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Reiterate or under score that dawn did mention. First the staff. I would agree with dawn having participated in a number of these process and ones that had the passion and commitment to parks and open space that could potentially be therefore very contentious and this was not for a number of reasons. The first of which in my mind was the incredible Staff Support and analysis that went into preparation that dawn referenced so again thank you to dawn and the entire team, and then secondly the masterful facilitation skills of steve his last name . Cansian. Was just phenomenal in guiding the process and ensuring that Task Force Member as well as Community Members felt their voice was being heard and options and issues of importance were being considered so really, really fantastic, and then in addition to the members of ....
Number of other projects that are part of larger renovations include playground projects and as you look at the map all of the red dots are the playgrounds in the San Francisco park system. Its one of the our numerous assets and one of the park features that draws the most loyalty and interest and enthusiasm and feedback from the many park users. Of that entire universe of playgrounds we renovated 83 already and that goes back to work from the 2000 park bonds that was passed so we did a tremendous body of work over time but as youre aware resources are often not enough to meet the full universe of need, and so even with the 83 renovated playgrounds we still had 55 playgrounds that hadnt been renovated in the past decade so this was the universe that the task force looked at and thought of the plays how do we evaluate which ones need additional investment and which ones are okay . So we look the at data sources to look at that. In p ....
Was that a motion you made commissioner low . Yes. And is there a second to that . Second. Moved and seconded. All in favor say aye. Aye. So moved. Thank you. We are item 8. Failing playgrounds task force. Commissioners. Dawn kamalanathan with the recreation and Park Department. I am here to present on the results of the failing playgrounds task force which the commission appointed a number of months ago and i just wanted to start off by saying i have been working here for eight years. I have easily organized facilitated or went to a hundred meetings and i have to say this is the best task force ever and i think that is really the result of efforts and attention of many people and i would like to thank some of those folks. First to really thank the Committee Members including commissioner mcdonnell. It was a thoughtful and reflective work and i hope they all become advoca ....