Commissioner anderson. Here. Commissioner harrison. Here. Commissioner mcdonald. Here. Okay. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the may 21st commission meeting. Just a few notes before we get started for the public. Can you hear me, stacy. She is in a different system. Okay. Somebody commented in chat andrew perry. He thinks stacy is on mute. I think she is while she is talking on a separate system to the public. I can see the mute button there. We are now on item 2. The president s report. Thank you very much. The president s report will be very brief. I want to congratulate all commissioners on Technology Skills and being able to get on the call and i want to thank the public for participating remotely. We are trying our best under these circumstances. I want to congratulate all staff and general manager for all of the work getting done during these challenging times, particularly in the broader sense of assisting the mayor and community in trying to solve the broader problems. That concludes my president s report. Is there any Public Comment on the president s report . We are now on the item 3, general managers report. Good morning, commissioners. It is nice to kind of virtually see everyone. I will be quick. We have a special video presentation at the conclusion of my report today. To follow up on your brief comments, mr. President , as way of illustrating how important our staff has been to the citys overall Coronavirus Response after nine weeks, i want be to share how employees are continuing to serve our city. 91 of recreation and Park Department staff have been designated as essential workers, 91 . 545 members of our team have been activated as Disaster Service workers. They have functioned in emergency child care, custodial services, our park rangers doing education and outreach, 40rpd staff worked downtown in the citys Emergency Operation center. We have two staff serving as site hotel managers, we have 193rec staff at emergency child care facilities. Staff are supporting the gift to sf program. We have had staff working in the joint information center. We have had staff driving ppe around the city in trucks. There is nothing that your recreation and Park Department staff are not doing to support the virus right now. They are continuing to maintain a safe and very actively used parks system. Our parks in a disaster, as we talked about, all of our resources, all of the city resources are on the table. Our spaces have been used as testing sites, food distribution, emergency child care and shelter. However, it remains extremely important to us that spaces that are intended to be used for recreation continue to be used for recreation. Not all park features, but parks are important and playing a Critical Role in helping our community maintain a sense of normalcy and sense of physical activity and Mental Health. I couldnt be prouder of the work that our team is doing. A couple more quick announcements. Our yearlong celebration of Golden Gate Parks 150th anniversary continues on may 30th at 5 00 p. M. When debbie, the executive producer of comedy day has a concert of classics to showcase comedians in the 40 year history. The artists list is finalized as we speak. For more information go to Golden Gate Park 150. Com. I highly recommend this website. We have several concerts performed in the park. We have Virtual Tours in the park. We have childrens stories about tolden gate gate park, play lists. It has become, well, it has become a magical resource for us. Obviously, this wasnt the Golden Gate Park 150th birthday we hoped to plan for, but the website really is a virtual warehouse of celebration. I encourage everybody to visit. As you probably read in this mornings paper or have become aware of, the response to the virus worldwide has Economic Impacts that does not escape our state or city. Due to the covid19 emergency the city is making 1. 7 billion budget shortfall through the fiscal year 2122 due to reduction in revenues which is hitting us significantly as well. All departments as a result, all city departments have been asked to reduce spending, the budget submitted to the commission several months ago before the first shelterinplace order was issued is basically no longer exists. We will be resubmitting the budget to the mayor Office Office consistent with the the following instructions. In 2021 a Budget Reduction of 10 of the adjusted general fund support. In 2122 an additional 5 , totaling 15 . In the second year that 5 is a contingency this coming year if fiscal conditions worsen. The budget instructions we were given by the mayor and her budget team are to maintain core rpd services to provide critical government functions, to evaluate all operations for realignment with the citys covid19 operating measures and guidelines. What operations can and should be performed remotely . What services need to be provided in person . What services can be moved online . How do we continue to Prioritize Services for the vulnerable populations with a focus on equity . Budget decisions are going to be based on the following reopening considerations . What are our Core Services . What are critical recreation and Park Strategies . What is the ongoing park guidance for reopening the operations, and again our commitment to equity. How will be use the equity zones and plan to guide the Service Changes to ensure people can still access needed services in a safe manner, including the Equity Program and scholarships. We have a lot to think through, and we have a lot to focus on in a short period of time. Reduction plans are due to the mayors Budget Office by june 12th. The budget will be submitted on august 1st to the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors are going to approve the 2021 budget september 29th. What is happening until then the budget process is pushed back 90 days. There will be a continuing resolution at the board to allow our department to function until the new budget is submitted. This is going to be a challenging budget for us. As you know, two of our three sources of revenue are general fund as discussed. We are asked to make reduction in general fund support and earned revenue. We are experiencing shortfalls because businesses arent operating, large events arent occurring. This is going to be a tough one. All hands on deck. We have broached the issue at a all staff town hall yesterday. We will solicit revenue, expenditure ideas from the staff and stakeholders in a condensed period of time and do the very best we can to figure our way through this in time for the mandated june 12th submission. We will be coming back to you right before we submit, still to be scheduled a special meeting to hear more about it. We need more time to figure this through, but that is where it is. I wouldnt mind returning to a little bit of happier news. First, we talked about using this time to really understand how to adapt our park spaces as we were commenting just before the meeting started. This weekend you will see behavioral heart, call it human parking spots, quality circles. Four busy spaces around the city will be lined with experimental pilot of socially distanced circles in the larger meadows to inspire and influence people to be outside, get fresh air, but to do it safely. We started in delores park this morning. We added spaces at Washington Square and little marina green and concluding with Jackson Playground so we are in each quadrant of the city. It is not our only strategy for the park spaces to engage safely. At last count we had 1500 social distancing park spaces. Kudos to the chief ranger and team for coordinating with sfpd with th the Cadet Program and wh the alert teams to have many, many people out on weekends in n mice weather in the nice weather. Our parks are critical and we have to Work Together to enjoy them safely. I want to conclude with letting you all know that today, may 21st, is going green for park. A National Day Led by new York City Parks and the San Francisco and Parks Department to thank our park responders. All of those park professionals across the country who have played essential roles in helping keep our Community Safe and helping our community to be able to enjoy parks and preserve semblance of their physical health and mental wellbeing. Mark in new york city there is green tonight and tonight the Sales Force Tower will be green in honor of our park responders and today many of us are wearing green in support of our coworkers and park professionals around the country. On social media people are shouting out to local park employees using the hashtag going green. Today is a day where we celebrate not just our park professionals in San Francisco but park professionals all over the country for doing their part to respond to this crazy pandemic. The way i want to conclude is with a special appreciation video i think you will like in honor of your recreation and Park Department staff. Show. Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed, no more thinking ahead. World changed so very much from what it used to be. Where so much hatre hate hatred, growing opportunity. Wake up, a new way. Listen to what you have to say. They are coming up and the world is in their hands. When you teach the children the very best you can. Let it be. The world wont get no better, we have to change it, just you and me wake up. They are suffering theft dont have ver they d i know we can do it if we all lend a hand the only thing we have to do is put it in our minds things will workout, they do it every time the world wont get no better. Let it be. The world wont get no better, got to change it for just you and me. Change it for just you and me commissioners, that concludes the general managers report. A special out for the Creative Genius inputting that video together. Thank you very much. We are now on Public Comment. Item 3. The general managers report. If you would like to comment please dial in. You will have two minutes. Please state your name at the beginning of your comment. There are no callers. Public comment is closed. Commissioner anderson, do you want to make a statement . First of all, i wanted to give praise where it is due because i noticed that one of the first things that happened when this sheltering in place order was announced is that child care was going to be provided to essential Service Workers using our libraries and rec and park staff. That was an amazingly progressive move and soness. It is something i wish everybody had. We need universal child care. I want to express my gratitude to everyone that was involved. Also, i want to thank debbie durst for the program on the 30th. I want to put out there this is amazing to me. She has suffered the stroke of her husband and the death of her little sister. For her to do that is such an incredible gift. I want to float an idea to you that perhaps we might consider laughter yoga to be performed in the circles. There are studies how great laughter is. I took a laughter yoga class myself. If you real or fake laugh, the body responds the same. If there is anything i can do, since i suggested it. If one suggests it one should be willing to get involved. I am willing to get involved with my time and my money with that. I will keep it brief. I also visited the tower this other wear carrying my commissioner badge, but i didnt get to show it off. I had a coyote encounter up there. It was at night. The columbus statute is covered with staff folding. Maybe we can figure out what is going on there. Thank you for your hard work. Thank you, commissioner. I will talk to the recreation staff. Maybe we will figure out how to have you lead a virtual laughter yoga class. Commissioner buell, i have a question. First of all, thank you for harold and the blue notes. I have a qui a quick question. We had the Charter Amendment which required increase in general support funds. How does that play out today with our Budget Constraints . Proposition d. Very good question, commission commissioner. Proposition b was includes a trigger as similar baselines in other city departments. Frankly they are included in labor contracts. If the city Financial Condition reaches a certain threshold those commitments are waiverrable. We get this. The city finds itself in an unprecedented dire financial situation. There will be some pain. I dont know how to sugar coat it. We are going to have to scale back some of the things we do to figure out how to continue to do as much as we can with a little bit less. What that means we dont know yet. You know, this is a painful part of this emergency because even after people can start to enjoy activities and restaurants and businesses, the legacy of the pandemic will be with us for several years as a city. We have to figure our way through that like we figured our way through the virus and that is by doing it together. Thank you. Any other comments from commissioners . We are on item 4. General Public Comment. This is planned for 15 minutes. This will be continued on item 9. At this time members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission and that do not appear on todays agenda. With respect to agenda items, you have the opportunity to address the commission when that item is reached in the meeting. Reminder to the public. If there is anything to comment on that is not on the agenda dial 1 and 0 to be added to theque. Tadded to thequeue. You have two minutes to comment. There are no callers. We are on item 5. Consent calendar. Any questions . Commissioner buell, you are on mute. Thank you. Do we need Public Comment on the consent calendar before we move to a motion . Yes. If there is anyone in the queue for item 5, consent calendar dial 1 and 0 to be added to the queue. You have two minutes to comment. Please state your name. You have two questions rema remaining. Please state your name first, caller. Caller i have a comment. Permanent filter air ducks at the balboa pool were not permanent. There is a part about signage. Shower before swimming. That is all i wanted to comment about. The pool. Most of it is all right through. Thank you. I am surprised i was able to get on. I had to dial quite a few times. Other than that consent calendar items are all 4. 0. Thank you. Thank you, richard. Please state your name, first. Caller i am director for b magic. I am calling to speak on calendar item f, the Bayview Playground renovation. I want to thank the rec and park team, specifically mary ann for continuing to move this project along. B magic and other organizations were one of the partners that applied for the cof grant to renovate the park. We are so happy rec and park was able to find additional funding to make the actual conception what the community wanted for the park to come true. We are happy to learn there is going to be a groundbreaking and starting of the construction of the park. Hopefully, this summer. I hope that is not delayed due to covid. We have been waiting for this to begin since 2014 when the first cof grant was awarded. Thank you to the park and rec committee. We are for having this happen within the baseball field and we have been in discussion for quite some time about this project. Lastly, on a personal note i want to thank rec and park for keeping the park open. It has been a place of respite for myself and others. I want be to congratulate you for keeping it open for the employees and daycare and keeping it open so folks can get out and actually have Mental Health aspects needs met. We heard there is an uptick in engagement at bayview park which we are happy to see people taking advantage of the opportunity during this time. Thank you so much. Thank you. Please state your name. You have two minutes. Caller this is mia rogers. I am a bayview resident and parks advocate. It is nice to hear everyones voice. I am commenting on the bayview park renovation as well. Happy to see that is coming along. I am echoing what they said. Also, i am thankful the parks are thought of in such a progressive kind of way that involves the community, especially bayview park is in conjunction with the Health Center and everything. It has been awesome. I totally support the bayview park project, and i look forward to seeing it. The listener stole my thunder, but we are in alignment with all of the sentiments. Thank you very much. No other callers are on the line. Public comment is now closed. Thank you very much, commissioners. Commissioner anderson raised her hand. I just wanted to comment on the Bayview Playground renovation. It is beautiful. I wanted to renew my request to consider some sort of structure to provide safety. This is massive and in direct sunlight most of the time. I have been there a number of times and watched People Struggle with the impact of the sunlight. That is a wonderful thing. A lot of seniors live across the street, and i wanted to put that out there. I didnt see anything providing shade in the design. Thank you. Any other comments . Not seeing in. The chair would entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar. So moved. Second. All those in favor. Aye. It is unanimous. Thank you. We are on