technical questions. could you talk a little more, i know this is a living document, it's more of a plan than a action document. could you talk a little more about the evaluation of this document and is there evaluation criteria build in. i know there was a tiny section on evaluation at the end of the plan. i know that it was a lot of community involvement that went into the creation of this plan and drafting of it. maybe some assurances as to how the community will stay engaged as we move forward to implementing the quick build and address some of the recommendations. >> in regards to the evaluation process mtcbtb program

recommends we evaluate the program to make sure any future efforts incorporate them in addition to doing out reach and engagement. we have a safe streets evaluation program where we review safety treatments that were incorp.ed to ensure that they are working effectively. did you want to add anything in addition to those two items. >> i'll mention that we -- the safety evaluation program conducts before and after evaluations. we take a look at the things the project is trying to achieve. less conflict. we do a number of counts and observations both before and

after implementation to understand how it's performing and that helps us make iterative changes and what further changes can happen. just give us an idea, a snap shot of how it's doing. in terms of the question about continuity of our community out reach, as i mentioned before our quick build is currently taking place in the design and planning phase, we'll be doing our out reach phase soon. we'll continue to stay in contact with our steering committee and use our contacts that we've made throughout this process and work with supervisor's office to the plan.

>> thank you. perfect. >> great. director. >> thank you. just a couple of comments. we've got a consensus based planning process. the trouble is that consensus is producing 20 to 30 fatalities per year. if we don't change the default, i fear that's what we're going to keep producing year after year. it seems to me we ought to have a good talk with ourselves about whether consensus in every case is really what we ought to be searching for. because i just think we need to push the envelope because we're not making progress with the consensus up to now.

the other thing and i know tom you're going to come back to us with ab43. that ought to belong some kind of speed enforcement change. that should be part of every quick build project we do. some procedure that says we're going to consider that as a default and we have to come up with a good reason not to do it. the quick build is quick because we're not doing some big capital project with c.e.q.a. and all the rest of it. speed limits are going to be controversial but fast.

stirring up some ruckus and may have some people that at the end of the process aren't all that happy with it. sometimes that's where you want to end up is getting a better result for traffic safety. thank you madam chair. >> is there a motion? >> we already have one. >> sorry. okay. great. secretary, can you please calling the roll. >> (roll call).

>> i'm actually taking off so i'm going to turn it over. >> thank you. can you call the next item please. >> 16th street improvement project to install traffic signals and replace the sewer on 16th street. in the amount of 16 million and for a term of 550 days and making environmental review findings. >> great. we have a presentation. go ahead.

>> i am a project amonger with capital programs. before i start i want to make sure that julie does not have any intro before i get started. >> my apologies. i just wanted board to know how pleased i am that we're bringing you this phase two implementation of the phase two 16th street project. it's the 22 fill more, the dog patch. this project supports important connections between mission bay, the mission and the castro. it protects bus travel times

through a really congested corridor. the 20 fill more is one of our fastest recovering routes. it very much needs this investment. i don't know if she will brag herself. i want to brag how pleased i am that phase one of this project came in on budget. it really only had a minor covid delay. it included pg and e and puc work. transit lanes that are soon to be red. pedestrian safety investments. i'm really appreciative of pran and other staff that are leading this work. i know as a board you guys are very focused on accountability and making sure we're learning

in realtime on capital projects. i'm confident that we set ourselves up to be ontime with this project. with that it's my pleasure to turn things back over. >> thank you so much. i appreciate that intro. your faith in us and our team. i will give the board members a brief background on the overall project with a focus on the second phase of the project. the overall 16th street improvement project because it it was a high injury corridor. the 22 fill more line was

identified as one of our slower lines in the city. with this project the intent is to improve the reliability by 2r all modes of transportation, walking, cycling, and using public transit. our puc partners are joining us to upgreat the water and sewer infrastructures and also to improve our zero emission transit service along 22 and fill more line. as julie mechanicsed the project julie mentioned the projectwas s

terminating at mission bay loop. if you drive along 16th street in that direction you'll see all the new improvements that we have made to the street. the second phase of the project that we're seek ago ward of the contract is west of p atraro to church street. we're planning on upgrading some of our infrastructure. adding some new infrastructures and in addition to what we're doing for mta we're also doing some landscaping including planting over one hundred trees and over 400 shrubs in landscaping along the corridor.

we advertised the contract in late june, we received four viable bids. technically we had five but the fifth bidder had major errors and retracted their bid. we decided that j and b construction bid in the amount of six point three million dollars was the lowest responsive bidders. we do through the bids in detail making sure they are accurate and all the details to make sure there are no major discrepancies or gaps in their bids. we evaluated all bids and decided that given that, you know, the three lowest bidders

were within seven percent engineers estimate was a responsible bidder in a addition to being the lowest bidder. we are -- i put together an overall phase two project estimate that shows how much the design cost us and how much is the construction and what is our portion. how much is going to cost to paint the transit only lanes red after the contract is over in contingency and overall. the sfmta portion of thf phase of the projectis 16 point threef

which we have spent about $39 million in phase one. i'm only talking about sfmta budget. puc has their own budget. we have $28 million remaining. i'm planning on keeping us within the rest of the estimated budget. where our overall funs come from. some of it comes from kevin grand. majority of it comes from the general obligation bonds.

construction canned yule we advertised in june. we're seeking a wars today and notice to proceed in november if we aren't scheduled in november we are expected to reach completion in february of 2023. >> thank you so much. before we go to public comment are there any questions for staff? >> did you want to go to public comment first or -- >> i think it's okay. go ahead. >> thank you for the presentation. i have a few questions. can you tell us about the ridership and where it goes and

where it comes from. >> sure. julie do you want to take this question or do you want me to jump in. >> because we're making such a substantial investment in this line. i wanted to ask a little about the 22. what do we know about the demographic of who rides it and the route itself. >> it's a really wonderful example of a muni route because it connects some of our wealthiest neighborhoods with some of our most important communities of concern. it does have a very diverse ridership and we'd be happy to follow-up with the statistics

when i don't have -- >> i have them right here. >> which jeff will share. this is also an important route for the equity strategy particularly for the role it serves in supporting the mission. and because only a portion of the route is wide enough for the dedicated transit lanes, it's really important to make this investment in this portion of the corridor because the investment we can make on fill more street itself, are somewhat limited. >> in terms of ridership, since we made the changes in terms of rerouteing it, reliability presents during covid.

it's currently operating at 80% of procovid ridership. it's one of our strongest performing lines in the entire system. that's partly due to the fact that we've been able to make such dramatic improvements in speed and reliability. >> amazing. thank you. i wanted to give you the opportunity to talk about the greenery. >> the city requires us to replace one for one for any tree that we remove. we have gone above and beyond and replacing a five to one ratio for any tree we remove.

planting over 400 slushes. 400 shrubs.the over all aesthete street. we have done similar improvement. you can see a significant change in how the street looks. we've received many many compliments from the community and businesses after the construction has been completed.

>> the mission street red lanes have been vital for moving customers particularly on those routes. we have a very high percentage of people in low income households and people of color trying to access the neighborhood. we did a really interesting

report that took an exhaustive look at red versus non red painted traffic lanes. that gave us the authority to do the red lanes. we saw the ratio that the travel times dropped by thirty five to 40%. violations dropped 45%. they are self enforcing than when the lane was not red. we do think that red lanes are the single best tool we have for protecting pedestrian reliability. >> can you help me that they were only put down at striping

and are now only painting them red. there's so many squares in front of my screen, i don't know who to direct that question to at this point. >> i'll be happy to answer that question. if you have additional information feel free to jump in. we pave the street curb to curb. we wanted to right of way -- i think the east side already had a transit only lane being white stripes before we started the kriks. the construction. we wanted to make sure that compliance still exists before we -- because painting red not part of a construction contract. our paint truck comes in after

the contractor finishes it. we still identify that the transit only line still is there. that was the only reason we painted it write. to give time for our paint shop to come in and paint it red. >> the last piece is what are you worried about in terms of this project. in terms of potential delays. you're going through the sewer great versus you digging up the streets. i know it's a very different project. at the beginning end what are your fears, what are you worried about? what are you worried can go wrong? >> it's construction an many things can go wrong. my job is to predict as much as

possible. one of the positive things in the second phase is there is no water work part of the project. water department facilities were identified in good condition. there won't be any digging for water which is huge. the amount of excavation in the second phase is very minimal. we have maybe about three blocks of sewer excavation that we have. compared to phase one, phase two has very limited excavation which gives me plenty of confidence because that reduces the amount of unforseen problems

during construction. i believe we have a great team on board. i have faith in the contractor that we're bringing on board. we've been in close contact with the community and the businesses. i can't point out anything i'm worried about. i believe we can build the second phase as well as we did phase one and i'm sure everyone will be happy. >> love it. the last thing i'll say is exciting that the estimated budgets for this project is five to six million below what we have budgeted for it. i'm sure you can find a way to utilize that for all the other precious priorities we have. >> great. let's go to director hemminger

please. >> i was surprised to see the funding plan included 2 million bucks. most of it has been from capital two operating. why this particular instance is different since we need every dime we can spare for the operating budget. >> that was budgeted but that was what was budgeted before pandemic. as director mentioned with the savings that we have, we might have to give that $2 million back to operating budget. >> that would be okay with me. >> let me quickly add to that. it's a great question. it's something that the board will probably have to deal with in the next operating budget or cip.

there are development impact seens on this budget. --

>> thank you. >> okay. next question. >> my question is on the 22. can we talk a little about if you've worked out the rerouteing for the 22 during construction just so that it's a key line that the areas were covered those. the project will still be covered in some way. >> we are not expecting any rerouteing of the 22 fill more during construction. we have a planned around having one transit lane open in each

direction. it will continue to have its route. that is what we plan for and we're hoping to keep that and continue 22 on its current route. >> it's another example of why i'm so grateful that the new trolley buses have delivered on their off wire capabilities. we will need to deenergize the corridor. being able to run the buses without customer impact is incredible and not something that we could have contemplated five years ago. >> perfect. thank you madam chair. >> thank you. i'd like to open up public comment on item 12. anyone on the phone line please press ten if you would like to comment on this item.

>> you have three comments remaining. >> please go ahead. >> one question i had is will there be congestion of automobiles as a result of this project. two, with the police department ever consulted about this project. three, i'm wondering maybe this money could have been spent on adding more buses to the 22 line. that would add reliability and speeds of service. those are my concerns. thank you. >> thank you, next, speaker, please. >> good afternoon directors. this project has been in the works for years an we're excited

to see it moving forward. we support it and urge you to approve the contract. it's time to give the riders a more efficient ride. attracts more riders and provides more people more access to businesses and communities along the route. we have one concern. the one lane where the buses share the single lane with cars. we can look at comprehensive management projects for restrictions or other traffic road tools. we have to work with sfmta to

make it the best as possible. we do support the project. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> you have two questions remaining. >> okay. i have a number of comments and a few questions on this one. i would like to see the plans and specifications especially the sewer condition. how do i do that. the c.e.q.a. documents here are not accessible. i said before anything related to the tpe you can't get it. it's buried, it's not possible to access that. please send me the two notes

filed in the staff report. in the future we need to fine a way to post those short documents as part of the calendar item. is this a part of the sewer work in the 22. it's not clear to me. as i've asked in the past. i would like the one page budget at the end to include a line item for subject action so can you see where this particular action falls within the budget. my interest in the sewer element relates to sewer expassity to co reduce flooding which has been a concern for the city. is there new fiber optic cable. there's a number of city facilities absurd here. i'm sure we could get better

telecom access with fiber optic on here. does director have a conflict of interest on this agenda item. he has a business along the corridor. i don't know it's certainly -- i suggest we refer to them as lanes of color. >> great. next speaker, please. >> hi. i live in venturo. i'm happy to see improvements on

this corridor. my kids go to the elementary school. i'm excited to hear about the red lanes. it has to say red because green are for bikes. i am looking forward to this. i'm glad there's going to be some attention. in my primitive data gathering i've seen the vehicular assault, pedestrian struck by vehicle at 16th on october 25th. september 7th. 2020 pedestrian struck with vehicle.

an more all along. including where you've made improvements on the east side. at 16th and canvass we've had attempted vehicular assaults. it's just nuts. sixteenth street is not -- it definitely needs improvement along with a lot of other streets. the price tag and -- when i add up the amounts on this agenda i have a quarter of a billion dollars. a quarter of a billion dollars is being spent on our streets. i understand some of it is water and sewer. how much has been spent on pedestrians and making things safer throughout. everything is about cars. we need to keep our people safe. please. act more swiftly.

get these safety measures in place a lot faster an speed transit so more people will take it and get out of their cars. thank you. >> thank you. any other commenters on this item. >> you have zero questions remaining. >> okay. great with that we will close public comment. i see director ly has a comment. >> okay. first of all just really want to thank staff for being thorough in this report and very clear about the financial analysis that was done on the comparing and contrast, i thought that was very well done. i would love to just move this forward and i guess make a motion on it but just also want

to maybe comment on some of the comments that i feel like this isn't just for the vehicles. this is a huge part of this is to be able to increase our transit capacity which is why the red lane is so important. i want to make it clear to the public that this isn't to make a priority for vehicles. i would love to make a motion. >> second. >> if i may just quickly respond about the conflict of interest. i did consult with the city attorney in advance of this meeting and went through the rules and regs and i do not have a conflict of interest with this

particular piece. i did consult and determined that i don't have a conflict of interest here. >> thank you for being thorough. any other comments or questions from board members before we call a vote? i have just one final question. this is picking up on one themes we heard in the public comment. a compelling case for the red paint and how effective they are. we also aren't proposing, i want to make sure it's really clear. we're not proposing a transit lane. i believe it's the eastbound direction.

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conversations like this where we are very tempted to look at the problth in its entirety, we had to make a list of priorities that this was a priority by community and business stakeholders. we have the option to enhance and improve and at that time this was legislated, that was the recommendation on the best way to balance the trade-offs. so my starting point is u always what we want end to end transit

lanes and concerned with losing parking spaces and the only businesses ever and>> an i am not sure there is a lane to take. we had this debate with a sickle

traveling lane and a parking lane westbound and two lanes of travel to put that in and the other thing that came up in 2016 and is just as true now is it's not just drop off but pick up and loading and there are so many businesses that do depend on whether commercial loading or passenger loading being a vital part of the operation and even if you got rid of every parking meter, the curb needs to be accessible to vehicles and if not, it will be still full with vehicles violating that. and this is a little out of the parking but that thinking in 2016 is probably more the case

now. an aif we find that some of the most hot spots where where we are not proposing a transit only lane, we will be monitoring this with some ability to come back and revisit the transit hot spots. >> i think yes, yes. >> i think we had a motion and a second. secretary, call the roll please. [roll call] >> the motion passes. >> great. can you please call the next item. >> item 13, authorizing the director to execute contract number 2020-65-fta and

2020-68-fta for as-need transit corridor planning and engineering services with hntb corporation and nn engineering, respectively, each contract in an amount not to exceed $3 million and for a three-year term with two optional one-year extensions. >> wonderful. we have liz here to present. please go ahead. >> good afternoon, vice chair eaken and directors. i am liz brieson, the staff and major planning core manager to award contracts to two different firms, hntb and nelson nybird for as-needed transit and engineering services. these contracts are envisioned a z a key way for us toed a vance the transit priorities that have been identified through the connect sf transit strategy and expanding rail system of the

busiest destinations. these are long-term endeavors with getting the project ready to enter environmental review. this contract followed a competitive procurement process and we released an rfp in march and had three firms respond by the deadline and m.t.a. and spark sfaf conducted interviews of all three firms in june. the contracts are offered to the two highest ranked and the contract for 20% goal for small business enterprises and both teams have identified a deep and firm commit tonight meet the goals. each contract nod to exceed $3 million with the option to extend to two one-year terms.

i will lever it that and happy to leave any questions. >> are there questions from colleagues before we got to public comment? >> this is the first consultings contract i am being asked to vote on. how do we determine when we use the internal planners getting money to out to hire external consultants? >> sure. once we have identified a need for work, we identify in house if possibility because it is always easier. they are envisioning a large role for our staff in developing projects like these, but specialized expertise areas we don't have and geotechnical skill sets and with the transit projects going on across the

country because we don't do to follow a process through the civil service commission to contracted out some of the work and say we can do this in house and that goes through the process to make sure we are not missing expertise that we would otherwise be able to bring to the contract internally. >> forgive me if this is in the staff report, i apologize. it was 151 pages long. i don't have it fully memorized. and $3 million to each of the consulting firms to review the feasibility after to handful of projects, are they, going to giver us a ro rt that you should or shouldn't do this? this is how much it will cost? what are the clear deliverables after the millions of dollars get spent? >> this is as-needed contract

and when a specific project wants to tap into this project, there is a task order to lay out what the deliverables are. this is not yet specified because the projects aren't totally scoped. in general at the stage of work we want to be in to finish these kind of projects would be having alternatives drawn up to a level of detail and enough of a planning process in a public outreach project and buy-in these are the right alternatives to go through this project. >> they contract the e.i.r. for us if needed. >> this is a presur cor to the e.i.r. >> an i know there is more board members who have more familiarity with that, but i appreciate that. thank you so much. >> great. any other questions before we go to public comment?

seeing none, i would like to open up public comment on item 13 please. >> for those on the line, press star 0 if you want like to comment. please go ahead. >> you can hear me now? >> i can. >> great. david pillpal. i did read through the 151 pages, but there you go. at least two former city employees are listed here. john haley is not one of them. again, on the question of conflict of direct, does director tumlin have an conflict of interest? this is the firm he used to work for and i don't know if he retains shares or ownership interest in the firm and i don't know how long he has to not be involved in contracting with the firm and if he does have

connection, did he not not participate and does this need to get delegated to the director or the designee and also wondering, where is hayden mill sner maybe he is back in school. anyway. those are my comments on item 13. >> i would wager mr. miller is riding transit around the bay area. that would be my guess. any other public comment on item 13? >> it is really just about the money and the folly of all this that we have a process that precedes to get ready for an e.i.r. and all i know is that it just sounds like a lot of oh my god, what are we doing here?

on this agenda, there are very few items and a quarter billion dollars. how much has been spent on bike lanes? i don't know. but it's not any sizable fraction of that and i think if we're trying to change how we move everything, everyone through the city, we really need to start looking at how we spend our money. and i don't think it's been spent on the things that are going to speed people through the city in vision zero and we need to think from a transit first aspect and stop with consulting everyone about is it okay if we take your parking spaces on 16th street? please, please, direct heminger, you said it. think radically. it is time to change how we do things. please, i'm begging you. thank you.

awe thank you. next speaker please. >> directors, is there a motion? >> move approval. >> great. we have a motion and a second. please call the roll. >> on that motion, vice chair eaken? >> aye. direct heminger. director lai? >> aye. [roll call vote. the motion passes. please call item 14. >> item 14 authorizing the director to execute modification number 14 to contract 1289 van ness corridor transit improvement project with walsh construction company to perform

various roadway work in the amount of $717,877.56 and for a total contract not to exceed $222,465,143 and to make environmental review findings. >> please go ahead and present. >> thank you. so i am sure we are all aware of how important the van ness project is and very close to completion and with the revenue service in spring of the coming near. this contract mod is cleaning up a number of items and work that has been added and completed in the project work that was deleted to speed up construction or because we realize we could

save money but not doing it and it wasn't necessary and toe l thats $717,000. the biggest piece of it is additional concrete paving and the next biggest additional piece is training, contractor personnel to do the job and to pay them to do the jobs of polling and there are a large number of other items and some sfpuc. >> thank you. given this is the last item, i would like to go to public comment and then director comment and question. on the line, press 1 and then 0

to comment on item 14. >> you have two questions remaining. >> david pillpal. two items. page two of the staff report refers to a september public officials brief. i have never heard of that before. please send me a copy and as i mentioned and item 12, i would like the budget page to conclude a line item for the subject action and would be a lot easier on the construction award or modifications to see where the this goes. >> i am wondering if this is not

a cost overrun. >> does that conclude your comment? >> yes. awe thank you. next speaker please. >> hi. it's stacy randecker again just thinking about when this project will actually be be completed and where a woman was killed last week. and i don't know how we're going to slow cars around and that we spent that money and don't have

any reduction on the deaths on the road waist. and what else are we going to do? how could we possibly stake a stand? how can we say no? ask the staph to do better and why we don't have -- ask staff why we don't have more to show for it. what are we doing here as a city? if we want do it with all the smart people we have and the goodwill in a progressive city, how are they going to do in it another place. instead, we are kind of a joke. >> help us to help them be a better city.

>> i don't know who raised their hand first. what is the verdict? >> director heminger, sounds good. >> peter, if i get your math right, the $700,000 increase is a net increase and is offset by another couple hundred thousand of savings, right? the gross increase is and give us insight on how and why you came upon the off yets and when you came in with the cost

increase and you came up with $300 grand in savings. why couldn't it be 600? >> the reason it couldn't be more because in the end we have the final goals of the project to complete and we have to reach the performance requirements. >> so this is scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of offsets? >> i don't know if it was scraping the bottom of the barrel. i am not anticipating a lot more offsets and the m.t.a. gets a significant chunk of the savings with the cost sharing agreement to get in the 54-inch reinforced

concrete sewer line, there were a lot of interferences and a lot of utilities to relocate and work around. we decided with p.u.c. leadership that there were a number of years measured of life still in it measured in decades. the project team decided to eliminate the line without a

loss of performance and the 24-inch water line and saw the level of effort to trench across market street there was issues with needing the special connectors to the u water line to the existing ones and the age of the lines. they made the determination that the line would last long enough in the condition for the infrastructure project at that location. >> let me interrupt you there if i could, peter, and i will conclude with a comment.

earlier you mentioned learning lessons from this project and where he or she is going to bust the budget, prort of the process of filling the whole ought to be, are there offsetting reductions in the scope of the project that we can pursue at the same time. and not everything is essential in a project at large to give the example of the ability with the project andic that is a lesson learned for me so that wouldn't be a bad discipline to

have the directors handled. thank you, with one is everything specific and the existing public awareness and with the first rains we get a lot of potholes and they started opening up on van ness avenue t decision was made between the agencies that rather than have a public works contractor that this work would be given to

walsh and added up to $10 # o,000 over the years rather than public works contractors come out and do it. >> i feel like i have to ask. do we know how many potholes $10 # o,000 worth of repairs gets you? it seems like a lot of money, though it has been a long project. so i could go back, but it's two miles of four lanes of traffic, four miles long over four years. that is very heavily traveled potholes measured in the dozens if not low 100s.

>> i don't want to get into that with this. and we would haven't agreed to the price after the first year and the second piece on the cctv poles and foundation. what is the cctv for? and are we on the hook for maintaining the cameras and the whole system as well? >> they are sfmta infrastructure and they will be the responsibility of the sfmta to maintain. the cctv will feedback a problem

not put in areas susceptible to potholes because we will have one hole big loop back. >> it is not the last contract modification we will be putting on. >> thanks. those are my questions. >> a director lay, please. to the first question that because we are taking over the

d.p.w. to break the cost or cost share, right? >> on the additional road base. >> great. so i totally concur with director heminger's comments on value engineering and the projects when we are outside original budget. i am very glad to see that we are finally, although this project within the latest budget for the project and within our contingencies. and if staff could confirm where

we are with that remaining percentage, that would be great. >> and the project control and my understanding is that we are down to 3.3 million in contingency and we have an understanding of the contract mods that were added or deleted over the course of the project. with what the costs are right now on the cost of everything

throughout the hearing and the point how is it possible that potholes cost $100,000. construction is super expensive but especially in this town. we want to pay everybody a fair living wage. there is a lot of state and local costs of construction and just as a remainder of the time that we are in overall in the construction agency and i am happy to make a motion if you are ready. >> we have a motion. is there a second? >> seconded. >> we have a motion and a second. i want to ask one question given

we had a pedestrian fatality so recently, five days ago. i did want to pick up on that problth and i understand from previous staff with the safety outcomes. >> an i would like to add to that not during work hours and my understanding is that didn't have anything to do with

pedestrian visibility to improve the visibility and engaging in the roadway narrowing to engage in that traffic safety. is there anything you wanted to

add to that, director? >> please call the roll. [roll call on item 14] thank you. that motion passes. >> okay. that concludes the business report of today. i wanted to adjourn today's meeting as chair borden mentioned in honor of three longtime san francisco taxi driver who is recently passed away. joseph tracy, dave longmere and john pinman. the next meetings are scheduled for november 2 and 16. and with that, we are adjourned. thank you, everyone, for your participation. have a great evening. >> thank you. women's network f

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underutilized yard by going to the community and what they said want to see here we saw that everybody wants to see everything to we want this to be a space for everyone. >> yeah. >> we partnered with the pavement to parks program and so we had the contract for building 236 blot community garden it start with a lot of jacuzzi hammers and bulldozer and now the point we're planting trees and flowers we have basketball courts there is so much to do here. >> there's a very full program that they simply joy that and meet the community and friends and about be about the lighter side of city people are more engaged not just the customers.

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>> president walton: good afternoon and welcome to the october 19, 2021 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, will you please call the roll. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. [roll call]