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 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. Ginsburg i am writing as an homeowner the house bordering john mic chairren park. In support of the gardner. She talks about the observations about kaetlyn. She said i am greatly impressed with her work and dedication from the park i regularly see her out and about taking care of our vast park here. With that, that concludes the president s report. Any Public Comment . Public comment is closed. Item 3. General managers report. Good morning, commissioners. On behalf of the department i want to express how thankful we are to all of you for your continued leadership and support over the past year. Whether it is increasing park access or approving permits for improved park am menties and community events, your vision and commitment are a blessing to our department and staff. In the spirit of the Holiday Season we want to say thank you. I want to take a moment to acknowledge a couple recent incidents involving the front line staff. An incident on november 9th involving a gardiner and public trainee and one of the park rangers left two of the three with minor injuries they are recuperating from. It is a reminder that the parks are not immune from the larger problems the city faces. I want to thank our employees, all of them, particularly those on the front line, for their courage and desire to protect the community. In both instances the staff did. Turning to more holiday matters, last years winterthemed park and ice skating rink is returning to civic center plaza. The kickoff event is tomorrow. November 22 at 11 00 a. M. The kickoff event will feature performances on ice, light refreshments. There is an ice rink and 400foot skating track to leave ice skating through the lighted tree park. It is the Property Management staff that i am proved the quality and joe joy we are experiencing. On tuesday, december 3rd, from 4 00 i said tuesday because it is tuesday rather than thursday for the first time in i dont know 90 years. On tuesday december 3 from 4 00 to 6 00 we will celebrate our 90th annual holiday Tree Lighting. Isnt that usually on thursday . You know it is a different day this year. It is tuesday. laughter . We open the doors and welcome thousands of people to kickoff the holidays and join us for free family fun including sledding, snow play area, carnival rides, cookie factory, and, of course, a visit with a very jolly fellow and his partner in a red suit. I believe his name is santa. The lighting of the tree is a tradition started by john mic e 150th anniversary, i encourage you to Come Celebrate our citys history and park systems incredible history. We all tip a cap to mr. Mcclaren. Moving around town, this year we will be again doing a holiday Tree Lighting in bo bodecker pa. This was a transformative project with the land and community and neighborhood. We have all kinds of partners, including the ymca and boys and girls club. We will all get together to celebrate on the fifth and Tree Lighting on december 17th. More details are forthcoming. Check out our website. Then on wednesday, december 4th, at 4 00 p. M. We invite everyone to join us in Washington Square to celebrate the reopening of the park and the completion of f an incredible Water Conservation project to reduce the existing Irrigation Water use and will conserve nearly 2 milliongallons of water per year by replacing irrigation, changing the soil profile and ability of the soil to absorb water throughout the park. It follows the renovation of the park playground last year. The event cohosted by district three supervisor peskin features ribboncutting and brief remarks followed by reception with refreshments and music at 1630 stockton street. We invite everybody to join us. I want to thank my Capital Project team for an outstanding job and Public Affairs team for keeping everyone calm during the renovation. It is winter. Our winter registration for winter programs begins december 16 at 10 00 a. M. , both online and at 14 different locations throughout the city. Get the entire time for families out. We have a Basketball Team for kids. The roster continues to drop lie flies. Boot camp classes for adults. Amazing programs this winter. Please check us out. If we werent done talking about winter, it is time to talk about spring. Sfybl youth baseball registration is just around the corner. Registration for San Franciscos Youth Baseball League opens on december 2nd. Sfybl welcomes thousands of players, girls and boys. The program is fully embedded and they are a force to be reckoned with. Girls and boys ages 4 to 14 will get to play on all of the baseball fields this spring. Registration can be found at sfrec park blog. Iit is one last look back at harvest time at rec and park on the eve of thanksgiving. So with that, we will see you at the 90th holiday Tree Lighting december 3rd, which is tuesday. That concludes the general managers report. I have one blue card for this item. Albert. This the general managers report. I am an advocate for the mark. That is why i am here. We have issues over there. I have been following the money, looking at the Capital Improvement project so i am looking to see where the money is going to the tennis courts. Mcclaren park. It is fat bu it is flat. I am here for the people who mead in advocates. We need access to the park. If god is willing it is going to happen. Until the day i die, i will be here asking you guys. You spent a lot of money on the world cup. That was a flop. I think we need to realize these parks. I read your Mission Statement this morning, i read the general managers Mission Statement. It really accessibility for all. I am going to be following the money. I will hear the capital report. I have been reading it. Numbers dont lie. Mcclaren park needs more money. Make sure the wheelchairs can use it. Reading about the federal government. In there they talk about maintenance. If you put the paths in the trails and change the asphalt because of petroleum spirits, take into consideration these paths have been there for 40 years. Now they are deteriorating. They need more maintenance. This is from the federal government. I have been doing a lot of research. I wish i didnt have to, but i got all my neighbors together, about five mothers and went out there with lauren. She has only been here three months. You need people willing to do the work like alexis. She is worth her weight in gold. I plan on working with folks and, hopefully, we can get something done and get accessibility for the disabled. Public comment is closed. We are on item 4. General Public Comment up to 15 minutes. This will be continued to item 10. Members of the public may address the commission on items not on the agenda. With respect to agenda items, you will have time to address the council at the end of the meeting. Richard, ms. Clause, then sunshine. Good morning commissioners. Richard roth man. I represent district 1 on park and open space Advisory Committee. I want to talk about bicycles. The city wants to put in or is putting in bike stands across the city. They want to put in one on the cabrilla playground. The parking in front of the playground is needed for kids to go and their parents to drop them off in front of the playground, also they have archery classes. We have proposed other locations on the edge in Golden Gate Park on 36th and 30th and found out that they cannot be used because rec and park has a contract with the bicycle rental company that covers the whole park, and yet they only have bicycles rental stations in the eastern half, one on stanyan street and one by the concourse. I dont see why they should expand to the western area or else limit the contract, and also change the contract so that m. T. A. Could put in two bike e stations or bike stations right inside the park on 36th and 30th. These would not compete with the bicycle rental companies. These bikes would mostly be used for commuters and having them in this location will alleviate having to eliminate parking. Parking is a very big hot issue out in the richmond district. A lot of people double up, and we get people parked there who commute downtown so i hope rec and park can be flexible and work with the Supervisors Office in the community, change the contract. I dont think it is very hard to amend a contract and let these two bike stations on park property. Thank you very much. Thank you. Ms. Clause, sunshine and then albert. Happy holidays. Good to see all of you, commissioners. Happy hom happy holidays. We are looking forward to be down at union square on the diamonds performing and bringing quite cheery fun to everyone. It is good to know that the date is changed. Everybody comes for friday. I hope to see you all down there. Please let the officers know that we are coming down, too. Thank you. If than thank you. Sunshine and then albert and then matthew. Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen of parks and rec, once again it is time for our annual visit. We bring the best of what we due to the city of San Francisco just like you. Once again this year we will be in union square bringing cheer and joy to everybody that comes our way. Please let everybody know we will be there, you see, and happy merry holiday to everybody. Thank you very much. Same to you. Albert. I am albert. I am here regarding accessibility, nonobstructed right of passage or the federal government calls it path. I got this printed off the website. See the shadows . That is a hazard. There are big old holes. People with wheelchairs cant navigate. There are poles. They have to go into see the wood chips. This is pretty common with the park. They put permanent poles, like a telephone pole about four feet high right in the dead center. It is hard for the 600 found or 500pound or 300pound wheelchairs. People cant see the holes and they fall. Here is another picture. These are from your website. See that they dont show the path. It is pretty good because the shadow is there. You dont see the reality what we deal with. I brought five mothers there on saturday and lauren made a report. I want to read something to you. This is from enforcement ada part two. Equal access to parks and recreation. It is real short. Then i will get out of here for your business. C. Gateways to Job Opportunities for people with disabilities. Employment. One. This is Justice Anthony kennedy. Prejudice. We are be beginning to understand rises not from malice or hostile alone. It may result as well from insensitivity caused by simple want of careful rationale reflection or from some mechanism from people who are different in some respects from ourselves. Quite apart from historical documentation knowledge of our own human instincts teaches people that find it difficult to perform routine functions by some mental or physical impairment might seem unsettling to us unless we are guided by the better angels of our nature. Thank you very much. Thank you. Matthew. Good morning, commissioners. I am here to give a quick update on trails and mountain bikes. Surprise. I want to talk about two things which happened this past weekend. You may be aware we are talking about mountain bikes in parks for a century or more. In this case we have been working in Golden Gate Park. There is a pilot and a pilot trail sign. We just did a volunteer day. We hope this is a success. We have heard positive things so far. We hope it expands. It is not meeting all of the needs for users. At mclaren park, lauren is restarting the trails project. We hope that goes through. A comment on the park last month you approved the project which is expensive. That project was very supported in the community. They were told 1 million for this project. The trails project was controversial. I hope the new staff can resolve this controversy and see things move forward. Thank you. Any other Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment be is closed. We are now on item 5. Consent calendar. Any item you would like to remove from the consent calendar . No. Any Public Comment. I do have a blue card for this one. Richard. Good morning, commissioners. I want to talk about india basin. Not the financing. I was thinking Environmental Justice issue. When i looked at the structure when there was michael lee who was the project coordinator in the parks and the building when it was going in there. What has happened there is going to be coming in the 1200 units going up there of affordable housing. That particular water is going to be treated and mostly used for irrigation or whatever else they have. There is a point that i talked with michael lee, coordinator, there is also the option of connecting the water to the main sewer outside, the line that goes along embarcadero. If it is not strong enough. It is going to flood all over or cover all over all of the landscaping, all of that in the park. It is water from human use and gray water. This water contamination and the gray water is usually pretty good. There is going to be a lot of it. I would have spoken of this before and i want to get some action on Environmental Justice. That particular over run is going to go into the water area where there is going to be kayaking and canoeing and people playing around the water there. It would be a contaminant for future use. If the Planning Department would take a look at it from the rpd Planning Department, i would like them to look at the option of connecting a big building there, connecting it to the main sewer line. Presently it isnt in the planning. Thank you. Thank you. Any other Public Comment . Seeing none. Public comment is closed. I need a motion. So moved. Second. All those in favor. Aye. So moved. Item 6, the San Francisco zoo. Good morning. Cfo at the zoo. Powerpoint. One of our newest additions is our twomonthold. We had a naming contest. The winning name is bow bow. Please stop by on your next visit to the zoo. We have two new calves at the zoo. One month old male is thriving and a new female calf was born in late october. This is carmelas first ca calf. The november campaign of 90 years of reflection. We reflect not only on the history as one of the citys most treasured institutions but in the past year with the opening of the passage, introduction of new chimpanzees and much more. On november 1st, marked the start of the winter pricing with 1 off all admission levels through march 31st. We are open on thanksgiving day, as we are 365 days per year. It is one of the most well attended days of the year. It is a great opportunity to get the kids out of the house while thanksgiving dinner is prepared. Reindeer are back saturday november 23 through january 1st. On november 23rd you can add dont an animal package on our website. All packages sold through january 1st have holidaythemed packages. To guarantee delivery please place the orders by december 15th. That is our short and sweet report. Thank you. Any Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. We are on item 7. Golden gate park pen nissenter operating agreement. Golden gate park. Tennis center operating agreement. Good morning, commissioners, dana ketcham. I do have a document to put up. Thank you. I am here to present a discussion and possible action to authorize the department to enter into an operating agreement with lifetime for the public purpose of operating the Golden Gate ParkTennis Center and offering tennis programs for a period up to eight years. With terms substantially the term sheet dated october 22, 2019. Just a reminder. We are excited the construction on the new Tennis Center began with a groundbreaking ceremony in april. It is expected to be complete understand the fall of 2020. The new Tennis Center is 17 tennis court, one pickleball court, court lighting, a sunken court and beautiful new clubhouse including both an area for public use and for tennis learning center, which will continue at the courts serving kids from a variety of areas in the city with tennis and learning. There is also a beautiful garden area and outdoor viewing areas. Back in february of 2019, you all authorized the department to accept a grant from the Parks Alliance for the construction of the course. You also authorized us to enter into an m.