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wanted to mention that since 1975 and with the interagency jurl transfer, which are sometimes free trooe, which is great, to have parkland at 63 different sites and it is not just presidio and we have been hard at work acquiring other park lands throughout the city and over 52 acres and $9 million was spent to acquire undeveloped open spaces as they are generally natural area typesetings and 41 acres and over properties and this year the acquisition fund portion of the open space fund ...

the series of the hearings started initially a year ago and with the advisory committee and with the outline of what we proposed to change for october 20. let me know if you have any questions at this time. thanks. president olague: thank you. i would like to open for public comment. arthur feinstein followed by -- thats it. arthur feinstein and meredith thomas are the two cards i have. >> arthur feinstein, chair of the san francisco chapter of the sierra club and happen foi talk to yo...

with the advisory committee and with the outline of what we proposed to change for october 20. let me know if you have any questions at this time. thanks. president olague: thank you. i would like to open for public comment. arthur feinstein followed by -- thats it. arthur feinstein and meredith thomas are the two cards i have. >> arthur feinstein, chair of the san francisco chapter of the sierra club and happen foi talk to you again about this very important general plan element. and ...

people, how do we use the street network and green the street network to find a logical path between open spaces and to connect opens spaces. and thinking about some new trails and improving the existing trail networkses that are out there. and rec park submitted a grant proposal for this proposed crosstown trail that i talk about here and is a blurry line, but they submitted a grant to develop that into something else and one of the benefits is to have this be around and other things ...

elections declares the election result? is there something happening between the day you introduced and the day you expect the department of elections to pass it? are we trying to catch something? why was it written that way? supervisor avalos: we wanted to make sure that there would be no future leases going forward and we wanted to make sure that our parks could say as accessible and open and not be given exclusive clues to a lessee it would provide recreation space for the lessee an...

author has fully explained what the impact of this could be on the department and i like to discuss with the department a few things before we do that. supervisor avalos: before you do that, there was one thing i wanted to mention. there was concern about the language of this measure about programming that is occurring. there is also programing done by rec and park directors. i like to be cleared this measure has no intent to violate any collective bargaining agreements or functions of...

report, which we dont do, so were not saying were taking things away or that you will not be able to do a lease at a clubhouse in the future. >> correct, it also says there can be no new fees in our parks. supervisor avalos: no new entry fees. but this is not about outside land. >> correct, but it basically says no new leases, correct? it depends on how broadly defined a lease. supervisor avalos: we are defining as leasing a clubhouse. >> i am not sure, and i defer to the city attorney...

date after the department of elections declares the election result? is there something happening between the day you introduced and the day you expect the department of elections to pass it? are we trying to catch something? why was it written that way? supervisor avalos: we wanted to make sure that there would be no future leases going forward and we wanted to make sure that our parks could say as accessible and open and not be given exclusive clues to a lessee it would provide recre...

defining as leasing a clubhouse. >> i am not sure, and i defer to the city attorney, i am not sure the measure says no new clubhouse leases. by the way, i would not mind spending a minute just to talk about our clubhouses, since that seems to be at the core of it. go ahead, supervisor? supervisor farrell: i have a concern about that, especially in my district. integral to the plans of the event authority and the organizing committee, we have not entered into a lease yet. how would that...

item? >> i am with several organizations, but i have been listening here and i see this menu. it looks like disneyland to me. are we turning our part in disneyland? -- park into disneyland? parks should not be revenue generators. it is for people to enjoy. i wish you would consider that. thank you. >> is there any other public comment on this item? public comment is closed. president buell: commissioners? it has been moved and seconded. all in favor? its unanimous. thank you. >> we are...