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

the national park covers some of the most pristine habitat found anywhere on earth. average about two million people per year visit glacier national park, but only a small percentage leave their cars to explore their emerald green lakes, alpine hillsides, and see glaciers incredible wild life up close. today were going to show you why this is so much more than a drie through park, by showing you some hikes that anyone could do even if you only have a little time and with a little extra effort you can see a side of this wilderness most pass right on by. the closest city and airport to glacier national park is in kalispell montana. the rocky mountains that shape the park rise majestically just east of kalispell. after a short 30 minute drive we hit the gate to glacier national park near lake mcdonald. this is the start to the famous going to the sun road that crosses through the park and make sible.of . as the road climbs up impossible roads and cliff mountains the grandeur of glacier national park began to unfold before us. now popping out on the side of the road whic

we have 15 members that are in the parking industry. some numbers i've aware of and representing our numbers there's 15 hundred members working in downtown san francisco in large office building like class a and b and hotels and the sfmta garages. those parking garages are about 5 hundred or so people working in the industry including a number who won't be in a labor managerial positions but a small percentage of workers that are known as the underground economy that are not being paid with all the restrictions that are required of an employer playing by the rules. it's unfortunate and frustrating. we've been to law enforcement agencies both to the federal and local agency and gotten little relief. there are 15 hundred workers that are working for cash. it's our belief that by putting more keys in the police code there will be a today is initiative. the exploitation of folks don't notice this. but we have evidence of workers who don't even have california driver's license that are moving cars on san francisco streets. their undocumented.

of art and engaging the quality of parks. so i want to say that the process that the planning department it's been found to be delight and inclusive. we're excited to see the rose being adapted. thank you >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm rachel i'm the director of communications for the parks alliance. i want to first aggravated assault the planning department and the rec and park staff important this incredible effort our our organization was involved from the very beginning as the neighborhood paperwork council and now as the parks alliances in convening the groups. our input has been included in the document. we have a few suggestions we'll be forwarding to you in writing before the deadline but we're looking forward to the process. in many ways this is a visiony document and it's long overdue. the city is different now than in 986. thank you. >> (calling names) i'm the director and i want to reiterate rachel's comments about the appreciation of the hard work that the commission and the planning department staff have pu

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

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

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

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

it's been a great opportunity for us in the west end of golden gate park. we're not the most importantly in golden gate park we don't get the touching but locals every day and this is a wonderful thing. i want to thank the hell man family and dawn holiday for helping us. >> thank you. >> hello, i'm charley williams and i'm the park supervisor so far section one and sharon is in section one of the golden gate park. i can say our part of the park is highly visible by a lot of people and we have to have this done early it only gives a few hours this meadow is very big. in the summer we have kids playing all the time. we waste a lot of water by having to put it out the water might be out for one or two hours by having an irrigation system we'll be able to get everything water evenly and we have many activities that occur there. so it gives a gardener more time to work on his beating beat instead of just putting out water. that's it. >> any public comment? dawn. >> well, i'm hoping you'll take the hell man money faster some other monies. >> thank you. >> i think

i believe the golden gate park plan as with most of our plans the golden gate park needs better maintenance. the peace plan will not do justice. the rose should emphasize the better need of protection and preservation of its character as mandated in the master plan and finally, one of the most serious that practicing probz in the rose it opens up building creeping creek. it has new recreation and cult buildings 134 should be 4r0ek9d outside of the playground. the draft 2013 rose offers a potential jifgsz for building in our parks for example, you can build cultural buildings. there are other reasons that are given to build if our parks she who says no means it she who gives reasons wants to be convinced. we need to go back to the 1986 rose building. san francisco shouldn't have to fight and we hope you'll help provide the vision. thank you >> hi, good afternoon. i'm sally i'm the chair of the rose working group. the new draft is better than the earlier visions. i commend the staff. they're still some important provisions that we need. we need open space for open recreation not passive recre

has a simple solution with the designated dog park area rigging no fencing retain on leash during organized games tea event and absolutely no dogs in the children's play area. it includes adequate off time off leash time for the dogs to keep them healthy. i want to remember the spap had a successful year in 2013 there were more adaptations >> you're out of time. >> we've received our petition and comments i want staff to follow up on that requires certain responsibility on the part of park users to come together. >> richard and a commissioners i'm richard rothman i'm a resident of a district one and 2 items have to do with this district. i live across the street from the playground and our brand new playground that opposite side costs $4.5 million we don't have a gardner. we've been asking for one it might be on the rec and park chart there's one nobody's come out. we're only asking for one person to come 4 hours per week. i hope this issue can be resolved soon to i noticed take a look the bus down today at park presidio i guess there were two employees they

i've been working with the operation of the park to insure the raementsz will be smooth. it's technically complex. i do want to not despite some of the complexities the department of that concludes my presentation were extraordinarily helpful. in terms of the contingency dollars the biggest reason for the additional publicity needed is the result of the change in the economy and the cost escalation we've seen prices go up 10 to thirty percent in construction because of the incompetent. the project as overwhelming budgeted was to close the entire park but that's not going to work so that's increased the schedule 3 months if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them but we've reviewed the concept plan in the past it includes everything we've discussed in terms of the improvements to the park. >> thank you. >> can we here any public comment? >> i would see is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner low. >> jake can you walk us through the project budget what was the original amount we were estimating and walk us through the

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

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

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

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

park. i have information about the project and background for the project. sharp park is an over 400-acre property and includes a golf course over a third of the property. the remaining land of two-thirds most of this skug -- discussion is on the west side of the property, the wet land complex which contains lagoon and horse stable ponds. that horse stable pond on the southwest corner of the property is a pump house that removed flood waters from the property through a pipe in the seawall to the pacific ocean. these pumps regularly operate through rainy season after rain events and during rain events. it's important that the entire water shed flows through our property down to that pump house at horse stable pond. not only the land that runs through our property but the residential areas north and south of the us and highway 101 to our property. there are animal species that rely on that wet land complex. they are protected by state and federal laws. the federal endangered species act. these statutes prohibit harm to these species without a permit. knowingly

enforcement in place so that the parking regulations are effective. and we establish, contractor permit and recognizing the specialized need that the contractors have to do to do their work and the folks that are using those are small businesses. and we are also, a big spender, we spend a lot of money in buying things and delivering services and we have a very strong small business program something that we take very seriously and making sure that people benefit not just from the improvements, that are products or that our projects and services provide from the work itself and making sure that the small business community and the san francisco businesses benefit from that and so, there are a number of things that we do. and i think that regina also made reference to things like small business week, which we host with the office of small business. and working with sf travel and working on things like small business saturday and helping advertisements for those, and i think that there is a lot of things that we are doing outside of the big projects every