This is the recreation and Park Commission meeting, november 21, 2019. We welcome everyone. Please turn off Electronic Devices and take your secondary conversations outside. If you would like to speak on any item today, we request but do not require you to complete a blue card. Unless otherwise announced each person will have three minutes on each item. Please address the comments to the commission. To allow equal time neither the commission nor staff will respond. The commission may ask questions for staff after comment is closed. If there is an item under the subject matter of the jurisdiction you may speak under general Public Comment. If the fire alarms activate, leave the building. Elevators will not be available for use. If you need assistance go to closest area of refuge, the mens stream. Me men mens restroom. Briefly, i want be to congratulate staff and the secretary to the commission on the William Hammond hall awards, and also commissioner harrison and mazzola for work in ant
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Devices and take your secondary conversations outside. If you would like to speak on any item today, we request but do not require you to complete a blue card. Unless otherwise announced each person will have three minutes on each item. Please address the comments to the commission. To allow equal time neither the commission nor staff will respond. The commission may ask questions for staff after comment is closed. If there is an item under the subject matter of the jurisdiction you may speak under general Public Comment. If the fire alarms activate, leave the building. Elevators will not be available for use. If you need assistance go to closest area of refuge, the mens stream. Me men mens restroom. Briefly, i want be to congratulate staff and the secretary to the commission on the William Hammond hall awards, and also commissioner harrison and mazzola for work in anticipation of that. Wwe honor 12 employees and expanded not only gardeners but trades as well. It was truly inspiring to
We really have the knowledge of where these things are and how big an impact we can have by chiseling out each element of it. I think we are going to be more successful an. Thank you. Public comment on this item . Thank you director of the office of small business. I was just observing the conversation. I want to thank the department odepartmentof building inspectir staff. They are amazing. This is not easy. Our office works very closely, particularly with tom. I want to reiterate we have the Disability Access fund, which we are working with small businesses, and we do work with small Property Owners who are financially challenged in achieving access. That is from in helping the Property Owners comply for those that have limited income and working with the businesses as well. I think it is, you know, we are still dealing with many Property Owners who have had properties for a long time, particularly in the commercial corridors that are still adjusting that they have a responsibility to
For staff after comment is closed. If there is an item under the subject matter of the jurisdiction you may speak under general Public Comment. If the fire alarms activate, leave the building. Elevators will not be available for use. If you need assistance go to closest area of refuge, the mens stream. Me men mens restroom. Briefly, i want be to congratulate staff and the secretary to the commission on the William Hammond hall awards, and also commissioner harrison and mazzola for work in anticipation of that. Wwe honor 12 employees and expanded not only gardeners but trades as well. It was truly inspiring to see the people who make us look good up here who do the daytoday workout there in the parks and making the improvements. Thank you. As my want there are two emails i am aware of i will read a portion of. I have decided not to identify those who send us compliments for fear they may change their mind. My comments on the balboa park renovations. The landscapes is a jewel. Then to mr