park. he quotes hall on the vision of parks generally. quote, primarily they are intended to provide the best practicable means for healthy recreation and influence they exert upon society can scarcely be over estimated. our staff carries on this legacy with the vision. in many ways the challenges and powerful influences remain the same, expanding the activities, working on hilly wind swept landscapes, safe clean beautiful places for the public and securitying bonds to fund the projects which we were able to do this year with as age of prop a. the san francisco health and recovery bond. these words have special meaning this year. san francisco has realized what the men and women of the building trades know. parks are not luxuries or nice to have. they are must haves essential infrastructure. not just mys places with pretty leaves and flowers. they are sanity savers. they are the most equitable and accessible amenity that a city and state can offer its residents. they are important for everyone, but absolutely vital for those in cities and

area into the park. >>my understanding and that's the area that's the area that got hardest hit and i understand how a 41 is closed, so that beautiful tunnel view when you come out of the tunnel and you see the valley valley laid out in front of you that view is now closed because of the work that's going on there is that correct. >>so road the highway 41 corridor from the south and trent. it can could then so close to the badger pass turnout that section of road is closed and will remain closed when we open up when we open from yosemite valley to tunnel you will be open to the public. >>that's good news. is this going to affect anything as far as i understand some of the facilities like bathrooms were damaged by trees falling in boardwalks where people could walk to get around in some of those meadows and so on. as pam alluded to once you get summit 70 valley are going to be able to get to where you want to go to see some of these beautiful sights. >>so we're still assessing conditions i don't have a ful

i walk to the park and go to the playground in golden gate park. i wanted to go down that slide but i left it for the kids. weep had enough young people playing in the park. as general manager phil ginsburg reminds us every resident of san francisco lives within 10 miles of a walk or open space. residents and families are access the outdoor space during the pandemic. today is an opportunity. to recognize and show appreciation to this incredible rec and park staff. you all work so hard to make sure our residents have the best experience possible what accessing the parks and open spaces and our recreational programs, including really stepping up when we needed to the most to provide incredible learning hubs, partnering with youth and families. you enjoy the rec and parks to be teachers or educators or social workers you are there for our kids. you adjusted. you saw a need and just did it and did it and made it possible for the kids to have places to learn and grow. i bet you got hooked on some of those kids. they will suck you in. you can't help but l

the threat of air pollution in our national parks. ce the lands near the parks are rich in resources needed for an energy-hungry america, regulation here sets the stage for a classic struggle between government and free enterprise. ultimate decisions to shape the regulation from this point will be made by david hawkins. >> as chief of air pollution programs for epa, his task is to implement the intent of congress. but the clean air law has swamped his office with work and while nearly 100 new sections would be regulated, clean air and the parks is left untouched for over two years. to get things moving again, gordon anderson and friends of federal court. the judge orders epa to draft a proposed regulation within six months and complete the job in one year. ordinarily, the task should take twice that long. >> next issue is the definition of visibility impairment -- >> with his environmentalist sympathies, he will want a strong interpretation of the law, one that will achieve effective results. with a vaguely worded statute, to many, he

industry and protection of the national parks can coexist. e seen when industry has come in and we've been able to lay out on the table what we want to accomplish, but it does take a certain amount of trust and that is sometimes hard to develop because we are so used to wearing our white hats and blankets that we forget to talk to one another. but the first step has been taken, and that in itself is left me with a great deal of satisfaction. >> barbara brown will be the first to admit that in washington, rarely is there such a thing as a clear victory, and almost never is there a lasting one. the political drama that shapes our laws and our lives is a constant struggle. for now, the regulation as written will be in force. but this rule and the clean air act itself wille$i again, as will all of our laws. we have seen through a former park ranger that one person can have a definitive effect on our national legislation. so to me you and i make a difference if we let our voices be heard. i am e. g. marshal. (music) kzcñokÑyou're watching american

to the public. park staff have done a tremendous job in maintaining them, improving them, and even doing simple things like making sure that the rest rooms are clean and well stocked. citywide, i think that the parks department has done a tremendous job, and a lot of accolades need to be given to staff in particular. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. >> operator: there's one more. >> clerk: okay. caller, you have two minutes. >> i really appreciate all of you for your hard work and effort. this is my first time ever joining into one of these. i just happened to be looking for information to get ahold of one of you. like, i just thought i could ask you a question. i wanted to know who and where i could speak to just, like, ideas or comments, so if any of you have information for me, i would appreciate it. >> mr. president, the speaker can submit with the department through r.p.d. info. the e-mail address, rpdinfo@sfgov.org, and someone will be in touch. >> thank you. >> clerk: thank you. anyone else o

park. he quotes hall on the vision of parks generally. arily they are intended to provide the best practicable means for healthy recreation and influence they exert upon society can scarcely be over estimated. our staff carries on this legacy with the vision. in many ways the challenges and powerful influences remain the same, expanding the activities, working on hilly wind swept landscapes, safe clean beautiful places for the public and securitying bonds to fund the projects which we were able to do this year with as age of prop a. the san francisco health and recovery bond. these words have special meaning this year. san francisco has realized what the men and women of the building trades know. parks are not luxuries or nice to have. they are

in the park, especially the people who need to park in the free zonewe'll look forward to having this conversation, i don't know, probably in march or april. thank you. >> thank you, richard. >> clerk: thank you, caller. paul, is there anyone else with their hand raised. please press star, 3, to raise your hand to speak during general public comment. >> that was the only raised hand, ashley. >> clerk: thank you. seeing no further public comment, public comment is now closed. we are now on item 5, consent calendar. commissioners, are there any items that you would like removed from consent today? no? >> president buell: doesn't look like it. >> clerk: okay. is there any public comment on the consent calendar? as a reminder, to please press star 3 to raise your hand to comment on the consent calendar. >> there's still five callers on the call but zero hands raised. >> clerk: all right, seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. commissioners? >> if the chair would entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar. >> so moved. >> second. >> pre

to the public. park staff have done a tremendous job in maintaining them, improving them, and even doing simple things like making sure that the rest rooms are clean and well stocked. citywide, i think that the parks department has done a tremendous job, and a lot of accolades need to be given to staff in particular. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. >> operator: there's one more. >> clerk: okay. caller, you have two minutes. >> i really appreciate all of you for your hard work and effort. this is my first time ever joining into one of these. i just happened to be looking for information to get ahold of one of you. like, i just thought i could ask you a question. i wanted to know who and where i could speak to just, like, ideas or comments, so if any of you have information for me, i would appreciate it. >> mr. president, the speaker can submit with the department through r.p.d. info. the e-mail address, rpdinfo@sfgov.org, and someone will be in touch. >> thank you. >> clerk: thank you. anyone else o

a report tomended that the national park directed to undertake the first steps toward creating a park which is a special resource site. new paragraph. busy.ad, again, been we live in washington, d.c., so it is easy for me to take the metro line and stop in and see some congressional staffers, and i did so, and started working cantwell' staffs, and they really jumped on it. so we had legislation ready to inwhen they interviewed september, 2003 that would require the park service to study this. side,gs over on the house he loved the reactor and thought it was preserve for sure. he introduced companion legislation in the house. and there were hearings in march, 2004. florida watching in theiray baseball spring tournament for the university of pennsylvania, and they gave me two days notice and said, can you testify? so i made a quick trip back to washington. was a time during the administration of george w. bush that the official position was no new parks, and i remember victor knox from the national park service had to listen to five different petitioners, i was just one of five people t

the pandemic has _ groups in central park. the pandemic has made - groups in central park.rom everybody else and you breathe air that is moving around a lot.— you breathe air that is moving around a lot. this new wave of birdwatching _ around a lot. this new wave of birdwatching has _ around a lot. this new wave of birdwatching has brought - around a lot. this new wave of birdwatching has brought out i around a lot. this new wave of| birdwatching has brought out a wide range of people of all ages and social backgrounds. previous to the pandemic i was a bit more closed in with work and the daily rigmarole of the rat race, so to speak. so this is something i have been able to reconnect with a little bit with my local environment. having acquired in the city and feeling — having acquired in the city and feeling isolated by the pandemic, going out and realising that things are still happening, it is great. we are on a wild goose chase. - happening, it is great. we are on a wild goose chase. david l on a wild goose chase. david runs a live — on a wild goose chase. david runs a l

the superintendent of the national mall and memorial park's for the national park service, stephen booker, the acting assistant chief for the united states park police, the general manager and ceo for the washington metro transit authority, ronald poplar, the chief of the metropolitan -- excuse me, of metro transit police. also the chief of the metropolitan police department kevin donohue, this any administrator for the district of columbia -- the city administrator for the district of columbia, and the chief of the d.c. fire and emergency medical service. we may also be joined by representatives of the d.c. national guard who we have invited to join us, as well. let me start with a brief situational update, and then we will hear from our guest. i want to reiterate my request americans to enjoy this 59th inauguration of the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states from home. enjoy it virtually on january 20. our tradition, in fact, our constitutional mandates the transition of power occurs by noon on january 20. it will happen here in the district of colu

one of her classmates said she saw a man in the park looking at the girls. they made a sketch and tips flooded in. one of them seemed especially worriso worrisome. a man jogging said he had seen a guy in a different park a few miles away. scouting his next victim? fear gripped the city. though for barbara it felt more like rage. she got a gun permit, kept a gun in her car. >> i'd go pull up at a stop light and i remember looking over and there was a man in the car and i was thinking, could you have done this, did you do this because they had no clues for months and months. it was a fog, you're living in a fog. >> then it was summer, five months had passed. >> august that year was fabulous in the pacific northwest. and i woke up a little late. jenny woke up a little late. >> just the two of them. patty pastian and her 13-year-old jenny. >> and we were sitting in the dining room on the floor in front of the patio doors, bathing ourselves in the sun. we were talking. all about upcoming camp. all about what she'd do the rest of the day. we just visited. it's not

so cbog is focused on the 2008 and 2012 parks bond. we present the information part of the those bonds, but supplemented by a variety of sources, general fund, open space, partnerships with the san francisco parks alliance, state grant funding. and also development fees. and so all of those sources go into these projects. so toks has mentioned margaret hayward, which included funding from a variety of sources, specifically for the parks alliance. as part of the $15 million -- the planned $15 million fundraising campaign for the let's play s.f. program and $15.5 million of bond meeting, plus the goal was $15 million of private fundraising, we track all of those sources, both in our accounting system and the parks alliance also has tracking mechanisms. and we work together to ensure that those pledges, to a specific park, must go to a specific park. so everything is -- everything is tracked as part of our city -- we have a city grant process, where the funds have to go to a specific park. and the parks alliance is tracking that. and i thi

gone national park is the only national park in germany inhabited by golden eagles and there are about 10 of them from class back valley we have a good view of the rocky crags. this summer if you look at the trees the treetops up on the mountain those are the places eagles like to that's where you can best see them and see. but there's no sign of them yet. well looks like this is going to involve a bit of sitting waiting and wishing an ideal time for you guys to dive a little deeper into the national park. way too back to scott national park is lake county city only environmentally friendly electric boats are allowed to travel the lake which is almost 200 meters. half way across the captain stops because it's from here that the steep mountain flanks create the famous could we see echo. after about a half an hour the boats reach their destination the hair shoutin insula and st bartholomew's and eye catching 17th century brock pilgrimage church. the church lies at the foot of the vox monk mystique with the heights of over 2700 meters the mighty mountain has come to symbolize the national

and this is no pootle in the park, either. s, and jonathan coates threw himself into this to find out more. for many, cycling during lockdown offers escapism, and more people than ever are hitting the roads. but, for a growing number, the roads they ride on aren't tarmacked. cycling is a sport which has always embraced technology and now, it's taken the ultimate leap into the virtual world. zwift is an online platform that allows amateur and professional cyclists to train and compete against one another. its popularity has soared during the pandemic and now it has more than 3 million subscribers. by putting a normal everyday bike on a smart trainer — basically a treadmill for a bike with a bluetooth connection — a rider's real—life physical output is converted into a moving avatar. in zwift, the resistance levels automatically change depending on gradients and conditions, and there is a whole host of other tech that can help add to the realism. the more advanced trainers simulate going over cobbles or through dirt tracks, and t

in the park, especially the people who need to park in the free zonelook forward to having this conversation, i don't know, probably in march or april. thank you. >> thank you, richard. >> clerk: thank you, caller. paul, is there anyone else with their hand raised. please press star, 3, to raise your hand to speak during general public comment. >> that was the only raised hand, ashley. >> clerk: thank you. seeing no further public comment, public comment is now closed. we are now on item 5, consent calendar. commissioners, are there any items that you would like removed from consent today? no? >> president buell: doesn't look like it. >> clerk: okay. is there any public comment on the consent calendar? as a reminder, to please press star 3 to raise your hand to comment on the consent calendar. >> there's still five callers on the call but zero hands raised. >> clerk: all right, seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. commissioners? >> if the chair would entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar. >> so moved. >> second. >> president

of the park. >> this is not a data-driven decision, it is reactionary. se is to keep people out, the fee is inappropriate. >> the daily entrance fee ranging from six dollars to $10, and $50-$60 for an annual pass, free entry for bikes and pedestrians and a possible reservation system for weekends and holidays. is the city imposing this fee in good faith? >> i will accept that they are doing it in good faith if there is a subsequent council meeting the changes the fee to something larger than the six dollars we recommended in the first place from the commission, then i say it is in bad faith. >> the city has taken the dramatic step of shutting down the park during peak hours from 10 am to 3 pm on weekends. some say $10 is how much he makes an hour after ok it. >> you can look at it as a way of helping the community.>> if you charge $10, it's only open to specific crowds. >> do you think $10 will make people appreciate the park more? >> absolutely. anything that is money involved, they appreciate more. >>> police in pleasant hill hope that the cell phone vi

welcome to the park. so this is where the park begins, you can see the bamboo.a trench here, this marks the difference for making the communities understand where the park begins, and where the buffaloes cannot come over. ahead of me there is a team of trackers. hey, trackers, i'm lucy, good to meet you! before any traveller takes to the mountain, the rangers share essential knowledge. it's so beautiful walking through here. yes, sometimes gorillas come down to the bamboo. really, they come this far down? they can even come outside. once we come to the gorillas we need us to stay together, we are creating a distance between us and the gorillas, we need to have seven metres' distance. we need to respect their movement. there is a sound, they have to do like a... clearing throat sound once they do that, it is confirmation everything is ok. 0h, 0k. but once the silverback, or any gorilla say... coughing sound that means that's not good. that's not good. so what i am doing, i have stopped. but then if i hear... low grunting... so i make the situation feel ok. it's p

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most who left the park also left the city.tayed for monday's planned demonstration scattered to all parts of the district. in all, only a handful of hard core militants, who remained in defiance of chief wilson's order, were arrested at the park. >> why don't you get off your phony eye lashes? take off your girdle and your false eye lashes and your false tits. you're a pig. stop feeling me up, you faggot woman! >> what is your name, miss? >> none of your business. you are all -- pigs. all of you. >> the 15,000 demonstrators who remained in washington were joined by several thousand more militants for the following day's traffic stopping action. monday's tactics called for massive civil disobedience at 21 selected targets. targets were broken into two areas. traffic circles and the bridges. mayday leaders felt if these were blocked during early morning rush hours, government business would be stopped. >> we're going to see to it that the thousands of government workers who have a right to go to work peacefully are not interfere

of the parks alliance, here to speak in support of the observation wheel. we have been partner with rec and park for many years ance we partnered with rec and park to bring an amazing celebration of golden gate park 150th anniversary to san francisco and the bay area to celebrate this amazing masterpiece and the whoa el is a signature component of the celebration. we think it is a big draw for residents and tourists alike and the neighborhoods experiencing a huge issue with business and when our museums open up again this will help resuscitate the tickets sales that have been lost and i support and my organization and the thousands of people who represent support the observation wheel and moving it forward. thank you very much. >> thank you. members of the public, last call for public comment. you can enter the queue by star then three. go ahead, caller. caller, your phone has been unmuted. ok. last chance, caller. all right. commissioners, that will conclude public comment. and the matter is now before you. and again, this is simply an informational item. t

he is writing to the park and the last thing he said is the park, you leave all fouls to the good. you guys are definitely a part of that. the last thing i want to say is one of my favorite aspects has been the apprenticeship program. something the trade unions really push for. the laborers, carpenters, and plumbers. i have watched great delight on the faces of the a present apprp program. people who got to start a new and gt a chanc got to work in r. i want to recognize how important apprenticeship and internship is. now i want to talk about nick olge rech son. he is described as professional and incredibly approachal. of the five r's is nick's resilience. no matter the stress that comes his way, he maintains an effortlessly positive attitude. he is often early and his sense of workmanship and responsibility which produces results . the daily challenges faced by a person in his person and meets his challenges maintaining a no non sense, no excuse, but incredibly positive attitude makes him very deserving of this award. i'm wondering if nick is here and if he would like to say a fe

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stays the elephants pose more of a problem than the poachers do and important part of the work of the park manager and his team is communicating with the residents of the villages on the edges of the national park. we realized that the elephants were more or less fleeing the interior of the forest because of growing pressure from poachers from the south and southwest. thanks to fences that the park officials have set up around the villages the elephants are slowly retreating back into the forest. in 3 of the villages electric fences protect the plantations for the bus and we've been going hungry for 2 years people were losing weight there wasn't enough to eat but this year we have enough again we have vegetables we've been able to harvest what we planted to get. the cooperation between the park management and local residents is proving successful for the way in dong the fences in these communities have also come as a relief. if it was costing a lot of money it takes $46.00 people to chase away 3 elephants and elephants not a dog it's not a sheep that you can push away with elephants you ha

providing underground parking would really help the neighborhood for on street parking . i've been commuting to the school for 17 years and worked there for the last seven years and finding parking has been such a struggle . the entire project sounds wonderful an would help seniors and neighbors like all of us. please approve this project. >> okay. members of the public. last call for public comment. press star then three to be entered into the queue. commissioners i see no members of the public requests to speak at this time. public comment is closed. and the matter is now before you. >> commissioner diamond. >> i think this is a wonderful project. it has so many features to benefit not only the seniors but the community. kudos to the koich. ichurch.it takes a lot to put ta project like this. i move to approve. >> second. >> i'm also supportive of the project. the community benefits are substantial. we hope it gets implemented as soon as possible. >> commissioner imperial. >> thank you. i'm generally supportive of this project. i do have one question out of curiosity rega

jeff reinboldt, superintendent of the national mall and memorial parks, for the national park service. steven booker, who is the acting assistant chief for the united states park police. paul weederfeld, the general manager and ceo for the washington metropolitan area transit authority, or metro. ronald pablit, the chief of metro transit police. also chief conte of the metropolitan police department, or d.c. police. kevin donahue, the city administrator for the district of columbia as well. chief donnelly, who is the chief of the d.c. fire and emergency medical service. we may be also joined by representatives of the d.c. national guard, who we have invited to join us as well. let me start with a brief situational update, and we will then hear from our guests. i want to reiterate my request to americans to enjoy this 59th inauguration of the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states from home. enjoy it virtually on january 20th. our tradition, in fact, our constitutional mandate that the transition of power occurs by noon on january the 20th will happe

stays the elephants pose more of a problem than the poachers do and important part of the work of the park manager and his team is communicating with the residents of the villages on the edges of the national park. we realized that the elephants were more or less fleeing the interior of the forest because of growing pressure from poachers from the south and southwest. thanks to fences that the park officials have set up around the villages the elephants are slowly retreating back into the forest. in 3 of the villages electric fences protect the plantations plus we've been going hungry for 2 years people were losing weight there wasn't enough to eat but this year we have enough again we have vegetables we've been able to harvest what we planted to get. the cooperation between the park management and local residents is proving successful for the way in dong the fences in these communities have also come as a relief. if it was costing a lot of money it takes $46.00 people to chase away 3 elephants and elephants not a dog it's not a sheep that you can push away with elephants you have to be ve

i do want to thank the secret service, the u.s. park police for working with us to understand what their concerns are, how we could help address this national security issue, to make sure that the icons that we administer are protected, and also to make sure that, if possible, we could allow for first amendment activities in the park. we are a premiere first amendment area in the country, in the world, probably, and we wanted to see if it was possible to do that and also meet their security needs. so as of this morning, the secretary of the interior has officially closed the areas in the national mall. that includes, again, the core area and the locations that the mayor mentioned before in support of the request from the secret service and the u.s. park police. i do want to talk for just a second about the first amendment areas. we were able to identify two locations. we had two groups or several groups that had submitted several first amendment applications and we were able to identify two locations on pennsylvania avenue where up to 1