Whether any of our documents have space. It sounds like we have flexibility, but just to take it a step further and start thinking around things like siting, funding and resources. Im not sure where we are with our tida budget, but we woumay have to look at 134 creative ways creative at some creative ways to fund it. Commissioner shen. Yes. Thank you, commissioner john bitoff. I know you played a role in making sure the pieces of the fountain were parked up and preserved. But certainly, the fact that this was a focus on the pacific was certainly at that time when everybody was looking to europe and the atlantic, certainly a way of marking our difference being on the coast of the pacific looking towards that part of the world. So i think that that was a wonderful thing to have done. And the fact that these were artists, sotomayor and covarrubias showed the diversity of artists that were working on the island, as well, and that whole theme of peace which was working with the fair, and was the start of the united nations. Thank you for that part of history in which San Francisco played a role. I think its something that we need to look at. As we build a new island, there always has to be a look back, a tie back to the past. I think we cant forget the past. And i appreciate the work you do as a museum to keep that history alive. Really appreciate. I think theres two major questions that we have to ask. First of all how much, and whe where . Those are the questions that we have to ask to see what we can do with this mountain and refurbishing it. And my understanding from the presentation and under you make certainly some assumptions with that. It was approximately in todays dollars 1. 6 million to restore and another 1 million to site. Is that correct . Yeah, 2. 6 million. So its not an insignificant amount. In fact its more than any individual piece of artwork or sculpture that we will commission on the island. This far exceeds any new commission that we might have, so its something that we would have to work on as far as funding, but we would look at it. I think the more important question to look at is where, and i think thats something we can look at as our landscape and Development Team is looking at more appropriate places because theres a lot thats happening on the island. Some of it and weve actually got a whole roster of incredible Landscape Architects and architects working on the island. So we want to make sure that we find a place that does the fountain justice but overall that it fits within the overall plan of the island. So i would suggest if the plan and the Development Team can start to look at where might this go, i think that would solve one of the questions. And then, the question of funding is always a big question for all of us, and theres ways to do that. You know, private and public, and certainly, we can investigate that further. But thank you so much for your passion and your dedication and for your keeping history alive for us. I appreciate you do that. Yes. And i also for the record need to acknowledge that we did receive quite a lot of letters from individuals that are affiliated with art institution, San Francisco heritage. Letter from mike ballard, susan tunic, from the National New Deal preservation association, from mr. Harvey smith, from Taryn Edwards with the mechanics institute, and a host of other people there. So the enthusiasm and support that you have all demonstrated in all of that and as we deliberated, we would take a look again, two things that we need to resolve together, the cost and the location. And again, should this be outside . And again, the location will inform on the cost. If youre putting something outside, you need to think about the maintenance and all of those elements. And if youre putting it inside, what about the food traffic and all of those . So thats basically the kind of work that we would like to develop. Our infrastructure, landscape, weve received the highest lead of any development in the world, so it really shows us here, working on this thing meticulously so at the end of the day, it will be that destination that all of you envisioned. Thank you all again for your presence today. Just a couple quick questions on the construction. I imagine if its installed and its going to have water, its going to be heavier. Is that going to affect construction and the cost, and then, the infrastructure, i imagine if theres going to be electricity and water run to it to fill it and those sorts of things . Yes, thats true. For the portion of just simply reconstructing the fountain, we did make assumptions about the type of foundation it would need. Ultimately, a geotechnical engineer would need to look at it and based on the types of soils that are likely on Treasure Island, we built in a very Robust Foundation for that. So it would work either way. Yes. You have to put in some plumbing and pumps and all that to deal with the water. But if its dry, youll have to put in some drains but obviously much less infrastructure for Something Like that. And as far as it sited inside or outside, is there anything you would have to do to make the colors hold better or something or is that a consideration in the cost . The repair work would probably be pretty similar whether its inside or outside. The only difference might be longterm maintenance. Okay. And then and this is actually outside the construction, thank you. But did this project ever go to the Arts Commission, like when they were considering the type of arts or the installations or the artists . So when the m. O. U. For the master plan and the Arts Commission was before you, we did consider maincluding the preservation for arts for this to be restored, but it didnt happen. Thank you, all. Thank you, everyone, for your presence here today. Kate, before the next item, i want to bring martin just learned that this is your last day tomorrow is your last day . Were shocked. Come, come, come, come, come, come, come. Oh, my god. Martin has worked with us this commission, get the opportunity to have outstanding architect Landscape Architects, engineers, and we consider martin one of the best in the country. So tell us i just got the text that this is your last day, so its all yours. Im humbled and honored to recognized and very appreciative to have had the opportunity to work on the project thus far first as a designer and then also for the developer, and hope to stay involved somehow, but many people have done much more for this project than i, but im honored to be recognized, but i would just say thank you to everyone here. Thank you for your outstanding work. We know youre one of the finest. Martin, were just so saddened that youre leaving. I was just so shocked when i heard the news because i thought you would be with us forever. But good luck on your future endeavors, and hopefully youll be able to keep connection with this project. I know that you were very helpful in its initial stages, and so we want to see that connection still continue. But good luck to you. Thank you again. I do plan to stay in touch. Thank you, sir. Okay. Next thing on the agenda . Item number six, habitat Management Plan update. So Peter Summerville from our staff will give an update. Directors, Peter Summerville from tida staff. Last week, you received another wonderful presentation and update from peter brastaugh. Hes here, as well, but we wanted to speak to the committee and give you a little bit of update cant avoid the pun, but get into the weeds of a little bit of the planning and functionality of the work thats going on. Ill take the time to acknowledge martin. Hes been a great partner, also lauren from c. M. G. Is a great partner, as well. So we do thank the partner for all their hard work on this. Sorry about this. So im just going to run through some of the different elements that weve been working on over the last year or so. Feel free to stop me in between during any questions or we can take questions at the end, as well. The first one to start with is the y. B. I. Stewardship program. So over the last three years, tida and s. F. Environment have developed a formalized stewardship program. And really, stewardship is volunteers, giving back to the earth, the people power of the operation. Well developed a stable structure with that. We have a healthy day. Were having luck with corporate partnerism. We have a monthly newsletter. Weve worked a lot with Life Learning Academy, their gardening and Community Gardening instructor. The Life Learning Academy, were going to be working with them and engaging with them, as well. The other thing weve been working on in the last year is working to bring yerba buena to Treasure Island. Well speak a little bit later about that in the presentation. This is a little bit more work of what goes into stewardship. Those are some of the different happy stewards, members of the staff and also an intern from s. F. Environment and some of other groups that have come out. In the next year youll see in the slide somehow, items in italics, things were going to be doing in the next year. Weve done different parties, different opportunities. You know, the attendance kind of comes and goes, but i think wed like to feel were doing everything we can to reach into the communities, understand what opportunities there are to connect with the residents a little bit more through that program. The next section is the ongoing construction monitoring and coordination that we undertake. Were in a pretty steady drum beat with Treasure IslandCommunity DevelopmentGro Community group, c. M. G. Peter in particular engages in a lot of site monitoring of the construction areas. This is kind of a good example of the presentation you saw last week. This is maybe a little dated, but of the mccollar road work, and the road work and upslope is a construction zone, but down slope is still a valuable natural area. So working with our partners at ticd and t. M. I. , we make sure that those arent spilling into the some of the valuable areas. Tree protection, tree removals when necessary, and tree relocations, c. M. G. , ticd definitely seek our advice, and i think we have a good working relationship with all of those entities. Wildlife survey programs. What we learned when we started implementing the h. M. P. In 2011, there wasnt a lot of data, that several seasons, several years quantitative data. So over the last several years, several purchase orders, weve contracted with josiah clark to fill in that data about wildlife on the island. I think josiah has spoken to the board before. Were starting to fill in his data, which is very helpful, starting to make Decision Making about species, about improvement projects, and also just understanding the health of the habitat. You know, the more species that we want to see, the more native species, the more migratory species, the more we know were going in the right direction on the island. We have started working with cal academy, understanding the shorelines, y. B. I. , the shore at clipper cove. Theres general understanding of the type of species, but regular seasonal data is what were seeking with cal academy, so after a season of that work, well be bringing that back for probably an informational item, as well. The third item were happy to continue using is t the inaturalist app. They can use it anywhere in the world. They can take a picture of the fauna, and if they know what it is, they can enter it and it goes into this database of floral and fauna around the world. I can say the inaturalist app, which i found out by participating, its actually one of the best apps there is. So everybody should have it. If you want to identify what types of insects or trees or birds, thats the app to have. I know theyre still developing functionality, if youre not sure of the species, you can take a picture where its then able to be validated by different subject Matter Experts on the platform. Showing here is a screen, if you go t to inaturalist inaturalist. Org, you can see the charts and tables and data of all the naturalists on the app, again reinforcing that data from the public youll hear me using the phrase, citizen scientists. Its certainly valid in todays age of technology and phone apps where its a lot more easily verifiable than it was from hearing with someone who said they saw this bird out there at this particular time. Certainly, the inaturalist app is something that we continue promote, as well. The bioblitz, its a threehour event where different members spread out across the island, using the app and observations to capture data during that period of time. We will be having our Fourth Annual in april of 2020. We hold it in the spring and well make sure that Everybody Knows about it, and hopefully, you can join us. Switch from fauna into flora, you heard it referenced in peters discussion last week, an Important Development in the developer that were seeking to develop with other partners that are coming on board is the Yerba Buena Island plant p palette. Its a pallete, its a database, 72 y. B. I. Plants that still exist on the island. Overall, theres close to 110, 120 native y. B. I. Plants overall, but the pallette show what is native on the island. The goal is to have all natives, obviously, on the island. Sometimes different elements of project planning or certain area of implementations dont allow us for that absolute level of purity, but again, having that resource that peter does a great job on managing and developing helps us go a long way for giving us the tools that we need to keep that action in place. Native plant salvage and propagation is something thats important to yerba buena gardens. The ticd has with l. E. J. , legislature for environmental justice. Several years ago there was a large scale salvage timed with the operation to get as many plants salvaged, to get as many seed stock salvaged from Yerba Buena Island as possible as l. E. J. Was started to ramp up with ticd. Obviously, hyperplanting from genetic plants helps assure that the quality and the quantity of the different type of natives that l. E. J. Is growing back to ticd, that they are able to accomplish that. When Construction First started, there was kind of a large scale salvage operation that commenced, and we do still work with the developer regularly on salary vavage, bu more spot or work areas expanded into, well work with the developer and l. E. J. And s. F. E. To conduct that salvage as is appropriate, as well. And where do those plants go after theyre salvaged . They go to l. E. J. S onisland native plant nursery. Its primary operation is to hold, propagate and grow the native plant stock that l. E. J. Will be delivering back to ticd. They also do some at their facility in the southeast. The onisland nursery has been success. Its also served as a great stewardship location and also, its hosted field trips from the Life Learning Academy and the job corps and getting into just the facility in general for a second, you can see this is a picture of their overall operation. Peter will speak to a little bit of this when he kwcomes up but part of the citys biodiversity and greening of San Francisco all point back to if were going to have more natives, more demand will require more supply. And does it make sense for the city and even projects like this to look at the viability, the feasibility eventually of native plant nursery operations, whether its additionally supporting existing partners in the city, like l. E. J. , if its working with existing functions like those at the presidio or if its looking at potentially considering on island applications. So those are some of the things that somebody in the back of your mind, when i get into it in a second, the ongoing plant management, and the manage mtd thmtd management that will be coming back to ticd eventually. Basic plant Management Plan is one of the ongoing o. N. M. Functions thats always going to be sort of a tida responsibility or sort of the successor as just sort of longterm o. N. M. Functions. That are now tidas to continuing the management in. The the just to give you an example, this could come back at some point to being revegetated with natives. You get the idea that its going to be an exponentially more of an exponentially increasing function sooner rather than later. And finally, well end with some of the work that weve been doing on the ground currently with rubicon landscape. Theyre our master landscapers, as youre aware. We really over the last 2. 5 years have developed a Good Relationship with lourdes, their manager. They do do existing groundwork for us. Weve gotten them into a seasonal maintenance where they remove the invasive. They do work on kind of a regular management schedule. Peter and i also work with the citys i. P. M. Coordinator in making sure that rubicon stays in compliance with the i. P. M. Ordinance and implements that into their training opportunities. Over the last several years, they dont apply herbicide as part of their programs anymore. We felt that overall consistent with the citys i. P. M. Ordinance directives, which is to use application as a last resort, that was an environmental benefit. We were able to work with them on changing it and hopefully to the benefit of everyone on the island. And then finally, weve been working with them as i talked about earlier on the stewardship segment, a variety of demonstration gardens on y. B. I. I think were trying to get more participation from different segments of the community, but if theyre driving by them and learning from them, thats a good thing, as well. Just this last weekend, we had a removal party, removing the ivy from outside the Treasure Island gym and replacing them with natives. This is what they look