19, meeting of the san francisco entertainment commission. i am ben bleiman and i am the commission's president. if you are a member of the public and want to speak, there are speaker forms which you can fill out which are located on the front table or you can just line up for public comment. we do ask that everybody turns off the cell phones or puts them on silent including commissioners and staff. i want to thank sfgov tv and media services for sharing this meeting with the public. we can start with a row call. >> commissioner perez. >> here. >> a president bleiman.

>> here. >> commissioner lee. >> here. >> a commissioner falzon. >> here. >> we have a quorum and before we do the first order of business, i want to acknowledge that today or this week is deputy director acevedo's one-year anniversary with the entertainment commission. >> already? >> first of all, i can't believe it's been one year. i would have said it's been like five months because it is so quickly. and i can't remember what we did without you. so thank you for the work this year. and i can't even remember. >> i think that director wyland did an incredible job and you have brought a lot of things into order that is very much appreciated. so thank you. so the first order of business is for public comment for any item not on the regular agenda. seeing none, my cell phone says that public comment is closed.

next, agenda item is number 2 which is approval of the minutes from november 5, 2019. do we have a motion to i a prove the minutes? >> an i'll raise the motion. >> second. is there any public comment on the minutes from november 5, 2019? we can vote. >> a commissioner perez. >> aye. >> president bleiman. >> aye. >> commissioner lee lee. >> aye. >> commissioner falzon. >> aye. >> the next item is the executive director report. >> normally i say thank you, president bleiman, but i am not sure after that intro. just kidding. good evening, commissioners. i wanted to provide a brief update about the holiday party that will be the next regularly scheduled entertainment commission evening, so that will

be tuesday, december 3 at mezzanine this year. we are really looking forward to it. we have close to 700 rsvps right now but with attrition, that may be less so we encourage you to use your wonderful networks to continue to push the party invite out. it is free and open to the public and we want you to enjoy celebrating with all of us and just another year of entertainment in san francisco. and also in our outreach for having our inspectors go out on the weekends with these flyers that are in your binder and going to businesses directly and letting management and bartenders and other staff know they are welcome and should come to this event. so we have a little planning committee in our office, and i really want to thank katelyn and dylan for helping prepare for

the party. so we're working on all of our food donations and other fun items for everybody for that evening. so again, looking very much forward to it and we are just nearing the end of the year, and it's been such a great one working with all of you. that is my update. if you have any questions, let me know. >> is there any public comment on the director's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. the next agenda item is report from our deputy director azevedo. >> thank you, president bleiman, and good evening, commissioners. thank you for that awesome shoutout. it's been an awesome and great first year, so i have enjoyed it very much. on the phone rsment report tonight -- on the enforcement report tonight, there is only a couple of things highlighted. on page one, royal soak a business that has a lot of

complaints, but has not had live entertainment until two weekends ago when our inspector went by and they were having a live singer. so i have been working diligently to try and contact the owners. they are nonresponsive. and we are eager to try and get them a permit. i'm also working in conjunction with sfpd northern station. it just so happens that every time the police department happens to go by, they don't have the sound up. so we're working on it. keeping them in our purview. page two, you will see that i have highlighted delirium. delirium has a vent in the back area where the d.j. performs that is open. and all of the sound is escaping onto the street. so this has been like this for some time, but we're thinking a new neighbor moved into the area because now we're getting an uptick of complaints. so we have gone out and they're in compliance otherwise. it's just the vent. senior inspector roberts has

made recommendations on how to amend the situation because it needs to be closed. so letting you know that we have a solution or at least have provided recommendations here. and then taking you to the last page, it is not highlighted -- excuse me, not the last page. on page four, it is not highlighted, but i do have an update about 26 mix. this business has been on our enforcement report since may consistently. and we've responded on the weekends. they're in compliance, but i really want mission station to go out during the week because the complaints are coming in during business nights, work nights. i finally had headway and corresponded with captain there and i also spoke with the new permit officer today, officer ortiz who had me compile all of our 311 complaints. we have receive 2d 1 from the same neighbor since may. and again, every time we go out, they are in compliance.

so we really need sfpd mission station to go out during the work week, and he's working on that with the night lieutenant to make that happen. i'm happy about the progress there. that's it. if you have any questions, let me know. >> can i just make sure i got that right? all the 311 calls are from one person. >> yes. >> okay. that should be -- we should be capable of fixing that then. when i say we i mean either department or us. >> i would agree with that. what the complaints are coming in sunday through wednesday when we don't have phone rsment out in the fields. >> exactly. -- when we don't have enforcement in the field. >> we clearly have a frustrated neighbor. >> i have been in correspondence with her. >> is she cooperative? >> absolutely, with me. she is just really irritated at 2:00 in the morning. so i have been in correspondence via email with her few months and in some of the 311

complaints it says thank you, entertainment commission, but we just need eyes on there when we are not in the field. i should have made that clear. thanks for -- >> with 311, noise complaints, do they ever get routed to the police? >> when our inspectors reallocate them, they do. >> we've also trained 311 staff on figuring out what noise complaints or sound complaints as i prefer to call them should come to us versus the police department and sometimes we get residential sound complaints, for example, but -- >> a like in this scenario, out of curiosity, is this being dispatched to the police as a c priority run or not even looped in? >> no, it's coming to us. and the complainant knows they can reach out to non-emergency and mission station and she has done that repetitively with no response. >> are they putting that as a c priority run? >> i don't know. >> not that we know of just because she hasn't seen any

changes and she hasn't seen any police go out, am i right? >> correct. however, i did have some information unveiled with the permit officer in police incident reports that we have not been made aware of, so i am working on those because one as as recent as the 16th of november. and we have never seen a copy of that. >> okay. i'm just thinking that possibly part of the fix might be -- because with the development of 311 as excellent as it is and it really is, and we have all probably used it for a variety of issues, i'm just wondering if there is an unintended consequence here that maybe should be thought about because this is a perfect scenario. we have a resident that has called 20 times, and i understand our staff is not working. and it's not being communicated to the police, and honestly, telling people to call district

station, the police aren't even allowed to dispatch out of a station. we are not allowed to do that. >> okay. >> 0123 which is the non-emergency is our dispatch. so if she is calling that number and she is requesting a unit response, well, just to wrap this up, my suggestion if you talk to her again or email her is to call the non-emergency next time this happens. request a unit respond and have her ask for the cab number, cad. for the call. and then we can at least backtrack it after the fact and see the exact outcome. >> okay, great. thank you. and with the situation with 311, two points. one is that we are coming up and working with 311 to come up with different filters because right now things like buskers and residential is all coming to us because it's just sound. so it needs to be piecemealed out into the appropriate party. and then secondarily, this is

entertainment, and so it is correctly coming to us, but it just so happens that we're not in the field. >> i agree except that we're not staffed. this woman does deserve a response. >> i will get this information to her tomorrow. >> you got it. and then by chance, are dog complaints coming to you, too? >> say it again is this >> dog complaints, are those coming -- like barking dogs? >> no. no. >> very good. >> i wasn't sure when you said you are getting noise complaints. >> no dogs. >> that is awesome. thanks. >> and speaking of residential, i notice there is a whole bunch of complaints that seem to be somewhere around delores and 17th or something. but it sounded like they're all residential, not permitted and then use --. >> no. >> and found things quiet. >> correct. and two weekends ago there was a similar situation where it was a

d.j., but it was on the roof of a home. and it was really loud and there were people in the street. but it was very much residential. and so our inspector called the non-emergency police and requested a police car come out. he stuck around for about 30 minutes, but they didn't come by. so in this case he didn't see the d.j. playing, but it sounds like someone had a house party. >> and just one other suggestion to note, it is also if you are getting involved with this and encourage them to reach out to the fire marshal if they are on rooftops. fire will shut that down. we can't. but fire can and will. >> take notes, listening audience. >> i have a question. why are we -- i mean, i understand we have the inspectors, but it seems like we're getting them all now. is that something that the department has just decided that we're going to be the screening out? >> getting all of the sound

complaints? >> whether it's -- >> i think it's rooftop, residential. and there's some distinction. >> it is actually 311 has gotten a lot better over time, and it is really an annual training and to our contact at 311 to make sure all their staff who essentially is dispatch for those non-emergency complaints knows how to allocate them. and so we just need to get back on the education game with this. because sometimes they are better than others. and they have our map of permitted venn use and they have the master calendar of events and they have the tools to be able to respond properly and allocate to the right agency, but probably just need another training from us. >> a caller isn't necessarily going to know if it is coming from a residential party or a permitted venue. >> i just wondering if there is another way to -- seems like we're bogged down with -- >> the other thing is that you

don't have to be a caller to be a 311 complainant. you can submit online. >> in the app. >> that is the other reason why often times we'll get these complaints and they're not anything that we have jurisdiction over and we have to re-allocate and unfortunately, since we are re-allocating not right away, those could potentially go unanswered unless someone figured out they need to call non-emergency. >> i know what we're getting into the weeds here a little bit, but so everyone knows with the 311 app, they can actually submit photos. and that might be helpful for our inspectors since if they are coming to you, if they did take photos, giver something with the inspectors to follow-up with. just a thought. >> okay. >> all right. thank you very much. is there any public comment on the deputy director's report? seeing none, public comment is closed.

and our next item agenda, sorry, is number 5, hearing possible action regarding applications for permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainment commission. i will ask the deputy director to introduce the consent cal der. >> we have two permits on tonight's consent agenda. both are for limited live performance permits, accessory use. they both had tons of support. no opposition. and neither had police district conditions. happy to answer any questions if you have them. >> is there any public comment on the consent agenda? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. and we will vote on the consent agenda as one item. >> and apologize.

and to approve the consent agenda with the good neighbor policy. and the motion. one more time. >> commissioner perez. >> commissioner thomas. >> president bleiman. commissioner lee. commissioner falzon. >> yai yai. the consent agenda has been approved. congratulations. follow up with the deputy director at your earliest convenience. thank you, commissioner perez, for making us motion it as well. that was huge. it would have had to come back otherwise. the next item is the regular agenda, and i will have deputy director azevedo introduce that as well. >> the nl o permit on the -- excuse me. let's start over. the only permits on the regular agenda and the mechanical

amusement and device permits and at 2636 and westwood is a new music bar in the marina district and is the first to have a mechanical bull. the application is to host live d.j. performances and the mad permit is for the mechanical bull. the owner has done extensive soundproofing including building a roof over the alley to dampen sound bleed, resurfacing the entire roof, installing fans to prevent the doors being open and installing sound dampening fabric behind the speakers. this application includes the use of two outdoor speakers on the patio. if you are in your file are four letters of support, two of which were submitted by tenant who is live directly above westwood. a letter distributed to the four neighboring residential units, and correspondence between the owner and neighbor who was previously concerned but is now in support of westwood's application. the applicant collected 350 signatures from supporting patrons. in your file is one letter of

concern submitted to the planning department and shared with me months ago, and otherwise there was no opposition. northern station approve this is permit with no added conditions, and here to tell you more is the owner kingston wu. >> good evening, commissioners. i can kind of re-go over some of the items that katelyn brought up, but if there is any questions in particular that you would like me to answer, i would be happy to do that. i want to say that we are a country music themed restaurant and bar opening up in the marina. i know that we have often described as a bar, but i think that we have fabulous food. as a matter of fact, our chef spent 10 years working at mission kitchen as an sous chef over there and we deliver a great meal and ample spirits if the customers ask for it. we're open wednesday through sunday. and wednesday through friday we

open in the evening from 5:00 to close. and saturday and sunday we do a great brunch and open at 10:00 in the morning and go until whenever the crowd dies out. and we do have a mechanical bull and we run that really tightly. we have separate insurance for that. we have separate workmen's comp for that and ample waivers and cameras positioned on top of the bull. what we want to do is offer live music to our guests on wednesday nights, hiring local artists. we've thinking about bringing in some bigger acts as well if we can get the right kind of support behind it. and then on fridays and saturday nights, we would like to do country music, d.j.s, and we stick really with the theme and that is the genera of muse that i can we play throughout. the rest of the time we have a jukebox that's got all other generas of music restricted so that only country music plays. happy to answer any other questions you might have.

>> just a comment as a country music fan. i object to the description of them in one of these letters from one of your neighbors, but otherwise -- >> thank you. >> i had no idea you were a country music fan. >> yes. >> that is pretty cool. a professional sound system installed by a professional a.v. team. i don't know how to divy it up. we spent nearly $80,000 on a combination of internet, phone, and sound system. i would say it's the little teardrop speakers that kind of like -- that most restaurants

use throughout the entire place. and where the stage is, where we would like to have large music, we have larger speakers that project outward to lombard street. the residences in the area are kind of behind us. the speakers projects outwards. they brought up a neighbor that had concerns about the sound to their unit, and what we have done is that neighbor actually was a musician and so he came on in and a number of what we were catching up on stuff and had recommended and already implemented in terms of sound frequencies and carry the low-end frequencies and the sound system is sophisticated enough that we were able to squash all the below 250 hertz frequencies so that low-end doesn't transmit. as a result, we have been able to sway him from someone who was concerned about the programming to someone that is more in support of it.

>> you know when you go to live performer, live band, either you pipe everything through your system or they will bring their own speakers. >> it is actually very good that you mention that. we have -- the bands that we can afford to kind of bring on board tend to be the smaller acts and stuff like that, so we can dictate to them that we prefer them to use our system. now, whether that happens or not is up in the air, but i think that we've put that out there as our request. simultaneously, we have an in house sound guy that we use that is able to control things even if they do use their own system. so that's someone that we hire for these events. >> so you have no problems if they are too loud to tell them -- >> we don't have any problem. it's not toby keith playing in a venue -- >> and above the act. >> well, walk out the door on you. >> and there are contingency plans and i want to know if you have any. >> i guess in that regard i

don't have a contingency plan other than the sound person on site every single time there is an event. that is our event and then also timing wise, 8:00 to 10:00 is kind of when we want to do the live music. and nothing after that. >> and you don't have a map here in your application, but do you have a patio? >> we don't have a patio. >> not in the back. >> a lot of lombard places have patios. no outside speakers or any doors that might leak through. >> we were in -- i don't know how to describe it. there is an entrance and exit that are street facing and we modified that. the two speakers face lom ward street and angle toward the sidewalk to play country music tunes to people who might by and

draw them inside the venue, but no other patio to speak of. those are the patio speakers, i guess, because the building is inset a little bit from the street. >> the speakers outside are adjustable, right? >> yes, and they are a separate zone than the rest of the speakers, so we have six zones inside the space. and we can turn them on and off or adjust each zone accidentally of one another. >> okay. all right. >> hi. thanks for coming in. >> sure. >> congratulations to your business. >> glad to see that you have about 11 pages of signatures. so about 170 maybe people who signed the petition. do you know if these are mainly patrons or people in the neighborhood? >> that is a good question. those are people that have walked inside the venue and we have asked them to be so kind to support live music in the venue. those are the patrons and i understand that could be a little bit skewed because clearly customers that walked in

wouldn't have the opportunity to sign the petition. what we have separately done which i hope we did this correctly is we wrote a notice and then what we did is if you look on google maps, i submitted to katelyn and not sure if it got around to the rest of the commissioners, for every single residential unit that surrounded our building, and there was basically one to the right of it, companied depending on how you are facing and kind of three in the rear, general in the rear area. we posted a notice at their front entrance and took pictures of the notices and shared them. we posted the notice saying this is what we're programming and doing over here. these are the steps that we have tried to do to address the sound bleed. if you have any issues, please write us at our main info line. and happy to set up a meeting and speak to them, and so this date, only that one individual that we addressed earlier has been in contact with us. and no one has emailed us separately about any sound issues. >> right.

i am glad you took the steps to do that. i am impressed that the direct neighbor above you have supported you, so that says a lot. >> thank you. >> and i think that's all. good luck to you. >> thank you. >> all right. i don't have any questions here. i appreciate you coming in. i know the former venue used to have a lot of live music. chris went and did away with that with stock and trade. >> you know him. >> bringing it back, it is great down there and need for country in san francisco. i do encourage you to continue to work with us as issues arise. i think there can be sometimes an attitude that we need to just be told what we want to hear, and i am not saying you are doing this, but i say similar things to everyone and people go off and do their own thing, but i think that everyone finds that when we actually work together on things that our office is

extraordinarily helpful and open and help resolve issues and that our dual mission to regulate night life and help promote it is actually very realistic. i just want to continue to keep that conversation going as issues do arise. i am excited about this spot and we're happy for you. i don't have any further questions. you can take a seat. thank you very much. is there any public comment on this agenda item? seeing none, public comment is closed. and we're going to vote on this, we definitely need a motion this time. >> i will make a motion to approve. >> with conditions. -- with staff conditions. >> i will second. >> commissioner perez. >> aye. >> a commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> president bleiman. >> aye. >> a commissioner lee.

>> aye. >> a commissioner falzon. >> an aye. >> congratulations. you have been approved. please follow up with the deputy director at your earliest convenience. appreciate it. have a good day. >> good luck. all right. next agenda item is i believe number six. discussion and possible action on discussion around the mission statement. am i correct on that? >> it is to discussion and possible action, so that you have the ability tonight to vote on taking this mission, vision, value statement as is for us to then publish and use within our channels and use on our new website page that is going to go up in the next little bit here. or you can take a moment now to discuss amongst yourselves how you want to edit it and then adopt that is what we want. and just so you know, since vice president caminong is very

dedicated to wordsmithing and making sure that our messaging is on point, i talked to her about this and she made her edits so what you are seeing also includes that. i am happy -- how about i read them. >> yes. >> i will read them into the microphone so everybody out there listening and for you all. okay. so the proposed mission statement -- and these are all from the retreat. the entertainment commission supports a thriving entertainment and night life culture that balances the needs of the city's entertainment community, its audiences, and its neighbors across all district neighborhoods. okay. proposed vision statement. san francisco's entertainment community is world class, diverse, equitable, robust, responsible, and inclusive. and finally, our value statement, and we had a whole bunch of values list sod this is

the only one that katelyn and i with the help of vice president caminong really doctored. so this is the san francisco entertainment commission values transparency, communication, and honesty, a sense of belonging and sanctuary for all, and entertain. which we know that is kind of a catchy ending and if you don't like it, but i just thought it was cute. take it or leave it. ready, go. >> i like these. i think we put a fair amount of time into them at the retreat. and i appreciate the edits. and i don't have any objection to moving these forward. unless there is conversation, i would be happy to make a motion. >> is there any public comment?

seeing none, public comment is closed on this agenda item. >> i would like to make a motion we accept the proposed mission, vision, and value statement as drafted. >> second. >> commissioner perez. >> aye. >> a commissioner thomas. >> aye. >> president bleiman. >> aye. >> a commissioner lee. >> aye. >> commissioner falzon. >> aye. >> wow, this feels like a major win. thank you, all. >> great job, everyone. great job. >> we already put the time in on this. >> well done. >> all right. and i think we're on final item here. which is agenda item number 8 -- am i correct? is there a seven? my script is missing. >> item seven. commissioner comments and questions. >> that is it. thank you. i should have been looking at the agenda. sorry. item seven, commissioner comments and questions. who has something to say?

>> i do tonight. i don't know if anyone has noticed over the last month our officers have been wearing pink police patches on their shoulders, and i am remiss and i actually bought everyone one and i forgot to bring them tonight. i will bring them to the next meeting. this was an effort of our chief will scott as well as our police officers association who are present tony montoya and over the last month we raised over $20,000 for the cure. simply selling our patches and pink shirts. and by the way, if you would rather get a pink shirt versus a pink patch, i can do that, too. i still have time to adjust. everyone just has to let me know their preference. no, you can -- some people can have both. >> do you have a picture of the shirt? does it have a logo? >> the sfpd batch in black and white, but a very bright pink shirt. if you are looking to message the cure, it definitely fits the

bill, but you are promoting our fine department. >> okay. thank you. >> cancer. i'm sorry, did i not say that? this was obviously a -- well, maybe not so obvious. a fundraiser for cancer. it is our second year doing this. >> director weiland, remind us again and where the holiday party is going to be. >> yes. for all of you listening out there, brian and everybody else, our -- i know he watches these every single time. the holiday party going to be on tuesday, december 3, 5:45 to 9:00 p.m. at mezzanine at 444 jesse street. all of us will be there, and we'll have a very brief speaking program within the first hour. we have some small bites. we have d.j.s. we have other fun stuff for everybody. >> commissioners have to come at

-- >> # a:30. >> 5:30 for the commission meeting which is also open to the public if anybody wants to come for that portion. >> thank you. >> any guest artists? >> we're not doing live bands this year, but we do have two reputable d.j.s who have residency down the street actually. so i think they're going to be really fun. >> all right. i have nothing specific to say. i said my piece in the beginning. is there public comment on our commissioners comments and questions? seeing none. public comment is closed and we will adjourn this meeting at 6:13 p.m. today. thank you.

>> for joining us here today. we all know that our public transportation system in san francisco is important to our present and it is definitely critical to the future of our city. as our city grows, as our economy grows, as we build more housing, as more people work here, we know that we can't continue to grow in those areas without thinking about

improvements to our public transportation system. as someone who grew up in this city, i relied on muni, the 31, the 22 philmore, the 44, you name it, i was on those buses. the 19, i know the routes by heart. but the fact is, you know, we need to do better. we need to make sure that people, especially people who rely on muni to get to work, school, doctors appointments, so many of our seniors who can't drive and need to pick up their medications and other things, we need to make sure that our public transportation system is reliable for all of our communities, in all parts of san francisco, especially on those communities that have consistently been neglected. it means safer streets for

pedestrians and bicyclists and all of its users. we know over the years the city is a lot more congested than it has ever been, but we also know to make it a better city and to reach our climate goals, we have to leave it less congested. we have a lot of work to do and we are doing the work. in june we created a working group with city leaders and staff and industry leaders with the goal of making this better. i am looking forward to seeing the recommendations coming out. over the past few years we have made some significant investments. we committed to doubling the pace of building more protected bike lanes. we established a quick build program to increase the delivery

of low-cost units. and we expanded our focus on traffic safety. thankfully the voters gave us one more tool to improve streets with the passage of proposition v. this will allow us to invest $30 million in light rail vehicles anduses as well as street safety improvements. so the work continues and we will continue to do the work that we can to move these objectives forward as quickly as possible. these objectives are the responsibility of the san francisco municipal transportation agency. the m.t.a. managing our streets, public transportation, other mobility options like bike shares and e-scooters, and a lot of public infrastructure projects, like the central subway and van neessb.r.t.

this is a system that looks at day-to-day operations as well as looking at the future and how we make sure that the challenges that existed now don't continue to exist in the future. this requires a strong vision and strong leadership. so today i'm proud to announce that the s.f. board will be recommending -- the s.f. m.t.a. board will be recommending jeffry tumlin as the next director of s.f. m.t.a. this is jeffry. you can clap. [ laughter ]. >> mayor breed: jeff is an international transportation expert who brings over 25 years of experience of improving transportation in cities. he was recently the interim director at the oakland department of transportation,

where he laid the foundation for the agency's future success with a lens on environmental benefits and equality. i believe jeffry will do the same at s.f. m.t.a. throughout his career, he has been known for bringing a visionary perspective on transportation in cities and helping to implement innovative ideas that are desperately needed. he will be joining the city as a long-time resident of noey valley and will be the first lgbtq director in s.f.'s history. i look forward to working with jeffry to help us deliver a great transportation system in san francisco, and i want to thank the board, including the president of the board who is here today, malcolm heinikie and gweneth borden, thank you for your leadership and coordinating

the interview process and everything that you did, to make sure that we found the best person possible to do the job to make our public transportation and infrastructure and all that we need to do to improve mobility in san francisco in a safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly way to choosing that person who could do just that. ladies and gentlemen, jeffry tumlin. >> good morning. my name is jeff tumlin, and i have been in the transportation industry for a long time, for 25 years, advising cities and transit agencies how to clarify their values and then use transportation investments to make those values manifest. i like asking questions about what is most important, what

does success look like, and more importantly how would we measure whether we were actually successful or not. that's where my technical work comes into play, trying to use tools to be able to measure social equity and environmental outcomes and to align our transportation spending in order to best achieve the public good. i ended up in this industry against my better judgment. i discovered very early in my career and sort of by accident that we in transport have a bigger impact on public health outcomes than the medical industry does. we have a bigger impact on economic development, than economic development programs do. and more importantly, we are arguably the biggest driver of opportunity. we decide how many jobs people can get to in a reasonable commute time. we determine whether children

can get safely to school, which impacts their academic performance. we are fundamental drivers of economic opportunity or destroyers of economic opportunity. we have resources. if we use those resources wisely, we can correct the ways in which my industry has historically destroyed opportunity and wealth for people of color. early in my industry's history, if you wanted to build a highway project, you got extra points for removing light. light of course being defined as african-american and latino ownership. the city and county of san francisco did not escape that dark period in our industry, and we have a key responsibility to correct for the past and to

equalize opportunity for everyone. we can also do what some mobility tech companies want us to do, which is to provide more exquisite convenience for the privilege. i'm committed to doing the former, and using transportation as a tool to make san francisco achieve its potential. that includes addressing problems like the fact that 25 people have died in our streets this year and were on track to injure nearly 3,000. we lose in injuries and fatalities about 647 people in san francisco. i want to change that. you can see from my social media presence that i've long been an outspoken proponent of changing core practices in my industry and using the power that we have

in transportation to reduce climate change, improve quality of life, foster small business success, and advance equity. i've reached the point in my cle career, however, where it's time to stop advising and start doing. i've worked all over the world, and san francisco remains the only city that i felt was my home. san francisco has assembled all of the pieces that we need in order to create dramatic and progressive change. we've got a visionary m.t.a. board that i cannot wait to work for. we have the most talented agency staff in the industry. we have a tenacious and hard-driving mayor who i know will make a great partner. we also have a progressive board of supervisors ready to ask the

tough questions. i am ready to serve all of them. i don't have a 30 or 100-day plan. my first task is to listen carefully to staff. we do have the most incredible assembly of talent of any city in the country. i trust their professional expertise. it is my job first to listen and then secondly, and more importantly, to remove obstacles so that they can do their good and productive work. i do not know all of the answers yet. it's going to take me a while to learn from staff what the best answers are. i want to close by saying that we have talent, resources and some clarity about what our resources are in san francisco, but there remains a gap between san francisco's potential and its current reality. i am deeply excited to do the

hard work to close that gap. we have the tools and all of the resources that we need, unlike really any city in the world. i can't wait to get started, particularly with the help of all of you in this room, the press. with that, i'm happy to take questions. malcolm, did you have words to say? >> absolutely. i know i stand between you and the questions for our new director of transportation. i am the chair of the new m.t.a. board. if i seem excited, it's because i am. we are in the process of hiring a star for san francisco. we are very excited here today. the first person i want to thank is is the mayor, not just because of her commitment and support, but also i want to thank the mayor for not just her support and partnership in this,

but the fact that you challenged us you were the result of a challenge to get a bold leader to take this agency forward. i'm grateful for that challenge. that challenge led us to an international search. we searched far and wide. i want to thank the search committee for the wonderful job that was done to conduct a truly international search that led us to someone in our backyard, a san franciscan to run our agency. what has struck us about jeff more than his expertise, dedication, and his experience is his passion. you just heard it. he recognizes how transportation affects people's lives, making it better when it goes well and worse when it doesn't. with that, we are very excited. i wish jeff the absolute best.

i know he won't need luck because he's a true professional and i'm excited to see him be a star and a partner. in my closing comments, i would like to say this, the last few months have been tumultuous at the agency, but not as much as without a director. the acting director kept the ship steady, was professional, calm, and an absolute pleasure to work with. thank you for your service. with that, i will turn the podium back to the super staff to answer our questions. thank you for the questions. >> what questions do you have? >> [ indiscernible ].

[♪] 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. >> three, two, one. [applause.] >> congratulations everybody. thank you. >> so the project was driven by the need to improve conditions for people biking and walking from beach street to mcallister.

between 2010 and 2015, there were 290 traffic crashes including two deaths, 110 bike collisions and 78te 78 pedestrin collisions. the construction was a little over two years. it including pedestrian crossing, better bike facilities, new street trees, we repaved the entire corridor. fern alley has decorative street plants and new palm streets. cbd helped maintain the alleys and they are planning farmers markets and pop ups and bands. >> the goal was to build on the

economic vibra vibrancy of polkt and to provide a safe street for the whole meeting

of the sfmta board of directors to order. secretary boomer, roll call, please. >> thank you, madam chair. director borden? >> here. >> borden present. director brinkman. >> present. >> director eaken? >> here. >> director heinicke is anticipate. >> director rubke? >> here. >> director torres? >>