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The 2008 Clean & Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond was approved by 71.6% of San Francisco Voters
which was resulted in 185 million dollars in capital improvements in our neighborhood
parks, city-wide restrooms, urban trails, forestry, and community opportunity funds.
The park's bond is part of the SF Rec and Park overall strategy to address more than
1 billion dollars in capital needs.
We realized that one of the things Lafayette Park is known for is it's wonderful sun on
some of our sunny days and we're gonna have neater paths, great A.D.A. access to the bathrooms
and to the paths. We're going to have the tennis courts are going to be resurfaced and
the playground is going to be improved and enhanced.
This is not just a neighborhood park, Glen Park is really one of the great area wide
parks in San Francisco, we've got the Canyon, we've got the playing fields, we've got cliffs
that people do rock climbing on. There are birthday parties here, every weekend,the gym
is used continuously for basketball,volleyball, other activities. So the needs here, required
a lot of attention.
One is open a functioning, our elders go there. We have 2 elder groups that meet there, we
use the playground a lot, it's crowded most of the day and into the evening, dog walkers
come at night to make sure it's safe. Taichi early in the morning, so new immigrants really
begin to integrate into our neighborhood there. And it's been like that, because the city
and county of San Francisco and Civil Service who work with us have been collaborative.
Now, Betty Ann Ong Chinese Rec Center, since it was built in 1951, it plays a critical
role in providing recreation space for this crowded neighborhood. Lots of people literally
grew up in the neighborhood and grew up with Chinese Rec Center.
we really wanted to create an artist, unique experience for both the children and the families.
San Francisco is one of the greatest places in the world and parks are a wonderful thing
and there really shouldn't be vanilla parks in San Francisco and I think without the parks
bond, you're going to end up with those vanilla playgrounds, it's worth investing for families
and generations to come.
You go out to a very nice day and bring the kids out to the swings. If you go to the restrooms
and it's shady or dirty, it can ruin a very nice experience. The other thing that is important
to the restrooms is kind of the activities. If there are very few activities around, the
people aren't going to stay long, there is less need for restrooms. But if you look behind
you, there is a softball field here and you can get 2 teams of players and the relatives
and friends and you're going to play a 9 inning game, so people are going to be here for hours
and obviously you have to have a restroom facility, cause someone will need it over
the course of that time. So it controls the ways the city can use the parks, so I ended
up very happy to participate.