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Africanamericans in this town sucks. I just left thank you. Thank you. Excuse me reverend brown. Let me finish what i am saying. This is general Public Comment so everybody has a right to speak. We have other people waiting and you went past the dialogue. [inaudible] you cant do that. No. [inaudible] you cant do that. [inaudible] no, you cant. My two minutes start now. My pastor has Something Else to conclude. Thank you. No. You cant do that. Unfortunately the rules are this way. I will ask you ...

Bottom is a renting and a photo of the finished project. This is an open space on a parcel on 22nd street and owned by sfmta and adopted by Community Members who lead the effort over 18 months to create the play area. We are thrilled to be part of it. We supported it and helped to make it a reality and if you have been down to 22nd street its filled with neighborhood kids and were thrilled about. Because we worked so hard to make a difference and responsive to the neighborhood concerns i am prou...

Operations. Our expenses for this year are estimated at 6. 7 million just for animal operations itself. Building and grounds again we are a 99acre park as well and buildings grounds are over 4. 3 million in expenses. Where our revenues come from . Thanks again on the next chart thanks to the city 4 million comes from the city and the roases slice there but we really need to get the revenues from the blue piece of pie there which is admissions and the dark purple which is retail and parking. Thos...

Lush landscape and three open spaces including a wide Central Plaza and then the dog park on the right hand side. The streetscape was coordinated as overall plan from 22nd to 18th and reviewed as part of the project. You see the expansion of the plaza. Calms traffic midblock. Next slide is the dog park about 9,000 square feet. New lighting, seating, landscaping. I think a great complement to the existing useds at esprit park and briefly just looking at the experience from the park roughly in the...

Block stretch here so another major benefit is the dog park. This is going to be built on public space and unimproved dead end street by the overpass and were going to pay to build it and maintain it in perpetuity and it will be open to the public and i want to clarify its not a standard thing for new developments to. Do we feel its above and beyond but we feel its an absolutely ideal thing for us to be doing. We saw an opportunity to create something in the space and listened to the community a...

Again i just a quick dashboard here on the last three years, head count, and while attendance goes up we can employ more people and need to employ more people so for the last three years its gone from 214 to 243 persons. Also with that we can promote more folks. We went from five promotions to 12, and we were able to last year to fill 128 positions because you see how were holding there throughout the recession and lastly you know that our zoo keepers are members of the Teamsters Union and thank...

Attendance goes up we can employ more people and need to employ more people so for the last three years its gone from 214 to 243 persons. Also with that we can promote more folks. We went from five promotions to 12, and we were able to last year to fill 128 positions because you see how were holding there throughout the recession and lastly you know that our zoo keepers are members of the Teamsters Union and thanks to the work of the hr team the Union Grievances have stayed relatively the same, ...

Well designed. Incorporates significant amount of publicly accessible open space, enhances the pedestrian experience providing landscaping along the sidewalk and widening the sidewalk. These are all the features you want to see in Good Urban Development and promote those principles. The dog park is a fantastic addition as well so i hope you let the project move forward as it is and thank you very much for your time. Thank you. Then we have joe kirshaugher and peter waller. Are you going to do it...

Now we on item 6, the San Francisco zoo. Good morning. Holly peterson on behalf of the San Francisco zoo and i want to thank you [inaudible] our group of donors tend to be animal oriented and not building oriented and we thank you for your efforts on that. I am pleased to report that the zoo suffered little damage through the storms. Thanks to pg e actually on that rainy thursday we had power at both the vet hospital and at our cafes so we were able to provide warm lunch for our members and staf...

Because the Environmental Review for the proposed project, 800 indiana, was not complete at that time. On december 4 the Commission Certified the environmental report for 800 indiana street so the Environmental Review is complete and youre able to act on the shadow analysis and i will hand it over to avalon bay communities for a few words. Okay. So i actually have rob pool first and then have the two of you come up so rob go ahead. Okay. Good afternoon commissioners. Thank you for the opportunit...