Commission, you may comment under item 4, general Public Comment and will be continued to item 13, if you do not have the opportunity on item 4. Last, when you are making Public Comment, please address your remarks to the commission. The Commission Neither the commission, nor staff will respond to questions during Public Comment, but the commission may may ask staff to respond once Public Comment is done. So with that, we are on item 2, the president s report. Im going to defer to comments made under another item. Thank you. Thank you. Any Public Comment on this item . Being none, Public Comment is closed. Were on item 3 of the oh, before we get started, commissioner buell, item no. Hold on item no. 11, the open space Fund Undesignated contingency reserve victoria Manalo Draves park. I know supervisor kim wants to address this issue and she will appear here at 10 30 and well call that item out of order when she is. Ed with, that item 3, general managers report. Good morning, commissioners. A few announcements. As you know tpc harding park is one of the premiere golf courses in the nation, but its Operation Staff is equally stop notch and have been awarded two awards by the tpc network for outstanding performance for 2015 and the tpc network is the pgas golf Course Division that comprises owned and licensed golf courses and Top Performing courses are represented by the network and presented an award to significant any achievement. Receiving such an award is a monumental accomplishment for any club in the network and were really proud that we have some of the industrys best overseing our operation ateds harding park. To congrats to tom smith and his crew out there. It has been about 75 degrees, giants fanfest has come and gone. Pitchers and catchers have reported. So its time to play ball. The 2016 San FranciscoYouth Baseball League season is set to begin. We ever our openingday festivities on february 27th from 10 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. , featuring team and player photos, baseball activities, raffle, food, team parade emceed by none other than San Francisco giants brooks moon. Just across the street at Hamilton Rec Center later that day, on february 27th from noon to 4 00 we encourage everyone to join rec and park, the western edition Family Resources urban series, the ywca and bridge the gap for the annual black month celebration, featuring spoken word, food, youth displays. The event is organized each year by our own renne strong, who is just awesome and does an amazing job at hamilton is really beloved by her coworkers and community alike. I hi think she has received favorable recognition here at this commission. Moving through spinning march 12th, rec and parks with the Department Youth and families and San FranciscoUnified School District and other city agencies for the summer annual summer resources fair at pier 70. Showcasing more than 150 free and lowcost Summer Programs for kids and this summer rec and park features more than 80 summer day camps from traditional like pine lake and silver tree to adventure camps fishing camps and each year our own summer camps are the most popular and affordable options for the [pfrpblt ]s and proud of our efforts to ensure that everyone has a chance to get out and play. Offering nearly 5,000 camp scholarships each summer to the tune of roughly 750,000. Overall we give away well over 1 million in program scholars, but the bulk of it is for kids during the summer. Summer camp register begins march 19th. And registration for our general Summer Program schedule is march 5. Visit sf rec online. Org to visit our cat lozing. Were in the process of hiring more than 200 youth for our Summer Recreation programs and where teens work sidebyside with our own recreation professionals to gain valuable work and leadership skills and also looking to fill summer position forcamp mather including lifeguards, camp mather camp assessances, cooks and bakers, program coordinators. So those interested in joining the sf rec and park team can find out more at sf rec. Org and job aps. Com. Some really good news about the pending renovation of the Golden Gate Park tennis complex, established in 1901, this historic 21court facility hosts professionallevel tournaments, leagues, camps and recreation play. Our partner the San FranciscoTennis Coalition is moving forward with a campaign to renovate the tennis complex. They have done some amazing work so far. Theyve been able to raise some significant funds. They have got some preliminary ideas on design. They have got some great programmatic ideas and the First Community meeting will be held thursday, march 10th at 6 00 p. M. At the county fair building. And i would like to encourage members of the public and our commissioners to attend to provide input at this early stage. I would real like to thank commissioner levitan for her involvement and support of this project, which is really moving. Its the little engine that could. And public tennis will. Last, but in the least, extra ganza, save the date for our annual event in Golden Gate Park march 26th from 11 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. Featuring egg hunts, carnival rides, games, Live Entertainment, food trucks and the annual bbq cookoff between rec and park, the San FranciscoPolice Department, and the San Francisco fire department. It is one of our four familyfocused events that we do throughout the year, where we welcome familis to different spots in our park system for just some good oldfashioneds fun and tasty bbq. So that concludes my report. With the exception of this month in parks, which elton is going to queue up. We have a very special guest in our video, and special welcome. I feel athletics is the heartbeat of this department. I am jimmy chen, one of the recreation supervisors for the sports and athletics competency. I have been work 31 years for the San Francisco recreation and Park Department. Along with my other supervisor jerry and our manager, we plan and prepare citywide Recreation Programs and special events. A typical day i go and i inspect our recreational facilities and its programs. I take the feedback, evaluate the feedback and assessing how we do to ensure that the park user and the participants are enjoying themselves, having a great experience in a safe environment. And celebrating the Chinese New Year for this month, it makes me proud to be an americanasian, working for this department, and to be involved with all of these different Chinese New Year events throughout the city. Youth sports going beyonds just learning a physical skill and we provide sports for kids to be better kids for life. Happy new year that concludes the general managers report. Thank you. Anyone wishing to make Public Comment on this item . Being none, Public Comment is closed. We are now on item 4, general Public Comment, up to 15 minutes. Anyone here wishing to make general comment, essentially on an item not on calendar today . Being none, item 4 is closed. Item 5, the consent calendar. Anyone who would like to make Public Comment on the consent calendar . Being none, Public Comment is closed. We do need a motion. Entertain a motion. So moved. Second. Moved and seconded. All those in favor, say aye . Aye . So move we are now on item 6, the election of officers. So [kpheurpgs ]s, commissioners were going to start with the election for president. I need a motion to open the nominations for president , and then i need a second, and then i need a vote. Can i get a motion . Yes, i would like to continue the great oh, i apologize, its not the actual nomination, but to open the nominations. So moved. Second. All those in favor . Aye. Thank you. Now now eloquence i thought you said elephants looking at the zoo. I would like to make a motion to have commissioner buell serve as president once again under his great leadership, he has kept the parks and open space on the right course and i think he will continue his fine work with the commission and the department. Do we have a second . Second. Okay. All those in favor . Aye. All those opposed . The ayes have and congratulations commissioner buell [ applause ]. Thank you, i will wait for further nomination and they then make comments. Moving to election of Vice President to open nomination. So moved. Second. Thank you. Nominations. With Great Respect and admiration and affection that i nominate allan low for Vice President , who despite the fact that he went to the university of california at berkeley of is an esteems member of this commission and proud to call him a colleague and i hereby nominate you. Is in there a second . Second. All those in favor . I have one quick [laughter ] so if we have been having this election a weekandahalf ago, i would have put in full, full support. However, it has come to my attention that the honorable commissioner allan low has been spreading incriminating information about me the photo [laughter ] we had an agreement. We had a pinkyshake agreement. So with an understanding that photo will go no further. Im happy to support this nomination. Im deleting it. Im deleting it. All those in favor . Aye. Any opposed . The as ayes have it. Congratulations, commissioner low. [ applause ]. Thank you. I wanted to thank my fellow commissioners. I genuinely appreciate the support, and the work that you all put in to make us all look so good. Let me comment on a few things that i think reflect this last year and the work of the commission the commissioner reaffirmed its commitment to the jobtraining program at gleneagles golf course in mclaren and to encourage individuals sharing the generosity of time, talent and skills and naming the Program Mario del torre and commissioner harrison thanks for all you did novthat forward. We have had out of the open space contingency undesignated fund that the commissioners portion we have seen preapprenticeship program and seen the walter hoss connector trail and thank you, commissioner bonilla and i know commissioner levitan participated in that as well. The improvement of the larson playground and the plane. With that i thank commissioners levitan, low, and mcdonnell for using that portion of the fund. We also have an item on todays calendar, and i know commissioner kim, i believe is going to come and speak to that. So making sure it worked for the people as intended and we sent a message and thanking commissioner low for his work on that that shadows matter on parks. And that were trying to be as detailed, and attentive to that as we can, and i think commissioner low has brought us all to refocus on the importance of the resolution and how we proceed. Weve seen groundbreakings at south park, mclaren park, randall museum, which i think is going to be terrific. They have done a great fundraising job and its a unique piece for the city. We have seen the opening of the joe dimaggio playground and dolores park twin two phases and larson playground and beach chalet and parenthetickally to say that im delighted to see that the federal government wants to analyze fears that somehow this turf may be a threat, but so far there is no substantive evidence of that fact and so we have found, i think, a have good method to increase by 300 the use of these fields, and reduce the watering and everybody who sees them are stunned by them. So the opening of the Kimball Playground and buchanan street malay Great Community project that really reflects a unique transition of an area that opened up. I compliment the commission on moving that forward. With that, the cadillac match play which came to us and i congratulate staff and commissioners. That was a lot of fun and brought a lot of attention to the parks system. With that, i thank all of the staff. I think we really have a firstclass staff from the management at the topdown. And all of my fellow commissioners, i thank you for allowing me this honor. [ applause ] when i was nominated it wasnt with affection [laughter ] well, talk to the guy who nominated you. [laughter ]. You have to work for that let me nominate you next time. [ [ laughter ] is there any Public Comment on this item . Being none, Public Comment is closed. I guess we probably should have taken it before the vote, but were on item 7. The San Francisco zoo. This is on your monthly report only. Correct. Okay. Good morning, commissioners. Tonya peterson is away with her children. My name is danny latham, director of marketing. Thank you for having me today. For this month, senior sweethearts month were celebrating seniors with two for one admission in the month of february. As you see our two elderly chimps and we actually have three. International polar bea day working with an ice company to bring in ice and snow and snow enrichment for ulu the the oldest polar bear in captivity and speaks to the care that our staff and others give to the geriatric animals. Its leap year this year. And so we are offering a free day for San Francisco residents on the 29th of february. During that weekend though were giving leap activity books for kids, featuring different games that they can take back with them and features the most iconic leap animal, the frog. New animals. We are excited that we have an andain condor, 25 years old ian condor, 25 years old and she came to us from new jersey and in talks that maybe she might be permanent. She is going to be here at least for six months. So an amazing bird, amazing specifis is for people to see. And we have a new kudu, the african exhibit they are from southern and Eastern Africa and they are listed on least concerned on endangered species list, but they are hunted for sport and so happy to have that and we had a walleroo joey and verified she is a girl. Being marsupials, we think she was likely born last june, but she has been spending time outside of the pouch and we captured a photo, with her favorite thing to sit in her food bowl. For cold months and while rain is here and so forth, what we have coming up in the spring this weekend on saturday its world pengalin day. Their numbers are jumping because they are thought to be a cureall for cancer and mental illness. We have a sculpture of a penguin in our plaza and one of the reasons we did build the sculptured learning plaza so people could see species not represented actually there the live collection. So that is whole penguin day and doing such spiders weekend with a highlight on insect zoo and spiderman is coming to the zoo to meet the kids. Leap day activities as well and big bunny spring flynn, 114 march 26 and 27th again with egg hunts and Live Entertainment and bunnis that children with see w. That had concludes misreport. Thank you very much. Any Public Comment on this item . Let me just close Public Comment. Public comment is closed. Seem to be speaking at the wrong time today. I do want to thank the zoo for a great show yet and came out to presenting 300 seniors a pass to attend the zoo, a great showing with supervisors kim, the Police Department and just a great city showing and great contribution and thank you for your generosity. And the kinkajou is featured today. It was a great and the seniors loved it. Thank you very much. It was a great offset event and the zoo is a great partner thank you i would like to take item 11 out of order and inspite supervisor kim to come to the podium. Supervisor kim, would you like to comment before he makes the presentation or after . Okay, dan, come on up. Good morning commissioners, dan [phra ur ] mauer with the Capital Division to allocate 161,000 from the open space Fund Undesignated contingency reserve for new batting cage at victoria Manalo Draves park. Some time ago the Community Rallied together and approached commissioner low about this proposal to put a batting cage out there. And with that nexus of energy, they came to the general manager, and we looked and explored the options of putting a batting cage similar to the batting cage we put at Kimball Playground. And so with that, we came to the Capital Committee to present this and labor days because its contingency reserve it has to go to the full commission for your review and approval. Im sure you are all familiar with the victoria Manalo Draves park. Its a very active facility across from the soma rec center and it hosts childrens playgrou