confederate generals and over here the union generals are fighting each other. you get those store yis. you were surprised and no, i wasn't surprised. i saved you. no, hi it under control and you threw away the victory and bowregard says, no, i didn't. all of those major historic graphical concerns and those fights have been -- have been in place prior to the establishment of the park, as has this idea of the hornet's nest 1880s. you get this panorama in chicago. himself speaks and it is the institution of the national park and the people can come here and read, emphasizing, the hornet's nest and how the action of the hornet nest saved the day for the un