anticipating that population growth, i don't see any projects that indicate that there is any alleviation for the transportation needs force that area. am i making sense? >> absolutely. it is totally understandable. camille is here for the map. the list of projects is in development right now, but i can tell you the park improvements the commitment of the developer, the project we are working on updating to make sure it is accurately represented in the plan. during the transformative project take page that was -- face was submitted last year as transformative. in addition to that, within the

programmatic categories we anticipate reliability across the city as well as moving forward is going to be included. >> when you talk about the m line. are you talking about the sort of band-aid approach of moving it over a little bit and not increasing capacity or are we talking about the concept of actually increasing the capacity for trains, which means you have to go underneath? >> that's right. that is the project submitted which is the full underground. i don't be have all of the project details in front of me right now, but that was submitted. >> i want to make sure we are thinking about that.

>> it is going from 4,000 to 12,000. they are talking about 2050 which could be an increase 65,000 more people. i am a little concerned about whether or not an infrastructure to support the 30 or 40,000 more people out there. >> i will add for this process, we are trying to make sure that we have space within the regional planning process to pursue the process with the local flanking. that -- planning. connect sf is looking at the maps where population and employment are going to be. i am not going to get into that camille can do a better job. >> thank you. >> it is a lot of planning.

>> chair peskin: commissioner fewer. >> commissioner fewer: i might be guilty of the same thing. i am thinking you have a plan to have some underground capacity out to the west side on the gary corridor line, is that correct. >> can you repeat that? >> i assume we have plans for undergrounding along the gary corridor out to the west side? >> i do think that will be addressed in the connect sf planning process. what we are doing is making sure that we have enough funding identified in the regional process to advance the next stages of development for the city's future priorities for rail. >> i wanted to make sure we have enough funding to include that particular study of undergrounding out to the west side. i am hearing behind me, yes.

>> commissioner fewer the region did submit a rail mega project, the second transbay tube connected to west side rail extension that represented the west side rail. that is what the region submitted with our support in san francisco. >> thank you very much. >> chair peskin: any other questions from members? any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you for the presentation. next item. >> clerk: item connect sf statement of needs. this is an information item. >> good morning, commissioners,

i am camille, transportation planner at the transportation authority. i am here to talk about the connect sf statement of needs. as michelle told you about the area. i will speak to how we are

developing our local priorities that feed to the regional plan. joining me in the audience today are some of our colleagues from key partner agencies and leads of the project. we have linda of the transportation authority as well as doug johnson from the planning department and the sf m.t.a. connect sf strives to collaborate, coordinate and streamline long-range transportation planning across the city agencies to identify major transportation investments and policies. it factors in land use to plan transportation as the two are related and interdependent. in the spring of 2018, we completed the first phase of work. this included developing a

vision what the city will be like in 50 years. this was an extensive outreach with 5,000 individuals and 60 organizations contributed the thoughts on the future of san francisco as a place to live, work and place. the vision is one where san francisco is a growing, diverse and equitable city and there is a multitude of transportation options available and affordable to all. these are the five goals that shape the connect sf vision and guide the city's long-range transportation work moving forward. the next step after vision is to understand needs and challenges for the future given our current transportation system and the projects we have planned. today's presentation focus on the statement of needs which is the beginning of the san francisco transportation plan or

sftp, county wide plan. the challenges we spell out today we will develop project concept recommendations for our transit streets and freeway networks. in the final phase of connect sf, the sftp analyzes all project concepts for streets and transit including all modes and operators and develops a fisca fiscally constrained investment strategy with policy recommendations. priorities for transit streets and be freeways will be formalized as policies in the transportation element of the general plan. to have a base line understanding of how san francisco's transportation system is performing today and in the future we ask the question does this performance meet the goals and aspirations set out by the vision? if it doesn't, what are the gaps

or areas where we need to do better to reach that vision? we look at metrics in 2015 as the baseline year to measure conditions today and 2050 as the future year. san francisco will continue to grow because it is and will be an attractive place to live and work. our growth projections are based on development capacity including adopted plans and policies like accessory dwelling units, pdr programs, state density bonuses, home-sf, pipeline, soft site as well as major large developments. employment is expected to grow at historical rates at 5,000 jobs annually and population is to grow faster than it has historically.

while in the future 35 years we see growth of 10,000 people annually. where will this projected growth go? supervisor alluded to southwest and this map shows the projected change where people live and work from 2015 until 2050. the vast majority of plan will oker in -- curin the eastern part of the city and the major developments and plan areas are shown here. for the year 2050, we took the transportation network assumptions from plan bay area 2040 and the project in that includes gary, bus rapid transit, central subway. downtown extension, more bart service through the san francisco core as well as express lanes on 101 and 280.

through connect sf we will identify new concepts based on our needs to help us assess how we are doing. we identified metrics corresponding to the goals and objectives in the slides that follow we highlight a sub set of metrics summariesing the findings from the statements of needs. these reflect a typical weekday in san francisco. i will start off with good news first. more jobs are accessible to san francisco residents in 2050. and there is a greatter increase in the number of jobs accessible by transit than by auto. this tells us that san francisco and other cities are putting jobs closer to transit and/or planned transit improvements are having a positive effect on accessibility. you can still get to a lot more jobs by car in 2050.

they tend to have a longer commute as shown by the darkest red portions of the map. while it is good that average commute times are changing little with the growth we are expected to see the pink shows commutes in southern neighborhoods are growing longer. the green tells us the commutes in soma and the eastern neighborhoods are getting shorter. this is a metric where we see uneven outcomes across the city. in addition to city wide analysis we wanted to look at results with an equity lens. we looked at how transportation

network is working for communities of concern in the future. communities of concern are mtc's way of capturing transit dependent populations. people who live in areas identified as areas of concern have shorter commute times. in the future we see the commute times for those cocs are getting longer and the share of cocs with access to high-quality transit declines. in addition we also see that everyone is increasing their jobs access but communities of concern ar are not seeing as lae of an increase as areas that are noncocs. now let's take a look at how people get around the city. the city has a goal of having

80% trips by sustainable modes by the year 2030. according to the model, overall mode share doesn't change drastically. this shows that we are not going to get close to meeting this goal. what the model says is that trips by all modes are increasing due to the increase in the number of people in jobs. the greatest absolute increase in trips is on transit, which is a good thing. trips using auto modes increases more than trips using sustainable modes. the greatest relative increase in trips are by tncs. when we look at the neighborhood level we found we are losing ground in neighborhoods with the highest sustainable mode usage.

continuing on the topic of driving, we know that san francisco already has low personal miles driven per capita. that helping the bay area achieve its reduction goals by the year 2050. while personable miles driven is still lower in san francisco than the rest of the region, we see this increasing while it drops significantly for the bay area overall. since the personal miles driven are low it is challenging for san francisco to do better in the future. of concern is that we are losing ground in neighborhoods that have typically been doing the best and have the lowest personal miles driven per capita as shown by dark red on the bars. we are doing better in neighborhoods with the highest personal miles driven per capita as represented by the white

portion of the bars. this slide represents miles driven and greenhouse gas emissions for all cars driving in san francisco whether they are residents or not. overall driving is projected to increase, emissions are anticipated to fall. this is primarily due to improvements in technological advancements and fuel efficiencies. the see has ambitious goals for eliminating emissions that we will not meet. it is no surprise that congestion is to get worse in the future. roadway speeds drop during peaks and midday. this shows the change in speed for all roadways in san francisco including freeways. we see the greatest speedy lines in neighborhoods experiencing the greatest growth on and also on the freeways. transit is also getting more

crowded despite the planned service and capacity increases mentioned earlier. the share of passenger hours on muni that are crowded increases from 18% to 23%. when we look at muni service by rail or bus, we find buses are the workhorses of the system with more than double the passenger hours of rail. muni crowded is worse on muni rail than bus. the share of passenger hours on muni rail that are crowded increases from 24 to 32%. the transit crowding continues to persist for access to downtown. it is expected to be pronounced for the market mission, central subway and transbay corridors. in summary we see plan growth increasing housing and jobs. we also know the gap between

jobs accessed by transit versus car is closing with residents gaining a significant increase in jobs they can access by transit. it is good that average commute times are not changing city wide, growth is uneven across different parts of the city. through the statement of needs, we recognize the planned investments won't get us where we want to buy by 2050. we see uneven outcomes for communities of concern, failure to advance toward sustainability goals and continued unpleasant experience for drivers and transit riders. this means that we are seeing challenges to equity, environmental sustainability and economic vitality. we have just shared a snip it what will be in the full statement of needs report released at the end of the summer. there are some areas of study we

currently do not model in the future such a fatal collisions and injuries on the industry or demographics. we can track those for today and historically, and we have added that to the collection of present day data to present in the statement of needs. this includes the progress towards vision zero and maintenance wand re-- and repair needs. the statement of needs raises many concerns for the future. in the next stage of this phase, we will be going into the transit corridor study and streets and freeway studies where we will identify major project concepts for new investments and policies that will seek to address the challenges we describe today. as michelle mentioned through connect sf we will identify the san francisco priorities that

will feed into plan bay area. it is important that these priorities be included from the regional plan to ensure eligibility for state and federal funding. we have a number of ways to get engaged in connect sf. we have just released a number of interactive maps with some of the data presented today including the growth data, jobs accessibility. transit crowding and miles drive -- driven and in the fall we will have workshops on the transit corridor study and streets and freeway study. we are also offering to provide presentations to the groups we engage previously and welcome suggestions for our groups to reach out to. thank you for your time this morning. i will take questions.

>> chair peskin: are there any questions? any public comment on this item? seeing none. thank you for the very thorough presentation. i know some of us have an event to attend a at 11:00 which you e all welcome to attend. we will close public comment. any introduction of new items? any general public comment seeing none. we are adjourned.

>> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of san francisco. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love. like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries.

for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business, you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community. >> we have a ten-person limb elimination match. we have a full-size ring with barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to

hanhang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful muellermixer ura alsomurals. >> it's important to shop local because it's kind of like a circle of life, if you will. we hire local people. local people spend their money at our businesses and those local mean that wor people willr money as well. i hope people shop locally. [ ♪ ]

>> this is the regular business mooting of the small business commission called to order at 2:08 p.m. we thank small media services and sfgov. please take this opportunity to silence phones. -- silence phones. it is limited to three minutes per speaker. speakers are requested not required to state names. completion of speaker card will help ensure proper spelling of the name in the written record of the meeting. place each speaker card in the basket. speaker cards will be called in

the order placed in the basket. there is a sign in sheet on the front table. please show the office of small business slide. >> good afternoon, welcome to today's episode of the small business commission. it is our custom to begin and end each meeting with a reminder. this is the only place to start a new business in san francisco. the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when you have a question what to do next. you can find us online or in person at city hall. best of all, all services are free of charge. the small business admission is the official forum to voice opinions and concerns about policies affecting small business in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start at the offers of small business.

thank you. first item. >> call to order and roll call. commissioner adams is absent. commissioner dooley absent. (roll call). >> mr. vice president you have a quorum. item two. general public comment. allows members of the public to comment generally on the matters that are within the small business commission's jurisdiction. >> any members of the public wanting to comment? the item is closed. >> 3. recognition of tracey teraoka,

president, sacramento street merchants organization. >> this will be done by our director. >> good afternoon, commissione commissioners. on our president stephen adams is away on business. he wanted to honor you. he is disappointed he is not here. i am going to do the honors. on this wednesday, may 29th, the small business commission is honored to recognize traci for her contributions. she opened the store that represents the electric spirit of san francisco by featuring california artists with fine furniture andy core and mix of time periods andy sign styles and highlighting local jewelers.

through her spirit of community she revived the sacramento street merchants association that transformed the street to a vibrant and neighborly place. traci's spirit extends before her business on sacramento street with her nonprofit healing environments which transform sterile healthcare facilities into warm and inviting places. in addition, her service on the board of directors and interim director at my tree. for these reasons and more, the small business commission commends trace forter contributions. say a few words and we will go up and take a picture. there is your certificate. >> thank you, commissioners.

thank you everyone. i am so appreciative of my experience and opportunity to be a small business owner in san francisco. i moved around frequently growing up through different parts of the u.s. i never felt at home until i moved to san francisco. that was part one of my experience of city. being able to be very involved with the community and as well as the business sectors and nonprofit sectors, my neighborhoods, a lot of different parts of community became my song and my way of thriving in the city. i was hoping i would stay here indefinitely, and it just worked out right now perhaps into the future that i have to leave. i am closing my business this friday. i will make a move to petaluma. i am hoping through the powers that be and creative time and

landscape i can find new ways to have business in the city and i don't see myself as being solely an internet based enterprise. i work with and through people. i have been telling people i am not leaving forever. i think this is just a change. my heart and soul is here. i have learned so much and worked with great people. i am dealing with a change in my life right now. i have told the merchant association i am not leaving them. i am heavily invested in the good of all. it is a lot of different business owners who are so devoted to their work they seldom get up to do other things. i don't want to abandon our good efforts. i want to find ways to keep working with our people and our businesses and see if i can find new ways to help.

i will be in petaluma. i have the same contact information. i will still have my various networks. every form of communication open. i believe in the city and the people. i would never want to not be a part of the small business community here. thank you for your good work and thank you for the special certificate of honor. >> thank you for everything you have done for the city and your kind words. i have friends in petaluma. we will leave the light on for you. >> any other comments? thanks so much. >> we will do a picture. >> any members of the public that would like to comment on this item other than just group applause and thank you.

[applause.] picture time.

>> in if spirit of honoring great deeds and great people and great businesses, let's move to the next item. >> item 4 approval of legacy business registry applications and resolutions. discussion and action item. the program manager of small business. >> good afternoon. legacy program business manager. i have a powerpoint presentation. before you are four applications for consideration for the ledge

gas see business edge tree. they were reviewed and submitted. one on april third the other on april 17th and heard on may 15th. there are copies of the applications in your packets. 4a is distractions. a retrial store founded in jun june 1982 in the ash bury neighborhood. it featured clothing and gifts and cards and was known for the gallery openings focusing on young local gay artists. jim changed the focus of the store catering to the grateful dead crowds and the youthful fans of electronic dance music.

in 2010 it had more of a victorian look that was popular and began offering locally crafted goods countering to the festival communities. item 4b i is the village grocery store founded in 1984 when the brothers purchased the existing market to change the name. they were joined by their younger brother to operate the store. in 1994, joseph became the soul owner. it features local and seasonal products at fair prices. wherever possible they work to create a vibrant and sustainable food system by maximizing the ability of small farmers to sell food through the diverse food

channels. there is a mural painted in 2003 as well as rooftop garden with towers and 12 bee hives. item four c is scarpeli and associates physical therapy. it is an orthopedic manual therapy practice in operation since 1985 in the castro neighborhood. the focus of the practice is to provide outstanding physical therapy service and wellness support services helping thousands overcome pain and disability. it was founded as a partenrship. in 2014, lisa retired and liz modified the business name but continued with the same services to the community in the same location. liz has been a therapist for 42 years and brings energy to the

practice. they solve complex problems in a collab berrative setting and patients benefit by getting back to a more healthy lifestyle. 4d is verytible vegetable. it is the oldest produce company. it brings low cost foods to community storefronts. it is the people's food system throughout the bay area as alternative to the existing corporate food system. their tagline was food for people, not for profit. in 1974, four individuals began to focus on buying and selling produce. they were one of the first hole sale buyers to form direct relationships to bring organic produce to urban consumers in

northern california. it thrived on its own. over the years they shifted ownership structure several sevl times but continued to operate with decision making responsibilities. today it operates in four sites and maintains the offices on caesar chavez street. after reviewing the applications and recommendation from hpc staff findings the businesses met the three criteria for listing on the legacy business registry. there are four draft resolutions for your consideration by the small business commission. one for each application. your support should be as a motion in favor of the resolutions. in the resolutions, please pay close attention to the core physical features or traditions

that define the business. when approved it must maintain the physical features to remain on the registry. the clothing store, for nobody hill it is grocery for physical therapy and senior vegetable i s produce. there are representatives to speak on behalf of the applications. >> any questions before public comment? okay. do we have public that would like to comment? i hope there are people to sing praises of their businesses. come on up. >> hello, tom here. we are just here to support our

nominee scarpeli and associates physical therapy for nomination to the legacy registry. he said the reasons we are proud to nominate them and we hope to have your support for the business registry. thank you for your support. >> thank you. next up. don't be shy. you are on fsgovtv. primetime. >> we are from supervisor peskin's office. i will have joe get up here. for us. my acquaintance with the l le bu market. they were doing cleanup days too

get a broom to clean up the neighborhood. this is more than a corner market. it is a corner stone community serving business in our district and testament to the roles these businesses play in a community and why it is important to preserve and help out our community cornerstone businesses like the market. when we talk about regulations that might imperial the businesses the zoning codes we have to think about the impact on the business or the corner laundromat or liquor store. they are fundamental pieces of the community. >> come on, joe. >> thank you, commissioners. we are truly honored to be recognized for the legacy business nomination. as we approach our 35th year

procuring the best nutritional foods for the community i never expected to be here. when my brothers and i started in 1984, ronald reagan was president. the detroit tigers won the world series and that was the last time they won. the oakland raiddeshes won the super bowl. now we are being recognized for surviving more than a generation. we owe a lot to the support of community, exceptional employees we have been able to attract over the years and my family who gave me the strength to continue the mission we started 35 years ago. my son has decided to keep the traditional live. he is interviewing some candidates for a cashier. that is why he wasn't here today. my hope is that the changing

environment continues to value the goods and services so we can perhaps get another 35 years serving the nobody hill community. thank you very much for your consideration. >> thank you. all right. next up. >> thank you everybody. i am james siegel the owner o of distractions. without richard all of all would not be here. he got us through every part of the process. i want to say thank you for this program. they say in a lot of magazine articles that san francisco is losing the soul. programs like this keep the diversthediversity and keep thel alive i came in 1972 at the age of 16. i arrived in hate ash bury when

it was a boarded up slum. i fell into a good group of people called the switch board. i volunteered and worked for them. when i was 20 i opened up my first shop called the white rabbit. i was with partners. it didn't workout. then i opened pipe dreams in 1978. that didn't work out. in 1982 i opened distractions. it was never about the money. it is the love of the counter culture community and what the counter culture community continues to thrive. it has evolved over the years. it is my honor to be part of the whole nominating towards the historic district and i am working with san francisco heritage and proud to be a member of the community and part

of the colorful vibrant city. thank you. >> . >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am karen sallenger, director of sales and one of three women owners of verytible vegetable company, the oldest produce distribution company. thank you for your consideration of adding us to the legacy business registry. as a second generation native from san francisco i am proud of this honor. we began operations in 19 1974 n 20th and alabama in the mission. we have moved several times over the 45 year history. we own our building and are

proud to operate out of three weawarehouses in the same city block. we wan wanted to operate in the great city and are here to stay by providing hospitals and schools with fresh produce we impact what makes san francisco san francisco. i am proud to own and operate a company with values. we have been a certified b corp over five years. one way to demonstrate we are an instrument for social and environmental change. our environmental initiatives include the zero emotion street of truck -- mission strucks. in 2006 we installed the solar panels. our staff recycle training has

led to landfill only 1% of the waste we produce. to further demonstrate commitment, we became a san francisco green business in 2016. we have been paying a wage above the current mandated minimum wage for well over 10 years. the current starting wage in warehouse staff is $19.50. we expect to bring it over 20 within the next six months. we maintain four-one ratio from c.e.o. to operations staff. people come from all over the world to experience the land cap in san francisco. we are part of the foundation to make this possible. we carry every type and fruit and vegetable you can imagine from purple potatoes to corn on the cob. we provide the beautiful

displays you see in the markets all over the city. we provide weekly produce donations to 10 schools within the san francisco unified school district to educate youth on the importance of fruit and vegetables and to increase access to the diverse communities. i am honored to be part of the team to make san francisco the environmentally friendly city that it is. thank you. >> next up. i am liz scarpeli, owner of scarpeli and associates physical therapy. we have been in business 34 years at the same location. we came to the castro at the height of the aids crisis. doctors told me they will not send patients. it was a tough environment.

i believed the straight community needed to get some education from a straight person in the gay community. they weren't listening to anybody. so we moved there and it was a struggle in the beginning. we are at the same location we are now. i wouldn't want to leave because i have seen the incredible compassion of the castro community when the aids crisis was at the apex. people were dying left and right. watching these men and women take care of their own like straight people don't. i said this was an education how to take care of ill people and straight people need to take care of elderly parents and sick families and ill china away that was something that i had never seen before. i really wanted to work here.

i wrote a paper when i had a patient that was at risk of blood clot and when i sent them over to the er doctor they said she is hysterical. i need a full-blown clot. if i had let him go he would have stroked out like his two parents did. what is really different about our practice. we have one-on-one. it is not a dog and pony show. you don't come in with 20 people and do exercise. it is individuals. we have ms and spinal cord tumors on people not appropriately evaluated in the hospital or doctor's office. we feel we have served the community really well. we want to keep serving the community. we are just looking for a place we can afford the rent.

it is really tough in the castro getting something to afford right now. thank you. >> thank you very much. do we have any other members of the public that would like to comment on this item. seeing none, commissioners before we vote do you have any comments? >> thank you all for coming today and sharing such compelling stories and narratives of your business with us. i am really honored to be on this end of the vote, and i believe this is an important project and bringing a lot of small businesses to the fold of advocating to themselves and our sector at-large. a special recognition to the

le beau family. great family, great business. thank you for being an example for the corner store sector in the city. thank you to the supervisors who always come and advocate on behalf of your small businesses. we appreciate that. thank you everybody else for being here. >> i would like to say first of all, we are all business owners ourselves in case you didn't know. that is why i am late today. i apologize to those i did not get to hear. i did review the material before i came in. i did want to mention in particular i had a couple years i couldn't walk and physical therapy was critical in my recovery. the work you do, elizabeth, is beyond meaning to the folks that need it, and in particular with

great pleasure and pride to support your legacy business nomination today. >> commissioners. shout out to le beau. i think my wife has been going to your market for 25 years on nobody hill. veritab le vegetable. i want to thank all of you for going through this process. richard is often commended for his help in stewarding you through the process. i know it is a lot of work and for a lot of people it is hard to get over the first hurdle. what you get from it is a reflection on your business. as small business owners we are in the moment worrying what is

going to happen tomorrow we don't reflect on the legacy of the businesses. it is a great opportunity to create a document to pass on to the next generation. even if you are passing on your business or not, i have four children and none of them have expressed an interest in my business yet. who knows? they still have time. thank you for taking a break from your businesses to come out. this is our favorite time of our meetings. it is just a delight to see you here. thanks for going through the process and coming out to see us. do we have a motion to approve all four resolutions. >> yes, i move to approve all four. congratulations and thank you for coming. >> i will second. >> motion to approve all four resolutions as legacy

businesses.