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Everyone, please, make sure to account for time delays during speaking, and coverage between streaming and live coverage sorry. Alternatively, you may submit the Public Comment in either of the ways, by emailing recpark. Commission sfgov. Org. If you submit Public Comment via email it will be included in the legislative file as part of the matter. Written comments may also be sent via u. S. Postal service to the San Francisco recreation and Park Commission at 501stanger street, San Francisco, 94177. And the meeting is recorded and it will be available to you later on sfgovtv. Org. Were now on the president s report. President buell thank you very much, a couple of pieces of communication that id like to pass on as compliments to the staff. First to read, i was leading a small group on a hike through Golden Gate Park today and my staff member sat on a Yellow Jacket nest and several campers were stung. This stuff happens and everyone was fine in the long run. The nest was likely new since we pass through this area often. Im not writing to complain in any way. What i wanted to reach out is about the response that i got from one of the park groundkeepers and gardeners. I flagged him down to explain what happened and i had no clue what to do to get them back. Without hesitation, the rec and park employee agreed to help and went and retrieved the backpack and some other items even though he appeared to get stung as well. He told me his name was m. Preston and i wanted to make sure for the fact that he went above and beyond and was acknowledged with his supervisor and boss so im advising his boss right now. To thank him on behalf of the commission. Secondly, and heres a second one, i must say that it has exceeded expectations. They have followed all of the Safety Standards and i trust my children with them during this time. The camp is organized, checkin and pickup are safe and seamless. I have never seen a staff member without a mask. The pods stay separated throughout the entire time. Cynthia is heavily involved with the success of the camp. I work out at qusar so i see her taking notes for each pod and checking in and ensuring that everything is organized and safe. What i am most thankful for is cynthias ability to lead by example and to connect with my nephew whose had recently come into a new environment. He comes from a traumatic background which causes him to have a lot of different challenges. Cynthia has taken the time to connect with him and guide him in a positive way. He looks forward to going to the camp every day. Lastly, the staff has done an amazing job really showing their care for the kids. Coach layman goes above and beyond and demonstrates his genuine love for my young nephew. Coach kevin has also worked really hard to create an environment where my nephew can succeed while learning the basics of his favorite sport. A huge shoutout to the entire qusar summer camp staff. I appreciate them immensely. Keep up the great work. So thank you again for for the staff that goes beyond the call of duty. With that that concludes my president ial report. Clerk now Public Comment. If theres anyone on the line and you would like to comment excuse me on the president s report, dial star, and then 3, to be added to the queue. All right, seeing no hands up we will close Public Comment. Were now on item 3, the general managers report. Thank you, stacy, and thank you, mr. President. I will pass on the remarks from your report. From my report, i wanted to start this morning on an update on dodolores park. And d dolores park is as busy as ever. And in the interest of Public Health and keeping our park open, our staff in partnership with the San FranciscoPolice Department, and the sheriffs department, and the public command center, and the joint Information Center and many other City Partners and community partners, theyve been out in the park for the past several weekends for outreach and educational reasons to maintain people to have proper social distancing and to wear masks. This past weekend our park rangers and other agencies reminded more than 10,000 people to wear masks and handed out nearly 4,000 masks. Our outreach efforts include social distancing circles, increased mask signage outside of all restrooms and bulletin boards. And park staff are monitoring the restrooms to ensure that the masks are worn. And Hand Sanitizer and mask stations and messaging on the lawns to wear a mask. And a big social media campaign. I want to thank the rangers who have really just done a remarkable job and our Public Affairs and outreach for all of the work theyre doing in this busy, crazy park to help to keep people safe. And i now weve all seen the countless viral videos of incidents happening across the nation that shows politically divisive rants during what is a very highly charged time in our history. Unfortunately, and i think that as commissioners most of you know, a similar incident happened at dolores park involving one of our employees. For background, they work on our highly successful Love Dolores Campaign that offers education and outreach within the park to inspire healthy and considerate park behavior. Precovid, their efforts had helped to reduce the litter in the park by nearly 73 since 2015. Since covid, andres led the efforts to encourage mask wearing and social distancing. And they were the subject of a womans rant against masks, signage and playground closures that in turn turned very personal against andres. A video of this interaction is shocking. The parks have to be sacred space where is were all equal and equally welcome. This is where we are safe to work, to rest or play. And places where we can invest in our own physical health and mental wellbeing, and places where we respect our neighbors fundamental instinct to do the same. As Public Servants weve all had our share o challenging interactions with the public from time to time, but no one has to endure the indignities that was faced the other day. Without question, andres has the full unwavering support of this department and we stand in solidarity against bigotry and hatred. We are also in contact with the Police Department and the City Attorneys Office on this matter. Im so sorry that this happened to andres doing a job that i know that they care about in a park that i know that they love. Im proud they didnt run from hate, but instead confronted it like they confront everything that comes their way in crazy dolores park, with grace. Moving on, as if a pandemic and a racist rant werent enough, i want to provide an update on the fires around the bay area and the impact on air quality in San Francisco and our parks. In conjunction with the current east wave and the fires in and surrounding the bay area, the air quality in San Francisco has declined to levels that are unhealthy. Hopefully this will pass in just a day or two. In the meantime, we are reminding staff of the requirements that our outdoor environment and safe practice, as they pertain to the heat and the smoke. And we have included those steps needed to continue to comply with covid19 requirements to ensure that our staff are safe. More updates to come if this air quality issue continues. And i want to provide an update on emergency child and youth care in the Community Learning hub, Something Else that has gotten a lot of attention of late. In late july, mayor breed announced that rec and park, in partnership with the communitybased agencies and other city departments, will implement the Community Learning hubs. A citywide neighborhood bay strategy to support the children, youth and families during this time. The hubs will provide support for students in grades k6, who are utilizing the sfpd Distance Learning curriculum. And not just prioritize, but its designed for children and youth with the highest need in our city. The registration kicks off on monday, august 24th on the dcyf website. They are working with Human Services agency, school principals, to identify our highest need students based on several criteria. And the program will begin september 14th. It is by invitation. Eight of our own sites are designated as Community Learning hubs. And it will provide approximately 300 slots for highneed students. Those sites are the rec center and the Eureka Health center and joe lee rec center, and minni lovely ward, and the tenderloin. In addition, your department will be continuing to provide emergency child and youth care for families of Health Care Workers and activated Disaster Service workers at five additional sites, beginning august 31st. There are approximately 200 Slots Available in this program. And our staff is actively working with this program, and most of all ready for the fall. We went back to the families that were participating in this program in the spring and are still eligible for it. And those sites are the glen park Recreation Center, the Hamilton Recreation Center and the patrero Recreation Center and the sunset Recreation Center. This will be the vast majority of the programming that we will be providing in the fall. I cannot emphasize enough just how proud you should be of the recreation and Park Department staff during this response. From our recreation staff to our custodial workers to our structural manslaughter staff md to our Park Maintenance staff, you know, every single Frontline Worker in our department has had a hand in the citys response to covid. And it is worth noting that our recreation staff now going on six months has come to work, has showed up every single day to care for our citys children. They have been selfless and they have been completely mission aligned. They have been caring and compassionate. President buell as you alluded to about the summer camp, they have been absolutely wonderful. I want to provide an update on exciting developments at indian basin. The india basin project team and this is also a partially a Covid Response strategy, is working to have a semioutdoor tech hub to provide highspeed connectivity and the access to devices as needed, user support and technology training. The tech hub will be set up in the parking lot at indian basin shoreline park. And Public Health protocols are put in place and improved as part of the hubs permit to operate. The plan is to have Internet Access starting in late august or early september, to prepare for the resumption of schools and to grow the program over time. The current plan is to operate wifi and to offer loaner devices at the tech hub from 11 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. On mondayfriday, with two or three on hand to help with usage. Approximately 30 laptops and tablets have been secured. Users with their own devices would also be able to access wifi from inside of their vehicles. We hope to grow this program as philanthropy and other resources permit. This ties into the philosophy behind the Community Learning hubs, but, actually, there was a decision to stand this up prior to the Community Hub development that grew out of our Planning Efforts with our Equitable Development plan leadership committee, facilitated by jackie, and apri, and several members of our team as an immediate need for this neighborhood. As we all know, and we are experiencing this very second, technology is simply critical to move on with our lives, whether were a student, or an adult looking for work or trying to stay connected to relatives. And this Equitable DevelopmentPlan Initiative is designed to strengthen the existing community in the bayview and the indan basin neighborhood, to ensure they will have the ability to you know, robustly function, notwithstanding the covid restraints that we all face. I want to provide a quick budget update. Yesterday the Appropriations Committee heard for the second time the recreation and Park Departments proposed fiscal year 20202022021 budgets. It t totaled 626,000. In 2021, and 294,000 in 20212022. And theductions were temp Salary Reductions and additional supplies reductions and some reductions to our vehicle budget. In 20212022, they impact our temp salary and attrition targets and some Additional Savings in materials and supplies. We worked well with the boards analysts and we do not believe that this will adversely impact the departments ability to provide services to our parks and for our park users. The departments budget had has critical funding to provide staffing at these Community Learning hubs we just discussed. The emergency child the continuation of our emergency child and youth program, covid19 Adaptive Strategies for Park Maintenance, enhanced cleaning and disinfection, and the ranger social distancing and mask education and distribution program. And provide funding for our scholarship assistance for youth in public housing, shelters and foster care. The budget and Appropriations Committee will complete the deliberations on the budget on august 26th. A full board is expected to pass the budget on september 29th and the mayor is expected to sign the budget on october 1s october 1st. I want to thank our entire budget finance, h. R. And Business Team as well as our Property Management, Public Affairs and operation teams for their incredible work on this challenging budget cycle. Related to Community Learning hubs, but broader, the San Francisco department of Public Health issued a new directive last friday, august 14th, regarding allowable use activities. The new order categorizes these activities as outside of school time programs. And they are intended for all children and youth in elementary school. The format of oesp programs are small cohorts of 20, similar to summer camp hubs. Our fields and parks and some indoor spaces are available for this use. If the groups are interested in providing outofschool programs in our spark spaces, visit our website at sfgovpark. Org, to a link for an application. No outside lands this year but on august 28th and 29th there will be inside lands. Outside lands is proud to present inside lands, a free virtual festival, featuring two days of music and neverbeforeseen footage to celebrate the past 12 years of the festivals history. On august 28th and 29th, at 4 00 p. M. , anyone can log on for iconic archival sets, exclusive Live Performances and interviews with artists, plus features with the festival curators and the Small Businesses and community that make outside lands truly one of a kind. Followthetwitch. Tv outsidelands c followthetwitch. Tv outsidelandsc hannel, for everything inside lands. We will see you all inside. Lastly, a special kudos and recap of the pga championship. The pga championship at harding park concluded in an historic way last weekend as one of the most broadcasted sporting events in history with more than one billion with a b billion viewers. The eyes of the sports world were on San Francisco, and on t. P. C. Harding park and its pristine greens. Thats a cal berkeley alum and used a bit of homefield advantage to dominate the final two rounds and to win his very first pga championship. You just grew alans head, thank you so much for that. I want to thank all of our staff who made this tournament an incredible success. Lets be ho