community coming out and sharing your perspectives and your opinions. a couple of things that i want to respond to, i understand that there is a lot of gratitude from the community from protecting and staying on the solution to the nadac and the comment we heard from the formal public hearings and there was some concerns about that and i appreciate that. i understand that there are still some folks concerned about the 10 and 11 and the connectivity that is going to really allow for continued travel from north of broadway to downtown and south of market. i am hoping that staff will continue to work on making sure that those changes really do continue to be addressed particularly i heard concerns about how safe it is to cross columbus street in making some of those connections. so i'm hoping that we will continue

to work on refining this after these changes are implemented. i think that's what i got earlier that we will continue to evaluate these things. that's what i want to put down for the record, the 10 and 11 and make sure the connectivity is better as we move along. i want to talk expressly about the end judea because i'm a regular patron of nearly all the circumstances businesses that we've heard from. it was great to see the owner from progressive from the hardware store talking about the changes. as someone who regularly rides there, that intersection at 9th and judea is hoshg -- horrible. when you talk about 5 seconds here and there, when we multi-plea

-- multiply the changes, i think it's savings on the corridor travel. if my commute is 30 minutes everyday and i'm saving three memberships a -- minutes a day each way times 5, that's 30 minutes more that i get to spend with my wife or family or whatever else i would like to be doing. i'm just one guy. when you multiply that times tens of thousands of riders, that will multiply into huge changes that allow for the frequencies that we need to avoid the types of problems that we incur. so all of that to say that i really appreciate the proposal and i recognize that it's still going to elevate some changes that we put our finger on which is the

parking in that district is out of control. i know this because i do own a car and occasionally i do drive down there and park in the 9th street area and i know how challenging it is to find parking there. that's not necessarily a reason to hamper the tens of thousands of people that travel through there on the end. i think that what we do need to be doing is reevaluating and revisiting how we are programming the parking in that district and every other district so we can keep so that i have seen and i know personally and i don't want to call them out. there are merchants who park in those spots all day long and they regularly feed the meter. when the merchants park there, there is no place for the customers to park and the businesses start to lose potential routing. i'm not saying it's something that we can ignore, i'm saying it's something we have to address as we continue on this great

work that we are doing. i won't talk too much more about this because i know we are trying to get out of here in a few minutes for a break. i do want to also highlight the fact that we put our finger on another with the san transand getting down to west lake. i hope we make a deliberate effort to work more with sans frans and work with people that do need to get down to places that go beyond our service area and to make that transition as easy as possible again with more people in need of better access as we get more disabled or older and injured and grow in that population, we are going to see more of a need for that kind of connectivity. the sooner we can get started,

the better off we'll be. thank you for your great work on this. >> vice-chair >> are we going to move on this agenda item separately? >> these three items need to be voted on separately. >> i would be happy to offer a motion to approve at this point i don't know if we are going to get to it before we break at 11. >> break at 11 doesn't necessarily need to be at exactly 11:00 a.m.. >> i will echo, as we making the decision we have to remember we are making the decisions for 700,000 riders thaefrd we are here to serve and look out for their interest. and frequently we are not transit only, but we are transit first. i think we are transit first, safety is definitely our number one goal. these changes that i'm

happy to move on are really going a long way to making people realize what transit can be in this city and realize that we can make those connections as the tep team points out. we can that have grid work of connections to help people get around the city. i have no more input other than that and i'm happy to move it. motion on item 6. >> i'm happy to second it without changes. >> okay. >> i have a few comments i will try to keep it brief because i know director ramos needs to get home to his wife. [ laughter ] from one husband to another. there were some questions asked by members of the public about efficiency, what are we doing to speed up boarding that sort of thing. those are great questions. the silence

is not to ignore this. it's the procedural rules to address here. we are looking at procedures this board is looking at reducing cash payment and expanding fair media and of course we recognize the bulb outs are perhaps an opportunity for that. it's just not part of this proposal. before i thank the staff, i also want to thank the members of our pag committee. director lee is not here. the three of them; you all should know took on the really hard work for this board by reviewing and working out a lot of the compromises that have come before us. i personally am very appreciative for the three of them for that work. also i think we have to thank the staff. i'm glad mr. kennedy has walked back in and of

course ms. kirk baum this was your baby before you had a baby and you have done a wonderful job in working with us and patient and collaborative in this process. i give you my thanks. like director brinkman, as we look at the package, i have to reference the comments of mr. boden and we have to look that the as a package. this is a whole package and if we pick and peck at it and we try to solve every little problem we lose the large scale benefit of this. large scale efficiency require small scale tradeoffs. that's the simple reality of this. i'm very impressed to all that's been done to address the small scale tradeoffs, but i think the overall point is the one that director riskin made at the beginning. this is a

monumental change. this is a real significant increase in efficiency, in all of those 5 seconds, 2 minutes and add up and it's not just director ramos 30 minutes, it's everyone's 30 minutes in what it increases, happiness, productivity. i second it with no changes. i think we should approve this with no changes. i do want to address one issue from the community and that is our fellow citizens from the inner sunset. i hope you stay around for a long time. i heard that comment. i don't think the speaker meant what he said, whether he meant it or not, i appreciate all the input you put in to a neighborhood near when director ramos lives and i live and my family and i frequent that neighborhood a lot and the civic pride that you have shown is quite commendable. on that, i want

to say while i want to approve this thing wholesale, i would encourage staff to follow up with the residents but on the condition of the inner sunset this idea on the bulbs is fantastic and if this can be done in cold valley is great as well. please do understand, residents of the inner sunset that ms. kish baum means about monitoring. if there are small changes to be made to make things better, please come back to her. i will be the they are very representative and you will find a good answer, if not, please come back to us because we want this to be an on going process. congratulations to the staff and congratulations to the city. this is going to be a better place to live and that's why i supported this

for so long. >> i don't have anything to achltd >> we have a motion and second. we have been joined by an aid to supervisor breed. would you like to say anything ms. johnson. >> i'm sorry to interrupt. i didn't expect this to end so quickly. on behalf of the supervisor i want to echo what mr. heinicke said particularly on the inner sunset. they have been phenomenal and interest and their passion and the interest they have shown and the collaborative approach. your staff, shawn kennedy, tanner, they have all been phenomenal and they really deserve a great deal of thanks. they are doing the lord's work and as the director heinicke said this is an effort to make the system more efficient for the

700,000 people that use it everyday and we are very supportive of what you and the staff have done and the inner city heights have done. thank you for hearing us out and thank you for all the work you are doing. >> thank you. we have a motion and second for item 6. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> motion approved. for item 7. >> motion and a second. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. item 8.? we have a motion and a second. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. that is approved. this meeting is adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >>

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commissioner mondejar. commissioner antonini. second item on the agenda it is the approval of the minutes >> can you hear a motion to approve the minutes. >> it's been moved and seconded all in favor. the item 3 the director's report >> good afternoon, commissioners i wanted to note some sad news we lost ron smith he passed away last night we got on e-mail this afternoon and i'm sure you're aware of ron has been really helped us lead our

respite center helped us through the process i wanted to honor him then on saturday a march 22 there will be a convention of lgbt suicide risk and prevention at the student center from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and the researchers and practitioners will present research and best practices to guide program and suicide prevention for care for lgbt youth. we did on incredible job with working with community advocates in looking at how to approve our healthy stores and the press

event focused on the young adult surveys and 6 zip codes tenderloin and the marine a it has the prescription at protect incomes and the agencies and coalitions youth advocates and policymakers and staff and city agencies have been working to promote community health and addressing tobacco and drink industries while working with small industries in strengthening the communities. and this month san francisco health commission celebrated the 25th slshgs o celebrations it on the lgbt program and the community supporters who have demonstrated an advocate success

are. they've helped with the lgbt especially seeking health care health care and safety community and in 1st 94 they led a grassroots efforts for the transgender folks to get health care. i want to congratulate tom with the work in our community. a sad note after 33 years with the health care elizabeth johnson is retiring and during her 10 years she dedicated herself and as you know holly hammer will be taking her place we look forward to haley's directorship. i'll leave it there for commissioners questions >> commissioners any questions. >> through the chair did you mention it was in the report the

fact it d h had a perfect score in mitigation. >> i mentioned it her but there was a are you surveyor from the california public health department that came here to tube the mitigation program and on the exit he reported no deficiency in the error reduction plan. this was the first medication error plan that we know of were there were no finding congratulations to san francisco general >> i think that's a significant note rewarding regarding how the fact of medication has paragraphed who've be spent time looking at units it was define at the ramming random and

established by the program we wanted to acknowledge that and i'm glad the director brought this up. >> item 4 is public comment i've not received any requests. >> any public comment. >> the text is a report back from the committee. >> we had two reports today in the community of public health community the first was a gentleman with the transgender program of public health it's excited there's a new program that kicks off on april 9th and it actually will be the first, if you will, education and preparation program. there are resources for that and the program will basically focus on 4 major items education and

preparation for surgery and what to equip for recovery and what will you do to have a successful outcome and assessment. that's very important, and, secondly, regarding the transgender surgery there is new criteria in line with the san francisco health plan and san francisco leads the country. the second report came from the vision zero task force and the public health department has been playing an important role around pedestrian safety and reducing the number of people who were killed and injured. just a couple of notes that are important one hundred people that are severely injured are killed every year in san francisco and 64 percent of

motorists are at of all the evidence. $15 million annually is spent at san francisco general for treatment. and the pedestrian safety task force formerly the pedestrian safety task force is the zero task force the goal by 20024 no more traffic dedicates in san francisco. there is a collaborative effort so other departments working with the department of public health and they will have the task force perpetrate to the full commission my invite other agencies in the collaborative efforts >> commissioners any other questions. >> yes. i'm particularly pleased are the transgender reports. i wanted to ask in terms of the pedestrian safety in violation zero i know that ann rightly we

have great emphasis on is traffic the other third relate to what i've been noticing although as i read there needs no be a great deal of education of the public who were or are walking often they don't cross at the crosswalks and their darting out it's not good for their safety i'm sure you're aware of your driving and you suddenly see something in your way. at night it's difficult to see people many of our crosswalks and street crossing are dark and people wear dark clothes. bicyclist now have learned to sort of highlight themselves for the people that are involved you see a lot more floor rent

clothes but i've noticed that, you know, even personally this becomes a problem we're seeing people in dark clothes driving. worse is the people that are inauspicious tentative on their mobile phones the ipod i've seen more people holding their phones it's almost like driving and the issue i shouldn't be walking people ignore you. so i think this have should be a greater sthifls not simply on motorists but i don't know if that came out to actually give the feedback i think it's important that pedestrians don't seem to realize the despair and

they needed to be alert to feel >> that was part of the decision it's a comprehensive program that will take place and director garcia. >> i was in attendance of the zero meeting and at that they're to have a comprehensive caption there will be media and other ways to educate people in riding bikes and so forth. >> we've had in the department a pedestrian safety initiative for awhile. >> 10 years. >> i'm wondering are we going to get further feedback and a presentation to get further results. >> absolutely and you can ask as many questions as you like with when the other agencies

come with our staff to discuss the citywide initiative they'll be happy to have your questions and we'll have that as quickly as possible. >> i am very worried about pedestrians and don't think they really know. >> yes. commissioners and through the chair i think that's an excellent prevention i know 311 has been a great access point for city response but the things that flare-up in different parts of the city i know a lot of sense the mission in particular they walk very early and you have young families and the dog-walkerers and there's no way you're going

to get across the light and everybody has to sort of run in order to safely cross. i mean so there are certainly target areas that flare-up because of construction or what have you that can be posted people saying can you please obvious this for a that while because of the go prevention mode. the report was clept excellent and we're going to refocus and do the educational training >> thank you. any public comment? >> i've not received any questions. >> item 6 is the consent calendar and we have no items on that so item 7. >> item 7. >> the officer election. >> the election of officer is open and i'd like to start with the president. do i hear