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i 80 corridor in san francisco. one of the focuses of the effort is the free way ramp vision zero safety assessment. we have a smau amount of money that allows us to focus on this part of the free way network, the ramps and we'll look at what is needed at that state and local interface where wl it is banners , design treatments like signage or striping or signal improvements to reduce collision. we are focus on 6-12 intersections and will identify those intersections. if the program works out, we would be working with mtc to create a funding program potentially to support this type of effort. we are also working on the geary and geneva best rapid transit project focusing on the high injury
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corridor and transit project through the len of safety and safety for bikes and peds that go together with all of the modes for the improvements oon the street. we are also doing china down neighborhood transportation planning. this is under the planning side. i vd have gave my qualification. this focuses on spot recommend for safety improvement on kearny and broadway including traffic [inaudible] strategies and other pedestrian improvement. then we have inneighborhood transportation improvement program, which was nish taiate nishiated last fall. we have several projects which are funded. one is the almany project and this is for a potential project in district 9 to focus improving the
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[inaudible] on nob the funding side, when the board adopted the 5 year plan for prop k last summer, the process was really created to give the highest priority to safety of all across of the prop k categories and this is also transened to ininother programs. there is vehicle registration fee that sets aside proiv percent 25 percent of the fund as well as one bay area grant and many projects we funded were funded on toms slides and will go to construction and some will finish construction in fiscal year 15, 16 including-we funded just recently a 1 million
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dollar prop k allocation to walk first, phase one improvement and those locations are included on the website and we'll follow up to make sure the committee has those locations as well. second street. [inaudible] we just funded polk street stiginals and have other allocation request that are in my inbox that are vision zero support was. we are thrilled to see those projects advancing. on the federal state and regional levels the funding legislative advocacy we kick off the lang range transportation plan. it will be hard to get new noney in the plan, but we'll work to get vision zero and safety as a priority within the existing fund and carving out where possible new safety programs kwr possibly new money
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potentially with new money coming down the pike. then we are work wg partners at mta on legislative advocase and bringing education on the finance committee and will continue to advocate for the at mated speed enforcement and various other traffic [inaudible] and speed reduction effort particularly near school squz throughout city wide. >> before you move to had next slide i-this is within mta's budget, but they had also mentioned that 400 thousand of prop k dollars are going to follow the paving budget. is this the max nm dollars that could be committed to the the funding need? >> i have just seen the presentation this afternoon. i know that there is significantly more than 400
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thousand that is available for vision zero sporeltive effort and it depends how you classify follow the paving thrmpt is a programming between prop a and prop k for signal work and ped and bike improvements as well >> okay. so this is a dollar amount that was put in to the category >> it looks low to me, but i'll fleed to follow up with mta to see what projects are being [inaudible] >> okay, great. >> then on the deliver side, there are different aspects to deliver in termoffs projects we actually lead and the projects we help to support deliver of. on the lead side we are working with cal trans as in
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partnership for prusidio park way. this eliminates the possibility of head on collision but it will also enhance pud safety and bike safety. it provides well defined bike and ped routes and it also incorporate safety zone jz well delineated bike lines. the for the yurba brena ilbd ramp it brings the structure into modern day safety and traffic standards. furthering the effort of vision zero. [inaudible] this is a project that is a new off ramp at the t intersection as you exist the free way and enter neighborhood streets or city streets and it will allow for [inaudible] of intersection and signal that will allow a continuous side walk and provide a class 2 bike
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lane on the east side of freemont. on the ta lead projects and development we are currentsly working on bal bowa park i 280, geneva ocean avenue project and this enhances bike and ped safety by reducing conflicts at the ramps. for the 19th avenue projects, we are helping to shepherd this project through cal tran approval process for the 19th avenue [inaudible] and also assisted with planning efforts for m line. on the ta project deliverry support, this helps sceer project funding and working with cal trans mtc and
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pral for high way to make sure funds are available and used in a timely way. that is my presentation and here to answer questions. >> just want to thank ta for being able to present in how they can support the budget as well. it is also good to hear that one of the assumptions in mta's budget for prop k dollars for follow the paving may be more of a minimum and i look forward as we talk about how to contribute to the funding gap that we are able to work with transportation authority and help toog identify potential funding that can be used to fill in the gaps with for of the priorities that thit xhisy would like it to see move forward. colleagues comment or questions? i'm see none, can we open up for public comment at this time on this item?
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>> are there members of the public? great >> thank you for being here mrs. [inaudible] glad to be mere. good afternoon commissioners my name is cata ludel and involved in pud safety for long time and proud member of the vision zero coalition. i would like to emphasis the importance of education. i waents planning to speak today, but i heard can dist see, i think she has a great background. also engineer is one thing we need that, enforcement is somewhat education because somebody gets a ticket and they are educated, don't do that again. not that many people are part of the enforcement thing. the education is so important because we have to change
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behavior. it is also not just san franciscan, it is all the other people that come into the city during the week. the workers and on the weekend for entertainment, we have to change their attitudes. please support education. definitely we need different messages for age groups for different cultures, but i think that is where we need to spend a lot of time now. thank you >> thank you for the work on our education campaign in south of market. >> good afternoon supervisors. thank you for having this hearing and inviting us here. [inaudible] policy director at san francisco bike coalition and member of the vision zero coalition representing over 40 community based organizations in san francisco whos job is to support the city and your leadership in helping reach the
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vision zero goal. i encourage all of us to do a little more. i want to take a moment today after the education presentation and put it in the big picture. i think one thing that is important and note worthy about the education strategy presented today, it is the first [inaudible] we have seen come out of the vision zero subcommittee and working group and think that is a great achievement in and of itself. it is a clear plan that is identifying what the city want tooz do to meet the goals and addressing here is the funding we have and here tr r the funding need. we are exciting to see that cub submity put out a plan and now that they have it working to tweak it and make it as good as it can be and help find funding and look forward with the other committee >> we would love your feed back what you see what works in
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other cities because i know the bike coalition does research on national and international research >> we are happy to provide that at a later point >> thank you. >> thank you. >> [inaudible] thank you foring have [inaudible] the thing we are hoping to highlight is the [inaudible] in the [inaudible] so many fatalities are to the elders we know that children and seniors are the most vulnerable [inaudible] if we have programs [inaudible] it is logical to extend the program for seniors, but also around having a target approach for where the programs are rolled out. i dont think there is enough done. senior centers and [inaudible] the ways our seniors use the cities
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jathat can open up a [inaudible] in regards to age appropriate curriculum, i'm excited to share this we have been doing cool interactive [inaudible] brodeway street and what we drew out is the program based actiffinties that get children out and about to stud athe streets and get them to look at ways to improve it and safety tips. it is the culture shift we are look frg so we hope there is [inaudible] >> thank you mrs. hew. >> good afternoon commissioners my name is john [inaudible] you approved me to serve on for another 2 year term representing the pedestrian safety needs of seniors and
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people with disabilities. i also serve on the boardf fdr democratic club representing political needs orphseniors and beepal with disabilities. one point that i share from both of my constituents is the need of expanded expenses or funding for pedestrian and vision zero safety for seniors. there is in the planning point now a senior center being cruthed at the intersection of 3 supervisor districts. 5, 6 and 8. we have gay seniors who will be living at 55 and 95 laguna at the intersection of human, market, gurarey, [inaudible] where is effective planning being carried out there in the walk first campaign, which i strongly
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love? how will it be addressed in the 200 thousand dollars? the coming residence in the complex of 55 and 95 laguna. we need to insure the pu edestrians moving in the facility [inaudible] safety as they travel in car, foot and bicycle. please, consider that in your budget review. >> thank you mr. [inaudible] thank you for also attending our state meeting ing 2 weeks ago to advocase for a resident in the san francisco bay area. is there any other public comment at this time? seeing none public comment is closed. i donlt see closing comment. mr. clerk are there other items? >> iteal 4 >> any new items to be introduced? >> at this time i'll take public comment on item 4?
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seeing none public comment is closed. mr. clerk any other items? >> item 5 >> at this time we'll open up 2350 for general publiccoctant. seeing none close thank you to everyone who presented and. we'll hold our regular meeting in may but appreciate we had a quick update on the budget before we move through the budget season. meeting is adjourned.
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nology for our first responders. there is a management that will better serve san francisco. public safety personnel better equip and the cutting edge of public safety is [inaudible] >> helly over wn and thank you for being here on this very special occasion. today we mark a new beginning for public safety and earthquake preparedness our r in our great city of san francisco. each of us here will stand witness to had beginning of a new great civic jewel. we in front of the years of planning and coordination that brought this magnificent facility to life, equip with modern tools and prepared to serve. from the architect and? gen earring design devtop tooz the first shoves in the ground and to the
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installation of the solar panels and art work, this massive project stands here ready to serve the peep olof san francisco beginning this weekend and serving for decades to come. this building is a step forward in technology for our first responders. there is a change management transitioning happening here that will better serve the resident of san francisco. public safety person elare better equipped and the cutting edge puplic safety is with the kait of the art facility. less paper, less cabinetess, more electronics, more security and communication. this is a major step forward prime uving on first response and onse we are fortunate to have the support of the voters by approvaling bonds measures that fundsing the project and fortunate to
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live and work here reaping the benefit of this new post-. it is a honor to be here in front of you and recognize the opening of the new police department head quarter squz public safety campus. this morning we will hear from fire and police departments and we'll acknowledge all the hard work that went into the delivering this project and what it means to the city public safety personal el. i would like to thank you all for coming and point out a few of the special guests we have here with us. former mayor willy brown is here. former mayor frank jordan is here. former police chief an tonio revirs is here. quite a number of supervisors, i see [inaudible] i christensen. [inaudible]
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cohen is here. so the s the president of the board of supervisors london breed is here. [inaudible] is here. that is the real boss. from the police commission, we have victor wong, thomas mu zokeo and sonia malara here. from the arts commission, jd [inaudible] are here. from fire [inaudible] steve nucaujo and markal hardman are all here. i see quite a number of department heads, ed riscon, debbie raffial is here, our da [inaudible] recognize him from a police chief. and then many
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many people it to thank you and and as i go through the event i will thank if i have for gotten you or didn't call your name to be recognized. our partners from hok paul woodferred, the architects. and working with him [inaudible] carba narrow and associates. and of course our builders, [inaudible] builders 2 very important people, frank murray who is superintend thochbt project and [inaudible] sfaubl for working with all the engineers and architects and making sure we are here today. [inaudible] builders. not to forget all the neighbors from mu drone and [inaudible] housing complex who are neighbors of the project.
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a big hand for them too, please. we are grateful for your atejd ance to maurk the moment in the cities history. firs up it is a pleasure to introduce someone who is the champion leadership in making sure our first responders have the tools to serve the city. when it comes to working to identify needs i garner the support for plan for capital improvements, mayor lee gets it done. pub luckwer works has the responsibility of design and construction for 24 projdwreckt jecktd. mayor lee helped shape the capital plan and knows first hand how complex and challenging it can be to deliver the projects. we
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thank you for your support and please welcome honorable mayor lee to say a few words. >> thaupg [inaudible] this was managed by public works. he and charles [inaudible] and all the engineers and project managers kept the promise for all of us. let me begin by saying i just did a tour, to a wond rbful place, a complicated project. i'm here briefly this morning because i'm here to replace [inaudible] as i was told. anyway, to our former chiefs, to our former mayors, to our protocol office, by the way you can't get into this building unless tom [inaudible] says yes. our art director and director of emergency
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management is here rightly so. the office of civic investment is infruc sureture is here. we are all here and welcome everyone to mission day san francisco. . this was a very carefully chosen site for the very reason we had to assemble a number of different functions on the site. a complicated project from the start. fire station, arson station, police station, police headquarters. a very historically refurbished community room for all the residence to cherish. supervisor kim played a great part and want to thank her office for being here joining all our supervisors and president breed, we all worked together to make sure when we promised the entire public of
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san francisco that we would begin by making sure our first respondsers were out of unsafe buildings and in, i remember when chief gasstone was in on the design of the building and may great contribution to this. now he is in another building challenging us to do something else and that is good because we'll get it done. we have to. we have to, dont we? yeah. just because it is inch a different world doesn't make the story go away. when you look at all o of the effort put into this and of course very serious financial couldn't pugzs and contribution and particularly the approval of the voters they said yes and make sure our first responders are there for us. i begin with
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a they think for the men and women in the police department, fire department, in the commissions and on the city and county of san francisco to say thank you thank you thank you for what you do every day for the city and as we hear the statistics about the next 25 years the big one may be coming, we have what the voters asked us to do is say let's get the first responders in so they can can help save us and this is what we have done in the complex build{division for first respond aers for the sit a. it is a tribute to the role in the city that we do this today. i want to congrtulation the police and fire commission and department of emergency management for pets this together and having dpw play a great role managing the role
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of [inaudible] i want to give a special thank tooz willy brown because his vision way back then on a old railroad site called mission bay and said we can do something with that. i said you are taking away my dribeing arrange and he said yes, but i'll give you the pgatour in exchange. so i accepted that. that vision carried out then by gaven nuse nl with stem cell research and now with my administration and all the people that work for us, today is great celebration of thatd vision now put into the implementation getting it done for the public. all of you got to see this incredible building and i begin by saying thank you to the arts commission. tom, and the
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artist and commission, i want to say thank you because you wrauck in and are immediately presented with a incredible honor of the spiral dedication and then the wall. before you get there you have the first responders applausee aand plaza and i know chief [inaudible] is proud of a big bell. she is hanging that bell over [inaudible] as much as she can, but we are all together here and we are all saying this is of course a place everyone will really feel good about working and it is what i know it to be that it is a safe building, it is is one that is equip with the finest epiidated equipment. whenia see the fire station here that has the
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latest not just doors but the type of change out rooms president breed that when you are on the fire commission you demanded it have because we know and have learned with our fire unions leadship and the fireman you have geet all this poisonous stuff off their clothes and have the moden station represent that. hopefully that is the standsered for every fire station in the city going forward chblt for the chief of police i know he is honored because he gets to see the water and great ball park while he responds and e-mails me back. but i know he is personally honored with this because i think he understand too that thish is a a tribute not to just him and the haufs but the entire police force that by the way we will get the
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full force in the next couple years, so you won't be denied that full force. we also did not demolish this building. a lot of people said why is that in the way? today? t isn't in the way, it is comp lmentary to the history of this city. thank tooz ocii and the fire department, this used to be station 30 and we kept it as part of history and kept and refleshed it for community based use. i know this is going tobe a extremely important part of it because the community wants to be engaged with our police and fire department. every neighborhood wants to be engaged with the police and fire department. not that we work in isolated roles. it is the purpose of the city to engage all the residence in the best way quee and when we have great designers like our
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