>> thank you all very much for coming out on this rainy san francisco day to help us celebrate a landmark project for the people of this city. my name's ed reiskin. i'm the transportation director here in san francisco, and really glad to be able to be here today to celebrate long-planned improvements for one of the most important corrid corridor in our city. it was more than 30 years ago that some folks were looking at our city and thinking about the future of it and back then identified the geary corridor as one of the most important corridors for transit in our city looking forward into the future, and they were right, because fast forward 30 years

later, the geary corridor is one of the highest if not the highest bus ridership transit corridor in the western united states. it's -- you have -- it's pretty impressive. it's alone -- if the geary transit were its own transit, it would be among the largest transit systems in the bay area, so the folks back then had it right when they recognized the importance of the geary transit system to san francisco. so fast forward to today. we at the sfmta have been maded improvements over the years within the constraints of the street as it is to try to add more service, to try to improve the service. but the project that we're breaking ground on today really takes that a quantum step forward in terms of not just making improvements to muni but also upgrading the infrastructure, modernizing the infrastructure and making the street safer, which is really

pulling together a number of different city priorities and bundling them into one project here that we're breaking ground on today. that kind of project, hitting that many city policy goals, doesn't just happen. it takes a lot of work from a lot of leadership, a lot of our community partners. you'll hear some of them speaking today, but it also takes policy and political leadership, so i want to acknowledge the sfmta board of directors, our chair heinicke and director torres, art torres is here. it takes the board of supervisors who sit as the transportation authority board, and vallie brown is here, the supervisor from this district.

it takes leadership from the top, and from the time she took office, three priorities of the mayor have been upgrading muni, and making our streets safer. it wouldn't be the same without here, so please join me welcoming our mayor, mayor breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. exciting day to be here. every time i come to the neighborhood, i think about my childhood, and i actually grew up right down the street. and we used to take certain routes when we were kids. we would hangout -- i mean, i went to rosa parks elementary school, but we would hangout and jump the fence and play on the playgrounds. then, we would walk across geary beforehand, and we would not necessarily walk across the

lights. i think the video game frogger was probably designed because we would leapfrog through the streets which were definitely not safe as kids, and that's why this project is so important. we would head over to japantown and hangout at japantown bowl. and back then, things were a lot different. we had fun as kids, but we got into trouble probably some here and there by crossing the streets where we shouldn't have, and we really want to focus on trying to make san francisco a better, more safe place, and make our public transportation system a lot more reliable than it had been in the past. i think about, you know, just what we've been able to accomplish in this community. you know, a lot of great improvements in our public transportation system. in fact, when i served on the board of supervisors, because there was a geary limited, which is now the geary rapid.

i didn't understand why the fulton and the 510 and all these buses that came between the west side and the east side transportation, why we weren't thinking more about our transportation systems and thinking more about the 510-r. thank you to the sfmta because it's been a great addition to our public transportation system. but i also think about the past. if we had built all of our transportation systems underground, it would be even a more amazing system with not only better transportation but safer transportation. this project today as we break ground on what i think is going to make such a significant impact on this community but also folks who live in the west side of the city, people who rely on the 38 geary, whether it's the rapid or the regular 38 geary, to get to school, to

get to work, to shop, and to do the kinds of things that so many people want to do on our public transportation system. providing the geary b.r.t. i think is going to change how people are getting around, making it a lot more efficient and making our public transportation system much more reliable than it had been in the past, and that's what this project is about. it's also about safety and improving access to our public transportation system for people who are seniors and those with disabilities. i know that this community wanted to save the laguna street stop because we have a lot of seniors who use that stop, and going up and down the hills are not necessarily an easy thing as you get older, and we were able to do that because of this community. we also know the laguna street -- the webster street

bridge is something that was important to this community and particularly to the rosa parks elementary community. so we've been able to do things and making sure your voices were heard as we move forward public transportation here in san francisco for all residents. so i'm excited to be here today because this is a long time coming. yes, when we did the central subway, and we visited the -- there was this big machine called big bertha, and we got a chance during that ground breaking to write, you know, messages on big bertha, the -- what do you call it, the thing -- tunnel what? the tunnel boring machine, the thing that's driving the hole underneath the ground, and i wrote on big bertha, see you on geary boulevard. well, my dream project is to go underground on geary boulevard,

but the money is not necessarily this to do that. but we're doing the next best thing. we're providing bus rapid transit service on geary boulevard with the goal of improving public transportation on one of the busiest corridors of our city. it's going to make an impact, and i'm excited because it's going to be a challenge. congestion is a problem in san francisco. people are frustrated. there's a lot of construction that's happening. and what i want people to know is i gueet that we have challenges, and we're going to be doing some short and long-term fixes to address those challenges. but just imagine before any of us was born, some of our leaders made a decision to go underground then and were inconvenienced at that time how we would be dealing with a

better transportation system now. we have to make some tough decisions to improve transportation for future generations. that's what this is about, improving our system for the future so that the future generation of san franciscans are not pointing the finger at us and blaming us for not doing the right thing and making our system better for all of us. i also want to take this opportunity to talk just a little bit about safety and safety on our streets because we know, sadly, more recently, there have been a number of fatalities that have happened because of collisions. and part of what we need to do, yes, is improve our public transportation system, but more importantly, improve our infrastructure so that people are safe on our streets. and also one of the things that i am pushing for is making sure that our police department, they're issuing more citations for those drivers who are basically creating a bit of a

nuisance on our streets, the people who are driving too fast, and that is just really a problem. so i know none of us want to get a ticket, so i want you all to slow down. people are walking, people are riding bikes. seniors are trying to make it across the street and may not make it across before the light changes. we have to do more as a city to protect residents, and that means making improvements to our infrastructure and holding people accountable who are out there, creating challenges on the road. not an easy thing to do, but a necessary thing to do as we improve our infrastructure. i know congestion is frustrating. i know that people want to get from point a to point b, but i ask you to be patient with us. i ask that you slow down, and i ask that you continue to support these projects that are going to make our city better,

make our public transportation, and make our city safer in the long run. with that, i want to introduce someone who has had an important role in helping me who, when i was on the board of supervisors, we were able to secure funding for this project, as i said, we were able to save the webster street bridge, and we were able to save the laguna street stop. and as someone who has played an important role in this community and all the challenges it's faced in the past and will continue to face in the future is your supervisor, vallie brown. [applause] >> supervisor brown: i just want to thank everyone for being here today. i also would like to thank the rosa park elementary school. mayor breed, you missed their performance, and that would have been your favorite part of this. that was an -- amazing. i usually don't quote famous

figures, but i think mark twain has a good quote for this particular day. good things come to those who wait if you don't die in the meantime. and i think a lot of us have a few gray hairs since prop k passed in 2003 for the b.r.t., the geary b.r.t., but here we are, and i'm really excited about this, and i'm really excited to look around the room and see so many people that were part of this process. and i know i've talked to a few of you, and you all remember the meetings that we would have year and year, and they were up in the cathedral, and i think someone reminded me, one meeting -- community meeting, someone stole the comment box. so -- yes, yes. so this has been a journey. but i'm very excited about this project.

you know, the geary b.r.t. has 54,000 riders a day. so if we're able to save two minutes of every san francisco ride, that's 18,000 hours a week. that is 75 days a year that we save san franciscans. that's pretty amazing. if -- this is something that mayor breed and i have dealt with for years, the safety of the geary boulevard through vanness through stannion, and i know she had talked about it, but there has been tragedies. people have been hit and killed there, and it's something that we've looked at, everybody has looked at it, how to make it safer. the geary boulevard has eight times as many collisions as anywhere else in the city, and that's disturbing when you think about that. so what is exciting about the

geary b.r.t. is it actually will be working on pedestrians safety. and just adjacent here to japantown, it's going to be happening, and that's exciting, and so many of you in this room have been fighting for this for years. and it also is going to bridge the community back together with japantown and the western addition that was separated by this huge busy freeway and redevelopment, and something that we're going to make good onto bring these communities closer together with this kind of pedestrian safety. so i wanted to thank everyone for coming, and i want to thank sfmta and all their great staff that has put up with all of us through these years. and i say let's get the -- let's get it started. and i think this is the ground breaking. i'm not really sure -- or we're

planting something, not really sure. either way, thank you, everyone, and we'll see you soon. [applause] >> good afternoon, everybody. i'm malcolm heinicke. i'm the chair of the sfmta board. it's very nice to be in this building not yelling at my daughter to dribble more with her left-hand. so thank you all for indulging. it's great to have a school like rosa parks named after our community's history. my fellow director on the board, art torres is here. you may remember him as a state senator, leader of the california democratic party. also went to church with rosa. he has wonderful stories of her. i think it's great that we have

our own pioneer from the neighborhood here today as our mayor. mayor breed, it's really a privilege to call you our mayor. [applause] >> so in addition to being nice to the mayor, what qualifies me to be the chair of the sfmta -- she didn't appoint me, but i really just respect her in her own right, of course, is that i ride the system every day. it is my primary form of transportation. i get to work, i get to the gym, i get to my children's events on muni. and i live in a part of town where i can ride the underground. i ride the metro every day. when it works, most of the time, i have a ten-minute commute free of obstruction, and i feel like a real san franciscan. i'm not polluting the air, i'm not congesting the streets, and i'm taking, quite frankly, is what is the most efficient

route for me. i want that experience for all san franciscans, and here, on geary street, as the supervisor mentioned, we have 54,000 customers a day. 54,000 customers who don't have the free, unobstructed ride that i do, at least not now. mayor breed is exactly right. we could have made choices earlier, but going back in history doesn't help us. making the right choices now does help us. so with mayor breed's leadership and the leadership of my fellow directors, i'm proud to be delivering a product that as i've said many times before will be the above-ground subway for our residents. it will priev efficient service and hopefully, the folks who ride this will have the same feeling i have about my commute. this is the most efficient and attractive way to go. that's how we will reduce

congestion, pollution, and accidents. now, this isn't just a transit efficiency project, this is a very significant and broad project that as director reiskin said will increase pedestrian safety, increate cyclist access and of course make the overall system work much better. so i am very proud to be here as we move around some dirt in planters to signify the opening of this project which is really just going to be fantastic and serve these customers so well. and -- and one of the things i get to do here, i have the privilege of introducing director nuru to you all, this is a partnership. sfmta works not only with the mayor's office but with our partners in other departments, including the department of public works to bring all these projects together, and we're so grateful for that partnership over the years. and i will say personally, i've been doing this now for 12.5

years, i'm grateful for all the support you've shown us over the years. please, come celebrate with us. [applause] >> chair nuru: thank you, director heinicke, thank you, mayor breed, thank you, director reiskin. i want to begin by just taking this opportunity to reiterate our commitment from san francisco public works to the city's vision zero goal of making the streets safer for all users, whether you're driving, you're biking, or you're in transit. every traffic fatality here in our city is heartbreaking. and when we lose someone, whether it's a neighbor or classmate or someone, these are situations that are frankly unacceptable and preventible. and so i'm excited about the improvements that are coming to

geary boulevard. and as the population in our city continues to climb, our city is getting more congests and, we have to double down on our efforts to make our streets much safer and improve the transportation infrastructure. one of the exciting parts for us is while we are improving the transportation infrastru infrastructure, we are going to be improving many of the sewer and water lines along geary, which will be ensuring the customers and businesses that you will continue to have quality utilities. the geary b.a.r.t. -- b.r.t. is making safer crossings, making greater visibility between traffic and pedestrians, and slowing the traffic down in our

city, which is something our city really needs. we will also be repaving a significant part of geary so that people who drive will have a much smoother and safer experience while they're driving on geary -- on geary boulevard. this project is a major undertaking, and we heard that many agencies are involved, but also, a huge partnership with the community, so -- that have been involved in bringing the project to fruition, and at this time, i would ask tilly chang from the transportation authority who's been a major partner to say a few words. [applause] >> thank you so much, mohamed, mayor breed, and honored guests. i'm so delighted to be here on behalf of the transportation authority to congratulation the sfmta and our partner agencies on this very happy day, and the entire community, really, for this collaborative effort.

as mayor breed mentioned, this has been a long time coming, and recognizing that the plans began well over 30 years ago as well as the vision for this area. this muni vision was expressed as early as the 2001 plan, carried forward in 2003, and then carried forward by voters in the prop k expenditure plan. because we all recognize to bring the community back together and heal the division that had been created through the earlier development of the division section, but also improve the ridability for the 50,000 riders who use this essential corridor every day. so i just wanted to recognize all the hard work on this project, from board members past and present, c.a.c. members past and present, and i see many of them here in the audience today.

i'll just recognize a few, ben horn, richard hashimoto from japantown. i'm sorry if i missed a few others. we welcome the community effort from the members, the merchants, the riders, and you're seeing the fruit of that collaboration in the designs that are kicking off today. of course, this is an essential transit safe reliability and travel time improvements, as supervisor brown mentioned in fantastic fashion with the 75 days a year of travel savings when you add it all up, but it's a significant safety project and a way to knit the community together. i just want to thank all the hard work that my team and many

others across the city family have devoted in all the hours and the outreach and the funding phase, and working with groups like the japantown task force and fillmore communities and the merchants such as everything from the cpmc which just very happily opens at the intersection of vanness and geary to the smaller businesses and the medium sized businesses in the japantown area, the fillmore, all those folks who will be able to be confident that we have safe and accessible routes to essential transit services for the commuters again and everybody who relies on this important line. so i just want to thank everyone for your hard work, your collaboration. mayor breed, thank you. especially when you were on the board of supervisors to challenging us to really work with the community to ensure that we were listening to them, whether it was the laguna stop, whether it was the western street bridge, whether it was

making sure that we were maintaining access for everyone and preserving as much parking as we were. i think we were able to maintain 95% of the parking along the corridor. these are really important features that we can ensure a complete project. we were even able to ensure north-south travel and integrate the masonic project. so i thank all the agencies and p.u.c. now. we're really going to be able to upgrade the p.u.c. infrastructure. we were able to provided about $13 million in local fund along with g.o. funding to collaborate on this project. i want to make sure we gather very soon, i think in 2021 for the ribbon cutting to celebrate this important improvement but also ahead to delivering the full project together in the coming years. thank you so much.

five, four, three, two, one. here we go. [cheers and applause] i'm nicole and lindsey, i like the fresh air. when we sign up, it's always so gratifying. we want to be here. so i'm very excite ied to be here today. >> your volunteerism is appreciated most definitely. >> last year we were able to do

6,000 hours volunteering. without that we can't survive. volunteering is really important because we can't do this. it's important to understand and a concept of learning how to take care of this park. we have almost a 160 acres in the district 10 area. >> it's fun to come out here. >> we have a park. it's better to take some of the stuff off the fences so people can look at the park. >> the street, every time, our

friends. >> i think everybody should give back. we are very fortunate. we are successful with the company and it's time to give back. it's a great place for us. the weather is nice. no rain. beautiful san francisco. >> it's a great way to be able to have fun and give back and walk away with a great feeling. for more opportunities we have volunteering every single day of the week. get in touch with the parks and recreation center

>> good morning, welcome to the san francisco county transportation meeting for today, tuesday, february 26, 2019. our clerk is mr. cantinia. if you could please call the roll. >> commissioner brown. brown absent. commissioner fewer. >> fewer present. >> commissioner mandelman? >> present. >> commissioner peskin? >> present. commissioner ronan? absent.

commissioner stefanie? >> present. commissioner walton? >> present. >> we have quorum. >> with that, let me present the chair's report by beginning this meeting to express my/our heart-felt condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues to the late, great public defender, jeff adochi. the staff have worked closely with two organizations jeff was instrumental in founding that are building youth community and capacity in those neighborhoods. insistence to the bayview move, the neighborhood transportation plan, we are collaborating with these grassroots groups to increase access to schools, jobs, and

essential services. and now we will redouble or efforts to press forward with jeff's team to implement these plans expeditiously in honor of jeff's memory, as no doubt he would have wanted. i know we'll be offering up memories this afternoon at the board of supervisors, but i just wanted to acknowledge that it has been a pretty shocking are surreal, and very sad several days, and i know we are all still processing. i just want to use this moment to say that i'm grateful to work with each and every one of you every day. and with that, i will not start crying. i want to thank several members of this commission for serving in key leadership roles at the t.a. this year. thank you, commissioner yee, and to vice chair stefani for serving with me. and with chair haney and

vice chair walton, and finally serving on our personnel committee will, vice chair mandelman and ronen, thank you for agreeing to serve on that committee. and we have a full agenda this year, marked by several major planning, funding, and project delivery efforts, and i appreciate your complect tiff support. collective supports. one of the most important projects is to bring in downtown rail to the closed terminal. at the last meeting, we were just hearing governor newsom's remarks in the state of the stay, announcing new chair and oversight measures for high-speed rail. it was later emphasized that the governor and the high-speed rail authority remain committed to delivering the california high-speed rail, including

all phase 1 documents for the san francisco to los angeles system, and to seek additional funding to build out these segments. colleagues, this was the case the day before the governor's remarks, and continues to be the work ahead. as i said in the chronicle last week, or two weeks ago, our imperative remains advancing downtown rail extension. we have a train box that sits empty as we speak, and constituents who are waiting to be connected to regional jobs, as well as vice versa. at this point, as we all are, committed, and i am unphased, and there is a sense to move this project responsibly with oversight and project management. i know we all share that sense of urgency, and we'll stay focused on doing what we need to do to make this project a reality. and that means finishing cal train lec

electricification. and as commissioner, supervisor walton understands, it means looking at governance and oversight both for the joint powers board of cal train as well as the trans bay joint powers authority. so there is much more we can say on this, but i am committed, and we all need to be committed, to bringing cal train into our downtown core. finally, in honor of black history month, i want to recognize the work of garrett morgan. the inventor of a tool that we all use every single day. perhaps we take it for granted, but the three-positioned traffic signal, also known as the stoplight, was patented by mr. morgan in 1923. though it was not the first traffic signal, it was the first one to have the middle yellow light.

and it was remarkably smart. mr. morgan actually invented it after witnessing a bad traffic accident on a busy corner, and that is when he realized there needed to be a little more time between stop and go. he eventually sold the rights to general electric for $40,000, and with that, i conclude my comments. is there any complic public comment on the chair's report? seeing none, the public comment is closed. and we will go to ms. chang. >> on behalf of staff, i also wish to express our condolences to jeff's family. today i begin my report on the development of this california p.o. c. we have been advocating for the california p.o.c. to open the data reporting with regard to ride-sharing companies. they submit reports to p.c. o.c. , but they have

not her heretofore been released to the public. as far as a proposed ruling from the p.c. o.c.is tha c. is they should require these companies to report some accumulative or aggregate data, consistent with cb1014, the clean miles program, and 1776, and the c.p.o.c. reports eight metrics as state-wide quarterly totals, and they would be reported at geographically areas. and perhaps even more detail than at the city level. we're evaluating the proposed rule-making, and we're finding so far that there is some positive development here, of course, and there should be some data to be shared publicly, but we do believe they should go further, and to meet the mandate of the too senate bills i mentioned, and to meet our other needs around planning and

coordination and management of our street network. we have submitted comments to that affect, together with sfmta, and the city attorney-general's office, and we'll be happy to keep you posted on those data activities going forward. that's a positive development i wanted to report. also, i was pleased to present with the self-help counties, with the barry caucus of legislature, these are the 25 counties in california that have self-imposed, voter approved sales tax for transportation. we thank the leadership and all of the committee moniemembers for their passage, and for implementing those critical road improvements and road repairs and transit projects across the region. and i joined dale johnson with laurie berman, where we discussed even more and very important ways to

streamline project delivery. this is local approval, this is caltrans approval, and resource agencies' approval, to better coordinate. and we have them from the sales tax measures, and the state also has its priorities. it is very important, particularly for us to coordinate on the sb-1 programs, well ahead of of the funding deadlines. on the downtown extension, i wanted to report back that our staff has finished procurement of consultants to assist us with this work. in a team of experts and peer reviewers, assisted by the partner agencies, who will be in the room with us to work through three different tasks. one, to review international and domestic rail best practices. two, project delivery and finance strategies to deliver this project. and, three, government and oversight. and we're happy to report that is under way and we'll be presenting more

of an update next month. we had eric cudo update the pgpa citizens' advisory committee on the status of this report last week. turning to bart, the bart trains are running one hour later and the morning, to enable vital repairs in our trans bay, the critical earthquake safety work. there are over 2400 east bay riders coming into the city at that hour, and it is very important that we ensure they maintain their access, and bart has worked with a host of transit operating across the region. 64% of the riders coming in from the east bay disembark downtown. so the plan does create 14 new express buses that run from 3:45 a.m. to 6 p.m., and two san francisco and peninsula routes.

please visit www.bart.org, and we'll keep tracking this to make sure that service remains reliable and as good as possible. san francisco has received $8 million from the active transportation program for two projects. last month i mentioned the $2 million alaini safety project for signals for pedestrians and bicycles close to the farmers' market area, and this was one of the top recommendations from the 2017 study, and it continued with commissioner ronen. and we shared with commissioner haney, and now with all of you, we received a $6 million regional grant from m.t. c., for the sixth street pedestrian project. the t.a. did help m.t. w w. with these early phases,

and we still have $9 million to implement these projects. so that's really good news, commissioner haney. the project does include reduction in vehicle lanes, new traffic signals, street escape scape improvements from jones to market street and on golden gate. and we joined commissioner stefani and staff from her office with the community in the knots hill area for a public meeting on the crooked street, where we've been identifying solutions around a potential reservation and management system so we can increase the safety and management of that very important attraction. but it is also a neighborhood, so we want to ensure liveability and safety for all of the residents, and to accommodate the very many important tourists and visitors who come every year. we'll continue to work with folks like the

russian hill neighbors, and the equal area, and as well with s.f. travel and tourism industry partners. please look for an update in the coming month or two. and we're working with the state legislature to help departmenidentify potential legislation to enable a pilot in the future, should that be desired. finally, i just wanted to mention a couple of things. our staff has been busy out there working together with collaborating with researchers and other partners. we've been invited, and have been speaking to, a number of organizations. i want tod wanted to height higd the transportation research board. and i gave a key note at the international transport development program. these international exchanges are becoming ever more important, as we learn from their experience, as we learn about things like condition management and priechpricing.

and they're interested in our work around new mobility, as well as other topics. the transportation authorities technology also testified recently at the british columbia legislature on a hearing on ride-hailing. and so congratulations to joe for doing a great job up there to advice the committee on crown corporations, which is their name for t.n.c.s, and he has been the recipient of an award from the zeffer foundation for his expertise in this industry. with that, i conclude my remarks. >> chairman: thank you. any questions from our secretary director? any public comment on this item? commissioner haney. >> thank you, chair peskin. i just had a quick question about the work around the downtown extension and tjpa? is there a timeline for report? is it going to come to us in phases or all at once?

i know there are some things waiting on that to move forward, so i'm interested in when it will be done and what our role will be with it? >> thank you, commissioner haney and for serving on the board of directors. the schedule is to deliver that in the may timeframe, and this is something that is consistent with our earlier scoping efforts, when we brought the work to the board for approval. we hope to bring you an interim update, and we committed to doing that with anyone else who would like an update in the meantime. >> chairman: thank you. mr. cosner? >> my name is francisco de cosner. and i come here from time to time, and i represent the walk mulroney, the

first people of this area. and i will be meeting the chair person tomorrow. and i heard generalities, and being a student of philosophy, i like to disect and disect. so we're talking about the trans bay, and we now know that the main box, the underground box, cannot even accommodate the number of trains that it was supposed to accommodate. and in all of the deliberations, not once has that come out here. see, there is a lot of talk, a lot of representation, and some of them are my good friends, on the trans bay joint commission, however, we have to get used to

giving quarterly and by-annual reports so we have something in writing on this. the other thing is, with a population that is growing 830,000, it grows to sometimes a million or one and a half million during the daytime, we're not paying attention in the increase in the carbon footprint. the carbon footprint, in its totality from concrete, aggregate, commercial use, transportation and all. because we have to pay attention to the health of our infants, our children, our youth. does it compromise health? thank you very much. >> chairman: thank you. are there any other members of the public for public comment on the chair's executive director's report. seeing none, the public comment is closed. mr. clerk, could you

please read the consent agenda. >> items 5 to 11 were first approved at the february 12th board meeting, and being considered for final approval. the meetings are considered routine. the staff is not planning to present on these items. if a member objects, any of the items can be removed and considered separately. >> chairman: is there any public comment on item number four, approval of the february 12th minutes? seeing none, the public is closed. would any member like an item or items severed from the consent calendar. seeing none, a roll call, please. >> a motion and a second. >> chairman: a motion made by commissioner walton, and seconded by commissioner brown. [vote taken]

[vote taken] >> we have final approval. >> chairman: thank you. is there any introduction of new items? seeing none, is there any general public comment? seeing none, we are adjourned. go.

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to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's challenge? >> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. >> you only have $20 to spend. >> i know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do it. it is a san francisco classic. we are celebrating bay area food. we have nice beautiful plum tomatoes here. we have some beautiful fresh fish here. it will come together beautifully. >> many to cut out all this talk, and let's go shop. yeah.

♪ >> what makes your dish unique? >> i like it spicy and smoky. i will take fresh italian tomatoes and the fresh seafood, and will bring them to other with some nice spoked paprika and some nice smoked jalapeno peppers. i am going to stew them up and get a nice savory, smoky, fishy, tomatoy, spicy broth. >> bring it on. how are you feeling? >> i feel good. i spent the $20 and have a few pennies less. i am going to go home and cook. i will text message u.n. is done. >> excellent and really looking forward to it. >> today we're going to make the san francisco classic dish

invented by italian and portuguese fishermen. it'll be like a nice spaghetti sauce. then we will put in the fish soup. the last thing is the dungeon as crab, let it all blend together. it will be delicious. when i could, i will try to make healthy meals with fresh ingredients, whatever is in season and local. those juicy, fresh tomatoes will take about an hour to cook down into a nice sauce. this is a good time to make our fish stock. we will take a step that seems like trash and boil it up in water and make a delicious and they speed up my parents were great clerics, and we had wonderful food. family dinners are very important. any chance you can sit down together and have a meal together, it is great communal atmosphere. one of the things i like the most is the opportunity to be creative. hello. anybody with sets their mind to it can cut. always nice to start chopping

some vegetables and x and the delicious. all this double in view is this broth with great flavor. but your heart into it. make something that you, family, and friends will really enjoy. >> i am here with a manager at the heart of the city farmer's market in san francisco. thank you for joining us. tell us a little bit about the organization. >> we're 30 years old now. we started with 14 farmers, and it has grown out to over 80. >> what is the mission of the organization? >> this area has no grocery store spiller it is all mom-and- pop stores. we have this because it is needed. we knew it was needed. and the plaza needed somebody. it was empty. beautiful with city hall in the background. >> thank you for speaking with us. are you on the web? >> yes, hocfarmersmarket.org.

>> check them out. thank you. >> welcome. the dish is ready. >> it looks and smells amazing. >> thank you. it was not easy to meet the $20 budget. i checked everybody out and found some great produce. really lovely seafood. i think that you are going to love it. >> do not be shy. cyou know this can run you $35 to $45 for a bowl, so it is great you did this for $20. >> this will feed four to six people. >> not if you invite me over for dinner. i am ready to dig in. >> i hope you'll love it. >> mmm. >> what do you think? >> i think i am going to need more. perhaps you can have all you want. >> i am produce the that you

have crushed this farmer's market challenge by a landslide. the first, we're going to have to tally of your shopping list and see what you actually spend that the farmer's market. >> and go for it. >> incredible. you have shown us how to make super healthy, refresh chapino from the farmers market on the budget, that for the whole family. that is outstanding. >> thank you peter i am glad that you like it. i think anybody can do it. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we

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>> we can't hear you, is your microphone on? >> again, welcome to the commission on ageing and adult services. we have a new commissioner, and i would like her to introduce herself and just give us a few comments about her background. >> good morning, and i'm very happy to be here. i've always introduced my name is i am felicia elizondo. i am a