the board of supervisors san francisco land use & economic development committee i'm supervisor scott weiner the chairman the committee to my right is supervisor jane kim and i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's hearing especially jennifer lowe moichldz. >> yes. please turn off all electronic devices completed speaker cards shall be on the - >> thank you very much. the author is supervisor kim. thank you chair wiener i want to make sure that the introduce comments here today, you know,

today we're talking about pedestrian safety is important. the closer of shaw alley was part of the center district plan and shaw valley represents a entity for the transit center to market mission and which of our market buildings it is in keeping with the downtown transit hub centered around the new terminal the scombrd idea with shaw alley is to connect the cities cultural and retail designations in the areas it's a new office within mission street win first and second. the developer has genocide to

develop the plazas and this ordinance allows for the ordinance of the gift to the city it creates a spatial part of the city and it has the futile it and smallest park we have dpw here to introduce and this is for the fees $16,080 a month i know there's a few memos in the document we're allowing a waiver order to january 15th is when the construction of the plaza coincides also with the construction of the building as well i know we have dpw >> good afternoon john with the

department of public works this is being proposed by developers this was wart part of the conditions of the entitle they'll be closing shaw alley a vertigo traffic for the mall. they'll be installing improvements along the street and will be seeking to give back to the city. the developer boston properties will maintain those facilities has part of the gift. as stated this would be they're seeking a fee waiver until their complete with the project which is projected several years from today. there are currently no additional comments that the department can add as previously

stated if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> thank you just to clarify i think you meant several months. >> it's been ongoing for several years. >> but the plazas is projected to be completed in december or january. >> that's correct. >> we're awaiting those fees during the six or seven months. >> that will be the call of the board for the fee waivers. >> is this something we've done before when there's been rehabilitation work of the public realm and by a developer or private entity? we would wave the fees. >> there's been various requests inform the board and it was left as a policy of the board to determine. >> where they what happened to

that. >> in some cases a fee waiver was provide. >> okay. thank you. >> okay. thank you very much. we'll open o open this up for public comment any public comment on item 1. >> how are you i'm doug washington i'm one of the 3 owners which salt restaurants that's awe butt that property. your front door is off mission but i want to point out two points we're incredibly in favor of that. all the people who leave the building go out shaw alley. and we recently started telling people go out the front door

because people are close to getting hit in the front alley. so when they shut down the alley we were tlifld even though it's not the month beautiful alley with the construction we were told it was closed. we're amazed no one has been killed people hit a pretty good clip down there. on the other side in terms of beautification we fully support this it's not because we have an alter motivate it's a beautiful idea so the idea of making assess between mission and vienna is something that's perfect. anything we can do to support it we'll do >> thank you very much. >> sure.

>> any public comment on this item? >> the project sponsor is here as well to speak if it they want to. >> i'm michael the executive director for the the terms creativity museum. it's located in the hearts of the yerba buena gardens we draw many thousands of visitors. as a culture of attraction we're especially sensitive to how we have our audience and i want to thank supervisor jane kim. i'm here to speak in favor of our market community and to enhance the neighborhoods through the shaw ordinance. boston properties has been an active support of the museum and continues to invest

significantly in our community and we're happy to have in this the transbay tower. our partner involves the prong for the life of the neighborhood and it's a demonstration of such a commitment will not only increase public safety. we hope the construction in our neighborhood we'll have similar attention paid to those issues. long-term the transbay center will be an important hub for the downtown area that will help to create access to this neighborhood and i know that boston properties will help benefit that >> thank you very much is there any additional public comment on item 1. please come down >> i'm with the boston

properties i wanted to show you a couple of reverend of the alley the projector screen please turn it on. while the image doesn't do it justice that's a dramatic improvement we are going to install concrete pavements and make it pedestrian friendly. engaging the public throughout the alley down towards the new transit center. here's another one. if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask >> any additional comments seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor kim >> i'm really excited about the pedestrian plaza we need more

space for pedestrians and recreation than for cars driving through i so i appreciate how dangerous that alley can be. i'd like to make a motion to proof this what a positive recommendation >> i'm very supportive and i think this is going to be a huge improvement. we've seen in other parts of selma and downtown those that kinds of pedestrian alley that no longer have traffic and are really add enormously to the vibrancy of the neighborhood and good for the city so i'm glad to move this forward madam clerk item 2 >> the ordinance of the

environmental code to restrict the sale of water and a plastic bottles for 20 ounces or less. >> commissioner wu is the author he is unable to be here but we made the amendments and continued the item one week it's before us again, today. given we did have a full presentation last week we'll not be having that again but if anyone has a question supervisor chiu's office is responsible and we'll open this up to public comment any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. so colleagues could i have a motion to forward item 2 to the

full board 110 north what a recommendation >> so moved. that's the motion and i just want to again like i did last week thank president chiu for the work to get this to a point it's got broadway board sport and will reduce the number of unnecessary plastic bottles in our city that will be 1 o'clock. madam clerk, is there any other business >> there's no further business. >> then we are adjourned. thank

>> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline,

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