including those provisions in the rules. >> i think there are two final speakers. >> my name is edward han. i think you all for being here today, especially supervisors -- thank you foall for being here today, especially supervisors. i am happy that we are talking about these caps in services. it is good that we see them, but i did not hear about any involvement with the community. supervisor chu, you mentioned that you have spoken to some victims. perhaps we should speak to them to see how things are going. i have tried to get the community more involved, so i am building up a small organization

called asian americans for justice. maybe i can get the community to speak out more. i recommend that we continue on with the ambassador program. i have seen it, i think there are a lot of things that need to be worked out. certain areas, they do not need it as much, but with any new program, and there are always issues involved, but overall, i think it will be positive for the community. hopefully, we can keep this going. thanks for your time. >> roger tan. thank you for addressing this matter. first comment to the sfpd, perhaps something that you can concentrate on are victims that are out of state. i know recently, there was a

couple of incidents, where the victims were from out of state. he also spoke about non-violent crimes. i know that sometimes there are roadblocks in regards to nonviolent climcrimes, but thats disrespectful. talking about the police passing out those pamphlets. offices are trained, and while they show they are caring in terms of offering those services. i also want to speak about the

ambassadors program. that is a win-win situation. it not only shows the people that we care about their safety and well-being, but also provides a good role model, in the sense that community members can take care of their elders. i have had been in the nonprofit, mental health, substance abuse field for the past seven years. it may be my lack of research, but i have never heard some of the organizations mentioned today. i would like to see some of follow up on why there are such an array of services, but how about a collaboration? i have seen this booklet called the cdo booklet, but i have never heard about the department on status of women. thank you.

>> any other members of the public debt would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. i want to thank all the representatives of the various departments, members of the public, for participating in this ongoing conversation. my office will be convening city stakeholders to talk about what we can do moving forward, and hopefully, move forward with administrative proposals and legislation to address this. if there are no other closing comments, i would like to see if there is any more business. >> no, mr. chairman. >> ok, at this time, the public safety committee meeting is adjourned.

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>> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations

that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding ourselves in a way. >> you can look at the images, they are beautiful. when i started four years ago, there was a conversation about environmental issues that was very different.

this is not being talked about in the way it is now. . this has just been like an amazing growth. i anticipate the project to be something that opens a dialogue to public interest in these ideas. so the work is really made to be seen in this environment. it's been show in museum, in gallery, but never in a public setting. and it's kind of ideal for both myself and the works to have this real dialogue with the public not only in san francisco but people coming from all over the world. >> since the dawn of electricity, that light is something that people feel connected to and inspired by. personally, there is space to

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>> thank you all for coming out on this beautiful san francisco day. i brought my sunglasses. i'm the director of public works here in san francisco, very pleased to be here today, despite the weather and grateful you all came out, in intite of it as well. in spite of it as well. what we're talking about today is a pretty momentous for san francisco -- it would be really anywhere under -- under normal times but given the given what is going on in the state and around the world, it is more remarkable. the city of sfrarnings the land area of san francisco -- the land area of san francisco, 25%

of it is taken up by public rights of way. it is a real big part of the city that we maybe don't necessarily always think of as part of our public realm. often we're just passing through it. we're really very fortunate here in san francisco that after -- after really more than a generation, i would say, of neglect, that we now is here. we have a mayor. we have a board of supervisors that understands the importance of the city's infrastruck which chur and the public rights of way that com provides a significant part of the city. that understanding has been manifested in their financial commitment to investment and infrastructure, both to main and repair and upgrade it but also to improve it. what -- what you're going to -- what you're seeing here already and what you're going to hear from the speakers is just, the latest example here on leland is an example of that improvement.

it is not just making sure the streets are paved which is absolutely important and making sure the sidewalks are in good condition and we have accessible curb cuts so folks in wheel chairs and other disabilities can access our public realm safely but really ep happensing the public realm so it is not just passing through as you whiz by in your car, it is for being in and enjoying and i think -- helland is -- is really an excellent machine festtation of that, a world class facility, that we're bringing to the neighborhood has is long overdue. the reason all of this is happening it because we had the leadership to make it happen and to drive it to happen. so we have a lot of folks here that i want to acknowledge and a few folks that are going to speak. of course i want to start with the person who has been driving this from before he became

mayor, but certainly before he was mayor full time, gavin newsom. >> thank you for coming out, this is our sixth great street project. we had a vision to be more like chicago. an ode to chicago. anybody has ever visited chicago, you go down michigan avenue and everyone goes like why can't we be like chicago? they don't go in the neighborhoods, they just go down michigan avenue and the entire city and county of chicago and the cook county around chicago looks like michigan avenue. but nonetheless, it is something that vexes you, you think why can't we be more like michigan avenue. so began the journey many years ago to say what do we need to do differently had order to organize ourselves in a way that we could create great streets through the commercial corridors and the main entry points in and out of our city.

we got the together and we realized there was a lot of money already being spent, it wasn't being coordinated, it wasn't a collaborative. you didn't have the arts commission working with the department of public works and the public utilities commission and working with the economic development office and our lobbiest at the state and federal level to match state and federal and local dollars to organize a much more organized narrative. that's what the great streets propose to do. if you been down divizidero. if you have been been to polk, and valencia, it is extraordinary. the work that will be done soon and balboa, the work that will be done down on 19th avenue and then the significant work that will be disproportionately certed by harrington, down

caesar chavez will be extraordinary. those will be the final three of those nine great streets projects. leland and sam bruno were among the last two. we're celebrating this -- this today, but we're also celebrating those that we completed in the past number of months and last few years. why does this matter? you'll hear in a second why this matters. creates a sense of place. a streetscape with the neighborhood and it com -- in a completely different way. it encourages and enlivens a pedstrone flow and -- pedestrian flow and sense of community. it slows people down. i have been here 300 times, if you think i'm exaggerating, i have not. i spent too much time. there's never too much time, but a lot of time at the sunny dale

housing projects. the first few years i was mayor, i was down here for the wrong reasons, that was because of the struggles and frustration we had to deal with the issue of crime and violence and coming down back and forth, almost on a weekly basis to visit the families that were victimized by the crime and violence. we started to celebrate with tournaments and fairs. nevertheless this street neatedee needed help and support. i want to thank supervisor maxwell for her steadfastness and her deliberativeness and her desire to make sure we doesn't forget vision visitation valley. she reminded us what 457ped and the impact on the naked and the commercial corridor, et cetera. here we are, not only celebrating her vision and leadership and celebrating this occasion with all of these lights and the 60-plus trees and the new curb cuts and all of the

new landscaping that has been done and this great piece of public art which we'll talk about in a moment. the naked market place initiative that we incorporated in this, and we got facade improvement hoops and enbe couraged businesss to come down to the vague capt storefronts. we'll also soon celebrate 1250 units of new housing. 10s of thousands of square feet of retail. a new grocery store. yes. finally. down here. that will be put in to the old site. the new open space, that will connect that great third street height rail and all of the streetscape improvements that we see that -- that separate the two sites. i just think this is the beginning of a renaissance down here. and i'm just grateful for all of the help for the stewardship and here for those assembled that made this possible and the community leadership assem beibled here today. >> final thing i want to mention. we're investing a historic

amount of money. i thank ed for his good work. it is tough work to repave our streets and improve our -- our sidewalks and -- our -- our thoroughfares. this year over $50 million will go to repave the streets. this is a historic amount of money. i say that, you say big deal. why is he bringing that up. well, it is a big deal in this economic climate that we're putting more money than we ever have to do something that we know we need to do. we're not backing away from that commit. $48.5 million will be invested in significant and tangible ways to improve the streetscapes of the city, including the sidewalks and not just our streets. in this next fiscal year. i'm very proud of that, it really reinforces the commitment that we're making to beautyify the city and county of san francisco. that's why i'm here to thank for your patience -- patience to the

businesses that didn't know if this would hurt or help. i know it he renegotiate your leases. they say, the street is better. we got to worry about that. i apologize for those rental negotiations may be tougher. that's the price, right, of investment, everybody benefits. nonetheless you're the first beneficiary after this strong construction process. again to the community, because again, i think this helps the residents, not the commercial corridor. great essential place and identity, job well done. finally, i'll come back out here. don't just come here today. what do you have -- your fifth street festival this sunday? the 19th. come on down to leland. take -- take muni. take caltran. take your brike. get out and jog. walk down here. this will be the -- this will be the fifth street fair to put

together. congratulations, that is what it takes is the strong cohesive commitment to keep the energy going to keep these expoings going and -- keep these things in people's consciousness front and center, a very important part of the fabric of san francisco, visitation valley, a part of the city that -- we have not forgotten. it is a part of the city that we must not neglect for years to come. thank you [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor prp both -- for the leadership, that is -- that's why we're all able to have these events over and over again to trumpet the good work we do in san francisco. particularly to reinforce a record amount of money going into street resurfacing this year in san francisco, augmented by additional funds for streetscape improvements, sidewalk repairs, and -- two points on that. one is that not only are we getting our infrastructure

repaired and improved and enhanced but we're also creating jobs in the process. so, at a time when many people need them most, we're -- we're putting people to work as well. we not only get better streets and rights of way as a benefit. we get people working, a point not to lose in this infrastructure nevment. one other point that it is not just local funds. it is a heavy -- it is not easy if the mayor and the board in this kind of climate to make the commitment to put aside the local funds needed to keep this moving. what those funds do as well as a lot of machining and coordination between all of the different city departments is that it makes us competitive for federal fuppeds and part of this project and many other project including some that we have just been awarded, through the federal government, are bringing millions of additional dollars in to san francisco. again, it is because of the here of the mayor and the board, getting the city agencies

together to coordinate, to plan, so that when we go and compete against other cities andtates, we're competitive and those dollars are coming to san francisco, so, thanks -- thanks again to the leadership, and with regard to our legislative branch, i think the mayor set it up well, and this community -- you have and have had for the last seven and three quarters years or so, a very strong advocate and your supervisor is someone with whom i know my department and the other city departments finds a great ally on the board. someone that helps us serve the needs of this community, this project is just one of many. we have a new library down the street, also, representing some of the efforts of your supervisors i like to ask sophie maxwell to come up and say a few words. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you all, first and foremost, i have to thank the valley community because -- they have been in the forefront of planning. we been planning for -- i been in office about 10 years, fran

martin one of the community leaders has been there with us. we been planning for a long time our steets, the hibe prairie, the -- of course our green way, the valley greenway that is known all over the city and it continues down. that planning, that green way is going to influence what happens at slage hock. this community has been involved from the very beginning talking about what they wanted to see and how they wanted to see it. the merchants have been there ault way. we talked about what they needed to have things so that they could work well, what they immediated to make things work while we were cog the -- doing the streetscape. they were right there all the way encouraging people to come and continue to come. i can't say enough about -- about all of the city agencies, a lot of people -- that live -- that work for our city also live in our city. they live in our neighborhoods. they care about the places they work for and they work in. and i think a lot of that, you'll see, as they -- as we go

forward, because of all of the work and hard work that they have done. i am so excited today. i'm excited about the valley community, the library is amazing. and that's because community and people had a lot to do with it. the center is really off the hook, real different, so come and see and you'll get a taste of the valley greenway. i have to thank the p.u. crfment but because -- because a lot of property came from the p.u.c. i want to thank the community and the folks that made this lap. it was really a city effort to make it what it is. thank you, fran, thank you, nick. thank you for all of your work. thank you. thank you supervisor maxwell for the leadership. if it weren't for her, we wouldn't be here today and you wouldn't seat library and other things happening. we had references to the public

utilities commission. on the face of it you may say what do they have to do with this? >> a few points on that. one is when we talk about the surface infrastructure and the investments, a lot of condition of our infrastructure is dependent on what is underneath it -- the wart water and waste waterlines. that's managed by the pufment p.u.c. we have been working closely with them as they have been ramping up their repair and we have been ramping up ours. we benefit each other when we could coordinate and join and get all of the infrastructure repaired with less money and less disruption, so we have been making great headway in that regard. but specific to this project, what you're seeing here is not just -- not just beautiful and inviting and attractive and

functional and -- in terms of mobility but it has additional functionality in terms of its environmental performance, specifically with -- with regard to storm water management. that is -- i hope this is probably our single biggest to date effort in that regard and i hope it is the first, the first -- i expect it to be the first of many to come. to speak to infrastructure, my infrastructure partner in the city and their efforts and contributions in making this a environmental leader as far as projects go, i like to ask the general manager, ed harrington to come up and say a few words. >> thank you so much. i'm happy to be out here. this is not the leland i grew up with coming out here. it looks so nice. walking down the street here for a few blocks, the place is big

and beautiful and it looks so wonderful to be here. i am happy to be here as part of the p.u.c. we gave a lot of advice to d.p.w. as they were working on it. i'm so proud of the work. happy to the with the mayor and supervisor maxwell and the partners in the community to make this something. a few facts about why it is important to us. you see the lights here. those are l.e.d. lights, providing better height for the community and it saves 60% of the electricity it would take to light normal streetlights. this sidewalk and -- there's only a few blocks here. you're talking about. but the perm i can't believe pavement, that means five -- 500,000 gallons of water per year that used to go in the waste water treatment plant won't, it will go back in the ground water and recharge and can be used for other things. you do that across the city and you could change the way we treat storm water. the amount of money we spent on pumping the water, all that changes. in the waste water improvement

program, we're looking at taking 1% of the city per year and take it from hard escapes to this kind of -- this kind of look with the pavement. it'll make a dramatic change in san francisco. as you walk along here, please take a look. there's fairly fun things you don't see most places. this swail, the basin, you could see the storm water runs down the street, it moves over into a nice planted area. as much as -- as much as possible goes in the ground water. it comes back out and doesn't flood anything and goes in the sewer system. r -- easy and straightforward. this is the future of san francisco, we're going to monitor this a hot to make sure you do the maintsnens and it performs well and it is sustainable. we're doing this all over san francisco, you're our test case, we need to make sure it works for you and works with the rest of us. thanks to being here.