all the maclaren park advocacy groups. we are seeing more stewardship and advocacy and i think that's a good trend. but we are always shifting resources to the places that need it the most. >> thank you, seeing no other questions, i thank the controllers office and the auditors and that's a very fine report to end 2013 on for the last item on the agenda. i apologize, i have to go and now commissioner low will chair this meeting. >> thank you. we are now on item 10, general public comment continued. is there any member of public who did not comment on item 4 that would like to speak on item 10. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. we have commissioner matters. >> i have one on commissioner matters, in our january meeting and knocking off things that should come off the list or should have a hearing. i'm a big to do list person. if we can eliminate some of our to do list items, it would be appreciated. another matter that i would like to see come to an informational hearing in january

results of our 7th annual report of the park standards. today we'll just go through a few of the results before handing it off to steve. as you know our staff go and do evaluations. we evaluate every park once a year. the parks and recreation staff go out four times a year so every park is rated. we should have up to five scores of each park every year. that's what makes the result of this report. as you can see on this chart, this is over all trend for the last 7 years. what you are seeing from light to dark green are within the quarter within that year and the diamond is giving you the over all score for that year. we are continuing the upward trend and this is the first time since there has been a little bit of movement. 87 percent of the park scores above 85 percent. if a park is getting 85 percent it's in generally good condition. 69 percent have improved. if you compare this to last year, the numbers are different. steve will explain in a few minutes about the reweighting we did in the scores. we retroactively applied it to these scor

and you will see that it says park service area performance. >> i do have the ten lowest rated parks. of those 7 we are talking about, we have two in district one, one in four and one in 8 and one in 10. >> looking at the citywide map is there anything to -- i don't even know how to finish the question. interpret from read into concentration of the center of the city seems to do well and the topography type? >> this is a reoccurring story where generally historically some of our lowest performing parks have been in the southeastern sector of the city in districts 10 and 11. district nine also got a low scoring but now it has the highest score. it's a variety of factors. one thing it's not is staff resources. we have often more in investment of more resources whether it's through the apprenticeship program in some of the areas that are most challenging for us. some of it is topography and some again is a lack of, we don't have quite the same level of volunteer infrastructure in some of our parks than others. but we have been aware and i think working pretty hard for the last several ye

the money matters with a parking place the question today what they see the dirt off the park and it has taken to a quarter will top the bill complexion the thing about funding the development of a prototype for the day to worship in college. so before all that would take over the top rate of one year in china he would tell her you can calligraphy brush. many chinese them with highly valued the first years of their children the traditional way of collecting the only person there to make a calligraphy brush it off first haircut many didn't stop to offer service to prepare for how the brush is made from the childcare. the price will be widely brings people to value the brush handle the team that won the bid from danville. we tossed around thirty us dollars the more candles than i ever intend to bring in prices of several hundred us all. many stores depress the price to over two hundred dollars for the most popular product of record on when it would cost the products are counterfeit they're very few ivory material will lead you through when you brush the cops are not to brush the couple

humbling experience for us at the parks alliance. let's have another round of applause for carina and lynn and all of the volunteers who have made such an incredible contribution to this effort. (applause) >> and now i think phil, ready to go ahead and do the ribbon cutting. >> thank you, matt. all right, we're getting there. so, a couple things. i want to give a big shout out, ron davis is here, the founder of the lafayette park or san francisco mime troop, right, ron? give a big shout out for ron. [cheering and applauding] >> that's for you. >> i have the honor of being arrested in this park in 1965. [laughter] cheer cheers >> under different management, i can say, had we performed for this guy we would not have been arrested. >> i'd be in it. >> he'd be in it, right. he's almost as good as we were. 1965, it was a very different commission and they took away our permit. we had done three shows. they didn't like the play. it was an aclu issue, it was called free speech. so, we've declared that the little park over there where i was a

willie mays, jack clark, the beatles concert at -- stick park. it's really been an extraordinary journey for that location and as i say it's bitter sweet. a lot of people put in a lot of hard work over the period of time. on behalf of mayor lee who was unable to attend, i'm going to present a certificate of honor to you from the mayor and i'm going to ask our general manager to say a few words and alvarez and ask vice-president of operations with the 49ers to say a few words and we'll recognize you with a momento of this occasion. on behalf of mayor lee, i want to thank each one of you. >> thank you, commissioner. bitter sweet is certainly the word as i look out at rec's and park teams. there have been teams that step foot on the field at candle stick the last several decades. you mentioned some of the highlights. it is hollowed ground. today we honor our own team. these are the men and women that have given the city so much pride and so much cause for celebration and warmth. there is going to be a lot of talk this week about clark and joe montana

he privatized the park. now he wants to do the same thing to the boston common. irley crystal. how did you save bryant park? >> you have to make the park great if it is going to attract private funding. security, sanitation, horticulture, great lighting. they will draw people in all hours because the best safety for park is not a tough security force but a lot of people in it. >> private funding you got the businesses around the park to cough up the money. >> there were four principles for the businesses around the park real estate owners, concession, events and sponsorships and since 1996 we have not asked the city government for a single dollar. >> sounds good to me. the park looks great. what's wrong? >> well the park looks good but it could be better and it could be public. >> what's wrong with sucking the money from private businesses? >> they can go into private pockets. >> so what? >> it is very good to use for dan to use a public land for running a private business a rent a car. there's commercial revenue he thinks all of that money. i was in the park i wa

not on the hill and not on natural areas of the park. meanwhile over 50 trees which were not in the project area but the neck -- next part of the park. all of them, the hazardous -- the ability for trees but posted as hazardous for the public. at least you can eucalyptus trees were -- beneath. they were acting as giants holding the soil. no other newly planted trees can do these things. they have at least 300 years of life in them. they were taken out. the way they deposed of trees, they should be careful. shame on rtd for doing this and shame of this commission for supporting it. i hope you stop doing it. thank you very much. happy holidays! thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to make public comment on item 5, the consent calendar? seeing none, public comment is closed. we need a motion for all items except for

everything is complete except the two projects at maclaren park. they are working on the gym floor repair now. the last year deferred maintenance project should be completed shortly for the item before you, for fy 13-14. the department's proposal to continue major infrastructure repair and replacement as the principal focus of deferred maintenance and among those of the significant requirement the integrity of the studio building roof. this building built in 1888 is victorian romes k building and two devastating fires one in 1974 and another in 1980. several restorations to the building have been accomplished. in 1991, the original stone slate roof was opened with synthetic slate. it doesn't contain asbestos is now decomposing. it's surrounded the building. our proposed roof replacement will remove the existing synthetic tiles and replace with stone tiles thus restoring the building to its original context and with an exceptionally long life cycle. this project will reuse some of the pieces that are in good and serviceable condition such as the fibe

the point is, the park is making money from the tourism. about a month later they auction off a portion to private ranchers and they're also making money now wait. all that money goes back into custer state park to pay for operations of the park. so they're paying their own way. john: more benefit from profit. coming of, how government made the indians poor and how private property made america rich. [ grunts softly ] [ ding ] i sense you've overpacked, your stomach. try pepto to-go. it's pepto-bismol that fits in your pocket. relief can be yours, but your peanuts... are mine. ♪ but your peanuts... are mine. thnot at the rings.looking. i can feel them looking at my thick, flaky red skin. do i tell them it's psoriasis? do i speak up and say it's not contagious? or do i just say... have a nice day!" when your psoriasis has gone from uncomfortable to unacceptable, visit psoriasis.com to connect with a psoriasis patient advocate from abbvie for free one-to one education and support. sign up at psoriasis.com, and talk to your dermatologist. ♪ jo

not on the hill and not on natural areas of the park. meanwhile over 50 trees which were not in the project area but the neck -- next part of the park. all of them, the hazardous -- the ability for trees but posted as hazardous for the public. at least you can eucalyptus trees were -- beneath. they were acting as giants holding the soil. no other newly planted trees can do these things. they have at least 300 years of life in them. they were taken out. the way they deposed of trees, they sh

you take the underground parking the street life becomes better we'll have structure of parking above the level but there will be more ground parking >> with 9 concern about arriving seawall i won't use the term reservoir. >> (laughter). >> jackie like the transparency and appreciate it and like the concern that commissioner katz brought the long-term at any point of the folks you said something i like i said willy that's good business. you've been methodical in your thinking so continue to move forward i like what you see >> i oxen what my fellow commissioners said it's been a thorough presentation. and congratulations on exceeding the l.b. eco by the way, what does that mean in terms of dollars >> (laughter). >> it might be something we can foul with a precise number but over a million dollars. >> a million dollars spent total and 14 percent. >> no, it's commented toward. >> will you residency that. >> we spent an estimated million dollars a l.b. e firms to date. >> great. and then like any fell commissioners into the small business thing is great i'm glad your reaching out to the c

the point is, the park is making money from the tourism. n about a month later they auction off a porton to private ranchers and they're also making money now wait. all that money goes bac into custer state park to pay for operations of the park. so they're paying their own way. john: more benefit from profit. coming of, how government made the indians poor and how private property made america rich. [ male announcer ] this store knows how to handle a saturday crowd. ♪ [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's coming. the carts keep eryone on the right track. the power tools iroduce themselves. all the bits and bulbs keep themselves stocked. and the doors even handle the checkout so we can work on that thing that's stuck in the thing. [ female announcer ] today, cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everyone goes home happy. you really love, what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i'd be an architect.

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the point is, the park is making money from the tourism. en about a month later they auction off a portion to private ranchers and they're also making money now wait. all that money goes back into custer state park to pay for operations of the park. so they're paying their own way. john: more benefit from profit. coming of, how government made the indians poor and ho rivate property made america rich. ♪ [ male announcer ] if we could see energy. what would we see? ♪ the billions of gallons of fuel that get us to work. ♪ we'd see all the electricity flowing through the devices that connect us and teach us. ♪ e'd see that almost 100% of medical plastics are made from oil and natural gas. ♪ and an industry tt supports almost 10 milln american jobs. life kes energy. and no one applies more technology to produce american energy and refine it more efficiently than exxonmobil. bause using energy responsibly has never been more important. energy lives here ♪ ♪ john: have you ever been to an indian reservation in temecula release sought serus poverty

i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is 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

first of all, the park serves as a first and a wonderful facility. i think you guys know about the water system the need of landscaping that's all volunteer and the solar packages that have energy from solar powered batteries. but the wastewater system is important. in my microbiology class we're interested in poop and we want to see what happens when it goes to the wetlands. the eco center allows my students to see it up close and personal. now the eco center isn't just a demonstration facility it allows you us to do monitoring pr i can bring my you students there they can take the sandal and finally, how to perform field test open microbiology tests. the fang that the director peggy who's the current director now allows us to performance those tests is valuable. you can listens and look at it slides. and that's what the eco center allows us to do. finally, i want to tell you how the current eco center allows us to do the oral management. when i and my students invested this fall we look forward the history with the visitor i observed how students ha

he victimized them in his car, his house, and the parking lot of the golf course. >> reporter: he did admit to the some of the crimes he's accused of. they occurred between 2009 and 2012. as they appeared in court, livermore police say they will go to the district attorney with additional charges for the third victim later this week. >>> a developing weather storm. the san jose skyline. we learned late tomorrow will be another spare the air day. our chief meteorologist has been tracking it. we head into another cold night. >> that's right. napa coming in with 19 degrees. frigid temperatures continue along with that freeze warning for the north bay, east bay, south bay. we have a frost advisory that's been issued right around the bay. we're looking anywhere from 31 to 39 degrees. we'll see the temperatures drop. morgan hill at 40. redwood city at 40. we'll have the details on who will be the coldest tomorrow morning and when warmer temperatures arrive. >>> a suspect is in critical condition and two deputies are recovering from injuries tonight after a confrontation that ended in gunfir

the permit holder now. is there anyone here representing park merced. okay. and then we can hear from the department, then. >> karl sharp bureau of urban forestry, just a couple of points that i don't want to make, we don't support the new hearing request and there is not new information that is per nant to the case, i would like to correct a few items that were stated. mr. lagos record was any documentation associated with these proposed removal and including all that they have had with park merced that was provided to him and not only did i not have any documents relating to any contract that the rec park may have with arbor well, he did not ask for them and i would not have had anything to give him. however if i had known about this relationship, between recreation and the park department, and arbor well this really would have no issue on our bearing of permits, the permits are issued to the property owner, they can hire whoever meets the guidelines to do the work, as long as it is done in compliance with the city standards, also in the dpw actions are unre

if you are mostly charging for the parking, time takes care of itself. i mean, professor shoop said that. you don't need time limits, all you do is have the appropriate charge. another thing, i hope you are not looking forward to making any money from this, adding charging, because you are not going to. a lot of people were parking free and they are going to figure out they can use muni, they can park less time, it's going to balance out. their magic number of 470, hope that's enough, not too much, whatever. let's start this thing going in california. >> thanks. >> herbert weiner. >> mr. weiner ?oo . >> herbert weiner. by and large i support the spirit of what is being done. i think you should crack down on people using them illegally and use whatever methods you need to do this. but i have a problem with charging for parking. it will raise reverend gnaw for mta and maybe a political deal was struck where you would implement these changes you have parking. if you wanted to be equitable, you would go after the bicyclists which has president been done to da