Ohlone, we wish to pay our respects to the ancestors elders and relatives of the ramaytush community. Welcome to the rec and park meeting of september 21, 2023. With the meeting occurring inperson with option to see provide Public Comment inperson or remote low. We ask that you take any conversations outside in order for the meeting to proceed as efficiently as possible. We ask for your patience if we experience any technical issues. Unless otherwise announced by the president , each person will have two minutes on each item. We will take comments from people attending the meet ining person and then those in online. For those that would like to join the meeting remotely, you may join live sf gov. Tv. You may proinvite Public Comment remotely by calling 415of 550001 using todays access which is 26618122316 and webinar 0921 when you hear the agenda item you would like to comment. Press star3 to be added to the list. 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If you need assistance out of the building, please make your way to the closest area of refuge which is near the mens restroom. In there there is a bathroom. Tles note that this Commission Meeting is recorded and will be available for later. Were now on item 2, the president s report. Thank you, ashley. Im going to reserve what i want to say for item 6. But i do want to welcome our two new commissioners, welcome. Round of applause. This meeting has the notion of endings and beginning on my mind. Possibly the greatest Commission President i ever had the pleasure of serving with, well only only one mark buell surprised me only last week that he is stepping down. Hes moving over to the Airport Commission so well still have him as a service. I wanted to honor him as a great human being, a great mentor to be. Although i know that were going to see each other, im going to sorely miss him on this commission that he has run so well. And i also want to honor that we do have a solid date on commissioner griffith memorial thats september 27 at 3 00 p. M. Very much miss larrys presence on this commission and from our city family. A man of great, equi nimity so have fun mark and rest in peace and power and play larry. I think thats all i want to say now. Is there anyone that would like to use anytime on the president s time to Say Something . Hearing none, lets move on. Ashley . Is there any Public Comment on the president s report item 2 in this room . Seeing none, do we have any hands raised on the line . Seeing no hands raised on our line, Public Comment is closed. We are now on item 3 the general managers report and as a reminder we have somebody from prosac for item e. On the general managers report. Good morning, im wendy im the chair representing district 1 as well and im just here to introduce myself, i was elected earlier this spring. And im whited into fighting for equitable park which i love. Rec and park raised me growing up so marks are near examine dear to my heart. But i want to followup on what weve been doing. We have an Acquisition Sub submit talking about the tenderloin, city planning came to present to them and theyll be coming to prosac next week. We just had a really great training with my new roberts rules and ethics, we have done some great tours of mission bay park, watched our rangers graduation this last month, and really excited to keep leading this group. We are struggling as you know prosac has been cut in half. So its important whether theyre a alternate or Voting Member how important their input is to this department and their Service Matters and we need to keep them coming back to prosac and we need to make sure that were advocating for the different communities in San Francisco. If there is any questions, im happy to answer them. Thanks, wendy. Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you so much, wendy and thank you for all of your work. Im not the general manager sitting in for the general manager and heres our september report. Were excited to announce that last waoem the board of a supervisors have plan to bring trikt, as well as three downtown concerts start ining 2024. This plan will generate between 1. 4 and 2. 1 Million Dollars annually for the department as well as provide other benefits to the city like job creation, dollar spent and restaurants and bars and other small businesses. The permit includes free maoun rides for all concert goers to and from the fields. In addition, excuse me, in addition to the revenue for parks and programming, they will help ensure that the downtown remains an important hub for arts and culture and the arts. And as you know, last month, yes it was last month in august, the 15th annual outside lands concerts concluded bringing an estimated 225,000 people to the polo field over three days. During the 15 years, the festival has generated over one billion dollars in economic activitied. As always we are thankful to our part nrz examine looking forward to work withing them on this new concert. Padel, you think i said that right, is coming to the embarcadero plaza. No offense to the pickle ballers in the proud, thanks to an exciting partnership, rock and park will bring up two courts starting next month. Padel is a cross between squash andnot to be confused with pickle which is the Fastest Growing sport in this country. It was created in mexico, boast over 10 million players across the globe. Construction on the temporary courts starts this week and once complete, the courts will be the first to be open to the public in northern california. Bringing these courts is just one example of our public spaces constantly evolving to meet the needs of our residents. Once they are up and running, people can play for free, monday through thursday from 2 to 4, although advanced booking is strong low advised. Other times will be available for a fee. And players will be able to make those reservations at park padel. Com or through the mobile app. Wendy mentioned our park ranger graduation, we just received a new batch of freshly park rangers and a special thanks to the mayor for her support of our Ranger Program through the budget for many years. Earlier this month, 13 train hes completed an 18 week course that helped them hone their leadership skills. The new rangers graduated during a ceremony on september 8th at the randall museum. We thank you commissioner louie, commissionr house and anderson for joining us there. And of course our general man yes, sir and our chief ranger dave murphy as well as supervisor safai and en guardio and scott were in attendance. This brings the total number of park rangers to 41. We thank the park rangers for their commitment and ensuring that they remain safe and welcoming places for everyone. Did anybody happen to watch koko gov. Win the u. S. Open . I sure this. This u. S. Open was special for other reasons in San Francisco. Our general manager, went to new york during this u. S. Open to receive the u. S. Tennis Association Outstanding fas tilt of the year award on behalf of the lis and doug goldman tennis center. Of the 29 centers nationwide, the goldman received the top spot of featured facility. Its an exciting win for rec and park and the Tennis Coalition of San Francisco, our partner in delivering that project and lifetime activities who runs the facilities now. We thank everybody for their hard work to make it an Award Winning attraction. We also had u is s watch party on september 9th where hundreds of people passed the court to watch koko can during that event the Tennis Coalition celebrated our general manager for all of his work on that project. Late last month, we also celebrated the reopening of hers park. Made way for several improvement including two new play areas and filled with educational play opportunities. Also received major landscaping upgrades as well as new paths, walkway, drinking fountains, the hearsay playground with significant for many reasons including that they will compliment the new rec center which currently under construction. The new playground marks the 10th of 13 plow ground through the lets play initiative as you know. That is a Public Private partnership to bring creative play escapes across the city, prioritized by our citizen task force. And one of my favorites, flower piano, held one of their most popular events, flour piano, dozens of artist play on pianos scattered throughout the gardens. And wufnt highlight was latin award winner pablo and im sure not to pronounce his last name, so ill just call him pablo, were good friends now, played at the lounge. The new flour piano lang welcomed over 3000 guests. And enjoying live music is the epitome of summer in San Francisco and this was one for the books. As always we thank our partners, and sunset piano for put on this very very special event. Fall giants a cam maoe is next. This summer the rec and park launched their firstever baseball and softball academy, i feel like we should let Jupiter Jones talk about this one. The free program last 8 weeks and provides Young Players a challenge ra lick lum louing them to play on their games. At cad maoe will continue this fall on saturdays. Anyone who is interested can register at academy. Academy, sf rec that concludes the general managers report. Thank you, sarah. Tell phil we miss him. Is there any Public Comment in room 16 on the general managers report . Okay, is there anyone with their hand raised on our public line . No, okay, seeing no Public Comment, Public Comment is closed. Im going to move to general Public Comment. Item 4, these are items that are not on the agenda. I do have a few blue cards. The way we handle item 4, we do 15 minutes at 15 minutes ill check in with the president and if she elects to go further, we can otherwise, the rest of the comments will happen during item 11. 15 minutes for item 4. Im going to start with tes walburn and im going to call the next two people, patsey furgeson and i think bill, you can kind of hang out over here on the side while tes speaks. Please come forward, tes. Speaker good morning, if i can have the overhead please. Im here to talk about the Farmers Market. Did you know that its patronized by people from all over, not just the tenderloin for excellent produce, fresh fish, flowers, fruit and the people of the tenderloin are patronizing that because they dont have a supermarket. This is one of the reasons that the Farmers Market be retoader to its original location at the plaza. I see people, there are no signs directing people to the temporary location. Now another part of the problem is, what are the plans . We heard there is a six ofmonth pilot. Then we were told, well what is the plan . Where is the budget . Where is the money coming from . I do remember that there was a one out reach in the, Farmers Market a couple of years ago and people were asked to write their thoughts on a post it. I think youll agree that has an insufficient way to provide feedback. Sol if you look at the picture, we were promised that if the bricks were removed, they would be removed carefully. As you can see there is a lack of care and removal here in the picture i took yesterday. There are many more questions that we have but the crying need for is for this Farmers Market that has been there for Something Like 42 years to return. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, next patsey and bill and hillary, would you like to go . Sorry, patsey, hillary go ahead and then patsey and then bill. Good morning, ms. Commissioners. Yall know me, im prosac district 5. Im here to speak on behalf of my constituent see. For me, ill live, i live near safeway at the pension but im thinking about my constituent see, one day bought market, people have assessment concerns, people, like people who live near wood, the tenderloin have a hard time advocating in the neighborhood. I had a chance to express this concern at my meeting regarding to the union bra sa plan. Another thing i want to say is people who have to catch bart maybe live in different parts of the city. They have to navigate hardly to go to the Farmers Market, that is a concern. And people who are completely blind may be have a different time, navigating to new park, system where they have here. And i also, used to visit tenderloin for 16 years, so i understand where youre coming from. Thank you, hillary. Patsey and then bill and then may. Speaker hi im patsey furgeson and i want to talk about the marina project. I live with my husband in a one bedroom apartment its not issue that matters only to wealthy homeowners. I would like to make two points. First i was at the meeting on august 23 where 130 people showed up to protest. A number of them also complained that the clean up of the pollution and gas house was inadequate. Those are the two issues that people want care about. They want a clean up and they dont want to know a new boat harbor built in front of my marina green that would destroy beloved promenade along the water front. I was upset when i got an email asking me to fill out a survey that didnt mention either of those points. I imagine they will be used to say that they support this project. There is no way to register operation on that survey. I really think that this project should be tabled since there is no real opportunity for public input and what little has been allowed has been negative. Nobody wants this project because its a bad idea. And the second point my settlement was to clean up gas house calls. I dont understand why any money is being used for anything else. Its a misuse of funds. That money is not for rec and park to spend to provide a new revenue source. Its for cleaning up the calls and so i ask you to please clean up the coves as much as you can and put the boats back there. Thats what is best for San Francisco and thats what the public wants. Thank you, bill and then may and then greg. Jierk food morning, im bill clark and im here to speak about the boat harbor. Im a boat owner with a birth in harbor. Im different from a birth holders. Im equally passionate about the whole marina green experience where my boat is part. I spend more time on the park than most park enthusiast, spending nearly everyday and couple of nights each week. I suppose you can call it my office. The place i feel more at home, its difficult to. Among the components, as well as the vibe of what it feels to be within it. There is a balance between the east examine west harbor. The start green simplicity and stage for the nature show unfolding before you. The buzz of urban life that fades against a subliminal blur. The creativity of the past expressed to the architecture as it relates to the golden gate bridge, one of the great manmade structures. Since theyre inception in the early 1800. As the a for mention components continue to a park that is a unique place larger than life and ahhh inspiring place to spend time. This is a roundabout way to express my position in the boat harbor. Outcome would be a travesty against nature and anger and demoralized citizens of San Francisco. Thank you, bill. Thank you, bill, time is up. May and then greg and then aaron. Speaker hi. Im may ing and im a resident of the marina, im here to speak to you about the marina project as well. And most of us are part of the keep the water front open organization. There is a rumor that there is big money behind what were doing. I want to show you this is a grass roots organization, its mostly retired people. Its volunteer base, nobody is being paid, so please stop that rumor. There is no other organizations that we know of that opposing this. There is no big money. The emails that youre receiving are from real people, theyre not robo generated. And i want to submit 150 personal comments that included in those emails in case you think theyre just a template. I also want to talk about surveys. The people who have filled up the survey and invited to the meetings were mostly white. Everyday he takes picture and any given day, it would be 80 of poem of color who use it. And you know this is kind of living room of the city. These people are not being represented. I know that rpd says they have limited funds for out reach. In a few weeks we were able to get over 250 signatures on the petition and these are the names of all the people who have signed the petition. Do you mean, 2050. You said 20. Over 2500. Yes, it looks a lot more than 250. Okay, thank you, i have greg and aaron and hank. Speaker thank you. Thank you, commissioners for your time and effort on this commission. With your improvement project, i have a question, were expanding the wes