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required us to reaccess and give a fresh look at the community goals. it's been challenging to move forward to say the least especially moving forward without redevelopment funds but we've been able to lean on the advisory committee members it's been flexible and they've rolled up their sleeves to revitalization this project. we've been working with the mayor's office and other agencies that includes sfmta to come up with thoughtful solutions to help us meet the gap we found ourselves in after the dissolution of the redevelopment agency. what we have a simple today, i'm asking for your supporting to commit $2 million for the bay area caltrain project adjacent
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to the schlage lock project site. the transportation study that was adapted in march of 2013 identified a connection to the bayer station as one of the priority. we've learned throughout the community process that transportation improvements and access continue to be a priority for the members of the southeast. now we have today will help expedite the construction of an interim pedestrian connection through the development site as the overall project is constructed that can save caltrain users more than one half a mile around the area and help. and no mystery that neighbors are clamoring for the need for
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more transportation environmentalist with where we were we're dealing with demonstrateful in the distribute this includes a couple of things i want to highlight a few with schlage lock a grocery new public parks and open space and affordable housing, specifically addressing the restoration of the historic office building and payment of the payment impact fees and the infrastructure fees and most important a significant environmentalist in the community that historically has lacked little attention deserved from city hall. the residents have spent hundreds of hours working on every component of the project the solution of the redevelopment agency has resulted in changes and compromises the community has been there so colleagues i'm asking and hopeful that you will
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support this incredible investment mr. chair thank you >> thank you for your comments. if no other comments we'll open up to. please come forward anyone from the public >> my name is fran i'm affiliated with the visitation planning alliance and a former member for the prop k expenditure plan for the transportation planning and implementation presently i'm on the giving me geneva r.c. the alliance challenged the proposal to build a store and we won
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thanks to the former supervisor he advocated for the community planning and the affordable housing and public transit serving retail jobs and underserved community slang is the key to the revitalization of visitacion valley and schlage lock will be sgral to the southeast. our neighborhood has supported the transportation at schlage lock and we started the entire progress that led us here today. in the span of 2001 the san francisco muni received a transportation planning grant to do a short plan in november of 2001 and the caltrain station at the schlage lock and jackson the avenue. this grant was a precursor to
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getting more funding for damage and landscape improvements that reinitialed the visitacion valley developers for sfrar. in 2010, the planning alliance received and won hard battles for the sf planning agency. i'm sure you're aware of a couple years ago we lost the tax increment financing that's nov necessary for the schlage lock development we've been if the forefront of advocating for affordable housing almost all neighborhoods don't want - i'm almost done >> quickly thank you. >> okay. i'll cut to the chase give us the money for prop k for pedestrian pathways thank you. >> thank you very clear. is there any public comment? please come forward and seeing
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none, public comment is closed. and roll call vote >> sxhooelz. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor malia cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor yee. i. that item passes >> thank you. congratulations. great. next item >> item 10 adapt the balboa park circulation study this is an action item. >> okay. this is an item i've been looked for a number of years i'm very, very happy that the circulation study has buena been done now the elements to implement is before the mta and hopefully, we, have feedback
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from your citizens advisory committee that helps shape the direction but around balboa park station we've had decades of congestion that meetings needs to get unclogged the circulation study talks about that closing some of the off-ramps and on ramps around the station that will enable transportation to flow and enable cars to have choices going you outside of the transit bay area hub to drop off people or heading to our freeways that are right increase in the system it is the greatest concentration of the transportation from bart and muni from light rail to bus and also our caltrain highway system so we spell need to find ideas for unclogging that the
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transportation study has been part ever that i'm happy to have it before us today and supervisor yee. >> thank you even though the balboa park station ♪ district 11 where it comes off the freeway and the path to district 7 and i've been keeping abreast in terms of the alternatives and so forth i'm really looking forward to implementing those this study mainly because what i'm seeing in the last few years is worsen traffic conditions and there's more and more people also taking either muni or bart so you have the competition with the traffic and pedestrians which is just going to get worse and i know
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this is in implementing this study or new prongs will take many years i'm anxious we ged get going on this i'm supportive of this report >> thank you. i've often joked how difficult it is to get around balboa park station this study can actually help me to change my motto to something that's helpful to transportation. with that, we can go to oh, supervisor mar >> yeah. i wanted to say supervisor avalos and supervisor yee that i didn't realize how sdauvenlgs dangerous it was until the supervisor tang and the mta staff took us to look at the muni yard and other
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conditions but it's definitely different corners like san jose and geneva i'm sensing how the schools around there it is impacted by especially dangerous for seniors. >> thank you on to public comment is there any public comment? seeing none, public is closed and revolt. >> item 10 arrest supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. that item passes >> great the item passes.
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>> next. >> 11 allocate in prop k funds and appropriate 39 thousand and 1 million in prop k funds attached to the fiscal year cash flow distribution schedule. >> go on to public comment is there anyone who wishes to speak on the item? please come forward seeing none, public comment is closed we'll have a roll call vote and item 11. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. that item passes. >> great on to next. >> item 12 approve the prop k
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programs. seeing none, no comments from the commission we'll go on to. and seeing none, public comment is closed and have a roll call vote vote >> supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. commissioner chiu. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. that item passes >> supervisor cohen. >> thank you. i have a quick question for the staff in my office we've fielded a dozens of calls from elderly folks about street maintenance since the maintenance the trees have been
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transferred to the property owners clarify which trees are included in the 5 year prioritization plan? >> through the chair the trees that are included in the 5 year prioritization project the maintenance category have under trees dp w jurisdiction not relinquished to the property owner. >> thank you very much. thank you for your questions >> okay. we had a resolved vote and the item passed next. >> item 13 this is an informational item. >> colleagues new comments on matter of authority or future items to discuss seeing none, is there anyone who wishes to speak on the item?
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seeing none, public comment is closed and go on to 0 next item. >> item 14 public comment. >> general public comment is open for any members of the public seeing none, public comment is closed. and move on to the next >> item 15 adjournment. >> colleagues, we're >> this coffee memory i remember having coffee with any grappled. in the old days myelogram ma get
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together >> i was six or seven i made a faces a good face. >> when i was younger i know it did something to my body. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i've been drinking coffee since i was 17 really the only thing i'm good at i was trying to find out what i was good at i got a job at the coffee shop i decided to do that the rest of my life. i like the process of the coffee and what are those beans where do they come from oh, they come
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from a fruit. >> the coffee stays with me since i was a kid i grew up and opened coffee shops everybody. in the 8 i visited over 11 hundred coffee shops maybe more to see why people go to coffee shops >> we're searched the beans all over the world from east afghan and tokyo. >> when i wanted to do was get into aspect of the personal coffee and the processing and everything else there was multiple steps in making coffee and we did have a lighter roost because of the qualities of the keep once you roost it it home
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gisz the coffee. >> one thing about the coffee they were special blends and i spent seven years on one blend so that's my pleasure. each bean they were all chosen and blended with each with different cultural and beans is like people and those people give me a reputation i can't buy. people love you my clients love me they take me to the moves movies. >> fell in love with coffee and went to the coffee shops the community aspect i really enjoyed. >> i think it's important to have a place for people to show
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up and talk to their neighbors and recorrect. your surrounded with all those behalf communicated i communities >> i love my city san francisco has a good name my has every cultural in this planet living in san francisco it's a small city 7 by 7 but it's huge. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i really like the idea of staying in the neighborhood and living in the mission i've lived here the whole time and the community really stick to it people talk about seattle and portland now they talk about
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seattle and san francisco. or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. >> there's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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(clapping) >> hello. (clapping.) good afternoon san francisco. >> (yelling n what a beautiful day a day for a celebration we've finished 12 years in inform we toward is two folks and now opting 6 hundred with our commitment and have the pleasure of this beautiful building because of you the employees in the for you part of the spirit is the technology is a start up and this event helps to catch this this is part of the culture we want to have going into the future. (clapping.) we're in san francisco because it's as toxic place our business
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technician is a daily war for top talent and even though people want to be in a beautiful city coming out have to integration i've lived in second amendment and new york and miami and los angeles san francisco is the place to be. >> yeah. (clapping). >> so his our great honor and pleasure we have the honorable mayor, mayor ed lee here to see a is a few words about the city of san francisco as well and jerry congratulations and thank you very much how sufficient riverbed team? well, your wearing great colors because there's only two team that concludes my report i know is the world-class giants champions and the riverbed team.
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yeah. >> yeah. >> well, i want to say emigrations again, it was almost a year jerry that we kicked off the construction of the building now to be here open opening day for riverbed on of the united states street this wonderful sign we're a city that's strong how about 4.4 percent in unemployment we've been a part of the nation capital of the world san francisco i want to thank you because right here there's going to be over 4 nine hundred jobs at the site thank you for a being a great community partner as well not only are you celebrating the success of our company you've joined me in making sure our youth of the future begin this summer with 7 thousand 7
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thousand paid jobs thank you riverbed for obeying being a partner. and as part of this wonderful announcement i want to say thank you, again four showing you your great community and passion for this city by making sure our workforce is part of my workforce in helping people in this city succeed by nominating to our san francisco food bank that's a wonderful contribution $68,000. 69 that is >> 6 hundred 80 cans of food and cash my i got the numbers all right. that's a great way to celebrate our food bank needs it you're showing your graciousness in doing this thank you, thank you on behalf of the city and if i may take the
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honor, you know, the mayor gets to proclaim days when i know it's special to the city and on behalf of the city that recognizes community passion and growth we would like to proclaim today riverbed day in san francisco. >> (clapping) >> i proud to say thank you to supervisor jane kim who's here that will be recognizing this always with you i'll be proud to we are wear the orange shirt and orange hat the next time i go to the giants. >> i didn't think he was going to wear orange anyway, i get to introduce supervisor kim who's the supervisor in our district thank you, ms. kim
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(clapping) >> thank you. well i'll keep it short i was here a couple of weeks ago but thank you to raise your hand to join south of market community it's high honor to represent this district where we are this is all part of the amazing growth it's happening here we're creating jobs and building how's this is where san francisco is dynamic dynamic and exist that is a beautiful edition i don't know if you remember the building that was here before fwhu is a amazing attraction f to fultd and south of market it's not about just creating jobs but kickoff engagement so thank you for your volunteering and being a part of a larger community we have diversity we have low income
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residents and high income residents we want to build one san francisco and go giants. thank you >> (clapping) thank you supervisor kim fantastic and now before we cut the ribbon we have one chairperson of the san francisco blue bank we've been involved that the food bank for almost 10 years now and our employees volunteer there and in fact, i was a boy scout master for 12 years i would take my boy scouts to the food bank and we thought it was woody allen a great thing to do since what we have new officers on 640 faculty we/have 6 hundred and 40 cans of food there's a marketing brand and another check one in a long
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series of many checks that we've presented to the food bank so - >> gary why don't you get not middle (clapping) now know that looks like the accomplisher sweepstakes but it's really, you know. >> well, thank you jerry and mayor it's a pleasure on behalf of everyone i want to thank jerry and riverbed let me hit you with some facts this year, the sf food bank will distribute 46 million pounds of food it's
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fresh produce some that's the eventual of one hundred and 5 thousand meals each day. it's a one hundred and 47 thousand people get food from the food bank every week (clapping) 11 thousand school children everyday get a healthy snack every school day thanks to the food bank and more importantly thank you to the folks like you and riverbed. there's one last thing to mention i heard the volunteer word a second ago. the food bank is blasz blessed to have 25 thousand volunteers every year and its people like jerry and many of you i've seen you at our facilities thank you very much that's incredibly important to our mission
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(clapping.) so one last shout out to the riverbed team we're glad our calling san francisco your home (clapping) and thank you tim for that opportunity >> all right. the big moment we have an orange ribbon. i wonder why we picked that color who has the official scissors? okay cutting through our competition. 1, 2, 3 wow. yeah.
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