test, test, test, test, test >> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors land use and economic investment committee. i am scott wiener the charment of the committee and to the right is splifr kim the vice

chair. and david chu pr. i want to thank sftv for the broadcasting. our clerk is lisa miller >> please make sure to silence any fiascos. items acted upon today will be on the board of supervisors agenda later unless otherwise stated >> must be of the public there are blue cards in the in front of the room if you could fill the card out and indicate the agenda. madam clerk can you please calming call activist one >> to prohibit the use of a

license plate that is that has been alternated or mutilated and wanting count ii is the author. >> colleagues that is a simple item pr everyone knows it that in many years there have been allegations of abuse and mathematical has expose restrictions that would prohibit or parking a vehicle that displays a special leadership if that plagued has been issued as stolen or if it's reported as from a popcorn who is deassessed i'd like to have brad to come up

to talk about this item. >> thank you supervisor wiener and chu and kim. it is indeed very simple. the only thing i can add to what supervisor chu said those recreations are codified and it allows the local ordinance to be updated. the transportation code to adopt exactly what's in the transportation code. any questions i'll be happy to answer them >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment occupy item number 1 please come forward. two minutes >> good afternoon supervisors my name is douglas.

i'm in support of this item but i would also like to mention for the record that this item should have been acted upon at least 5 to 10 years earlier. according to my interactions throughout the city it's a common joke about the use of those mrakdz. it's so ridiculous that it finally made it to a committee at city hall >> a little bit which a background recently from the newspapers there were 3 other items that should have been discussed at the city hall maybe in this committee or show a some other committee and is it resembles this situation like

supervisor chu said it's simple. for example, the school district situations and city college of san francisco. those are almost dental to this in it should have been resolved way before today >> thank you very much. any additional comments on item number one >> i have a quick question for the sftv. >> in the a pretty straightforward item. so what is currently the case if you're using a disability plagued that's stolen, cancelled etc., what happens that i currently there's a resolution

passed in 1996 that prohibits mrakdz from being used. this as all the other restrictions. my understanding is that right now brau because the vehicle code prohibits all the situations that supervisor chu mentioned that's a misdemeanor. and this is a parking violation as well and this allows you to make it a misdemeanor that was issued by which entity? i'm not inspirational sure i think it's the police department >> and my last question is how do you know if a mrakd is reported as lost or stolen how

do your parking officers check for that. >> i'm not entirely sure by i believe it's the dmv to the plaques are on file with the dmv and the city the lock little talk with the dmv. >> so if a car is parked on the street of one of those mrakdz how would the law enforcement officer know to ticket that car new. >> my understanding is that each mrakd has some sort of identifying number on it that can be checked. i don't know if that can be done on site but i can find out and

get back to you >> if we don't have the capacity to enforce this i still would approve this but we need to know how the law enforcement officer will locate that. >> thank you, colleagues any other comments. i'd like to entertain a motion to move it forward. so moved >> that will be the order. >> please call item 2. >> replacing the fire code portions of 2012 international fire code and amendment it to certain building to replace it with another system. >> and president chiu is the author. >> colleagues as you probably know every few years the fire department review our local fire

deed to look at provisions that maybe outdated and this would repeal the outdated coincides. this is an ordinance this is routine and the legislation has the co-sponsorship or mark farrell. the ordinance would remove a provision since 2004 requires building taller than 80 feet to replace is it with a different system. that issue is a complicated one i've asked the fire department to talk about that and we have our detective chief to make a presentation on behalf of the department.

another person will come to this meeting and i'd like to postpone this until we've heard from her and colleagues any questions >> thank you, president chiu there's another discussion point i i know i've been going back and forth on and that's section 5284 line 9 and this section has to do with pedestrian safety projects and how we accommodate the critical need within to approve pedestrian safety consistent with our code. colleagues as you know pedestrian safety is one of the

most high priorities. no matter what neighborhood you go to one of the consistent comments you hear is people wanting more walkable neighborhoods and people concerned with pedestrian safety in our city. last year nearly one thousand pedestrians were involved in vehicular accidents. while there are various elements of a improving the pedestrian safety is to make less risks particularly for people who are disability or otherwise aren't fast walkers and widening sidewalks are an essentially key to improving pedestrian safety.

in fact, pedestrian bulb outs are called out in various policy documents adopted by the board of supervisors and the mayor and the san franciscans. proposition b and the mayors recently releases pedestrian safety strategy. key is the physical changes like bulb outs. due to the passage of proposition b and thanks to the voters for passing it by 70 percent as well as significant development in san francisco we're finally seeing numerous projects moving forward. early this year i introduced a passage of pedestrian safety information for delivering the safety information and to update

the roadblocks to approval and implementation of public safety projects and to acquire a better streamline process important one of the pieces of legislation that i authored was as part of that package what a fire amendment. it said that the 20 foot minimum street clearance would include a bulb out or sidewalk extension as well as it was no taller than a certainty number of inches and no extensions such as a utility box or code. even under this code the fire marshall has the general authority to express the concerns of the safety of this

or other appropriations. this amendment was completely consistent with the fire desperation where the vehicles needed to go and also better pedestrian safety. this amendment was passed amaze by the board of supervisors in june of this year and on june 28th mayor lee signed the legislation into law. this amendment is a very important component of dlooifr safety you pedestrian projects without it is it becomes difficult to widened the sidewalks and the bulb you outs. since the passage of the amendment the fire department has expressed concern about the amendment they question whether the board has the authority to pass the amendment. the fire department has also expressed concern about several

different pedestrian projects including the mission project which was one of the first propose b projects to move forward. the fire commission when forwarding this amended and updated fire code deleted the fire code that this board passed in june. when we leerndz of the deletion it's since been reincluded in the current of the legislation pending before us today. i want to say that i and my actions have been consistent i'm a huge fan and supporter of our fire department. there have been way too. buyers in my district and there was arsons in my district and

the fire department without expectation responded beautifully and the rim fire response has been remarkable including the vice president's defense of cap motivator and thank you. i've been opted to brownouts and been a supporter of fire academy practices but sometimes even with your friends and allies i disagree and i disagree on this one i don't think those are two mutual exclusive goals. opposition to bulb outs and you can i'm concerned we could see more opposition to other efforts

to improve pedestrian safety. we're on a collision course articulated by the board of supervisors and the mayor and the voters. the mayor a few months ago related his pedestrian safety and noted 1 out of every 5 is a pedestrian hit by a vehicle. it states and this is a quote wide streets have the highest rates of collisions that cause injury or death to pedestrians. is it includes intersection are satisfactory and drivers yield to pedestrians. this includes several engineering techniques and narrowing or reducing lanes.

the city agencies and stakeholders along with the mayor's office will work together. proposition b pass by the voters specifically indicates that $50 million of the money will be used for streetscape and pedestrian improvements and specifically calls out sidewalk extensions which is what bulb outs are. walk first that was a document that was produced there a agency prognosticates san francisco is ranked by the california system safety having the highest number of rates of fatalities for pedestrians. every surface street in san francisco should be designed for generous safety pedestrian crossings and the plans specifically recommends bulb out

to the maximum stent feasible. the plan repeatedly talks about the importance of bulb outs and turning radius for vehicles to encourage slower turning and better visibility of pedestrians. so colleagues i wanted to flag that issue it's been an ongoing decision. the fire code amendment the board passed in june, i hope we'll again pass this to confirmor support for the critical need to take measures to produce safety for pedestrians in san francisco. thank you very much >> president chiu. >> so at this point, i want to ask the fire department to make

a presentation on this issue of the firefighter remresht system. i'd like to visit up the fire marshall and detective to make a presentation and then we'll precede >> sftv if there's a way to show the