as quickly as we can. >> item the for the pedestrian safety advisory committee. >> thank you and i know supervisor breed has a statement. i will apologize i can't join the hearing today. two weeks ago zach marks contacted me to request a hearing before the board. and he informed me by the by laws they're supposed to update the board of supervisors each quarter. i know others have done it in the past yet the committee hasn't had the opportunity to do so in a year. pedestrian safety is extremely important to me. i am actively working on improvement projects including masonic boulevard and bike lanes and the octavia corridor and it's a critical of

san francisco transportation and safety efforts and i am grateful that the board will have an opportunity to hear from the members directly today. thank you. so that is a statement from supervisor breed. i would like to introduce markiewiczs>> >> thank you for having me here today. as you know and heard today the facts are alarming and demand further action. personally i am saddened every month as we hear about victim after victim getting run down in our streets. as you know san francisco is the most deadly city for pedestrians and fourth deadly nationwide. founded in 2003 we have been charged with providing guidance to the board of supervisors and represent the public at large. during our

meetings we conducted business differently and moving at a faster pace-- and yesterday we received a very nice letter from senator mark leno. we received the street light pilot project and received updates from the traffic company on the recent collisions and the number of citations as well.

we also receive regular updates from the sfmta and spoken to them on a number of occasions on issues like the corridor speed reduction program and the traffic calming program you heard about. regarding the true traffic calming program from the sf mta. there was one survey but the funding was cut to $6,000 and the equivalent of -- p sac san -- went on a

tour of the san francisco neighborhood read by dr. marty mcentire. following our tour i am happy to announce that most of the crosswalk have been newly painted continental style and curb ramps have been installed around the campus. the chief of public safety and the master plan manager presented to -- unfortunately usf is delaying the plan for moving forward and

in my opinion has demonstrated a clear disregard for public safety and public health: sf mta submitted plans six months ago and hasn't received the plans or comments for final review. until they receive the plans from usf they're unable to provide plans-- yet the usf website doesn't mention pedestrian safety once. in contrast we-- and in addition the sf mta

has done a wonderful job. in addition our committee -- i recently joined the sf transportation committee and focuses on financial constrained scenarios for the plan and evaluated the methodologyand our goal is ensure traffic calming and pedestrian safety is properly addressed as part of san francisco overall transportation plan. unfortunately they don't have a dedicated representative to send to the meetings. following this meeting i will be step across the hall to the rules committee where we are appointing three new members to our committee. some members have resigned and during this past year and mr. rothman which you mentioned and we are recruiting new

members as half of the seats are vacant. we recruited other possible appointees. i reached out to the best friend of the victim which you saw today and she will join as the student representative. you heard from john winston and friends of monterey boulevard and will be joining us also. supervisor wiener's office will present his legislative package on april 9 and in addition we plan on riding along with the sfpd on sting operations in the near future. april 9 we plan on requesting that the sfpd do the sting operations more often and expand to new locations. seeking to be engaged in these efforts they have engaged them scprt departments to involve our committee and the public during the commencement of projects

until after the fact. unfortunately we are rarely notified about pedestrian safety issues. for example i haven't seen any reply about the mayor's task force which is already met and i find out things only through the news once they are reported. there is obviously a clear lack of communication and coordination between the departments. moving forward we promise to speak for those without a voice and those that have been killed or hurt and like you heard earlier the three people hit by cars in our great city. we take seriously now the privilege of representing san francisco citizens and their best interest and we promise to advance in a new direction with unrelenting resolve to effect meaningful change in the result of th consequences. thank you. >> thank you mr. marks. anyone

from the public that would like to speak? please come forward. if there is someone else please come forward now. >> i appreciate the statement from the chair of pedestrian safety advisory committee swrark marks. i particularly appreciate his constructive analysis of the pedestrian strategy. this document does not comprise any specific points about accessible pedestrian signals for people with disabilities. it omits that and it also omits a critical analysis how we're coordinating safety programs with bicyclists and pedestrians. there's been several forums that have happened in the last six months. we are -- let us keep in heart and mind and soul it was a year

ago this week a woman of a bicyclist collision at 17th market and castro passed away at sf general hospital so let's coordinate the actions and communications of all the agencies with p sac and the conclusion of safety rules and enforcement for the vulnerable seniors and pedestrians with disabilities. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> yes. i am bridgette turnin and with balboa terrace and i am saddened about all the deaths. there is an intersection on monterey boulevard and holloway where we lost a friend. he was hit by a motorists and he was in the crosswalk with his father so after that i have been very active in safety within my

community. i myself with two other people from my neighborhood [inaudible] had requested 16 stop signs at intersections. we have supervisor ma who is not in my district helped us implementing 12 of the intersections with stop signs. there is an intersection at aptoas and darion that i have been trying to get a speed hump. i got a stop sign at that one intersection but it's a block down from the middle school. i had sf mta come out and [inaudible] banks said it didn't need a speed hump but it's at a grade so you're going downhill. it's a blind spot so you're turning from darion on to

aptoas and make the left you're blinded and the principal was at the intersection and try to help kids crossing two and from and we have a stop sign but we call it darion dl. opolis and there are cars that have accidents there but the police don't come to an accident unless someone is actually hurt so the statistics you heard earlier we don't have funds for police officers so that number inaccurate. thank you. >> thank you. anyone else who would like to speak? seeing none public comment is closed can we continue this item to the call of the chair with no objection and thank you to everyone for coming out today. there evans is there any more business before us?

>> that concludes the disblbs okay. meeting adjourned. thank you.

good morning. i want is start by that thanking mayor lee for starting first. there are two stories today, the one you read about in the papers today, the deal and the process. the deal, the

transaction i believe is a win win for the city of san francisco and for the medical center and the center health system. by the name, my name is gerardo. this agreement ruts results in a significantly larger hospital. 120 beds. a significantly smaller hospital. 255 beds. saint luke's hospital will be 25 of all the cpmc. it will continue to provide the

level of care with no financial conditions or projections and i think we have solved what was an issue and initiated on the side of the hospital. over and above the on going care obligation of the hospital. the agreement is $90 million for cash benefit and others related to health care, affordable housing and pedestrian safety. that's an overview of the deal and you will hear, i'm going to be to make some acknowledgements an those that negotiated the contract, the development agreement as to specifics. the process was one that i came into with somewhat or some bit of trepdation. i

have been involved and know what i know from the board of supervisors from what i read in the newspapers. i was concerned about what it would be like to work with these young people who are responsible for the legislative function of our government. i also realized that by san francisco definition that i was dealing with supervisors of three different levels, left, middle and right. and i need to say today that i have never been so impressed in my life by politicians to watch them come together as one and to develop a strategy along with a hospital team for the common good.

[ applause ] >> we developed together a process that was transparent. the members of the board of supervisors and the members of the team were able to see all the numbers, budgets, projections and brought in expertise to verify those numbers were real number. we got educated together. we politicized together and then we built trust. i'm not saying it's perfect trust, but we built trust. so i would like to single out david chu, david campos and mark ferrel for the great job they did. [ applause ]

>> the mayor's office in particular a great deal of debt. he did a great job. i just don't know who i'm going to talk at midnight anymore. [ laughter ] . i also want to thank people from the department of public health and others from the mayor's office. but colleen chav an and wagner were instrumental in helping us understand the projections and understand the construction cost, etc. i would also want to acknowledge the hospital team, mike, warn browner. ceo of cpmc, [ applause ] george, i want to say is it w

u. and john gates creative cfo who works at the hospital and the chairman of the board mr. bob -- [ applause ] . throughout this process, i had the luxury of a number of people helping and counseling me and encouraging me, but i would like to particularly thank bishop mark andrews who has been a tremendous supporter of saint lukes. and last but not least, i want to thank the san francisco coalition. we, as part of our process had meetings with the coalition in my office, their executive

committee that varied from 10-13 in size from meeting to meeting and also their liaison mr. mark kumar who kept everyone a price apprised of what we were doing. i know that san francisco is still a city that knows how and wants the city to work and cares about each other. congratulations to san francisco. i want to introduce our fine mayor ed lee. [ applause ] . >> thank you. i yelled out wife and family to make sure that there was a way in which to acknowledge the tremendous sacrifice that lou gerardo has

given. when you see construction workers, you know something big is going to happen. it has in the same level of excitement that i have seen in the rebuilding of general hospital and the uc medical center. every time we touch our health care system, we have something that promises a better life for people and barbara is as excited for this announcements as well. saint luke's are incredible institutions for san francisco. that's why we thought it would be best for the whole city to make this project happen because of the laws of the state of california that require that seismic upgrade of our health institutions,

because of the tremendous pressure to improve san francisco and bay area and the economical structures that face this hospital and so many other hospitals. the job is never done. this is an announcement of where we are today, but we have to get this thing built, we have to make sure it's furnished like we are working on to make sure everything happens at a time when there is economic pressure and institutions coming from national decision that don't necessarily compliment the economic recovery that we are experiencing in the bay area. so, i want to put this into perspective for one great acknowledgment that i want to make is that this was not easy to do. lou's assignment here and i don't know why he took this up because it really

accounted for hundreds of hours of his time to keep everybody at the table , but it is an acknowledgment that i want to make to thank the board president chu, and supervisor ferrel. each and everyone of them to say this would not have gotten done without their direct involvement. yes, i started some of the things and i was excited a year ago when we thought we had and agreement but realizing the hospital and this hospital reconfirmed for the future was important. we didn't have that agreement a year-and-a-half go and we had to put together a process to make it happen these three supervisors came together and

they essentially made it happen with the support of ken rich and others and public health and so many others. lou's penetration, his workability, i have to say, when they got close and i heard they got close, i had to go down and get that clam chowder and sour dough bread to assure myself that it was happening in our city. it takes strong personalities, it takes incredible amount of effort to depoliticized these issues. by the way, when you hear the real stories and they will probably come out, somebody will leak something, there was more than one time where everybody felt justified in walking away and i'm glad they found reasons to come back because these are important for our city and the

needs of this area. it would not have been done without the board of supervisors and gaining the insight lou was creating for us. i would like to let the supervisor speak to what their passion was in keeping their focus together on it, but to say to you that it's an incredible time for the city. these are major health care institutions that we have. this will lead to hundreds of jobs for the city, permanent, long-term jobs, but ultimately, it will be another great brick in the whole health we have to

share in this effort to do so and i'm so happy not only the do this but acknowledge the importance of our board having direction conversations engaged in this effort. thank you lou, barbara and everybody else in making this happen. let's go forward with this effort and make sure that the path is clear and again, i want to thank sutter, cpmc for their leadership because they are making another incredible investment in san francisco and this is now honor ed with this agreement. it's sensitive and everyone wonders what will occur to them for going forward. we make a great leap of faith of going forward as a family and i want to have this opportunity to reassure everybody. thank you. [ applause ]

. >> thank you, mayor lee. i'm going to introduce 5 people that will say a few word and also to let you know the members of the board and mayor will be available to you for questions, not from the podium, but with everybody that is here today. i would first like to introduce supervisor mark ferrel and to say that mark has been instrumental in every way towards bringing us to this point in our efforts and i would like to say that i think that mark is a great peace maker and has served us, this city well in this process. so i introduce to you supervisor mark ferrel. [ applause ] thank you lou and thank