you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> the last person to turn in a speaker card. >> hi ken with the san francisco cab drivers director reiskin was on the kqed newsroom and was asked my muni on time performances is so far blow mandated goals and cited schedule and maintenance and antiquated street design didn't mentioned traffic gridlock caused by thousands of tmcs i also see dpreblg tmcs lined up at bus stops and then double-parked next to those cars for the mission 14 bus to cross across the lines to get around the triple parked tmcs

there are so many traffic infrastructure not only this year causing gridlock but epidemic of u-turns in the middle of the block and bicycle lanes, etc. and i understand regulation of tmcs is not in our jurisdictions but controlling the streets i believe is and in a number of ways i want to see that sort of thing thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> (calling names) those are the last two speakers. >> guarantee good afternoon. i'm here to voices you thought issues a paper issued by the department the task force on the drivers seats two medallion holders wish i could have made

copies i requested the director to change that she didn't didn't want to talk about that it is a memorandum jump game we want the medallion holds not on the hot seat and number two the taxis too much about taxi taxi but we failed to service the public we miserably served people are categorize from their home not transportation now the tmc came and we're trying to shut them out we want to serve the public with a competition implosion only is a solution and not deny the public the service please set up a task force your locking our hands there are medallions between the companies and drivers they're taking away

all the money no medallion system so there's cheaper to provide the service to the public can you get this medallion and solve the other issues $300 with the medallion holders are paying for their jobs there is no are in the companies that's million dollars a year or year can you roach that we want a free correspond councilman and independent ancestor councilman's to make it competition thank you very much. >> david smith hose the last - well. >> hello, again commissioners i don't know if i can even expect you guys to do much but i'll run it but you guys as far as the control over the tmc drivers there so aggressive those people

after hours spots of late night spots you have those guys get out of their cars and is get out of here they'll walk up to our cars and their nasty and they'll tell you how aggressive they can be other things sorry i lost my notepad the traffic, of course, is absolutely terrible what prove do i we have the problem is bigger than the staff can handle i'll tell you in 20 years of the taxi industry and seeing all this i've never seen it like this it is terrible so i don't blame mta staff they can only do

so much i suggest shoving the meter maids out there that's your jurisdiction in portland they have a system where the hotels ideal a certain number and sends a message out to the wall companies we need that the hotel lines get crowded and we might be on one block and not see that one hotel has nobody and the one around the corner you know has thirty people in line as far as the independent color schemes i believe there should be rules they have to meet needs to serve the public and permanently luxars new system harassed that. >> (calling names.) >> the last person to turn in a speaker card on this matter.

>> thanks for letting me talk again and tb and again, if you can't do something for everybody or you can't wave something for everybody again and again and again, please wave it and do at least for bowing medallions for drivers that bought medallions and save $200,000 this includes the color schemes let's make it only for buying medallions for example, there are about already how many 15 hundred or one thousand enough to destroy the taxi color scheme so some of the examples i know you should

wave the fee the bottom line if you can't do something for everybody or wave it for all do it for all medallions that's it we'll be happy and it is so easy thank you. >> thank you mr. chairman that's the last person now consent calendar d has been served from the cds by a member of the public and unless a member of the public or the member of the board wishes to sever another item. >> another motion on the consent calendar minus 2 d. >> motion to approve. >> > all in favor, say i. > i. > the i's have it 2 d. >> so mr. chairman has to do with establishing a no less turn on 17th street would you like public comment first?

this will be (calling names) >> good afternoon. >> hi how are you so i live on caramel street that runs parallel to 17th so i think i came here a few weeks ago when it was first brought up for proposal about my concerns increasing traffic down caramel street i was told that someone would be contacting me to discuss 0 options no one contacted me so a couple of things i'll restate my concerns at the moment folks going northbound on clayton either live in coal valley or want to get through coal valley packing take a left

there i live on caramel street and there's very low traffic no one would have their kids walk on 17th it is incredible dangerous by putting a no left turn at 17th two things could happen traffic moved and folks moves towards friedrich or some other area but without a doubt we've seen it, all right. already this is construction on 17th the results people came down caramel streets through the stop signs and at that time, we had to change our behavior not leave kids on the street or on the sidewalk you wouldn't do that at all so the way it was described to us with

the decision because a negligibleable technical fine caramel street i know that's not the case so at the least if we can't - am i minded here. >> so you were told last time the person would contact you you've not heard. >> i e-mailed the person and said they said it was american people oversight please call me here we go. >> another speaker we'll hear from the staff. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon tolling and director reiskin i live on clayton i'm speaking in favor of this restriction it is necessary

for safety that left turn is a blind left-hand turn that is caused by on and on oncoming traffic people can wait through the entire signal it was looked over two years thing e.r. since the initial request was made the only way to safely make a turn by waiting this is backs up traffic or vehicles as well as the 33 ashbury and 37 corbett muni lines and backs up clayton street to corbett in regards to the impact to the neighborhood specifically caramel streets i've lived in coal veil since 1994 mta has studied it is minimal of you cars make that

turn into 17th what wasn't mentions for the two away's ways that are fed into clayton vehicles are restricted from making a lotto caramel left on to caramel has been prohibited for 10 years and in terms of clayton street north some cars make that left-hand turn they don't want to get stuck in the bottle next, i walk my daughter longer than 17th and caramel there's a restriction on resistance that was put-down into effect we have an agenda item adding a stop sign it was added on caramel street down coal so it's seen lots of improvements this is one of them. >> to staff speakers. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon director

nolan i'm a senior engineer in the sustainable street division i have a drawing that depicts the intersection that is the intersection of kay ton my pen is pointing out towards the north we search warrant two things on the agenda to have a left-hand turn pocket and then the northbound direction we have the recommendation of the no left-hand turn restriction as you can see going in the northbound direction there's only one lane at that intersection when a car tries to make a left-hand turn it ties up traffic and it i think people have been honking their horns

and causing a nuisance and 33 bus lion along this street may be one car trying to make a left-hand turn it causes a back up and twin peaks boulevard coming through an this by this clayton street it is a very busy street to handle traffic we've talked about alternatives early on trying to commodity the left-hand turn but we have concern about other impacts by doing so we have heard interest a number of residents on caramel street and been send e-mails and talking about this proposal in anticipations of our proposal today i apologize if i have not spoken to a particular gentleman a lot of folks we've been sending e-mails to the neighborhood and

a lot of them are concerned about the traffic turning on caramel street if we prohibit the thank you for the opportunity but we have - we think it is a small amount of traffic accordingly it is only 44 cars from clayton to 17th street in the morning rush hour and 44 perhaps in the evening rush hour we think that traffic can be absorbed either from thank you for the opportunity on clayton and turning into a street without a noticeable impact we're not absolutely sure there's not a problem but to monitor the traffic on caramel street and do a back and forth study if it increases we have

alternative plans we're considering to allow the left turn from clayton to 17th we can go back to that as a negative impacts we wanted to void doing the left-hand turn restriction. >> yes one question i understand the concern having the 33 back up in this position it is a pretty major intersections do we have data on crashes that we have had in that intersection bus and car and bus and car and pedestrian. >> we have data on crashes i'm not sure about the transit impact but there's been at least one collision involved in the left-hand turn lane clayton to 17th and part of that intersection is the angle of the approach as you can see this approach intersection didn't

come at the intersection at a 90 degree angle so someone thank you for the opportunity left is blocking the views of the cars in the other directions one the benefits that makes this intersection of clay phenomenon and caramel a safe intersection the cars approach from the other directions you can see them better and there have been accidents at this intersection i don't want to make it sound like this is a perfect intersection but we've got a preliminary proposal we think that will make the situation better and we plan to monitor the situation and come back with other platoons if this didn't workout as planned. >> i'm familiar with this intersection i walk through there a lot i'm familiar with caramel street it is a relatively quote residential

street. >> yes. >> taking an intersection and two streets that are set up for high capacity or main route and then send cars down what is a quiet residential street i can see where that could really cause concerns for the people on the quiet residential street and he having said that, i'm concerned if we can committing commit to making sure we're not tedious low impacting the quality of life on that quiet street i'll support in going forward but you want to make sure wear following up with the homeowners on the quote street if it is causing an impact maybe we can find another creative engineering solution with the people we have. >> is that a motion. >> dina motion. >> this is as you're coming

northbound you could not make a left if you're coming northbound on clayton not westbound on 17th. >> correct. >> the concern right now the straight pocket and the right turn pocket so the straight traffic is stuck behind the left turn awhile everyone else is in the left turn. >> exactly. >> so when would you each year this before and after to happen. >> it should be probably done after school begins last night in the summer we want to monitor the traffic volume before the school ends and monitor before school starts up again. >> we have a motion and a second. >> second. >> with that understand i think

the director. > all in favor, say i. > i. > >> opposed say no the i's have. >> yes. mr. chairman your book to the last regular agenda get to that quickly requesting the board of supervisors to appropriate $49 million for the issuance and sale of the general obligations bond for the network project safety improvements and outreach for the better market outreach project and save a contribution for conflict for the communication based overly signal system and adapting the transportation effectiveness mitigation and a promising program mr. chairman no one has indicated a request to comment. >> second. >> just a quick question based

on what deepen said about the elevator situation this money is pretty much set right now coming i guess the point what if it takes several million dollars more for the concession. >> so we have within our capital program one of the program areas as accessibility which includes the elevators and square roots we've commented an upgrade for the additional escalators we have some elevator repairs and replacements in there this is something we could use bond fund for when we come back with a report on our elevator capital program as well as sources we can identify gaps we don't feel we've inadequately

addresses. >> > all in favor, say i. > i. > opposed the i's have. >> mr. chairman with no closed session that includes the business before you today. >> thank you allncludes the business before you today. >> thank you allcludes the business before you today. >> thank you allcludes the business before you today. >> thank you allocludes the business before you today. >> thank you all business before you today. >> thank you all >> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this

particular location the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist, the license, then submitting the work to a committee of artists. this committee actually watches them make the work in front of them so that we can verify that it is all their own work. >> what happened during the holiday to make this an exciting location? >> this would be a magic time of year. you would probably see this place is jammed with street

artists. as the no, there is a lottery held at 6 in the morning. that is how sought after the spaces are. you might get as many as 150 street artists to show up for 50 spaces. >> what other areas can a licensed street artist go to? >> they can go to the fisherman's wharf area. they can go in and around union square. we have space is now up in the castro, in fact. >> how many are there? >> we have about 420. >> are they here all year round? >> out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. i mean like five-seven days a week. >> are they making their living of of this? >> this is their sole source of income for many. >> how long have you been with

this program. how much has it changed? >> i have been with the program since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend. fashion comes and goes. >> i think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. >> this is because the 60's is retro for a lot of people. i have seen that come back, yes. >> people still think of this city as the birth of that movement. great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. i'm excited to go shopping. >> i would like you to meet two street artists. this is linda and jeremy. >> night said to me to print

them -- nice to meet you. >> can you talk to me about a variety of products that use cell? >> we have these lovely constructed platters. we make these wonderful powder bowls. they can have a lot of color. >> york also using your license. -- you are also using your license. >> this means that i can register with the city. this makes sure that our family participated in making all of these. >> this comes by licensed artists. the person selling it is the person that made it. there is nothing better than the

people that made it. >> i would like you to meet michael johnson. he has been in the program for over 8 years. >> nice to me you. what inspired your photography? >> i am inspired everything that i see. the greatest thing about being a photographer is being able to show other people what i see. i have mostly worked in cuba and work that i shot here in san francisco. >> what is it about being a street artist that you particularly like? >> i liked it to the first day that i did it. i like talking to mentum people. talking about art or anything that comes to our minds.

there is more visibility than i would see in any store front. this would cost us relatively very little. >> i am so happy to meet you. i wish you all of the best. >> you are the wonderful artist that makes these color coding. >> nice to me to. >> i have been a street artist since 1976. >> how did you decide to be a street artist? >> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist. it was interesting exciting and i have a creative streak in me. it ranges from t-shirts jackets, hats. what is the day of the life of a street artist?

>> they have their 2536 in the morning. by the end of the day, the last people to pack the vehicle probably get on their own at 7:30 at night. >> nice to me to condemn the -- nice to meet you. >> it was a pleasure to share this with you. i hope that the bay area will descend upon the plaza and go through these arts and crafts and by some holiday gifts. >> that would be amazing. thank you so much for the hard work that you do.

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