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they died into the creative process -- dive into the creative process. at the end of the classes, they have cleaned and washup. of.com great way to get out and play. for more information, visit sfrecpark.org. that out and play and get into the groove. rec and parks offers dance classes for seniors. first-time beginners or lifetime enthusiasts -- all are welcome. enjoy all types of music. latins also, country and western.

it is a great way to exercise while having lots of fun. seniors learn basic moves and practice a variety of routines. improve your posture, balance, and flexibility. it is easy. get up on your feet and step to the beat. senior dance class is from sf rec and park. a great way to get out and play. >> for more information, >> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this

particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist, the license, then submitting the work to a committee of artists. this committee actually watches them make the work in front of them so that we can verify that it is all their own work. >> what happened during the holiday to make this an exciting location? >> this would be a magic time of year. you would probably see this place is jammed with street

artists. as the no, there is a lottery held at 6 in the morning. that is how sought after the spaces are. you might get as many as 150 street artists to show up for 50 spaces. >> what other areas can a licensed street artist go to? >> they can go to the fisherman's wharf area. they can go in and around union square. we have space is now up in the castro, in fact. >> how many are there? >> we have about 420. >> are they here all year round? >> out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. i mean like five-seven days a week. >> are they making their living of of this? >> this is their sole source of income for many. >> how long have you been with this program.

how much has it changed? >> i have been with the program since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend. fashion comes and goes. >> i think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. >> this is because the 60's is retro for a lot of people. i have seen that come back, yes. >> people still think of this city as the birth of that movement. great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. i'm excited to go shopping. >> i would like you to meet two street artists. this is linda and jeremy. >> night said to me to print them -- nice to meet you.

>> can you talk to me about a variety of products that use cell? >> we have these lovely constructed platters. we make these wonderful powder bowls. they can have a lot of color. >> york also using your license. -- you are also using your license. >> this means that i can register with the city. this makes sure that our family participated in making all of these. >> this comes by licensed artists. the person selling it is the person that made it. there is nothing better than the

people that made it. >> i would like you to meet michael johnson. he has been in the program for over 8 years. >> nice to me you. what inspired your photography? >> i am inspired everything that i see. the greatest thing about being a photographer is being able to show other people what i see. i have mostly worked in cuba and work that i shot here in san francisco. >> what is it about being a street artist that you particularly like? >> i liked it to the first day that i did it. i like talking to mentum people. talking about art or anything that comes to our minds.

there is more visibility than i would see in any store front. this would cost us relatively very little. >> i am so happy to meet you. i wish you all of the best. >> you are the wonderful artist that makes these color coding. >> nice to me to. >> i have been a street artist since 1976. >> how did you decide to be a street artist? >> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist. it was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it ranges from t-shirts, jackets, hats. what is the day of the life of a street artist?

>> they have their 2536 in the morning. by the end of the day, the last people to pack the vehicle probably get on their own at 7:30 at night. >> nice to me to condemn the -- nice to meet you. >> it was a pleasure to share this with you. i hope that the bay area will descend upon the plaza and go through these arts and crafts and by some holiday gifts. >> that would be amazing. thank you so much for the hard work that you do.

>> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this work for the plaza? >> this was a fast track project. design development was about a

month. >> let's look at the beautiful mural. i have never seen a mural created on asphalt. >> the heat of the asphalt, a new layer of asphalt. then, these wire rope templates that were fabricated for the line work get laid down and literally stamped into the asphalt, and then everything was hand-painted. >> maybe you could talk about some of the symbolism, maybe starting in the middle and working out. >> [inaudible] the flower of industry. >> it is like a compass. there's an arrow pointing north. >> within the great bear consolation, there are two pointed stars here. they typically lead one to the northstar, otherwise known as polaris.

so i thought it has a layer of theme. >> let's talk about some of the other elements in the peace. we are walking along, and there is a weather vane. there's a sweet little bird hanging on the side. what kind of bird is that? >> [inaudible] the smallest of the gulf species, and it lives around the bay area. >> you want to talk about the types of flour patterns that you send? >> [inaudible] around 1926 or so by the dahlia society. >> what is this bird here? >> that is the california quail. >> coming up here, we had a little blustery theme. what is this area here? >> this is supposed to be the

side view, the expense of the golden gate bridge. >> there it is. >> there are really beautiful elements of architecture still around, i would say that it gives that feeling over to the work. >> what are your hopes for it? >> that in a way it just becomes part of the area. i think it is starting to have that feeling. people utilize it. they sit and, and have their lunch and play on -- they sit and, and have their lunch and play on that -- they sit and come and have their lunch and play on it. just for it to be part of the neighborhood. that is my hope. >> is such a beautiful addition to our public art in san francisco. thank you for joining us. it was nice to meet you. and thank you for telling us about your beautiful mural.

thanks for watching "culturewire." [gavel] >> good morning, everyone. the meeting will come to order. this is the tuesday, april 16, 2013 meeting of the plans and programs committee of the san

francisco county transportation authority. our clerk is ms. erica cheng. ms. cheng, could you please dot roll call? >> roll call, commissioner breed? commissioner breed absent. commissioner campos? >> present. >> commissioner kim? kim absent. commissioner mar? >> present. >> yee? present. we have a quorum. >> i'd like to thank nona melkonian and jesse larsen for televising us today. we have 8 items on the agenda this morning. could you please call item number 1? item 2. >> right. item number 2, approve the minutes of the march 19, 2013 meeting. this is an action item. >> seeing no comments, colleagues, let's open this up for public comment. is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this forward without objection? >> so moved. >> thank you. [gavel] >> please call the next aye tim, ms. cheng. >> item 3 is citizens advisory committee report. this is a information item. >> thank you.

i don't see mr. flanagan here -- oh. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> items 4 and 5 passed unanimously. for the item 6, the cac unanimously adopted a motion for support of recommending designated of lead of agencies at its march 27 meeting. the cac was briefed on information about item 7. that concludes my report. >> thank you, mr. flanagan. thank you.

so, this is an informational item. let's open this up for public comment. is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. ms. cheng, could you please call item number 4? >> item number 4, recommend allocation of $510,526 in prop k funds, with conditions, to the san francisco municipal transportation agency for five requests, and $831,100 in prop k funds to the department of public works for one request, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules and amendment of the relevant 5-year prioritization programs. this is an action item. >> thank you. and we have a staff report. >> [inaudible]. this item begins on page 17 of your packet. we have six prop k allocation requests to present to you this morning, page 21 of your packet includes a summary of the request including project phases when expected and actual prop k leveraging. on pages 23 to 24 of your packet you can view a brief project descriptions as well as our recommendations.

the sfmta has requested prop k funds for the planning of the pedestrian safety improvement for the [speaker not understood] elementary school. located on prime street between polk and larkin. the [speaker not understood] the trips within the vicinity of the school contributed to [speaker not understood] the highest year of sfmta's priority list of schools needing safety enhancements. specific improvements will be determined through the prop k fund community outreach process. planning is anticipated to be completed june 2014 and the conceptual designs will help with design and construction phases [speaker not understood]. the sfmta has also requested prop k funds for safe route to school programs for the authority board in 2011 for bicycle safety and [speaker not understood], sunset elementary and [speaker not understood] middle schools. the projects will include the

construction of two [speaker not understood], bicycle lanes on ortega between 20th avenue and the great highway and the upgrade of programs to meet a-d-a standard. on the slide before you, you can actually see a visual of the improvements and the locations. you can also see this map on page 34 of your enclosure. construction is anticipated to be completed by the end of this summer with exception of two curb ramps on 37th, which will be completed as part of the san francisco public utilities commission underground system project. those programs will be completed in august 2014. the sfmta has also requested prop k substep for the construction of five two way bicycle greenway facilities along the existing bicycle network. the specific lists of locations can be viewed on the site as well as on page 55 of your enclosure. these greenway facilities will modify signal timing so the bicyclists encounter a series

of green lights as they progress down the corridors. locations were designed and selected through a previous [speaker not understood] projects funded by prop k. locations were prioritized that had bike lanes in high numbers of cyclists. sfmta staff plan to conduct before and after study to evaluate effectiveness of these facilities and construction anticipated to begin june 2013 and complete by march 2014. the sfmta has also requested prop k funds to purchase and install 210 bicycle racks. the bike racks will be installed based on the request of residents and businesses. sfmta staff will evaluate to make sure there are no clearance issues or utility issues and adjacent property owner's consent to the installation. all racks purchased with this funding will be installed by june 2014. >> so, courtney? >> courtney, yes. >> so, it looks like it's a little over a thousand dollars

per parking per bike rack? >> that is correct. >> and does that include the installation as well? >> that's design and installation costs, correct. >> and then for the greenways, could you slow down a little bit for the timing of the light so cyclists can move more efficiently through lights? what are the main areas that those greenway projects will start? >> the timing? >> yes. >> construction is anticipated to begin june 2013. >> from the notes it looks like there's a couple of projects in the richmond. looks like they'll greatly improve transit for bicyclists from clement to california. and this seems like some on polk can help districtv 5 and a lot of commuters that come to the richmond to go downtown. i think that's a great project. thank you. >> the sfmta has also requested

the funds, prop k funds for planning and design phases of a project to convert standard crosswalks and continental crosswalks. on the slide before you you can see what these continental crosswalks will look like. up to 33 controlled and uncontrolled locations will be identified for this treatment. crosswalks along key high pedestrian [speaker not understood] corridors are being prioritized for these improvements. sfmta anticipates selection and design will be complete bid [speaker not understood]. on page 89 of your enclosure, you can view a list at this point for proposed locations. and finally, the department of public works has requested prop k funds for the construction and reconstruction of approximately 95 a-d-a curb compliant ramps and gutter and roadway work. you can view the curb ramp

matrix, in other words, how they prioritize these requests on page 104 of your enclosure. and on page 105. this specific allocation request will require [speaker not understood] upon completion and design the department of public works submits to us final list of curb ramp applications and supervisorial districts. design is expected to be completed by june 2013 so that's when we could anticipate to have that list. construction of the entire project is anticipated to be completed by 2014. and i should note that this project does have funds, state development transportation development article 3 acts for planning and design. planning and design is covered now as well as construction. and that concludes the requests that we've received. >> thank you, ms. gary, for the great presentation. i did want to say i'm ream really appreciative of the traffic calming. i know supervisors yee and kim are both focused quite a bit on pedestrian safety. i think the crosswalks and

other improvements will really make a difference. ~ i also like that we'll have so many more bicycle racks that will increase hopefully the use of bicycling and reduce the vehicle trips in our city. but thank you so much for the great presentation. i see no comments from my colleagues. so, let's open this up for public comment. is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? mr. patel. good morning, commissioners, my name is neil patel, san francisco bike coalition. i want to offer my support of these prop k allocation requests. in addition to the crosswalk improvements and bike lane improvements, as you know, director mar, the bike racks are helpful to bring more san franciscans to our commercial corridors and echo support of greenways. general evidence is seen the greenway has -- bicycling even easier and more attractive option. we slow down everybody for the

number of safety benefits. excited about mta's evaluation of the program to get more hard facts as we continue to expand upon this program. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. good morning, commissioners. commissioner mar, my name is jackie sacks, member of the cac. this item was brought before us at our last meeting. one thing that i brought up, one point that i brought up at the last meeting you should also consider is that it was with the bike stripings. you have to consider that [speaker not understood], for example, our goal is a good example, between fulton and california. you've got the bike lane, but you also have the bus stops. you also have to --

consideration how the striping is going to interfering with the bus stops because it should not, especially when you have someone like myself or someone in a wheelchair who has to get on or disembark at a bus stop when you've got the green striping here for the bike lane. thank you very much. >> thank you, ms. sacks. anyone else in the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> colleagues, can we move this forward with a positive recommendation without objection? >> so moved. >> thank you. [gavel] >> thank you. ms. cheng, please call the next item. >> item 5, recommend programming $1,175,104 in cycle 3 lifeline transportation program surface transportation program funds to the san francisco municipal transportation agency's eddy and ellis traffic calming improvement project. this is an action item. >> thank you. and colleagues, we have a powerpoint as well in front of us. supervisor kim. >> thank you, commissioner mar. i just n