Awarded 300,000 to the bay view hill zone and park 94124 to renovate and possibly expand the playground which is in the center of the property. The plan that you see on the right happens to be the plan that you approved at that time. Since then, some changes have happened. We also came back in 2017 to accept a grant award from a federal grant that was administered through the state of california for 375,000 in order to add to this plan a pathway that would allow both youth and seniors to have a loop around the park and also have some adult exercise equipment. The community had for the c. O. F. Raised 30,000 for playground equipment. And then in addition at this time was able to raise an additional 150,000 for playground equipment through the Public Health foundation. So as i mentioned before at Capital Committee, the grant award that was a federal grant was actually retained detained in washington awaiting some signatures for them to give us the award money. So we couldnt start the project. At the time, i started to go to all the different communities around there to let them know what we were doing with the project because some time had passed, especially since 94124 had Extensive Community outreach at the time and there was a lot of support for the project during that time. When i went out, the Community Requested to be able to have an area where they can have Community Events on a lawn, such as picnic tables, bouncy houses, barbecues, things like that. Because we had most of the area dedicated to the field, it was hard to have it along keith street in particular. They didnt want a park along 3rd street because theres no parking there and its unsafe to unload in that area, which gave us time to seek out additional funding and provide the design that im presenting to you today. The design what it does here is it keeps the play structure more or less in the same vicinity, although the pathway, rather than running east to west along the north side of the playground, now it runs on the south side. The biggest change is the infield is moved to 3rd and armstrong, rather than on armstrong and on keith street. This allows and opens this green area that you see along keith street the opportunity to have informal gatherings as well as formal gatherings and larger gatherings for the community. It allows easy access to keith street, closer to the restroom and closer to the pool if you have children of varying ages doing various activities. This is a better and larger plan of it where you can see the different amenities that there are. The playground has also been increased to include swings, which is something that the Community Also requested. We have the adult exercise equipment around the pathway. Just recently this week i presented to one of the communities the 5800 3rd street h. O. A. , and they actually have stated that they wanted to see how they can create a file loop that can go around the property as well. So that is something were looking into, to make sure that that possibility is there. But it definitely exists because you can use the sidewalk as well as internal. Everything is accessible. A few photographs just to remind you of what the park looks like. The existing playground structure and then the pathway between the playground structure leading south to east. I meant east to west. And then from 3rd street you can see the busy 3rd street and armstrong on the right. This will be a formal entry now with the backstop that youd be entering behind. So youd go depending on who youre rooting for, youd go to the right or the left. The bleachers are on that side. It shows the fence along armstrong street that would be replaced. Just a view from where close to where the playground and the pool is back out into the field. Its very expansive. And then the two entrances on either side that will be flipped. This is a playground structure that was asked by the community and they were able to reserve a credit with recreation. Then below you can see this is actually green field. Were looking at a different type of make, but it gives an example of what the community would like to see. One in particular was very attractive to them that has the ability to be accessible for use of anybody sitting down in a wheelchair or standing up as well. That one is actually active. The other ones are passive static i meant. Okay. This is just a quick overview. In the staff report i give a detailed description of where the funding is coming from. But what you can see here is that in 2014 the project budget was really almost 600,000. Then when we were able to get the extra funding from the Public Health foundation and in addition the state grant, we were able to increase it to 1 million. Since that delay we were able to increase it to 5. 8. Oh, my goodness. Listed there are all the different contributors. I should say that we will end up starting we hope to begin at the beginning of next year and Start Construction in the springtime and finish off and open the park at the beginning of the folloing year. And that concludes my presentation. So the staff recommends that the commission approve the conceptual design improvements to bay view park. Thank you and im available for questions. President buell thank you. Clerk is there any Public Comment on this item . Good morning, commissioners. I spoke about this at committee. I wanted to try to bring about a greater diversity of activities and use of the field. I dont think people would be playing baseball every day on the field. So i wanted to bring other things into it, such as soccer and they have a lot of trainees and other people in the department now. Can we get that kind of person, a recreational leader . Because i dont know if they have funding to cover that and having a recreational leader. But i think it should have more diversity of activities, kiddie soccer, thats a big thing especially outdoors. I was looking at even the baseball field itself, if you could have inclusion of little leaguers from the neighborhood. I dont know how many want to be willie mays and those kind of people, but that is a big thing for the parents who have learned the sport baseball. Also, there could be a possibility of softball. Some of those things would be based upon where the bags would be and i guess thats part of the field management. If they had that included, i would like that very much. It would then bring about a diversity of activities. Thank you. President buell thank you. Clerk is there any other Public Comment . Being none, Public Comment is closed. President buell commissioner anderson. Yeah, i have a couple of questions. So were going to stay with the existing restroom; is that right . Yes, we are staying with the existing restrooms right now. If there is an ability to seek additional funding, then we would actually update it somewhat. What we are going to do is there are some accessories that need to be made accessible to todays standards, even though it was done several years ago. So that is definitely part of this project. Okay. But the twosided restroom, one for males and one for females . Yes, there is two sides. Its entered at the sidewalk. Its right at the property line. What you do is enter through a little vestibule with a drinking fountain in the middle and go right or left. Im assuming there are Restroom Facilities inside the pool center . There are. I see there are some concepts around trees and i would just like to for the designers to consider shade. I think that opportunity for shade is really important here. Its a bright, sunny place. Im there every day. I watch the people and it can be really hot and theres a lot of exposure from 3rd street. You need to get away from 3rd street. So i would like to see some concepts around shade. Maybe its not necessarily trees, but maybe it would be some other thing. I would just like to put it out there because i think its necessary. Thats it. President buell thank you. Seeing no other questions the chair would entertain a motion. Moved. Seconded. President buell all in favour . Aye. President buell so moved. Clerk we are now on item 11, japantown peace plaza Concept Design. Good morning, everyone. I hope youre managing to stay cool. Im not managing. My name is good morning, commissioners. My name is michael degregorio. Im a project manager at the Capital Division and the item before you today is discussion and possible action to approve a conceptual design for improvements to the japantown peace plaza. Approval of this proposed action by the commission is the approval action as defined by San Francisco administrative code we had the opportunity to present this last week at Capital Committee and so im very excited to come back and to present to the full commission today. This is a really exciting moment for me, for the department, and also for the community. This project references our Strategic Plan by inspiring public space and by inspiring play. What the process has been since about may 2018 has represented just really, really Tremendous Community support seen in three Main Community meetings with more than a hundred people at each. More than 700 responses throughout the process, both digital and intercept surveys, and dozens of more informal meetings with Different Community groups and members. Ultimately, this led to really productive conversation and people really moving the ball forward and working towards a common goal. I do have the Concept Design report that i prepared and submitted, but we actually wanted to try something a little bit different for this project. So we prepared a video that references that same concept report. So im going to play that, and ill come right back after its complete. Making it less effective as a daily use public space. In june 2018, the San Francisco recreation and Parks Department created a peace plaza vision plan with comprehensive community outreach. The project team attended dozens of Community Events to understand how existing plaza users currently use this space and what they would like to see in the future. In total, we spoke to hundreds of people of all ages and backgrounds, received more than 700 survey responses, and held three Main Community meetings that collectively informed a set of Design Principles and a design that is broadbased Community Support and is community friendly. One of the most important parts of this design process in this whole Community Input was that we had professional expertise, architects who have that sensitivity and experience working with the japanese design. So thats very important to the community, and it was a natural for those professionals to be part of the process. We propose five main transformations to the existing plaza. First, we make it visually open and inviting while mitigating winds while providing seating and shade. Then we provide flexible, open space and seating for Community Events such as farmers markets, sumo tournaments and festivals. We propose to make peace plaza an inviting and playful space for people of all ages to discover and explore. Lights in the central reflecting pool pay homage to the flame. The South Entrance will welcome people into the plaza and mitigates noise levels. Lastly we have observed and incorporated significant elements of the original peace plaza design into the new proposal. When seen together, the new plaza will create space for a contemplative moment, a stop for lunch for a group of friends, a place to stroll, relax, and reflect on the importance of the peace plaza to this community and to the city of San Francisco. For myself and my generation, it really is a great challenge, but a mission of love and experience in terms of our older generations that contributed and developed this community. Their legacy is what we inherited through the second generation, through the redevelopment, and to maintain that history and culture of the third generation. If we can establish that legacy for the future generations, that peace plaza should represent that continuance of legacies. With that, i just wanted to close with the staff recommendation that commission approve the conceptual design to renovate japantown peace plaza and ill be on hand if you have any questions. President buell thank you. Clerk is there any Public Comment on this item . On this particular project there was a complication involving mitigation of wind going across and in all different directions. I tried to look at it, and i cant see too many other solutions to it. There was something i thought of, i dont know whether it would be any good or not, it has to do with the rooftop between the East Building and the West Building and the supportive structure on the edging of the roofing, wires across and you could try to do it through little [ indiscernible ] and pick up that wind problem. Okay. Those are some of the wind issues or put in some flags you already have around that site. I also liked the idea of the boulders. Ive sat on a big one there. It gives a good birdseye view of the location. It like the retaining of such boulders. Another part that was interesting to me had to do with the operation costs. That place there has changed throughout the years. It used to be different nightclubs. Theyre gone. Now they have all those small little dining places and a lot of takeout food. So when they have all that food moving all around, its going to at one time or another end up in the plaza area. I dont know how the trash concept will be strategically located how to deal with the trash. Anyway, the operational costs i believe, im not sure, who owns that particular building, i thought it was a private issue. I remember the fellow used to drive a porsche. I dont know how the Recreation Department controls the plaza area. If there is any way to try to gain an operational cost, i think that should be something the project manager as well as the department can kind of look into that would help alleviate some of the costs, maybe get additional personnel. Im not going to take any more time. Thank you. President buell thank you. Good morning, commissioners. My name is john osaki. Im here today as a board member of the Japantown Task force as well as a cochair of the peace plaza committee. I just wanted to share with you that i am extremely pleased to finally be with you all here this morning. I cannot tell you how much this project has been a source of frustration for our community for many, many years. Its what i wanted to share this morning is that this project is much more than just an openspace project for this community. It has very deep meaning into the roots of our community here in San Francisco. Many of you probably know San Francisco was the first port of entry for japanese in this country. The very first japantown was formed in San Francisco. People built a life here, despite tremendous obstacles, despite tremendous racism and hatred that culminated in the forced removal of our entire community during world war ii. But people came back. People came back and reestablished homes. They reestablished businesses. They found a way to rebuild this community following the war, only to be removed a second time in the name of urban renewal. The second time that our community was removed from this area, people didnt come back, and that can never be undone. Today we those of us who are fighting to preserve our community have to find ways to continue to draw people and bring people into our community. We have to find opportunities and ways to bring our community to gather and really honor those who came before us, who work so hard to preserve our community, and thats what this project represents to us. It represents a legacy to those who built this community and to those who continue to want to preserve it and to maintain the vitality of japantown. And i am so grateful for the support of the rec and Park Department through this process. Those of us in japantown, frankly, are used to be being told what to do and what we can do and where we can live. This was one of the few times i felt like the community spoke and we shared what we thought was appropriate for this community and we very much support this Design Concept plan and we urge you to support it. Thank you. President buell thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners. When we started this process it was morning, so im just going to move into good afternoon. President buell, Vice President low, commissioner anderson, bonilla, harrison, mazzola and mcdonnell. We want to talk about the remarks you saw by john osaki, the cochair, we want to emphasize the points of inclusion. I wanted to also give you greetings from our board chair as well as our cochair who couldnt join us today and the concept was the point of due diligence. I think the video and all of the references talks about the three communitywide meetings, the 100 members who were included in it, the dozens of other meetings we had. We talked about the redevelopment and what effect it had on japantown. It was very important we had this project. As this project was indicated, its japantown peace plaza open space, but for many of us its sacred ground. This is our third Japanese Community in San Francisco. Were only three japanese communities left in the whole United States with san diego being the other one and los angeles. So in terms of california and th