President buell thank you. Clerk i have angela then ken and victoria and then rory. Thank you, commissioners. I didnt hear if we established a quorum on the commission. I wondered if you have. President buell we have a quorum. Okay, so this can go forward. Im angela, im here following ms. Thompson. Im inspired by the things she gets involved in and mr. Johnsons efforts and life long commitment to elevating who we are as africanamericans here in San Francisco. It is a sitting thing that i, who like him, go to the fillmore to see black people. To have a section of the Harvey Milk Library designate that again, the warmth in the life of black people, the culture, the social, being visible finally in a city that has seen a depletion from 2010 at 6 to 5. 6 right now, its a fitting thing. Thank you for considering this. I believe it will go forward. Thank you. President buell thank you. Clerk ken and victoria . Hello. My name is victoria whiteball. And im here because my father, don white and David Johnson were peers, students together at the California School of fine arts, now the San FranciscoArt Institute on chestnut street. After they returned from world war ii in 194546, they went to school together. And then in the school that ansel adams established. After my father died later in 1989, david became a very close friend. And mentor. And over the past years weve worked with david on many inspiring photo projects, exhibits. From the cfsa period. And we also collaborated on a book called the golden decade, photography at the California School of fine arts, 1945 to 55, published in 2016. Davids contribution to photography in San Francisco and beyond is legendary among the art community. His influence has been felt keenly. Naming the harvey milk photo lab and reference and library in David Johnsons honor would be perfect. And fitting. My name is ken ball. As my wife victoria said, we have known david for the last 14, 15 years, while doing the research on the book in which he is he and his work are prominently displayed. Anyone who hasnt had a chance to look at David Johnsons photographs, you can look at them online and theyre engaging and beautiful and amazing works. I dont want to go over things that other people have already said, but my wife and i are both extremely privileged and proud to be associated with david. And his importance is not only because of his legendary photographs, but also because of his character. Hes a very warm and giving person and i think that this naming this in his name would not only be an honor for him, but it would be an honor for the city of San Francisco, and the recreation and Parks Department and the harvey milk photo center. And so i hope that this is what happens and victoria and i are very, very proud to be considered his friend. Thank you. President buell thank you very much. Clerk i have rory and then christine and then gregory. David johnson is a bay area treasure. San francisco rec and parks has a unique chance to honor one of californias greatest living photographers in the very city where he made his stunning photos of everyday life. Davids work has inspired and influenced generations of photographers and Harvey Milk Center should be proud to have his name on their historic walls. Thank you. President buell thank you. Clerk christine . Thank you so much. Park and rec commission, my name is christine and im from the bancroft library, the special Collections Library at u. C. Berkeley. We collect photographs and we are incredibly proud to have David Johnsons Photo Archive in our collection, over 5,000 photos and these are available to researchers and scholars and anyone who wants to come to the library to view them. Davids archive is an incredible treasure as youve heard. He photographed civil rights demonstrations and marches, but he also photographed the ordinary folks who worked and lived in the fillmore where he captured unguarded moments in their lives. In so doing, he created the most important archive of africanamerican life in San Francisco in the mid 20th century. There is no one more deserving to have a photo lab named for him, and library, and i want to thank all who made that possible. His artistry is an inspiration to us all. Clerk gregory and then charles. Thank you, through the commission to the chair and the e. D. , first of all, my name is archbishop gregory richardson. This is like a u. F. O. Dropping mr. David off here for us to have some insight. As well as i have a dream. First and secondly, id like to thank mr. Johnson himself. Taking his time, doing very, very hard times during hard times to follow his own dreams. And as the black community and the gay, lesbian, Transgender Community has always worked together on movements like the aids movement and more, harvey milk, i do believe would be very pleased to share the space with the black community. What this means in the future for the world that will come is the communities will never be forgotten. In San Francisco. So with all respect to you commissioners, and through staff, and lamonte bishop, consistencies will show africanamericans in the fillmore, in the bayview, in the low moderate income developments, that they can find someone, read about them, go learn what theyve done, and give themselves opportunity to make their dream come true. Thank you for your time. President buell thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners. And guests of david. David and i met in the 60s. We were employed at u. C. Medical center. And during that period of time, we had to start a Civil Rights Movement on campus for equality. And it was at that period in time that i met mr. Johnson. Later on, i realized that the two of us are both veterans, both United States navy, and my relationship with him over the years and remembrance of his leadership and our organization, the u. C. F. Black caucus, is more than a milestone for generations to come, to learn from. So thank you for considering mr. Johnson for the naming of the David Johnson photo lab. On behalf of my family, and residents here in San Francisco, and also the neighborhood, thank you. President buell thank you very much. Clerk anyone else that would like to speak before i call mr. Johnson up . Okay. David and jackie johnson. San francisco rec and park commissioners, general manager phil ginsburg, thank you for this honor and consideration. We deeply appreciate the support and effort, especially of a staff, especially from sarah medellin and lamonte bishop, who worked with our family to move this forward. We want to acknowledge the leadership of chris butcher who authorized a unique madefor San Francisco concrete proposals and ensured appropriate community engagement. We thank our friend Barbara Thompson and all of our friends and family supporters who have stood with us on this day to see this come about. Thank you very much. President buell thank you very much. Im exceedingly grateful to all of those who were factors in this presentation of my work. I believe good things happen eventually. Sometimes it takes a little time. Im in a position to know that at 92 years old [laughter]. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. President buell thank you. [applause] clerk thank you. Any other Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner mcdonnell thank you so much. Again, its a wonderful opportunity to celebrate this amazing man and his work. And so one, thank you, mr. Johnson, for your labor of love, first of this country in serving in the military, and of course in your artistic expression and in particular capturing the history as a story teller and historian and narrator through your work. And so it is our my personal i think i speak on behalf 0 the commission and the department our pleasure to share this moment with you and celebrate with this commemoration. Id like to, if i can, just read as stated, as lamonte stated, we have over 100 letters of support for this effort and many more who didnt write, but certainly spoke up. There is one excerpt id like it share. His historic collection of silver prints depicting jazz era in the fillmore and civil rights leaders and the historic march on washington d. C. Now resides as we heard today with and at the u. C. Berkeley congress and the library of congress. Compared to harvey cartier, David Johnson is given credit by the California School of fine arts as being one of the finest black and white art photographers of the 20th century. Again, on behalf of the commission, its my honor to move approval, to celebrate and look forward to a grand celebration at the center. President buell its been moved and seconded. All those in favor. So moved. Thank you very much. [cheers and applause] were going to go on to the rather dull rest of the commission meeting, but we dont want to keep people here. Wed only torture to have you stick around. But thank you very much. Were honored to have you here today. Honored and proud. Thank you, all. So proud. Thank you for coming back. President buell thank you. Its an honor to do something that is the right thing to do. San francisco zoo, its a tough act to follow. Item 6, the San Francisco zoo. President buell get to the exciting part of the. Good afternoon, commission and general manager ginsburg, Deputy Director of the San Francisco zoo. Im excited to remind you the zoo was established in 1929. And so were celebrating our 90th year. Your zoo is celebrating its 90th year and we have a lot of fun stuff going on. I want to point out, people say what kind of owl . That is a owl. Its a fun way to explore this 100acre park. Thefest features a beer garden with special brews and food and live music. You can come in and enjoy the ambience. Its large, its good, we have nine dead ends and weve never lost a kid yet in the hay maze. A couple of them spent a little while in there. But its worth, if you like hay mazes, come out and see it. Of course, the famous boo at the zoo. We feature haunted nature trail. Were going to have kids coming in costume contest. Its both two days. Its on the weekend. After halloween . Yeah, october 24 and 25 oops, thank you, 26th and 27th. Come out and see. A lot of kids come out in very cool costumes. I wonder what the number one costume this year will be . Anyway, another exciting it wont be a baby langer, who is bright orange, we had one born. If youve never seen a baby langer, it is a very, very cute. What is interesting, the baby is raised by all the female monkeys. And the reason its bright orange, is that the other females can see where the youngster is. So its a shared responsibility. And thats, again, why theyre bright orange. Another Exciting Development is our snow leopard exhibit. These are the kids of jimmie dee. Thats right, one of our male snow leopard was named after the 49er quarterback, and he had two offspring. This is his brother and sister. The need to build a bigger exhibit is something weve been working on now for a couple of years and it is in process. Im sure youre aware that the snow leopard is highly endangered. Theyre extremely beautiful. Its considered the ghost cat. If you have never seen one up close, you should come and see it. What is interesting, the exhibit to the right, or if you look on the upper piece of this slide, the exhibit, the piece to the right is the Current Holding area. And the new piece will be the area to the left. And if you drop down and see the profile of the exhibit being built, you notice the volume is really going vertical. Its going to be as tall as the ceiling. And remember, these are climbing cats. This will offer a really unique opportunity for the cats to move, not only horizontally, but vertically within their exhibit. And theyll be able to bounce back and forth from the central piers that are holing the netting holding the netting up. This is going to be in the center of the exhibit and the mesh will be draped over it and then attached to the edge of the exhibit in a bio swell. So a lot of exciting stuff is going on at the San Francisco zoo. I just want to point out, that we are, again, 100acre park, 100acre garden, 100acre classroom. To demonstrate that, the first school from stockton, were going to have 2000 fifth graders come over the course of the next five months and 100kid blocks will be bused to the zoo to get Environmental Education and really explore and have a unique experience. Theyre coming all the way from stockton. So it is really a little outside of our normal influences. Were really excited. Were punching it up. And the most exciting, to me, ive been working with the gulf of the fair lawns marine sanctuary over the course of a couple of years, you know, about the coastal popup to connect our guests to the amazing diversity of life right off our coast. And they offered a unique opportunity. They had a Research Vessel out last weekend. It was friday and saturday actually. The vessel was out for a full week. They took it out of San Francisco and parked it over the cordell bank and launched a remote operated vehicle to go down a thousand feet to look for coral and the animals down on top of this amazing bump in the middle of this big plateau. And this was the first time people would see animals. The things that are down that far through a remote connection. It was a ship to shore connection. We had an halfhour slot. We were talking to the scientists as they were operating these remote. And we had a really unique opportunity to learn about the amazing diversity right off the coast. Remember, to be designated a marine sanctuary, the biodiversity has to be off the charts. This is all action by noaa. This is your zoo trying to connect our guests in interesting ways. Its open to anybody who wanted to come. That ends my report. President buell thank you very much. Clerk any Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. President buell richard . Hi, richard. Public comment is open. The fair lawn islands. President buell ive been. Good one. They have a lot of rows out there, you know. Ive been on the fishing boat, and it goes ca bang. President buell and the birds wont let you forget theyre there. They have a remarkable odor. How about the seagulls . President buell there is a bird that nests out there. Anyway, dont get me started. But then they have all the jellyfish. They always get in the way when i try to get the salmon. I get the salmon, but im not like mark, mark, catch release. Your time is running out, richard. I take them home, i eat them. I cant help it. Ive been brought up that way. I eat the fish, bring them home. My mom cuts them up and makes them chinese style and its real good. But this particular part about research and everything else. He talks about halfhour window. Thats not easy. Especially when youre on top and you got them swells out there. So maybe tom might want to try out there. But the guy, we have here, mcdonald, i dont know what he would do in that. I thought i had sea legs when it went out there fishing. All them on the same boat. They had to do that, taking the five and dive. And letting it out, you know. Its gross, but if you do have the chance to go out there, its a beautiful scene. You can see almost everything, but watch out for the swells. Theyll get to almost everyone. Im not going to tell you the trick to avoid that vomiting and nausea, but you can always see a doctor. President buell thank you, richard. Clerk Public Comment is closed. We are now on item 7, cottage row plaque placement. President buell follow that. Ill leave that one alone. Good afternoon, abigail maher. Im here for cottage row plaque placement discussion and possible action to approve the placement of a plaque on a boulder in the garden and to improve the approve the wording on the plaque. The main one is strategy one, inspire public space by preserving historic cultural resources. This commission accepted an inkind grant from the japanese cultural and Community Center to install new landscaping in the Southern Front on mental bed. Since this was approved, the department and the center have been working together to support the center in having the garden installed. The garden installation is complete. And we are pleased with the way it looks. Now the center has proposed installing a sign on one of the boulders in the garden. The purpose of the sign is to share with park visitors, the cultural and historical significance of the generation and their connection to cottage row. We have received about 22 letters of support. And two letters of opposition from the same person have been submitted. Im happy to show you a couple of photos. Neighborhood. Cottage row is in the historic district. Thats the black outline. The park is in green. And the red rectangle shows the approximate location of the front bed along sutter street. This is a photo of the new garden. And that is one of the boulders. And this is a temporary sign. The actual sign will be embedded onto the rock. And these are three photos showing similar types of signage in our parks. That concludes my presentation. Thank you. President buell thank you. I have one blue card. Mickey . Good afternoon. My name is mickey and im here to support the Japanese Community efforts to place a plaque in the issei rock garden and its wording. For the past 40 years ive lived at 1979 sutter street, which is right across the street from the park. And several times every day, my dog and i will be past