are time-consuming. we didn't do that for fiscal year 19-20 budget process. there just wasn't time. i think we will see some of those results from the work that is undergoing with their current consultant. >> okay. thank you for your update. i guess, who will come up? is it miss mcguire? it is you again. >> morning, supervisors. i am available to answer any questions you have or provide an update on the staffing analysis and commander ford is here also to speak on our hiring progress with respect to civilians. >> give us a high-level update in terms of the numbers because right now there were a lot of numbers thrown out and we started at a certain number and then from two years ago, how many of those positions have been civilianized, and what is

the subset that is considered seriously to be civilianization but haven't gotten there yet? >> okay. we did have, actually pulled up a report from the controller's office from earlier this year and about 54 positions that had been identified previously as civilianization positions, all of them have been filled save for two which were no longer applicable, meaning the position no longer existed in the format it was at the time, and then the 25 positions from -- that we got budgeted, and 25 positions in 19 -20, so commander ford can speak to the status of those. >> welcome, commander. >> good morning. good to see you all. all right. pertaining to fiscal year 18-19,

25 positions budgeted for 18-19. of those, 13 have been filled to date. another six or being created through the official classification process with a minimum qualifications are currently being built out. we also have six more under the fiscal year 2018-2019 where the examination rituals for the final six positions are being established and being constructed in that process. it is forthcoming very shortly. the 13 that have been filled are pretty much done and completed. the additional six pertaining to the background investigators and the remaining six pertaining to six technicians. it brings us to a total of 25 for fiscal year 18-19. moving forward to fiscal year 19 -20, we also had 25 civilian positions budgeted for that fiscal year timeline. three have been filled to date. currently 11 more currently being screened to determine if

those are viable for the advancement to the interview process and we have another three positions in the background investigations process. three more additional will come to fruition as those examination materials are currently under construction. finally, we have two additional positions recently posted via job announcements. we have two more that the examination process is for and it will commence on october 29 th of this year and then the final position is a civilian position and it is pending eligible list authorization. so that pretty much covers the 25 positions budgeted for 2018- 2019 and the 25 more for fiscal year 19-20. >> i'm just curious, as you are doing these positions, what is the game plan in terms of what do you do with these officers? >> the goal is to obviously fill

these positions was civilians that are currently being held by sworn members and have those members back on the street in some capacity and serving to serve as an outward facing entity with the public. the ideal situation would be to have those officers transition back into patrol and complement our patrol staff. >> right. i guess i am asking is there -- do you have a plan? or is this pretty spontaneous what happens? >> i don't think it is ponce -- spontaneous, sir. there is a concrete plan in place as we transition these officers out of these civilian positions. they are being strategically placed into the control force and that is being done through command staff and our staffing deployment unit, and our strategic management unit which is led by director mcguire, and all staff services division.

>> so i don't want to drag this piece on, but i would love, unless other people want to hear , i would love to maybe have a little bit more detail of how that happens, this plan that you have as we put officers back on the streets. and if some of them are actually lieutenants and so forth. what happens to them, i don't know. maybe if we could do this in my office. >> sure. whatever is easiest for you. >> i could also have a briefing in my office. it strikes me that it might not be the easiest thing to move someone who is performing a function that could be performed by a civilian who may have been doing that for many, many years and then turn that into -- term that person into a police officer in the station, going out, doing police work that we

sort of think of as police work. you could -- i don't know if this is what is going to happen, were you could imagine this. >> we do have a reentry process to get those officers back into fieldwork if they transition back into those arenas. but just to be frank, we all have a patrol pedigree. some of us have transitioned into administrative positions in the past. i am one of them. i went to administrative position as an officer and had to transition back into patrol. we all have the same starting point. we all started as patrolman, per se, and started in the unit. even if you transition into an administrative position, you are essence you are still a patrol person. you still have that pedigree. so i would like to think that the learning curve and reacclimate and back into patrol shouldn't be that hard but we do have a process that is specifically designed for that

process. one other thing you mentioned about lieutenants and supervisory personnel, the bulk of these positions are held by line staff, if you will. so that is why the bulk of them will be transitioning back into a patrol capacity. i think that is the ideal scenario. >> that would be really interesting to see. that is not an easy transition. >> it is challenging, for sure. >> vice chair stefani? >> thank you. thank you for your service and for being here today. with regard to the reacclimate and process, at that point in time, are they then going through the additional training such as c.i.t. and our new use of force policy training? >> there updates. >> okay. >> we also have our c.b.t., which is our continued professional training, which all officers are required to go through every two years. even if you are in an administrative position, you are still in the arena where you're going for updates and dealing

with people with mental health updates and mental health issues and all of the nuances of patrol are still reinforced every two years as a patrol person even in an administrative position. >> thank you. i also have a question, too. for me i think that special attention made to our police force in public safety and civilianization is something that i think it's a high priority in san francisco given what we are seeing with property crime rates. i am wondering whether or not there is any process for prioritizing these positions through d.h.r. it sounds like we are still having difficulty filling some positions or they are waiting exams or i'm not sure, but it sounds like, to me, that there needs to be a push at d.h.r. i don't know. this is just what i am reading. and if we could be helpful with that at all. >> i can certainly say that to

your point, it is a process and, you know, there are some layers to the process of transitioning people in and out of positions and things like that. but i think, in fact,, i know, we are doing as best job as we can. i know we are staffing diligently -- working diligently to do the proper assessments to see and identify where people should be placed back into patrol. so i would like to think that we are making a concerted effort. it is a process. there are layers to the process and, you know, it is not a quick fix for sure but thankfully for fiscal year 18-19, we have 13 of the 25 filled and the remaining 12 are different junctures, but these are coming down the pipe in terms of coming to fruition. they should be coming on board shortly. and with respect to fiscal year

19-20, we are still in the first quarter of this fiscal year give or take and so we already have three, and then we have 11 more that are right behind the three that have already been filled. they are going through the interview process is very shortly. once those come to fruition, that will be 14 of the next 25 and then we just have segments and chunks of 23 that are at different phases of the process, but i am confident that we can get this done in a timely manner and transition our people back on to the street. >> maybe i will jewel done a little bit more on that because i want to understand looking back to the 25 in the 18 and 19 budget and where we -- how where we are now is different than where we are in may and the last assessment. when they did their assessment in may, they noted the sfpd had received 25 new positions for civilianization.

nineteen of those positions where for january 1st and six positions were registered for april 1st. our budgetary goal was that everyone would be hired by april the controller in may noted progress in filling these, but 12 positions are still awaiting exams or specifications and required assistance from the department of human resources and recruitment has not begun. so it sounds like, and i didn't entirely follow your break down, it sounds like 13 are filled, it sounds like those 13 were kind of understood to be filled or well on the processing may, and then there was a challenge for the remaining 12, and there was urgency around hiring them. have we made progress under those 12 since may? and how? >> can i jump in really quick? i want to clarify too why i was asking and based on your response. having been a department head, i ran the accounting -- the accounting clerk's office for two years. i know how difficult it is.

i know the impediment sometimes with d.h.r. and i feel like the priority here is urgent and i am wondering if d.h.r. feels that same way and whether or not -- i know the police department is trying. i don't have any difficulty in believing that. i know it is. i am just wondering if there is any, if you are having any trouble based on what supervisor mandelman just said with d.h.r. and whether or not we can assist in helping you get the message to them. i don't know, basin what i have read, whether or not we need to get the message to d.h.r. that we need to really prioritize. we are going through this with d.p.h., too on other things in terms of making sure that if there is a problem and we need to hire immediately, that we find a process and a way to do that. i am feeling like there is some

-- based on what we are reading, that there may he some stalling or something that is blocking this for some reason. >> or at least that the urgency that we feel, and i think that folks the folks in the department feel, about getting people into these positions is somehow, something is happening where it takes a year or two years to get something done and it seems like it should be on a much shorter time frame. what is up with that? [laughter]. >> i will defer to the director. >> thank you. >> i'm the executive director of management bureau. the 12 positions, the 13 filled, all the people are in their seats now. the 12 positions that are remaining, there are six each of two classifications. so the first classification is a

brand-new classification in the city. it is a background investigator and the classification just got approved this week, posted on the website. >> how long does it take? >> it takes quite a while to get a new classification. it is a long process. so that is run by d.h.r., but they have to go through the civil service commission, they have to approve all the job duties, make sure doesn't overlap with any other job classification. they have to certify that it has to be a new classification, and then they also have to, and i can't speak to the whole process ,. >> do you know how long it took to create this classification? >> i hesitate to speak on that because they don't have all the materials in front of me, unfortunately. >> can anyone let us know? >> yeah, we can do that. >> i would love to know how long it takes d.h.r. to create the classification. >> and they also have to work with the unions to get representation and those sorts of things.

it is a complex process. the other six positions, we are using an existing classification , but we have to put some additional specifications on that classification in order to use it. >> do we assess how we do this? this is more of a d.h.r. world then a police world, but do you know if there is thoughts about how to make these processes run faster, more effectively, and to get people hired in a timely way >> you are right. >> you may not be able to answer this, but getting on my soapbox for a minute. i am a believer in public services. i want public sector workers doing jobs that are important to our residents. if we are not able, if we have a set of rules that make us unable

to hire people expeditiously to do the work of the people, there is something wrong, and we need to fix that, but we are only going to be able to try to fix it if the folks you have to do the work every day are able to identify what these problems are and let us know. so i have, not in anyone here, with some frustration around this and would love to try to better understand how to be able to hire people. >> i guess maybe i'm a little bit more reserved on this frustration since i have gone through this for several years now, yeah,. why is it taking so long? but whether it is specific to this effort, and like i said in my opening remarks, i am not going be closing this hearing,

when we hear it again, we should bring the department of h.r. here to explain to us, and maybe in a broader sense, because i feel like this is not unique to the situation with d.h.r. i would consider having a specific hearing on asking d.h.r. to explain their process and using these as examples of why it is taking that long, and we have several examples. we have several examples from different situations, so if all of us want to do that, then i will go ahead and take the lead on it and ask for a hearing. >> vice chair stefani? >> i was just going to say, i just told supervisor mandelman that i was going to request a hearing on this. i would be happy to be part of that, of course,. >> you, too?

[laughter] >> president yee? >> is there going to be public comment? >> we will take public comment if there is any public comment on this item. i will tell you some things about public comment. you have two minutes. we ask that you say your first and last name clearly and speak directly into the microphone. if you have prepared a written statement, you can leave it with our committee clerk for inclusion in the file. no applause or booing is permitted and in the interest of time, speakers are encouraged to avoid repetition of the previous statements. good morning. >> my name is jaclyn renaud and my question is with the tension between civilians and police that are already assigned to these jobs, how is this going to benefit, and with this analysis,

how will this benefits them trying to get people hired. if that makes sense. sorry. >> thank you. we don't respond during public comment, but we put your question on the record and one of the supervisors make it back to you. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> there were 700 individuals taking the exam together in one auditorium. there were about 600 individuals taking the exam when i was finished. i decided to deselect. if you acknowledge past drug use that terminates the hiring process, and if an individual were to lie about an issue, it is more likely perhaps that they would lie about other issues and

i believe there are approximately 130 officers who were in court and this has undermined successful prosecution of suspects in predominantly drug related charges. so is it then possible for the department to drop the inquiry into past personal drug history and focus their attention on present hair samples, nail clippings, and cheek swabs instead? also if the d.a.'s office has an aversion towards prosecution and it will not reduce criminal incidents and it will increase budget expenditures in terms of additional employees and staffing levels. there is very often an adverse relationship between the number of efficiency. >> thank you. is there any other member of the public would like to speak before i close public comment? seeing none, public comment is now closed. supervisor walton?

>> just a quick question because i am aware of tensions that sometimes to exist between sworn officers and civilian staff, so how does this work to address that relationship? and i was reminded by public comments. >> can you say that again, please? >> we are aware of tensions that exist sometimes between sworn officers and civilian staff, and as we talk about hiring and the transition and bringing on more civilian staff and the shifts and changes, how does this work to address that relationship as we move forward? >> i don't know if there is tension, per se. i think there's differences in understanding. as a sworn person we have a different perspective on the profession and the work. as a civilian member, you have a

different perspective as well. i know command staff is diligent about ensuring that the organization his cohesive and that there is no real difference in treatment or behavior between staff. again, at the onset, there will be differences of opinion, but i think overall the organization is pretty even keel in terms of how people are treated whether you are sworn or civilian. >> does anybody want to make -- i had one more question before we wrap it up. and this is -- i asked this earlier about our organizational charts and i flipped through the report to find out where i saw it and it is on page 21. and it is only two short paragraphs. the last paragraph says

sufficiently detailed organizational charts for the remaining and the strategic communication chief of staff policy and public affairs were not provided. it contradicts what your response was, miss mcguire. you didn't respond to that. i'm sorry. >> supervisor yee is looking at appendix c., it is the last page in our report from may. again, i don't want to give the impression that the sfpd wouldn't give us any information that we asked for. we will, including charts that list the job class, the name of the individual there, and the function. so that is not a problem. just to put everybody's mind at rest, but the kind of analysis

that would let you determine whether or not there tat -- they -- there are tasks within a job that should be civilianized, even if that job is been performed by uniformed officer, that is not the determination that you can make by looking at a chart, so that is what i was thinking. >> so, i guess, if i'm taking this statement to be true, than one -- then what are you looking for? what is the statement for? is it to say we need more information or more details? i'm just responding to -- >> yes, i guess i am sorry if the statement in this report is confusing. what was going on at the time, we were trying to anticipate the fiscal year 19-20 budget process the police department was underway with a review of civilian options.

it was done by many of their command staff. we got details in many bureaus. not in these, so i do think that when you see the results that will start to come out from the matrix study, you will probably see a civilianization option in these bureaus. if there aren't, my office will certainly raise it again with the police department and make sure they are reviewed for civilianization. >> so you do need more information and you were not getting it? >> that is not the intention here. we know that there is still functions that need civilianization review. we are committed to working with the police department and being a second set of eyes on the information that comes from their expert consultant. and doing those tasks in advance of anything you have to look at

for the next budget process. >> okay. hopefully you will get the details that you need to do the analysis so that in the next report it wouldn't be stating this. it is a little confusing. >> i understand. >> but thank you. if anybody else wants to wrap up and then i will wrap up after. >> i have a sidenote point on police hiring, particularly as they hire more civilians. there is still in the police department's hiring process and antiquated view of the use of cannabis, particularly, which seems to me particularly a problem as it affects civilian potential employees who may have a medical cannabis card and may using cannabis for medicinal purposes. i have seen that in a particular

civilian position as an issue and i guess i would just encourage, there are many things for the department to worry about, but as you think about hiring, it does seem like an unnecessary bar for someone being hired for a civilian position in the police department and cannot have a medical cannabis card to be using medical cannabis. i just want to thank vice chair stefani and president yee for calling for this hearing. i think it is very important. i think it has highlighted some issues we need to look into further and probably at a continued hearing and then also in this additional hearing that you two are talking about related to hiring more generally and some of the challenges around that in the city. >> thank you, chair madelyn. erupted up pretty nicely. i will think the police department and also the controller's office for today's report.

it's a little frustrating that it is moving as slowly as it is, but i do appreciate that we are moving in the right direction versus where we had it a year and a half ago. thank you very much and maybe in terms of the speed of the movement, we will see it move a little bit quicker the next time you report out and i will reach out to the department of human resources to see if they can help move folks along on this process. thank you very much. >> great. thank you. i will then move that we continue this to the call of the chair. we can take that without objection. thank you, everyone for coming for item two. mr. clerk, please call the next item. >> agenda item three is an ordinance amending the police code to require that cannabis retailers at permitted advents hold cannabis business permits issued by the city and the

applicants are cannabis event permits identified the retailers that we selling goods at such events and affirm that retailers hold city issued cannabis business permits and that recipients of cannabis event permits take steps to reasonably ensure that only said retailers will sell cannabis goods at such events to provide that material false statements made in connection with an application for cannabis event permits maybe subject to administrative penalties, calls for denial of a pending or a future application for cannabis business permit and cause for suspension or revocation of the existing cannabis business permits and affirming the appropriate findings. >> thank you. colleagues, thank you for considering this ordinance. in march, the board of supervisors passed a prior ordinance to authorize the issuance of cannabis events permits. prior to the development of the permit, san francisco events experience significant unregulated sales and consumption of cannabis. this resulted in a number of negative community impacts

including the use of cannabis by minors in the sale of him rick -- regulated cannabis goods. of the pilot program authorized by the ordinance, the city issued its first temporary cannabis permits to grasslands and outside lands in august. this first cannabis event was a success. we had zero medical calls or transports or calls to law enforcement, demonstrating a legal and regulated approach can create a safe environment for cannabis sales and consumption and we have heard that many festival attendees said that grasslands was their favorite part of the event. to further the goals of enhancing public health and safety and supporting local small businesses, i have introduced the ordinance before us today which requires the following. one, that cannabis retailers at permitted events hold cannabis business permits issued by the city and can teach -- county of san francisco. that applicants for cannabis events permits that identify their retailers so we selling cannabis good that such events

and affirm that san francisco retailers hold city issued cannabis business permits, and three, that recipients of cannabis event permits take steps to reasonably ensure that only san francisco retailers will sell cannabis goods at such events. this requirement provides additional regulatory oversight allowing the office of cannabis to ensure permit conditions will be followed by the san francisco regulated -- his emphasis will permitted retailers as well as the event organizers. it also ensures the sales that happen at san francisco events benefit our local small businesses. colleagues, i do have some further amendments today, and i have given them to you. i think our clerk would love a copy. these amendments, which were drafted by the office of cannabis, will ensure that

applicants for cannabis events permits take specific actions to support the city's equity goals. the amendments are shown in the copies i handed out. the amendments require that any applicant for cannabis event permits submit a written event permit equity plan that describes specific actions that it will take to support our city 's equity goals. such actions can include ensuring that these work hours are performed by workers to meet the equity criteria, providing training and mentorship opportunities to these workers, ensuring that cannabis products are provided by equity operators and offering donations of cash, in-kind goods and services or technical assistance to community organizations that serve equity goals. the amendments gave the office of cannabis the authority to grant or deny a permit based on the successful completion of an event permit equity plan. colleagues, i have been pleased with the early success of the city's cannabis event permits

program. the amendments described here will continue to allow san francisco to be a leader in the state and reducing -- producing cannabis events that ensure public safety and supports local small businesses and equity populations. i would like to thank and acknowledge mr. rodriguez, eugene hills men and right law of the office of cannabis and i also want to thank sarah crowley from the city attorney's office and my eight tom soprano for his work on this ordinance as well. if there are no comments or questions from my colleagues, we will open this to public comment i do not see any public comment. so if there is no public comments, i will close public comment. public comment is closing -- oh, public comment is now closed. supervisor walton? >> i would like to be added as a cosponsor. >> fantastic. thank you. we will gladly do that. thank you for your support.

i will move to accept the amendments. we can take that without objection. and then i will move that we forward this to the full board with a positive recommendation --, mr. clerk? >> we may want to listen to the city attorney. >> deputy city attorney. the amendments that the committee made today are substantial and require a continuance in committee before you can send it. >> thank you. >> i will move we will continue this until our next meeting. >> the next meeting will be the november 8th special meeting. is that where you would like it to go? >> yes. then we will take that without objection. mr. clerk, do we have anymore business? >> there is no further business. >> we are adjourned. thank you.

>> good morning, everyone. what an exciting day in the city of san francisco right here on jefferson street. i want to thank you all for coming out like they say. it takes a village to really come up with a great project and this project is a great project that involved many people from many city departments, many years ago. it started with the fisherman's

worth plan and there were many agencies that were involved. i see john brown from the planning department is here. harlan kelly from p.u.c., our friends from the port are here. the san francisco transportation authority is over there, and many agencies, of course,, public works. they are part of this project. and when this project first started, it was a five block project and we could only find funding to do the first part in the first part was from hyde to jones. but we also had to do it in quick time, in under six months we were able to build the only -- the first part of jefferson street before the america's cup and i can tell you that project has been a fantastic project. so this phase two is also going to be done in record time, under a year, starting today after

this groundbreaking. with that said, i would like to introduce someone that has been a champion for pedestrian safety , implementing vision zero , and really making our safety the beautiful city that it is, i'm making sure that we'll work together. let's welcome our mayor london buried. [cheers and applause] -- london buried. >> thank you to all the community members who are here today to celebrate phase two of four phases of really changing the future and the landscape of fisherman's worth in this area, which is not only visited by people from all around the world , there's actually an incredible community of merchants, of people who live here and who walk these streets every single day. we want to make sure that it is safe, it is walkable, it is enjoyable and people have incredible experiences when they come to visit san francisco. today we ordered the sun to

shine so that people can happen even better experience. this project is an example of how when city departments come together for a common goal, with community members and the fisherman's worth, community business district in the san francisco chamber, thank you, rodney, for being here today, that we can make incredible things happen. i'm excited that public works and the port and the planning department and so many of our agencies have made this a priority. we know that money generated from tourism actually helps to support so many incredible things that we do in san francisco so we want the experiences to be that much better. and looking at how we are taking a street that used to be a one-way, turning into a two away , widening the sidewalks, making it more clean and more green, and at the same time, thank you to harlan kelly, the

director of p.u.c. for digging into the ground, and we are taking around the fiber-optic cables that all the things that we need to do to make sure that the pipes and infrastructure is working so that we don't have to go back into the ground is absolutely how we should be working on public projects like this. i'm excited. it took a lot of money, yes from a lot of different resources, and i want to say a special thank you to david chiu for his work in providing resources, working along with supervisor aaron peskin and supervising estate resources to make this project a reality. it does take a village. it does take a lot of money and here we are at the end of what is phase two to make something incredible happening for this particular neighborhood. thank you do all the folks involved and i'm excited that mohammed has promised to do this in record time and within budget we will be watching very closely

because that is what i care about the most. i know that one of the most fiscally conservative persons on the board of supervisors cares about that as well. ladies and gentlemen, your supervisor, aaron peskin. [applause] >> thank you. good things come to people who are patient. as down from the port to knows, this goes back to 2003 when the community gathered with the port and started a community plan. some years later, the planning department stepped in even before the days of john ram and graham and that led to phase i. let's be real, there was a little concern. rodney will remember, back in the days when he had the wax museum, widening of the sidewalks was going to inhibit

vehicular transportation here even though we all knew it was going to actually make fisherman 's worth -- wharf keep up. years ago they brought the f. line in here and that was a boom to fisherman's wharf and it is beloved around san francisco and around the world. after that, we expanded the sidewalks. fisherman's worth is the goose that lays the golden egg for san francisco. year in and year out. it is high time that san francisco city government reinvest so that fisherman's wharf will continue to be the envy of the world. $600 million in retail sales, $250 million related to hotels, millions and millions, 16 million people come here every year. thirty-nine is the number one tourist attraction in the city and county of san francisco.

investing $16 million of city and state funds makes perfect sense for this fiscally prudent supervisor, including, and i am wearing now my hat as chair of the san francisco county transportation authority, not only $1.2 million of your half cent sales tax, but each of the members of that body get $200,000 to invest. i put my $200,000 into this project. it is just a little bit, but it helped make it go. congratulations to all the departments and particularly the community that made this happen. thank you so much. [applause] next, from the port of san francisco, we are on port property until you get in the middle of that street, then you're on mohammed's property, but we are on the lands of the port of san francisco. it's executive director, elaine forbes. [applause]. >> thank you so much supervisor

peskin. thank you to mayor breed for prioritizing safety and economic development and helping this neighborhood thrive. you have heard from the other speakers about this area being the goose that lays the golden egg, which is completely true. 85% of visitors to san francisco come here and they come back again because it is such a wonderful experience that we have to continue to invest in, but i want to talk for a second about the community that is here we have 500 businesses. many small businesses can eat, many multigenerational businesses that make this place thrive. we have an amazing fisherman's wharf community. we have the fisherman and women who are the reason for this place you have been fishing and making their life off the bay for generations and fisherman's wharf is about the fishing community and about the small communities -- small businesses in the community. that is why it is a special place to come and visit. i want to acknowledge all the community did to get to this place today, to have our

groundbreaking. it is a real celebration to all of you. thank you for making fisherman's wharf such an amazing experience for all the people local and visiting that come and again -- that come again and again. i want to acknowledge my commissioner who is here today. now i'd like to turn it over to randall scott. he is the c.e.o. of the fisherman's wharf c.b.d. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you to all of you. i came here last december to fisherman's wharf and fell in love with it all over again. i want to encourage each and everyone of you to come down and visit and see what is going on. the pedestrian developments of jefferson street, wider sidewalks, easier to walk through, all around the world, people have been doing this to their cities and the foot traffic and the visitation that

comes down with that and the boost of businesses is absolutely fantastic. i can't wait for this to finish. thank you very much for only promising for one year. as mentioned, we are the tourist heart of the city. people come down here, they have fun, they go back to their homes , they bring back more people. i just want to say, you know, to the city, thank you for reinvesting and fisherman's wharf. we promised to take very good care of it and we look forward to those people walking down the street. to those of you in the bay area, i would highly encourage you to come down and visit. this place has something for everyone. we have a treasure hunt do you can go from bar to bar, attraction to attraction and enjoy an entire full day down here. again, thank you to the city and county of san francisco, thank you all for coming. [applause]

>> all right. in fact,, this very spot that we are standing will become a brand-new plaza. as everyone knows, it is a parking lot now but we will redo it and it will have nice paving patterns. those architects at public works , they have had fun with it everybody is okay with it. okay. let's go and break ground. we have some shovels. let's get busy here. >> all right, come on in. ready? squeeze in. squeeze, we don't have to touch. all right. are you guys ready? five, four, three, two, one.

there we go. [cheering]. >> all right. >> all right. thank you. >> what are you going to use it for? [laughter] valencia has been a constantly evolving roadway. the first bike lanes were striped in 1999, and today is the major north and south bike route from the mission neighborhood extending from market to mission street. >> it is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. >> from 2012 to 2016, there were

260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. the mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m.t.a. to put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [♪] >> valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in san francisco. it has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. we promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. valencia is our mission -- fits our mission perfectly. our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know

, people are commuting up and down every single day. >> i have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. during that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing companies. >> we have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. one of the main goals of the project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. >> the most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. >> we kept all the passengers -- the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here. >> most people aren't actually

perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. >> half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6:00 p.m., so could be used for five-minute loading later into the evening to provide more opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. >> the five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. >> one of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is on the block between 14th street. >> we worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. >> on this lot, there are a few schools. all these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. to address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings -- railings that channel -- channeled a designated crossing plane. >> we had a lot of conversations around how do you load and

unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons? >> i do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school. >> we have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the right-of-way so they can cross the roadway. this is probably one of the most unique features. >> during the planning phase, the m.t.a. came out with three alternatives for the long term project. one is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. a two-way bikeway. the third option is a center running two-way bikeway, c. would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side. >> earlier, there weren't any

enter lane designs in san francisco, but i think it will be a great opportunity for san francisco to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that doesn't exist already. >> with all three concepts for valencia's long-term improvement , there's a number of trade-offs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. when he think about extending this pilot or this still -- this design, there's a lot of different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. >> the pilot is great. it is a no-brainer. it is also a teaser for us. once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. >> what we're trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. the pilot project is one of our first major improvements. we will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as

needed. this fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. by spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about long-term improvements. >> i appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was built, especially with the community workshops associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. >> we want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. there's a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia , it is not just for cyclists. we will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. [♪]

>> good morning, everyone. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the october 21, 2019 meeting of the rules committee. i am supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. seated to my left is rules committee member gordon mar and vice chair walton will be joining us shortly. our clerk is victor young and i would like to thank jason and matthew from sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices and speaker cards and documents to be