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San francisco, particularly those in rincon hill, will be able to enjoy emerald park 7 days a week forever with absolutely no cost to the city or to the people of San Francisco. Speaking for me as well as peter who couldnt make it today, this gift gives us an enormous amount of pleasure. I am also speaking as i rarely do for my wonderful wife, dr. Rio, who is an me. Over the last 38 years, San Francisco has been incredible to us and it is truly marvelous to pay back a little bit of our debt. We love the city and are so honored to be able to help in this small way. Thank you. applause thank you...

Percent mandated Affordable Housing requirement which is incredibly important for our working families and individuals in the city. We want to thank john burton for his leadership and advocacy for this project. [ applause ] we also want to thank a little known resident of district 6, the former mayor willie brown for initiating this project too. It is the undeniable truth that transbay has been the catalyst for this city. I look forward to working with everybody here for the future success of this program. Thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you, director kim, supervisor kim for those word...

This half acre with great appreciation, but we will take care of it with our other partners for years and years to come as part of the system, maintain it as well as to receive the newness of it. Going forward, we cant maintain every gift that we get. We cant maintain all the things that we want to have for the rest of our city as we expand our park system. So, youre going to hear more and more of this model being created, but it is wonderful to announce this type of gift and to announce the figuring out of its maintenance for many generations to come. This is why i think the city of San Franc...

A city planning and don of parks and rec as well as tradection professionals studied the park to ensure it met all the professional standards required of a San Francisco city park ~. Thank you, don. And kirsten, thank you, parks and rec. Thank you, jamie, and thank you, cliff and katy for all your hard work. The childrens play structure will be coming in the next few months. Construction of the park is finished. The original plan for emerald park called for cities to buy the land and all the improvements as well as pay for the ongoing matesv. In these times of great stress on the citys budget,...

The San Francisco Parks Alliance is to inspire and promote Civic Engagement and philanthropy to protect the city and enrich San Francisco parks, recreation, and green open spaces. Today i think that youll find that the and rincon hill is no exception to that. You might know that back in the gold rush era, rincon hill where were standing right now was one of the poshest addresses in San Francisco. This was the place to be ~. And then Pacific Heights took over and rincon hill fell into decline. Then came the bay bridge and rincon hill really for decades was something of a back water. Well, look ...