top. >> yes. there is a motion has been seconded to approve with conscience as have been amended. and submitted in the record >> submitted revision to strike acceptance and replace with planning approval of the first building or site permit application and adding a sentence, if in lieu option the sponsor exercise it. on this motion commissioner braun. >> ruiz. >> aye >> commissioner dimon. why aye >> commissioner imperial >> no >> commissioner koppel >> aye >> commissioner moore. >> aye >> and president tanner. aye.

>> that motion passes 6 to one with imperial voting against. thank you i will close public hearing on the variance and grant the variance with the conditionss well as coinsiding condition regarding design and in lieu. >> thank you. commissioners our dr was a hard stop at 6 o'clock and i believe staff is on their way to replace them if we may take a 5 minute recess. sounds great. 5 minutes. sfgov? thank you.

commissioners item 10 case 2021-004967, 27 stick divisidero a dr. staff had a prior engagement and had to leave will will got on requestor's presentation. you have 5 machines. . i need to make a disclosure i was not awir that council for the neighbor was mr. @kin son a form are partner with my husband in a law practice.

sent an e mill to the case manager and asked him it let her know this did in the make it through. i aapproximately jiez. good even or early evening i'm gordon representing his family the adjacent homeowners to the project this is up for consideration. this i will say this project has been massive and credited know amount of disruption already. the house was put on stills the contractors did 2 story dope in bed rock.

during covid they were home schooling the project started 3 yearsing on and no end in sight limit anded within the envelope. but the reality is that there ask nothing left of the original house. the facade is entirely gone. tell is just almost inconceivable this could have been big are then and there they envisioned it. in addition to the deck in question. we should note there is a deck already planned on the northwest corn 30 is big are and will serve the needs of the deck we are here to discuss and a smallish deck on the front side of the house. this additional deck is in the necessary. we are told that we have been told tht reason the learning deck does in the suffice

because -- the owner -- father is in the able to walk up use it because there is a small rise with the room that it is off of and the deck itself. my client offered to pay for recollect its tick a look and so if there is not another way on the other hand it that was a reasonable and generous offer but fallen on deaf ears. the deck will provide a direct view to the cline's house on the left you see that is the sun's bedroom and on the right you see -- it -- the proposed deck looks straight in his bedroom. the paraphernaliaace bedroom a flower higher has problems that there is direct views from that

and here we are looking out of the pirnt's bedroom on this deck. you could see the ceiling and that it was not did not impose problems you tell no you see in the broom. they can't change clothes. it is really, really intrusive. and um -- barrier does not help because if the barrier is solid enough to avoid vow its is also solid enough to block all the light. block the views. and it is very, everywhere intrusive. in addition to the privacy

concerns there is noise occurrence daytime and night time gathers feet away from the bedrooms of the house. they are raising it to make it flush with the room where you step out of that room on to the deck and combuoyant that with the railings and everything else it is in the flat. there are simple fixes available. we have not heard why they will not simple low move it back from the property line 10 or 15 feet. reaction to this said that they prefer not to. i'm sorry this is intrusive and to say they prefer not to

without role rational is just should be unacceptable. i think simple solution is to disallow that deck. but i minimum out to be force today move it back. way from the property line. with this. this is my client i'm sorry if i does not introduce him. we are visible for questions. thank you may have some later. we'll heart project sponse you have 5 minutes. face the slide issue thank you.

>> hello i'm steven and architect for the project. with mow the owner of the house. the project is an extension of the existing terrace important typeset point out. the existing terrace is in blue. . and extension this we are discussing today is in green. the reason we are here it is prosecute poseed project in the 30% required rear yard open space. the teresa a level down from the officer top of the building. there san alley or garden passage between the 2 buildings. was in the visible in when we were looking at with the presenter the dm education dimension is 3.4 inches.

this is a detail of the terrace. and to the right of the required roar yard listen this is the portion of the terrace this is already, proved the left is a proposed extension the guard ris open metal work for access to light and air. keep met with the neighbor several times in person and phone visited his house to vow the 2 buildings. after we offered to revise the design. this does accomplish when the presenter is looking for it steps back the terrace from the property line. the highlighted area in bright grown is a suggestion for compromise to accomplice a

planter area that would be nonoccupiable at that side of the terrace. a smallef part of the planting your that makes the portion of the terrace 7 foot 10 inches, way from the neighbor house and the larger portion 11 foot 7, way from his house. these are mock ups will photos that we did together. with them and the left is one showing human figure and the wold to simulate the height of the planting and other is showing the shape wedge of the planting and pleasants we borrowed show when they would be like. the rep between the husband system off set. if sads not in the same line. than i are staggered this helps

the person would electric become it view toward the neighbor windows. the facades ever staggered up the hill the slide shows how each house up the hill looks over their northern mac roof top. andum so we think the extension of the terrace in i portion of the roar yard is come patable with design guidelines and property have is space for light and air with the space between the buildings if we step terrace become we have light and air and -- there are lots of windows in both rooms that was showed all face to the east. none would be affect in the terms of light and air with this proposal. also the niche to the east across the open space the open yards faces in both ofnies

houses there is privacy concern the realm between the buildings to begin with. i will leave that at this for now. thank you. why thank you. that concludes presentation take public comment. any member wish to dress on this merit come forward. or if you are call nothing remote press story 3 or raise your hand via web ex. when you hear your line is unmoued you can speak. good evening members of planning i'm william a redent 2576 green street. i'm here to represent my interest family mechanic live at 2576 green. i endorse anything the 7 major admissible the affectless on neighbors. i'm aposeed approval of further

building at 2760 until they mitigate harms they have done to our property my family live thered since 1960 and the fourth generation is growing up in the home. our discussions about the construction one thing is clear there has never been invisive and disruptive project then and there the one under way. worse we never responsiblesed indifference and unlegalness to mitigate the news ax our house is covered with dirt and suit. and family member suffer friday gust. cat called house guest and crash in the cars. reserved parking on the block for equipment and workers p in the remaining spots and block our driveways the noise is impossible and gone on for 3 years.

we cannot slope in the morning and cannot tick naps stories at 7 a.m. and weekendless. i had surgery for cancer and suffered because of noise. our home life is a nightmare i tried spoke to the owners about the occurrence they did nothing but blow us off and dismiss occurrence. in the past neighbors [inaudible] before, during and after to hear concerns and offer mitigation measures. when we have under taken projects we have didn't same. than i have done nothing at all. thank you, sir. last call for public comment on the matter. dr requestor a 2 minute.

>> rebuttal was said. 2 minutes. >> first of all the pictures they showed of an existing terrace that was never a deck. there were never people out there. the notion it is incremental change is wrong. second issue even with the way they proposed cutting the per of the property and move the deck and at an angle does not solve the privacy occurrence you can see in both program bedrooms the fact there is buildings to the east that compromise the privacy issue they are for away they are not buildings 3 and a half feet away. and they said there is bedrooms or window in both bedrooms that is false. this it is false. there is additional window in the parent's bedroom no window in the son's bedroom.

when everyone is out there than i have his blinds close exclude a dark room. fact they think this 3-1/2 feet of the open space between the 2 is sufficient to provide light and air. that is this distance. that is in the enough and it is not enough to iffect the privacy occurrence before am thank you. project sponsor you have 2 minutes. >> thank you. i want to mention a couple things one is this there was an offer to for design services to see if we make the terrace. accessible the truth is the other terrace is in the and cannot be accessible for structure ral reason and historic preservation reasons acornis and riing this is replace in the kind.

and this it is height that presents lowering the it it a position make it accessible this it is a for to making accessible for his parents. we can look at the arial there are otherses in the facade the one in the son's room an open to a sun room. true that is the only window in the bedroom there are other windows in the sun room that benefit that bedroom. >> thank you. concludes public hearing portion of this merit and dr is before you, commissioners. why thank you i have a question for the sponsor. heard discussion about on going construction work seems like going on for years can you talk about what is happening at the home? >> the construction was affected boy covid it the duringation extended. in a way that would not have

been were in the for covid the foundation was significant cannot on a hell side and required a replacement and excavate low are necessary to replace the foundation that was per of the project by design. they are noisy and difficult to will live through i understand this come completely sent condition tractor and pride themselves on courteousness and so i understand it is hard to live next to a project like this. but the part of life in san francisco in terms when i see and we are doing everything we can it mech it clone and courteous as possible. >> i don't see anything unusual about this project but add vise yourself exclusive sponsor to roach out or talk to the contractor and see if they can improve practices and speed it

up it be concluded which you would like it done as well. hopeful low that is go a way it smooth over things. open to hear but i don't see anything extraordinary i will call on commissioner moore. thank you for summarizing your position i share, president tanner. and there is nothing exceptional and extraordinary, unfortunately to restate construction noise in residential yours can be extreme low amplified by the quiet neighbor of our residential area. i live it one myself and absolutely nightmarish but in my case the site does in the clean and impacting the street n. this case i think i move to approve >> second. >> i want to skw i want to make

surety project plans this reflect the trapezoid? it shows a small planter. i want to have the right plans with the trapezoid compromise versus the previous narrow planter and i want to make sure staff has this. i don't know when is in your packet. i think -- commissioner tanner. i see that on show a 2.5. yes. >> yes. >> that is indicateod -- yes. >> great >> sometimes we have the versions but i want the most recent version on file. thank you. >> commissioners i have a motion to not take dr, and approve commissioner braun. aye >> ruiz. why aye >> dpi-month-old.

>> aye >> imperial y. aye jam koppel >> aye >> commissioner moore. >> aye >> and president tanner >> aye. >> that motion passes 7-zero and places us on item 11. 264 diamond street requestor you have 5 minutes. we are asking for a 5 foot setback long the northern property side of the property.

wing asking to mid block open spachls planning agreed the mentes asked for a side set become confirmed after meetings can the planner the act and senior management we did not hear it today but recommendation is also to accept dr and approve the proposal with the modification of a setback. the sponsors refouz to the implement a set become. they think the residential design guidelines should not apply to them. ficould put up. this is when we are looking at here. the left side is our property the left is their property on

top of this where they build a second floor. they refer to this as a first floor it is a full story above the ground. i want to dru your attention to the bottom here, there is i learning play room window. this window is in the in the rendzers on the 311 notice and not in the shadow study the experience submitted to planning i'm not sure why. you see the shouldedo impactless and the light from the south will be substantial. will. there are windows on the other sides well that will be impacted we ever concerned visual access it mid block open space this is outside the kitchen window. and if the project, puffed wuft a side set become this is when

we will lose. it is guide lines are directly on point. the design principles say ensure to respect the mid block open space main tien light providing set become this is is when we are asking for here. the guy lines in the roariard it light provide set become on upper floors and i'm sorry. thank you. you see with their proposal there are no set becomes they have not complied with this guideline. similar share light wells e eliminating the cut out on their property. and the guide line for visual access to mid block open space setback upper floors rear yard setbacks or provide from the

side property lines. they have chosen to ignore these design guidelines. and in his analysis concluded the residential guide lines quote, clearly illustrate conditions and responses similar to this situation. that's when we are asking for a side setback the sponsors don't think the guide lines should, ploy to them. they say that the project could have been birth. i agree everyone project could have been big exert worse per neighbors this does in the mean you get a big pass it ignore the design guidelines for this project. that's the rowel they play by the rules everybody has to play by. pin to 2 changes they made early in the process. i want to emphasize the timing.

in the typical situation modifications some after the 311 notice. heater changes were required by the department to get to the notice stage not vol tailor we did not know about them until we saw them in the 311 notice should not have been part of the design and buzz they removed them does in the give them a free pass to ignore the residential design guide lines. if anything confirm happened defense designed wourt regard for the guidelines. we are not trying to block the project we are asking for a modest side setback on the northern side of the property them is called for in the guide lines. thank you. >> thank you. >> project sponsor you have a 5 minute presentation?

president tanner and the commission. thank you for sticking it out today it hen a long day and here we are at the end. i'm betsy bayer and here representing my part near heidi or son who is 16 years old and joined by our attorney scott emblanche and architect, kyle brunchel. 2 neighbors to spoke in favor of our project and may have john on the line. a goal with the modest reasonination to create a kitchen and family room that feltorn it our home. we needed a fungal kitchen layout. improved access it real with regard and enhanced privacy for ourselves and our neighbors to the north. our proposal accomplishes all of those goalless.

you received 9 letters of support from our neighbors representing 10 of our neighbors. 4 of these live in a building next door. to the south. 2 others have a clear vow in our backyard open space. this case boils down to one question. is it equal, frir and reasonable to require changes to our very small project to under mine the purpose to preserve our neighbor's view of our backyard? view of our backyard was the issue in his filing devoted photos and many pages of text to this topic. protection of vow is not a reason to seek dr. furthermore the dr requestor enjoys a sweeping view in fr his family room windows shown in the

document. s sfgov.org i like to point out our houses have identical footprints not narrow footprints but twin footprints. he enjoys a 5 and a half foot light well next to our construction. staff proposed a 3 foot setback as a compromise because our project expansion is so small it is a 10 foot by 12 foot infill area on the north side a 3 foot setback undermine the room we want to construct this bottoms evidence when you put furniture in the space. this is a look at the first floor showing the propose the

construction to the property line. functional utility space on the left. living space in orange on the right and flow of foot traffic is in blue this is a closer view of the kitchen and family room that is when we would like to build. this is built to the property line. you can see that even building to the property line there is bear low enough space to accommodate a small family room this shoes the impact of the 3 foot setback.

had wall we are required bring it up to code and add a parapit. what that will do is create a dead space. there didn't parapit and our wall you have 3 feet of dead space difficult to access hard it min tain and get animals on the roof of overhaul existing garage. we have to put metal influentialing on it and that is not manage that will be attractive to look at. staff has design guidelines to the project. the principle is small. a 3 foot setback it may seem

mall is huge reduction in when we like to do. matching set become it is possible. >> that is your time. that may be present. >> thank you. don't take dr is my final comment. >> open public comment. if you wish it address now is your town to do so. i'm matthew live at 278 diamond to the south of hide and he betty's home. i want to emxhndz you all president tan and commissioners having the word, equity in your discussions around electric vehicle charging water front resilience and consideration coming to teach are compensation. after visiting earlier this week to discuss this issue i concluded he is misusing the dr it block this project and hoe

is/khrer he wants to preserve his view of the backyard and our backyard from his bedroom. window. even though he has a view of his yard come heidi yard from his family room next to his kitchen and bedroom the request for 3 foot set become will ruin their project and defeet the purpose it was tended for it create a living pits in the family room next to the kitchen for themselves and teenage son. it is in the a fair compromise and violates the duty of planning department it balance the rights of the homeowner against the dr requestor. this is a matter of equity. hide and he betsy requesting the footprint and space that gabe enjoys with his family and child. what is good for the goose is good for the gander. thank you for your time and

service to the city. >> hello it has been a language day. i'm not a great public speaker. i don't think there is ambigutey about what is going on here. i lived my math awe carter i lived in the castro for 30 years. as i think about this project i'm struck this it is about the view out of powder room bathroom. if a tiny look in my garden i did not know i was scenic i have to be careful what i do out there. so -- when you off set the lots of having a dynamic social space you don't know the project but they are social. they have people over. and um they need the space they are great neighbors and to take

small rooms which are small to begin with and make them smaller it vergeos having a large closet or hallway it is in the a social pace and the furniture interferes with the door. although it seems like 3 feet it a world of difference whether the project ws or does in the work. it was explained to me that it was about the view. he said this it might affect his property values which is odd. you know views of me gardening and pulling weeds i had no idea i was so special and the final thing they think is new is they spent thousands it get to this point and i think we see there will be in a loop every step of the way they will hit a wall of complaint. how long is a family supposed to strug toll stay in the city. i don't want to lose them they

are wornful people it would be easy for them to say forget it we are out of here. i really think we have to stop harassing people. >> we will got g to remote caller press story 3 or raise your hand on web ex. soing no requests it speak commissioners, dr requestor a 2 minute rebuttal. >> thank you. there were inaccurate stip it is in the comments i don't think i need to degrees them. our concerns about the side this fitses our property andure windows i would in the expect them to share the concerns we have. i did in the raise image we showed earlier. if i could switch to the over

head, please from the kitchen window this is in the a bathroom window the property owner don't want to comply with the design guide lines you heard nothing about this on their side not a pos that was same as planning this was in i letter the planner sent to mr. winds slow. property owner pushed become on need to comply and requested another meeting that is in the referred in your packet. there was discussion of vow. they try third degree argument in may and again the plan are responded them the view of city view is different than the question of visual access from the mid block open space. not protected visual to mid block is called for in a residential design guidelines that has to be locked at t. is something this is called the residential design guide lines

refer it it significant can public amenity or community amenity. i'm sorry. the last piece i like to address, is this the plans are not the same. there was i built out long before we came on our property the conditions ever different well is a 9 foot driveway and we have a cut out. we have a side set become that is when we are asking for on the other side we ask you tick dr. >> thank you this is your time. project sponsor you have a 2 minute rebuttal. . look i med a recommendation arguing against him is playing one one against steph curry.

daveit an mvp steph is but sometimes steph turns the ball over. i think this is a time combh david got it wrong i will explain why. is this project better then and there the prosecute pose the project. the propose the project yes it goes to the property line and allows the functionality you saw before this sacrifices a living space for this notch here. up usability notch that really if you look at the studies gives no benefit to the neighbor. that is when this is about. residential design guidelines are guidelines guideline they show this is is one way of approaching an issue about side setbacks. having a matching setback. depends on the context. here there is already a 5 and a

half foot setback on the property. the bring thanksgiving over to the property line is in the creating a hardship. other hand it is creating a hard ship to the modest edition they are putting forward here. so i understand there is can be a knee jerk reaction a set become here should have one there you gotta look at context if you look the original proposal works better for bets and he hide and he does not create hardship on the nature. in addition when we met with staff the sponsors met to begin with than i said inllow of a side set become e eliminate this window parapit. they should not have the worse of both by losing the window and the side setback >> that is your time. commissioners, this is before

you and as was pointed out staff recommends to take dr approve with modifications with a 3 foot setback >> thank you. >> being you share about the project in terms of the staff recommendation and how the guidelines are applyd and in lieu of him being here you came to this. >> happy to. i the start oust by saying this is a small project this project and debating on recommendation taken a dispropotionate amount of staff time. i will show you tht project is routine, considering it a very small projects. during this press it guess to the normal processes we asked for a requirement of 3 foot setback. got escalated to me honest low and to be candid to tuck through the details i to being a look at it before it went out for

notification. thinking the benefits of having things get ~esque litted is i'm not looking at it one item after another i look in a broad are context and for me, i looked at fact they are shallow building to start with. down the 45 deep building they are shallow. the addition is shall will i. . with that i allow third degree to go out for 311, add clarity and add a bit so if it was a standard do a 3 foot set become it says in extraordinary

circumstance this is is one of the mitigation measures i felt there was in the the need for i side set become it was dr's the requestor highlighted the fact we checked asked for it and stick to. in and we went become and forth and saw each other's perspectives this is a line call. and we felt we had to give a recommendation not up to you that is where we wanted to go this is a close call in a black and white decision and the code the residential guidelines give you have fleckable. our typical for being consistent champions the big children is how critical to be consistent. our typical recommendation on deeper additions go 5 feet out

and set become 3 feet this . is shallo that would be a 3 knife 5 notch at the corner. more line to do 3 feet we are also toggling with consistency and consistency and cuts both ways. so the end of the day i said move forward with the recommendation you feel comfortable employmented to share that context that in the all decisions are straightforward. joy agree with the consistency point this is important in and that is the circumstances. i am not one often for taking d r nor often for going against staff recommendations i go the with will of the commission it is a modest addition compapered to others we see and do approve. and that go forward.

i would be okay with maintain will original project without the notch. the notch due to the size it is a portion of the addition would, e eliminated from that particular room. i'm open to hearing others. >> you can read my minds i was thinking the same way and rare low go against david winslow. i don't see anything i will make a motion to approve without the modifications so as proposed and not take dr >> second. are there commissioner comments, commissioner moore. >> i called mr. withins low to go over his ration with him and there are indeed 2 recent past

projects similar where for how westerly we -- ultimately supported a setback and consistency, i appreciate you were menninging this is an important guiding principle would apply to this project t. is i hard struggle we neat to look at it from the inside of the applicant to the reaction of the ajoining neighbor temperature is a small house but don't believe it is what we typically do. i would support mr. wins low recommendation which it is well founded in experience in similar projects. and would add this we uphold unfortunate staff is in the here

today and would help us kinds of frame this discussion would be better. so we can decide tonight and have or continue the project until proper staff. >> thank you. why we would be willing it return y. thank you, sir. in the not take dr and approve as proposed >> motion commissioner braun y. aye >> commissioner ruiz. >> aye >> dimon. >> aye >> imperial. >> no. >> koppel >> aye >> commissioner moore >> no. >> president tanner >> aye. that motion passes 5 to 2 with imperial and moore voting against and concludes your hearing. we are adjourned. thank you.

>> first let me acknowledge paul we left outside. he is under the tent, which is good. he is an ambassador. cudos he is amazing. [applause] thank you and to

acknowledge another doctor carol tang director of the children's creativity museum. put a nice roof over our heads appreciate it, carol >> welcome to the yerba buena gardens a beautiful garden i'm scott ruiz the new director for the yerba buena community benefit district and the gardenace conservesancey. thank you for having me both organizations are dmited improve thanksgiving yerba buena neighborhood. yerba buena is a u neefk neighborhood. culture, convention and community meet. we have world class museums like this amazing children's creativity. the amazing moscone convention center. hotels. educational snoous institutions the yerba buena gardens. small businesses, restaurants and live/work senior housing, et cetera . yerba buena is a

diverse and unique community. i want to highlight this museum bring your kids back. i have young kids it is an amazing place for 2 to 12 year olds to experience education rotating common when is you are done here today. i was going to send you out to the carousel we can do the carousel is outside and check out the museum. look at the mufb lab if you can it is neat. >> a couple other things i want to acknowledge mandy hall from the sftid and paulita eliot. [applause]. and paulita eliot from block by block. [applause]. those 2 amazing individuals create third degree program. we are honored have this program and this here a year later. we all know and you will hear

more. the oranges jackets are amazing and they make such a presence in our community. yerba buena and everybody in the city. thank you for your hard work. i know you are not here to hear from me. most important person. london breed, our mayor. [applause]. >> thank you, scott, it is great to be here and you know i should have worn my orange jacket today t. is actually in the car now. sometimes when i want to go out there and support the community and have conversations with just visitors and i will 3 it on when i'm out cleaning up the streets i wear that orange jacket. people will stop and ask me questions. which is nice. they don't ask because i'm mayor because they see that orange jack and it is really something

this i will tell you is one of the things i'm most proudest of as mayor. because i had a chance to talk to some of you over the past year. and what i was most excited about is number one, so many of you who have grownup in san francisco and your love for san francisco. and how you have told people like the best places to eat. not the places that typically tourists go to at the whar and downtown but places in neighborhoods that still exist. places all around the city. you give them a different perspective of san francisco. when i travel, i wish i could find someone to give me nadifferent perspective. i gotta say, i get so many letters not always good letters but for this program, it is probably the program this i gotten the most good letters from visitors and people who

travel to san francisco from downtown. and i make my staff give me them to read because i want to have i good day. and i have a good day when i hear about the stories where i think i don't want to say names but there was an ambassador who someone had an experience with a family member approximate a medical issue they let them use their cell phone ask stayed with them to make sure that that family got connected with another family member. and it is just things like that that make this program unique you alwaysment to help. i see you all talking on the talking to visitors on the corners. walking with people. trying to point out the directions to go in. and the thing i love most you always have a smile on your faces. >> and makes a difference. you know, we have been through a

challenging time this global pandemic hit us hard. can you imagine having a really bad day and you walk up and you see someone and you just smile and how good that makes you feel. it makes you want to ask for directions even though you can use your phone. it really invites you in to have that conversation. that conversation leads to a great experience in san francisco. we are not going to let everyone determine what the story is of san francisco with all of the posts that oftentimes target and focus on the negative things. when we will do is elevate the experiences of what the downtown community ambassador program has done in neighborhoods throughout san francisco. that is the story of san francisco. talking about the personal experience that you have about our city and also making the

recommendations to the people who live and visit. we have a convention going on now. and many of those convention goers sent letters in the past about this program. and how they had a great experience. because i will tell you there were conventions that were having second thoughts about whether or not they would come back to san francisco. and because of you, they not only came back to san francisco but are looking toward the future of returning to san francisco after their conventions. this means so much support. this means the ability to pay for programs and do all the great things we do in san francisco. you are an important part of this work. i can't thank you enough for your commitment, work, for your advocacy, for everything that you have done to really turn this area around because last year, you know and this year to an extent; there was uncertainty whether or not people would return to work.

and we are still struggling with that. but people still come to san francisco for skroengzs and to visit and to ride the cable cars. where i always see an ambassador at the cable car location. where do i get a ticket. what do i do. where are the best stops? i appreciate mta but not mta answering the question its is all of you that are telling folks where to go and how to get to lombard and look over and the beautiful views of san francisco park and the golden gate bridge that is meaning. . this has not happened before. we did not have you all over a year ago. and the experience was much different even before the pandemic. i'm glad to be here with so many folk who is believe and support this program. but i'm glad to be here with the people who show up every day

rain or shine. to be of service to the city that you all know and love. i can't be more proud to celebrate a year of this program and hear here is more years to come. thank you very much. [applause]. thank you mayor i'm matt dorse the district 6 supervisor. for those of you visiting welcome to district 6. this is a district that credit includes high traffic and visited destination in our south of market neighborhoods including mosconi. west field shopping center yerba buena gardens. these destinations attract thousands of visitors a year. remind people how important that is. in 2019 san francisco had a

record shattering year in tourism it was 26 million visitors that is the state of texas. coming to visit our city. 10 billion dollars in economic activity. and supporting 82,000 jobs for san francisco. this is really important. and the work that our ambassadors do is bring us back. you know the thing they think about you know i know that we can be down sometimes as we come out of covid. if you look at the seal of our city t. is a phoenix. we come back. that is the civic creed of san francisco. and we are on our way back and doing it, i think one smile at a time. what i love about the ambassador program, happy anniversary to all of you. i will say as a new interiors it

is niez to know how popular you are. the k bd's are well regardd and it means so much to residentses and as well as to our visitors. to see a smiling face, welcoming presence, knowledgeable person who can answer a request where something s. that is how we will come back and i do feel a little eni havous i'm on the board of supervisors the least popular there is a public comment caller who every week reminds us that the 12% think we are competence. it is humbling and i really appreciateow popular you are and i hope you see it. and i do. to say to the public. when you see people out here ambassadors whether in orange or blue or white or green. you am see a lot of them and you will see people pick update street who is work for the

community benefit districts. say hello and thanks. it means the world to our city. we are coming back. and i want to say how grateful i am as a supervisor i will do everything i can to stand with the mayor to make sure we have the funding for this we need. and we are funding our cbd's and bringing our city back to get better the numbers we had in 2019. and with that, it is my pleasure to welcome john anderson the general manager of the marriott marky. >> thank you very much. i appreciate your leadership in district 6. i get to chair the [inaudible] and the general manager of the san san francisco marriott marky. this neighborhood is important to the ambassadors. a year ago we stood here not far from here in yerba buena and introduced the san francisco

welcome ambassador program. thanks to the support london breed, it has been successful, would you agree? good. today over 4 million welcomes later it is i pleasure to say and celebrate the success of the program to see how far we have some on the road to recovery. in quarter 3 of this year san francisco recorded the best tourism quarter since the pandemic started >> the san francisco market achiefed 70.5% occupancy, daily rate of 230 dollars. last year in quarter 3 it was 51% occupancy and 168 dollars of average daily rate. we have a ways to go to reach 2019 record tourism year it is important to celebrate mile stones the program has been successful and measures to

support the economic growth in san francisco. i want to thank all the ambassadors for important contributions to make the visitors and residents feel welcome are safe and cared for in san francisco. the ambassador program is well received by planners and convention goers. it has been crucial in helping bring book conventions to san francisco. last 12 months we received e mails raving about experiencing with the ambassadors. who are thrilled receive cal travel endorsement of the welcome ambassador program when they awarded at this time 20 upon 22 visitor experience award last month. congratulations. [applause]. this would not have happened without the support of mayor breed and the welcome ambassador program. thank you, mayor breed, we appreciate it.

[applause]. before i turn the microphone over to rodriguez i encourage the business community representatives to open your doors to the ambassadors. they are walking the streets and greeting guests they use the restroom. of kick feet and up get a drink of water. welcome your doors to anybody in orange. we appreciate you, thank you very much. [applause]. >> thank you, john. i'm marissa rodriguez the union square alliance the heart of our city thank you very much our ambassadors. we don't beat without your support i receive e mails telling us the great stores. we are the part of town that is home to hotels, theatre, restaurants, visitors. it is not without the support of our ambassadors that we will not be able to receive back all of

the san francisco. of you reminds them it is safe and the accomplice to come back and celebrate the greatest moments i want to thank patrick who kept me dry moments ago. it is acts like that that i hear about. the small things that people appreciate you feel welcomed. the community feels welcome and feel like they are stepping into san francisco living room they have you to ask questions and talk to which i want to thank all of the individuals here today this is a racial fabric you may not realize ambassadors you are supporting. i want to thank block by block. handy hall for her program. i see ken with the conventions without which our heart would not beat. thank you and supporting them.

i see our hotel and cbd community. and there are so many people here that count and rely on you. we can't do this without your support. they are all here to support you. i can't imagine. this is one year that you have been here and changed lives. and right observe the holiday season come again. we are excited for a big blow out in union square. of course, winter market and the ice rink is opening today. yes it is opening today i know you will all be there i want to thank our mayor for all of her support and all of you. it does not happen without great vision. i want to thank you, mayor and certainly to our board of supervisors for recognizing the importance of that, too. we do better when we work together. our ambassador in blue appreciate you in union square. thank you so much. with this i like to welcome up

moanna. [applause]. >> hello i'm moanna saul [inaudible]. and i have been with the welcome ambassador program since the beginning. one year ago. when i applied for this position, as a welcome ambassador i did not know what to expect. all i knew was i was going to make a difference i look forward to greeting commuters on their way to work. school kids crowding the 30 and 8 bus. saying hello to cable car conductors and welcoming our visitors to the great city of san francisco. i think that this program is

important because we help a lot of people. we give dreksz. all types of recommendations. and also guide many folk who is are in san francisco for a convention to the mosconi center. we also offer and provide different resources for the homeless and just anyone who is in need. although i have been in an san francisco all of my life this job helped mow to be kinds always. many visit because of the diversity and we are the heart of the bay area. to the current and future welcome ambassadors, thank you for your hard work and your dedication when you are out in the field. rain or shine, our orange still is bright. [applause]

>> thank you, mayor london breed and the city of san francisco for funding this amazing program. it is making a huge difference for visitors, locals and businesses in the areas we cover. also, to all of us ambassadors that enjoy the job. thank you. [applause]. >> thank you everyone for coming and thank you for staying here even though it rained heavy out there. i'm mandy from the sftab the director of the welcome ambassador program. thank you to our speakers to mad am mayor, maona. supervisor dorsey, john and scott and your team for hosting us today. it has been a privilege to work with and get to know the team

overnight past year. it is gratify to receive all the fantastic e mails that i get. and to share them with the team. these are a reminder of the amazing work they are doing. and i know that it shows how much they are appreciated. thank you all of you for all that you do. all your hard work. ? this includes paulita the director of the program near block by block. . [applause]. before we close the proceedings and you will get to ride the care set, hopefully and cookies we have cookies to share. i would like to recognize the upon 20 team members been with us from the beginning the guys that you see behind us. not all 20 are here but -- [applause].

thank you all of you for all your hard work. and thank you also to everybody else on the team of in the office or out on the streets every day you do an amazing job. thank you. [applause]. and then just to conclude my bit here, one person has been chosen as ambassador of the year. uh-huh. this is i surprise to everybody. [laughter]. she was chosen for strong work ethic. being a great example to coworkers. always as a smile and goes above and beyond to provide great service and also share her knowledge and enthusiasm with fellow team members. moanna, would you like to stem forward. [applause].

[applause] so, thank you, moanna. congratulations. this is your certificate and will be goodies as well >> you are being recognized as ambassador of the year for 2022. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause]

>> goovend, everybody. >> how is everyone doing today?

>> awe some. great weather we were dreading it would rain today and look at the sky behind me. gorgeous. this was meant to be. my name is natasha i'm the executive vice president the development at bridge. for northern california. i will also be our mc today. on behalf of bridge and ken lombard could not be here today. i want to welcome all of you and thank you for take the time to celebrate the grounds breaking for potrero block b. bridge was seconded by san francisco to partner with the residents of the potrero community and literally redesign the landscape that you see here. together, we embed on the long over due and critical task of figuring out how to figure out the potrero terrace andaneck.

hours of discussion, design charettes and focus groups with the community resulted in rebuilt potrero. an ambitious vision to redevelop the site in a master plan with 1600 housing units, parks and open space, new street grid other thanning retail and community serving space that grand vision is surely taking shape before our eyes with the development of the second phase with 150, 7 units of affordable family housing and infrastructure. [applause]. 1101 connecticut the building behind you, this you see across the street is 72 family housing units that opened in 2019 as phase one of potrero. potrero block b includes a 6,000

square foot child pace and provide a home notoriety cross cultural family center a childcare provider serving the communities for many years out of 2 existing apartments. in addition the block b development will include 4,000 square foot public minipark. the first of several parks in community serving open spaces that are an important part of this master plan. our mission is to communities. i have been with bridge for many years. i joined the potrero team earlier this year. this is really personal for me. i upon really want to take this opportunity to thank the residents of the potrero community and all the other stake holders including supervisor walton and his staff. mayor breed, staff at mayor's office of housing and oewd. the san francisco housing authority, i see tonya here and

staff. hope sf for welcoming mow to the team and post in the our collective effort to rebuild potreroism look forward to working with all of you to further our mission. lastly, a shout out to the small and mighty bridge team. april tale. susan newfeld. t. j. bryce. listen all instrumental in bringing us together. give everybody on the stake holders the community let's give everybody a round of alaws. [applause] i would like to welcome supervisor walton who has been the champion of the rebuild potrero project.

good morning, first of all welcome to the beautiful district 10 the sun is always shining. even with the expectation of rain. this is truly a beautiful day for us here and community to be breaking ground on another building more housing and affordable housing in san francisco and in potrero hill. my conversations with bridge start in the 2007 and 8 when i was the director of the family resource center and talking about development and talking about how we would rebuild potrero we are 24 years later, we have first unitings up. more units on the way. this is what we really call fulfilling a promise. and we will make sure we continue to finish all the units that are going to be replaced here on the hill. when we replace units we are not

replacing community. we make sure community can stay, live here in the same neighborhood where they have been raising family and work for the last decades. i'm excited to be on the board of supervisors to see this enter fruition. i look at members in communities and folks, note only lived here for their lives and worked here and been a part of making sure we got to this day and thank the community and residents, they have of course had to endure all of the changes and designs. all of the different models before we got to this date and to see the work coming. thank you for your resiliencey to the community and thank you for showing up today. looking forward to had this is finished, we'll be back to cut the ribbon and people are moving

in. thank you. [applause] >> thank you supervisor walton. i would now like to invite eric shaw to say a few words, potrero with the other hope sf project in san francisco would not be possible without the on going support of the mayor and certainly her staff at mayor's office of housing. eric? [applause]. >> thank you very much. and also proud to say i'm interim director of hope sf. i wear 2 hats and proud of both and want to thank and blessed and fortunate in that initiative as well. i'm proud to be here to celebrate the construction of another building of affordable home in potrero hill. it reflects the promise we made to the potrero public housing this no residents be displaced as we transform this to a racially and economically

inclusive neighborhood. this is a vision of hope sf to create new possibilities and for a city on aging public housing cites this anies back years and guess back to previous mayors. promise deliver on the vision pass friday mayor to mayor. because while the city and the person in city hall may change the community deserves these projects. original buildings built 80 years ago and not built to last for as long as they have. we worked to rebuild the community surrender way with residents move in the 72 new homeos 1101 connecticut. this will be here will be the seconded affordable housing to break ground as part of potrero hill master plan. will bring 157 new homes to the neighborhood. 117 of those reserved for current residents already call potrero home and will create 40

additional affordable homes new housing opportunity here as we reimagine this neighborhood. includes 10 units servesh reserved through the preference program so they are not displaced. the building will have on sight property management and service. community gathering spaces and on sight minipark and the public. affordable childcare approximate this is just the beginning. i am honored gather to break ground on the next step for the community and i can't wait to be here for the grand opening the next decade planning up to 1700 new home in the neighborhood and 65% will be affordable. and as we invest more in potrero and build the housing we the great new community spaces, job ands transit opportunity. celebrate >> moment and lift up our communities and create tunes for all regardless of backgroundses.

and for recognitions. i like to thank everyone involved in hope sf. raise your hands. >> [applause] i would like to thank bridge housing and team's architects, contractors and service providers took the time to gather feedback from the community. your work made sure the voices were heard and the needs were met. i want to thank the san francisco housing authority and are tonya? who has been an amazing partner through this whole journey. and ultramarathon if we call it that we are coming in mile 25? thank you very much for your leadership as well. i want to thank the city departments including all my teams and the mayor's office of housing community development. can you raise you were hands? mocd? and our funders it is all about money and by the way we need

more. thank you very much. i always have to ask. the supervisor that was your talk happening points to ask for more money. we will do that off line. i want to thank the california department of housing and communities development. provides fund to the california housing accelerator to allow this project to move forward this is one of 5 projects hope sf that are funded. i want to thank you very much. and finally i want to thank the community. you put your faith in us and work for us and without you none of this will be happening. continue to work to commit it possible as we strife for a san francisco that is affordable to everyone. and with that i will bring my fellow partner and development and financials from the stage. ditransition. [laughter]. hands it over. >> okay. there you go. all of us should ask for funding. it takes a village in that

space. thank you very much for your partnership as well. [applause]. before i start i need to take a picture from up here. i -- all of you etch raised your hand and i am getting pictures one at a time. congratulations your victory! good job! thank you. >> of course eric. good morning, everybody. i'm hernandez deputy director for communication at the california d. housing and community development. it is my great pleasure to be here today. [applause]. on behalf of governor newsome, yea. don't record that. acd director valasciiys wanted to be here today and our entire departmentive want to wish a

congratulations and honest low a thank you. i will go off script as i was upon listening to the speakers and eavesdropping on the side conversations, what really resonateed me and is at the core of great investment is community. theancy displacement efforts for this project are critical, they are so important and they speak to when we really care about that is giving people safe, affordable homes for long-term. thank you for this hard work. thank you to the community. i know it can be tough to trust government. and work with government. and i hope today you feel some success. we cannot be here without you. [applause]. so as you heard, we invested through our housing accelerator fund approximately 94 million that mean this is project within

6 months went from the, ward to today this . is unpresidented, record breaking and critical to keep this project moving. we put in another 20 million with the california growth council for investment in infrastructure, bike ways, walkways and making better transit connections the under production of house nothing general and affordable housing coupled with historic red lining and other policies made housing unaffordable for far too many in our state and for too long. we need more communities like this. the housing accelerator will provide approximately 5,000 new housing units throughout the state they will come online extreme low fast. developers like bridge and per ins like in the mayor's office. want to thank mayor breed, eric, your team.

we need that commitment. this project is years in the make. and we need that dedication so no matter who is in office the projects move forward and represent the community who deserve and over looked for too long. look forward to victim in the city of san francisco. look forward to more opportunitiful i will get prishths after this. i'm looking forward to. thank you again and i cannot wait to be back. our director wants to back when we cut the ribbon and welcome more residents home. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. we appreciated both the state and the mayor's office of housing for the funding they have provided this and other projects. i would like to invite jonathan, executive director of j. p.

mother abchase. >> chase bank provide financing for block b. in addition to the subsidy funding reach out to the banks and our investors always to get more funding and we want to thank you for your support. >> thank you. jonathan beach with chase community development bank. an honest torto be here thank you for inviting me. just to start, i joined chase 4 months ago. prior i managed santa clara affordable housing department of i want to admit i have didn't least amount work of anybody here but get the honor of speaking at the ground break. that said, i want to thank bridge. and all of our partners here today and congratulations on the ground break. i have been a fan of bridge for a long time at the city and at chase. and i could not think of a

better development team to tackle a complicated and master plan development on a site like this the oldest public housing sights in the city. you know chase roll roll was to provide 150 million dollars in construction financing and 50 million dollars in permanent financing and despite the big number there is is no may the project is feasible without the mayor's office, housing authority. monica mentioned, this project here is an example of the success of the state's housing accelerator program to fund projects that would have been stuck in the bottle neck to get tax credits. this projects this otherwise may not have been funded. who knows where the project would be today without the accelerator program. chase, we funded a number of fais phases through hope sf. we are prud to be a part of the broader initiative.

but what is happening at potrero. i want to thank bridge for having us here today and block b is part of the larger goal to the larger goal to increase access affordable housing for everyone. i think we are looking forward to seeing your vision realized here. and come become to see this master plan development fulfilled. thank you and looking forward to communities thrive here. [applause]. >> thank you. i would be remiss if i did not mention the housing authority as always one of the providers for all the projects here. housing authority [inaudible] and i want to reach out and thank my colleague, tonya, for her leadership and partnership

and looking forward to working with you to expedite when we have here. thank you. [applause]. and last but not the least, i want to invite april tality tow come and say a few words. and acknowledge and village of folks you tell we partnered with to make it happen. >> i want to thank april for her dedication approximate hard work in piecing together the financing, you all just heard how much it takes to put the projects together. and as monica said, and i think eric you mentioned this and jonathan; we applied multiple times for financing throughout state under a different program and not successful. and the govern obviously upon his priority is to increase the amount of affordable housing and expedite building housing. i want to thank april she was

curating the applications and trust mow they are not easy. lots of details. i don't know april how many times you applied, twice. >> okay. >> i really would like for to you come up here and say a few words about the projects, your experience and we want to acknowledge everybody. instrumental to work here today. thank you. >> good afternoon, everybody. i think we can do better. good afternoon, everyone! >> thank you. i'm april tally senior project manager at bridge. i am delighted to be here as it has been a challenging and yet rewarding time.

on behalf of bridge housing i would like to take a few moments to thank several team members for make thanksgiving development a reality. i like to acknowledge the residents of potrero public housing. thank you for your patience with this process. we also like to acknowledge the neighbors of potrero public housing as well. we looic to thank our community based organizations that support and uplift residents such as the chant shanti project, care. stand in peace, neighborhood house and rdj. >> our architects paul, jeffrey, alisa and anthony for the creative design. thanks to gary string and the team at gls for landscape

design. i like to thank our consultants at ph pc for financial consultation throughout the predevelopment through construction closing. next i like to thank acc, sunlight and power. concord group and way point our construction managers on this project. thank you to matt irwin. robert and the kay hill team for partners in the redevelopment of potrero. you all know kay hill was the gc for connecticut as well. we appreciate supervisor walton and his staff for supporting the project and a huge thanks to the california department of housing and community development for helping us >> yes. helping us put your funds from the california housing

accelerator. they were in lieu of traditional 4% tax credits and bond [inaudible]. this project would not have been able to start construction and create jobs without them. once again, thank you to the mayor's office of housing and community development for providing both predevelopment and gap funding. i want to thank ryan. sailor abrendzon dwyer. sarah, lydia and eric shaw. additionally, i like to thank staff at oewd for support and asisterance with needlement approvals and the permit process which can be crazy. special thanks to hope sf staff for your community development effort. thank you to our construction and lendser chase bank for funding the development.

i would like to thank acknowledge -- henry, wendy richardson and linda for their hard work and next i like to thank the staff at bridge. we could not have reached such a mile stone without you our accountant. and also a some thanks to our community and residence dents services team for their work to support potrero residents. thank you to jeffrey mccormick and bpmc for letting the potrero hosting and available to answer questions. and finally i want to lynne and ellen for host thanksgiving events. thank you all.

[applause]: >>ing events. thank you all. [applause]: >> music music [music] when i shoot chinatown, i shoot the architecture that people not just events, i shoot what's going on in daily life and everything changes. murals, graffiti, store opening. store closing. the bakery. i shoot anything and everything in chinatown.

i shoot daily life. i'm a crazy animal. i'm shooting for fun. that's what i love. >> i'm frank jane. i'm a community photographer for the last i think about 20 years. i joined the chinese historical society. it was a way i could practice my society and i can give the community memories. i've been practicing and get to know everybody and everybody knew me pretty much documenting the history i don't just shoot

events. i'm telling a story in whatever photos that i post on facebook, it's just like being there from front to end, i do a good job and i take hundreds and hundreds of photos. and i was specializing in chinese american history. i want to cover what's happening in chinatown. what's happening in my community. i shoot a lot of government officials. i probably have thousands of photos of mayor lee and all the dignitaries. but they treat me like one of the family members because they see me all the time. they appreciate me. even the local cops, the firemen, you know, i feel at home. i was born in chinese hospital 1954. we grew up dirt poor.

our family was lucky to grew up. when i was in junior high, i had a degree in hotel management restaurant. i was working in the restaurant business for probably about 15 years. i started when i was 12 years old. when i got married, my wife had an import business. i figured, the restaurant business, i got tired of it. i said come work for the family business. i said, okay. it's going to be interesting and so interesting i lasted for 30 years. i'm married i have one daughter. she's a registered nurse. she lives in los angeles now. and two grandsons. we have fun. i got into photography when i was in junior high and high school. shooting cameras. the black and white days, i was

able to process my own film. i wasn't really that good because you know color film and processing was expensive and i kind of left it alone for about 30 years. i was doing product photography for advertising. and kind of got back into it. everybody said, oh, digital photography, the year 2000. it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant, it used

to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000 people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know, and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant, it's 50 years old. i said, yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big

cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they don't care. >> i want to see you. >> it's not a keepsake. there's no memories behind it. everybody's sticking in the cloud. they lose it, who cares. but, you know, i care. >> last september of 2020, i had a minor stroke, and my daughter caught it on zoom. i was having a zoom call for my grand kids.

and my daughter and my these little kids said, hey, you sound strange. yeah. i said i'm not able to speak properly. they said what happened. my wife was taking a nap and my daughter, she called home and said he's having a stroke. get him to the hospital. five minutes later, you know, the ambulance came and took me away and i was at i.c.u. for four days. i have hundreds of messages wishing me get well soon. everybody wished that i'm okay and back to normal. you know, i was up and kicking two weeks after my hospital stay. it was a wake-up call. i needed to get my life in order and try to organize

things especially organize my photos. >> probably took two million photos in the last 20 years. i want to donate to an organization that's going to use it. i'm just doing it from the heart. i enjoy doing it to give back to the community. that's the most important. give back to the community. >> it's a lot for the community. >> i was a born hustler. i'm too busy to slow down. i love what i'm doing. i love to be busy. i go nuts when i'm not doing anything. i'm 67 this year. i figured 70 i'm ready to retire. i'm wishing to train a couple

for photographers to take over my place. the younger generation, they have a passion, to document the history because it's going to be forgotten in ten years, 20 years, maybe i will be forgotten when i'm gone in a couple years but i want to be remembered for my work and, you know, photographs will be a remembrance. i'm frank jane. i'm a community photographer. this is my story. >> when you're not looking, frank's there. he'll snap that and then he'll

send me an e-mail or two and they're always the best. >> these are all my p dev mission's goal is aiming to train young adults, youth so we can be a wealth and disparity in underserved communities like where we are

today. my name is leo sosa. i'm the founder and executive director for devmission. we're sitting inside a computer lab where residents come and get support when they give help about how to set up an e-mail account. how to order prescriptions online. create a résumé. we are also now paying attention to provide tech support. we have collaborated with the san francisco mayor's office and the department of technology to implement a broad band network for the residents here so they can have free internet access. we have partnered with community technology networks to provide computer classes to the seniors and the residents. so this computer lab becomes a hub for the community to learn how to use technology, but that's the parents and the adults. we have been able to identify what we call a stem date.

the acronym is science technology engineering and math. kids should be exposed no matter what type of background or ethnicity or income status. that's where we actually create magic. >> something that the kids are really excited about is science and so the way that we execute that is through making slime. and as fun as it is, it's still a chemical reaction and you start to understand that with the materials that you need to make the slime. >> they love adding their little twists to everything. it's just a place for them to experiment and that's really what we want. >> i see. >> really what the excitement behind that is that you're making something. >> logs, legos, sumo box, art, drawing, computers, mine craft, and really it's just awaking

opportunity. >> keeping their attention is like one of the biggest challenges that we do have because, you know, they're kids. they always want to be doing something, be helping with something. so we just let them be themselves. we have our set of rules in place that we have that we want them to follow and live up to. and we also have our set of expectations that we want them to achieve. this is like my first year officially working with kids. and definitely i've had moments where they're not getting something. they don't really understand it and you're trying to just talk to them in a way that they can make it work teaching them in different ways how they can get the light bulb to go off and i've seen it first-hand and it makes me so happy when it does go off because it's like, wow, i helped them understand this concept. >> i love playing games and i love having fun with my friends

playing dodge ball and a lot of things that i like. it's really cool. >> they don't give you a lot of cheese to put on there, do they? you've got like a little bit left. >> we learn programming to make them work. we do computers and programming. at the bottom here, we talk to them and we press these buttons to make it go. and this is to turn it off. and this is to make it control on its own. if you press this twice, it can do any type of tricks. like you can move it like this and it moves.

it actually can go like this. >> like, wow, they're just absorbing everything. so it definitely is a wholehearted moment that i love experiencing. >> the realities right now, 5.3 latinos working in tech and about 6.7 african americans working in tech. and, of course, those tech companies are funders. so i continue to work really hard with them to close that gap and work with the san francisco unified school district so juniors and seniors come to our program, so kids come to our stem hub and be exposed to all those things. it's a big challenge. >> we have a couple of other providers here on site, but we've all just been trying to work together and let the kids move around from each department. some kids are comfortable with

their admission, but if they want to jump in with city of dreams or hunter's point, we just try to collaborate to provide the best opportunity in the community. >> devmission has provided services on westbrook. they teach you how to code. how to build their own mini robot to providing access for the youth to partnerships with adobe and sony and google and twitter. and so devmission has definitely brought access for our families to resources that our residents may or may not have been able to access in the past. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some of those kids that have been able to take the opportunity and continue to grow within their education and eventually

become a very successful citizen. >> so the computer lab, they're doing the backpacks. i don't know if you're going to be able to do the class. you still want to try? . yeah. go for it. >> we have a young man by the name of ivan mello. he came here two and a half years ago to be part of our digital arts music lab. graduating with natural, fruity loops, rhymes. all of our music lyrics are clean. he came as an intern, and now he's running the program. that just tells you, we are only creating opportunities and there's a young man by the name of eduardo ramirez. he tells the barber, what's that flyer? and he says it's a program that

teaches you computers and art. and i still remember the day he walked in there with a baseball cap, full of tattoos. nice clean hair cut. i want to learn how to use computers. graduated from the program and he wanted to work in i.t.. well, eduardo is a dreamer. right. so trying to find him a job in the tech industry was very challenging, but that didn't stop him. through the effort of the office of economic work force and the grant i reached out to a few folks i know. post mates decided to bring him on board regardless of his legal status. he ended his internship at post mates and now is at hudacity. that is the power of what technology does for young people that want to become part of the tech industry. what we've been doing, it's

very innovative. helping kids k-12, transitional age youth, families, parents, communities, understand and to be exposed to stem subjects. imagine if that mission one day can be in every affordable housing community. the opportunities that we would create and that's what i'm trying to do with this >> i don't think you need to be an expert to look around and see the increasing frequency of fires throughout california. they are continuing at an ever-increasing rate every summer, and as we all know, the drought continues and huge shortages of water right now. i don't think you have to be an expert to see the impact. when people create greenhouse gases, we are doing so by

different activities like burning fossil fuels and letting off carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we also do this with food waste. when we waste solid food and leave it in the landfill, it puts methane gas into the atmosphere and that accelerates the rate at which we are warming our planet and makes all the effects of climate change worse. the good news is there are a lot of things that you can be doing, particularly composting and the added benefit is when the compost is actually applied to the soil, it has the ability to reverse climate change by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soil and the t radios. and there is huge amount of science that is breaking right now around that. >> in the early 90s, san francisco hired some engineers to analyze the material san

francisco was sending to landfill. they did a waste characterization study, and that showed that most of the material san francisco was sending to landfill could be composted. it was things like food scraps, coffee grounds and egg shells and sticks and leaves from gardening. together re-ecology in san francisco started this curbside composting program and we were the first city in the country to collect food scraps separately from other trash and turn them into compost. it turns out it was one of the best things we ever did. it kept 2.5 million tons of material out of the landfill, produced a beautiful nutrient rich compost that has gone on to hundreds of farms, orchards and vineyards. so in that way you can manage your food scraps and produce far less methane. that is part of the solution. that gives people hope that we're doing something to slow down climate change. >> i have been into organic

farming my whole life. when we started planting trees, it was natural to have compost from re-ecology. compost is how i work and the soil biology or the microbes feed the plant and our job as regenerative farmers is to feed the microbes with compost and they will feed the plant. it is very much like in business where you say take care of your employees and your employees will take carolinas of your customers. the same thing. take care of the soil microbes and soil life and that will feed and take care of the plants. >> they love compost because it is a nutrient rich soil amendment. it is food for the soil. that is photosynthesis. pulling carbon from the atmosphere. pushing it back into the soil where it belongs. and the roots exude carbon into the soil. you are helping turn a farm into a carbon sink. it is an international model. delegations from 135 countries

have come to study this program. and it actually helped inspire a new law in california, senate bill 1383. which requires cities in california to reduce the amount of compostable materials they send to landfills by 75% by 2025. and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the

carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a food donation program. we keep the edible food local. and we are not composting it because we don't want to compost edible food. we want that food to get eaten within san francisco and feed folks in need. it is very unique in san

francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school district, we have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. compost helps farms get through these difficult times.

how is that? compost is a natural sponge that attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of drought in you farm naturally with compost. farms and cities in california are very hip now to this fact that creating compost, providing compost to farms helps communities survive and get through those dry periods. >> here is the thing. soil health, climate health, human health, one conversation. if we grow our food differently, we can capture all that excess carbon in the atmosphere and store it in unlimited quantities in the soil, that will create nutrient dense foods that will take care of most of our civilized diseases. so it's one conversation.

people have to understand that they are nature. they can't separate. we started prowling the high plains in the 1870s and by the 1930s, 60 year, we turned it into a dust bowl. that is what ignorance looks like when you don't pay attention to nature. nature bats last. so people have to wake up. wake up. compost. >> it is really easy to get frustrated because we have this belief that you have to be completely sustainable 24/7 in all aspects of your life. it is not about being perfect. it is about making a change here, a change there in your life. maybe saying, you know what? i don't have to drive to that particular place today. today i am going to take the bus or i'm going to walk. it is about having us is stainable in mind. that is -- it is about having sustainability in mind. that is how we move the dial. you don't have to be perfect all the time. >> san francisco has been and

will continue to be one of the greener cities because there are communities who care about protecting a special ecosystem and habitat. thinking about the history of the ohlone and the native and indigenous people who are stewards of this land from that history to now with the ambitious climate action plan we just passed and the goals we have, i think we have a dedicated group of people who see the importance of this place. and who put effort into building an infrastructure that actually makes it possible. >> we have a long history starting with the gold rush and the anti-war activism and that is also part of the environmental movement in the 60s and 70s. and of course, earth day in 1970 which is huge. and i feel very privileged to work for the city because we are on such a forefront of environmental issues, and we get calls from all over the world really to get information. how do cities create waste

programs like they do in san francisco. we are looking into the few which you are and we want innovation. we want solutions. >> secretary. >> good afternoon will staff and members of the public. this is held hybrid occur nothing person at city hall room 4 huh human broadcast live on sfgovtv and phone. we welcome public comment. will be taken in person and

remet by call inform for each action or discussion item the board will take in person first and then those call nothing remote. the number to use is 415-655-0001. access code: 2496 422 1967 ## press star 3 to enter the line. >> speak clearly in in a quiet location and turn off computer urnld. thank you for joining us. item 2, roll call. >> director heminger. >> here. >> director hinze. >> present. >> director yekutiel. >> here. >> director eaken. >> present. >> boarden. >> present. >> you have a quorum. we are not expecting cajina. under the authority of the

emergency orders director hinze she must appear on camera to speak or vote and because we have a director remote all votes will be taken by roll call. >> item 3 the ringing and use of cell phones and electronic devices are prohibited. the chair may order the removal from the meeting room anyone responsible for the ring or use of a cell phone. item 4. minutes for october 18 meeting. >> are there additions to the minutes. >> open for public comment on the phone or in the recommend if you have comments on the record of our minutes meeting from october 18th. now is the time to put yourself in the queue star 3 on line or come to the podium of we gallon to online.

>> we have one speaker in the queue. >> why would you think it would be me? what? never mind. so far i think the thing i see is page 3 under item 7. references to members eaken referred to by last name it would be nice to see member cajina and vice chair eaken. i don't think i saw anything that affectless the outcome and happy to share edits with the secretary off line. thanks for listening. >> thank you. are there callers? we have one caller. >> >> are you calling about the minutes from the october 18th meeting? >> yes, i am and i'm upon at the

meeting i'm patricia [inaudible] and at this meeting we asked for a security guard to be returned to the pier 3 garage and never heard from mr. mc guire i would like to you do something about that. was that missing from the minutes? >> it was in the minutes but we never heard back. >> thank you. that is not comment to the minutes. >> thank you. >> are there additional callers on the line. >> i have no other callers. >> a motion. >> like to move the item. >> second. >> roll call. >> on the motion to approve the minutes director heminger. >> aye. >> director hinze. >> aye. >> yekutiel. >> aye. >> chair borden. >> aye. >> minutes are approved.

>> on item 5. communication. i have none. next item. >> item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> director yekutiel? >> thank you, i have small things first i imagine you would not have done this i woulded to congratulate you on your personal successes since our last meeting you are making us proud on this esteemed board of directors. congratulations on the success in your personal, professional life. the second is i want to let you know i join chair borden in the cable car and tumlin to honor the quell involved in keeping the cable car system alive. it was a beautiful ride on a beautiful day and i was honored payment. i want to say i participated in what was probably the most children i have been around in my life the halloween crawl i

saw direct eaken an amazing example of what can happen when you take a street and red purpose it and prioritize joy over notion. staffs amazing to witness. one small thing speez dover i think was sick this last week and feeling bfrment thank you for being back here. and the last thing it was mentioned that i mooib might have a conflict of interest. i have been in consultation with attorneys and the in's and outs and determined i don't have a conflict of interest under the guidelines that allowed mow to participate in the 16th street improvement project. i will participate and look forward to it when it come to the board. >> i'd like to second on the

event we had was the reason the cable cars were saved 75 years ago and got together women to make sure the mayor at that time did not do away with cable cars for motorized buses. everyone come to san francisco not to see the bus. no we are not doing that we want people to take bus as well. it was a wonderful day honoring women who supports not only the cable car and other things i would be remince senator feinstein who could not be there when she was mayor lead the way for the cable cars. i was not here the last meeting to say how excited i was honoring the long-term muni operators. it was an insparational saturday. i have to say the first time i was like the people are speaking? it was the best event i

westbound to this year. so heart warm to hear stories and seat dedication and the families. i say i will thank you. i see the team in the odd yenls the work do you is inbe valuable and makes a difference in the lives of so many. i'm thankful and grateful i'm a part of the average where you make us look good. keep will move to public comment. a time had the members can comment on the comments that director yekutiel and i made. i see a peeshg in the queue. >> success a comment on your

comments i appreciate yekutiel's diligence on the valencia corridor project and disclosure today on the record. i appreciate that. i think that was to the good. regarding the cable car event i was not invited or involved in that i wanted to make clear that although gusman was instrumental in the efforts over a variety of years she was not the only one. [inaudible] who passed away and a number of others san francisco beautiful and other individuals and organizations were a part of saving the cable cars and that work continuous. and i also appreciate chair borden's comments the high

seniority operator's event the last meeting -- i enjoyd that event as well and hope my comments which i spent time preparing were well involve everreceived and thank you for including mow in that event. that's all. thank you. >> thank you. >> i will say that his comments were beautiful and well stated and such a wonderful story of his long lifetime love of muni. >> great. >> moving on, we will close public comment. >> item 7 the director's report. >> director tumlin. >> before i begin i would like to invite julie to the podium to offer congratulations and special recognitions. >> thank you.

so much. we are here, we have one board recognition and a lot of winners. and i'm appreciative of the board for taking the time. i'm here to recognize transit senior operation manager lita rozier. lita deserved recognition on any day. so i will take a couple minutes to describe why i think she is so amazing and she is also here because she put in hours and hours formed a committee. worked with apta. went and study san mateo. did everything that you need to do to pull off an event of this scale of the bus rodeo. so lita is a senior operation's manager in the transit division. reports to the chief operating officer. she manages all of our

operators. so, she is in charge of our most important staff delivering our most complex service. she started at the agency in 2007 as a personnel analyst. and has worked her way up to be in the position she is in today. she did not always feel supported at the agency and she worked hard to thurn in a positive and now is one of the bigef mentors this we have. she supports all of our division managers. with everything from standardizing and really shining a lens on equity relating to discipline and also really pursuing the things that we have been talking about celebrating

merit and performance. than i have walls of excellence. that the division when is people make positive commendations they are not just shared with the person this makes the commendation but everybody gets to see that. she supports our operator of the month. celebrations. and is just doing a lot to make approximate sfmta an amazing place to work. that is necessary because we have a wonderful staff and trying to grow that staff by almost 20% announcement lita was born in elsalvador. and came to san francisco when she was 12. she did not speak english. she has been working since she was 14. take advantage of the best programs that san francisco had

to support youth. and then she joined the military where shooy had a really great person who saw something in her and made her an officer. that's the person that lita pays forward. and has done for many other people. i am thrilled honor her. she will talk a little about the rodeo. i will tell you the manager results are contested. recount has been demanded. but despite suspicious second place of our fine and e steamed director tumlin, i can tell that you everybody else here is of the highest caliber. and really -- represents everything we are trying to do

at this agency. lita, if you could come up. we will set this right here. i will turn it over to you. >> thank you. i'm sorry. don't do well about thinking on the spot i wrote my statement. i am truly humbleed be honor in the this venue. my accomplish ams noted have not been alone the leadership from jewel and he brent has allowed mow the opportunity to excel. with all the projects that have has been mentioned, 91 of this could have been completed if not for the great team they work with a team who step in to make sure our goals are completed. i'm glad to have my current team who is there dedicated to the

work we do. the 2022 bus sfmta rodeo was a success to the community working on the project am a team [inaudible] within the committee step in the to help we noticed a team member was struggling this is the first time all members were putting together something of this magnitude. i like to ask the tome to stand first call out [inaudible] not here to stand. an excellent job rung the separations from logistics perspective. he did run with it. deputy that amazeingly put in the hours and dedication to get this on its way. [inaudible] here with us now she is my deputy senior operation's manager. always step nothing to ensure we

are successful over all in the project. biggins, stand. and [inaudible] from the training department to make sure haall the training materials done on time and accurately. most of amazing support staff i worked with. she knows what i'm think and gets it done. which is great. not my partner knows had i'm thinking many times. again, a lita washington who can't be here to due to personal reasons dedicated with jose one of our operators. that when he heard we were doing dh he was excited he knew the

project of the magnitude created moral. i think it worked. can alicia evans is one of our parking control officers. is she here? i'm sorry. came in blindly she was told she had to do this. and had a positive attitude. took in positive to make it work and showed and the [inaudible]. ef and -- sfgovtv can you turn the slides. >> if you were there to witness it i was amazing the some of the [inaudible] the cars can do and how fast they go. i was sharing with tom mc guire on the event i was on dolores street toward 280, and one of

those things passed me i'm like how is that possible. . . lastly our maintenance event lead by rick and eric. rick was the only person on the team i found out later that had worked on the events. it shoes he was organized. developed his schedule, everything he was asked to do, i don't know had he done it i known he had done it before may be more tap into his knowledge. he was instrumental in the volunteers and staffing and training whoys the departmentful they are truly an amazing team. finally i like to acknowledge a team of winners.

[inaudible] the maintenance team, we were able to bring the first place the maintenance team there are 3 members per team. you imagine if we brought 9 staff members. we are bring the first place team 2. david brown. [applause] and eric mansia. >> next i like to call on the pc o's. first place ani tammy. herman prat. and justin. and next i would like to call on our operators.

first place winner won first accomplice many years before i joined. tim mc gradey. the good thing and the bad thing about mr. grade theis was his last rodeo. he is going to retire. i understand? yes. >> this will open the opportunity for others to take his place. otherwise, it would never happen. [inaudible] from the potrero division as well. so. here come the fun part of the evening. then we asked managers to participate in the course events of this one.

we had i want to acknowledge the staff who participated and making funnel right? not that the operators were not fun but to watch managers try to maneuver a course and they had a time limit. i don't know which it was. i was lushg who is this over there. they are like 10 minutes. i like to acknowledge. jeff tumlin the director. julie kirbbalm. >> greg jones. jesse charles our subway station manager and monica collins. who also she was told to do the mc of the operator event. thank you so much everyone for make thanksgiving a success and look forward to the next event in april. for the rail portion.

thank you. >> thank you. thank you for your hard work on this. [applause] i'm heart broken i missed that event. i am in awe of all of you operating the vehicles i don't know how they don't tip. i don't know how you deal with when you pull behind a car and get wheel out and go around a car. thank you all for all your hard work. i'm sad i missed temperature i'm sure well is great video i can see i will not miss it next time. congratulations to director tumlin for driving a bus and mr. jones and others out there who i then and there is not your normal thing. thank you. i wish we could all see it today i think it does not give justice to the hard work in putting together the event. all of you participating and the out come of your success and our operator this is leaving the

long time winner sad to have you go. hope you may consider staying. [laughter]. thank you. moving on the rest of director's report. i do want to thank the training department upon for their skill and helping us managers make it through the course. [applause] thank the orange cones and sack filed themselves. and brent jones who raced throughout course at full speed including goingllow the slot of barrels and the most speck tammy lar fashion and therefore gave

us a chance to score on the competition. thank you for that. transis operation's director jones. >> we will start with vision zero. we are working with the san francisco d. public health and the police department on the annual fatality sum rein response to the board of supervisor's request relative to vision zero. should have an online tracker alive in a few days in the vision zero website. that will be updated within 14 days of every new fatal collision in san francisco. helping us to get the word out to understand. the patterns and causes of fatal collisions. and will another reminder, we'll do quarter low deep dives in topics that will begin the next board meeting. >> again we got a lot of event this is month. it is november.

today begins native american heritage month. american indian and alaska native heritage month. office of racial equity and he belong will hopeful a racial equity cable car and launch event including leaders from the sfmta american indian lead organizations throughout the city. this month is also military appreciation month. and november 11th is a day to honor the 19 million men and women who served or still serving active duty in the military. for any veterans listening, thank you for protecting our freedom and serving and thank you to the 2056 staff self identified veterans since 2015 including our own leader revere you met who served lieutenant

colonel in the army reserves. >> thank you for your service. >> a nonote in civic center plaza there is a roller skating rink for a while longer. and this week marks the beginning of the ice rink in union square. we are excited to again be a sponsor. there will be additional events in the area includes the opening of the central subway on november 19th. moving on to a couple other new topics on e scooters in response to supervisor peskin's resolution passed by land use urging the sfmta to improve sidewalk riding by e scooters. we have -- taken action to make sure that the 3 permitted

operators spin, line and bird will in the park devices on the bay side of the embarcadero between aquatic park and the ferry building beginning today. they will be fined 150 dollars per indent boy the sfmta. we work with the port and our traffic engineering on expanding options for approximate riding on the embarcadero not the sidewalk and working with our scooter operators on improved technology for keeping scooters off the sidewalk. >> central subway updates. we are on track for opening weekend service between china turn and fourth and brandon on november 19th. rung full mock service the week before november 11-18. we are training all of our staff

who are necessary to keep the subway opening. and rung. we hosted one community event at the china town packs station attended bia few hundred people we have 2 more celebrations in the work. celebrating the community that put up with construction and also honoring the art work that is in each of the stations. we had a successful fire drill on october 27th. and we are able to do inspection since we had the small earthquake last week. and of course, there are no incidents to report regarding the earthquake. i also.ed and we can bring update slide in a second to honor the sfmta's paratransitit services we have been providing it since 1978 and never more aware of our essential our

programs are than during the last few years. shortly i will show a video that highlights accomplishments and expressed gratitude to serve people in san francisco. our paratransitit service include the sf access advance, group van, shop around and van gogh. taylored different audience and addition to the van services, sfmta partners with the taxi industry to provide cost effective paratransitit taxi options and the trip carted program began during the pandemic. payment for paper transit tax and he trip card trips is accept in the every san francisco taxi including the ramp expected taxys with a swipe of the paratransitit taxi or etc debits. provide services to 16,000

registered riders and the one stop shop for older adults and people with disabilities to access transportation information, resources and referrals. would point out fudding for the programs come from the sales tax this and funding for paratransitit is up for consideration underwent prop l on the november will ballot. let's seat short video.

>> and to conclude i have some very sad news to report. parking control officer johny heave was injured sudden morning. he was enforce the street cleaning rowels at fillmore and mc calster driving his scoot and rear ended by a driver at a high rate of speed. both vehicles over turnd and both drivers taken to san francisco general. johny is in critical condition. he is a loved member of the marking enforce am team and coworkers are hoping for a positive outcome. the sfpd is investigating the crash. please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers

today. >> thank you. >> we will our hearts go out to his family i'm sorry he is there going through this difficult time and service to the city. know we are thinking of him. we will move on to director's comments. director heminger. >> thank you, madam chair i join you in this sentiment and the first issue i want to raise has to do with safety and that's the scooters. jeff, the response from our agency to the supervisors somewhat confused me and seemed to be he were hedging about what our authority is under our contracts with these operators. whether or not the contracts permit us to punish, penalize or terminate them. based upon not keeping their vehicles off the sidewalk. do i have that right?

or what -- what's the status of our relationship with those contractors and how can we make sure they don't run rampant all over the sidewalks. >> with our mobility technology company partners our job is to define what we mean by the public good. and also what concerns we have about those tech untiling and develop either kong tracts or other incentives to help the city evolve toward the highest public good and create the least harm. our current contract does that exactly we vehicle working on a renewal of the upon conbeing tracts begin in the middle of 2023 the supervisor asked us to accelerate some of those upon conditions that were planning for the new contract. in order to get more serious about keeping scooter operators off of the sidewalk.

starting with the embarcadero. so that is had we are doochlg i think suzanne knolls and deputy city attorney can answer the legal authority questions under the existing contract we are striving to push our contract authority further toward the limitful >> certainly. thank you, jeff. director heminger, through the chair, the permits that we issue are the sfmta issues to the scooter companies do provide for both revocation and suspension prosecute provisions if well is significant in the obeying the permit conditions if the sfmta has evidence that a scooter prirt is not complying with terms and conscience they can start those processes and then

any company will have the ability to appeal to your hearing officer. that sounds like we have the authority and jeff. you are describing in the future seek additional but we got existing authority or we don't to -- enforce the place am of the vehicles on the sidewalks, right? >> we have ability to enforce. but won't don't have is the staff. necessary to enforce the rules manualy. we are trying to incentivize the industry to take care of their own problem rather reliant upon sfmta compliance staff at every corner of the embarcadero. additional goat current contract is binary. and it is our goal to maintain multiple scooter operators

because comppicion tigz can, chief the goals of serving the public good and advancing the industry toward that. we are trying to create incentive this is push the industry rather than kicking out players. it is lulths within our authority if certain scooter operators are not work nothing good faith to abide by our continues we can kick them out butmenting to avoid that situation by instead incentivize them to better behavior. it sounds like we got a practical prospect of how to enforce the authority we have. when we voted on making these scooters permanent after a trial period, i was against it. and at the time i was told, what they did not have the technology that would make the scooters die

on the sidewalk if they got in the wrong place like golf cart dos when you are driveway youring bug net wrong place that is no longer the case. where it was then. >> that's where there is judgment. you recall we had the scooter operators come out at embarcadero to test in public and with each other their sidewalk riding detection technology. some are working better than others. when we are trying to figure out is -- do we ecclude the scooter operators that have not stepped up their development? or do we push all of them toward the best possible technology? we are in many ways the global leaderos this topic and pushing the industry.

sometimes that takes time and that's where the judgment come in and the direction we got from the board was to speed that up. that's when we are doing now. >> in the normal course you are seeking changes in the contract and the new contract next year and would those changes normally be coming to the board for approval. >> yes. i think we will take the changes to the board. because they raise important policy questions. >> yea. i think it has been since we approved the making them permanent we had a board discussion. i agree with that. >> it is absolutely time to have a large are policy question what is the role of scoot and how hard should we push what out come and how do we bake nain the contract. >> the second one can be quick. i would raise it under your on going activities. bullet point. and i don't want to stray far

but we got a few letter in our packet this week from folks asking to restore express bus service to downtown. i can imagine there is a chicken in the egg going on there. if we put more service in am we drive more demand. now we don't have it it does not look sensible to dot service. can you share at least, of whether you are thinking about that and how we will balance that question? >> yes. this has been a major topic that we are having with all of the departments that are leading the of effort around economic recovery for the core. so -- as you know ridership in san francisco is different now than 3 years ago. we make higher about every quarter we do a round of service enhancement or restoration and

following the data on changing ridership behavior. lines like the 22 fillmore and 49 vanness higher than precovid. but station boardings at montgomery and embarcadero are 60% lower than precovid. the downtown, we are staying ahead of the ridership demand. we know that downtown will not become reinhabited if transit is not there. we can't get far ahead of downtown's refer that will mean creating conscience on our neighborhood lines and leaving people to the curve. those are what we are balancing. we are trying to get creative. got a good partnership with golden gate transit making improve ams on the transit service that runs on lombard and

van ness and mission to downtown san francisco that is substitute for the 30x and 41. and analysis shows that we made such dramatic improve ams in speed and reliability since covid our rapid lines are operating about the same travel time as the expresses used to. we are hearing from some there will be a need for something. what we are trying to do is figure out in our next round of service enhancement what degree do we allocate the operators to deal with crush loaded conditions on the 48 and 49 and 43 associated with the school community versus capacity and speed to downtown commuters that is a hard trade off. why have you established a

performance indicator that once reached, you can start layer nothing more service? where yes. when motive that be. jot same performance indicators we have been using all along. associated with what are the ridership patterns and where do we need resources to deal with severe over crowding. now all of the severe over crowding is associated with the school community and not the downtown commute. by the same toek ebb we want to make sure well is a reasonable travel time from all corners of san francisco to the downtown. reasons why we did restore the 8 expresses. which you know, travel from viz valley and bayview to china town rather than the downtown. again the neighborhood to neighborhood ridership is effectively back at precovid levels the downtown is low are

than other trip pattern. >> do you think you can, look i don't want to minimize how difficult it is to start service and stop service and so on but do you think it would make sense to do a pilot with express service, low it out there and see how many takers we might have yoochl that is one thing we are considering. and we'll get in the details what we need to do stop reroekz in the downtown to make those experimentses work. that is those other things that we are talking to the downtown economic recovery task force. if is a powerful tool we have and you know we gota get it back in the fight. thank you. >> thank you. director hinze. >> all right. thank you madam chair. i think, too, againil follow up

on some of director heminger's questioning around the scooters. i will have a meeting with director [inaudible] next week [inaudible]. i understand that we are sort of [inaudible] the various beginning next month. so after that sort of phase to enforce, are we thinking of trying to step up this sidewalk protection technology before? i know it is not listed in the requirements so much [inaudible] but are we looking to step that up before the next permit? i know we are working with the

scooter permittees now on it. i wanted it see if there was a time line? for stepping that up and >> the questions on the table now is should we and how quickly should we ramp up the incentives and disincentives for useful sidewalk riding detection technology. should we reward the best performers and punish the worst? you know over the next sick months and in addition how strict should the requirements be in the new contract that will start the third quarter of 2023. and our challenge is we want to push the industry harder than anyone else in the world. but not so hard that we push out

players from san francisco. since we do know having multiple operators here in the city's interest and incentivize more prap rapid changes for the public good. >> i see the complaints that the scooter companies have saturday [inaudible] making difficult for them to deploy this technology. would one of these scooteders get stolen. what is our action what is do we do or resource do we have. at taste taste we don't have authority over theft. and this is part of the challenge is that the best technologies that help the scooter perform the best are

all expensive and increased the cost of the operators in the event of theft or other loss. >> yea. for vision zero hay use on the tracker i appreciate staff is got that up or is going to get [inaudible] upon given short time that -- allows with the resolution and the [inaudible] congratulations on that. i was wondering if you could go in more detail about what will be tracked in this 14 day the upon difference in the tracking it does now i know there is an

interactive existing now. what will be different about that tracker that will -- we [inaudible] >>il invite tom goir to peek to that question. >> good afternoon directors. director hinze the tracker that we are talking about will have more details about specific circumstances of each crash now public health partner on a table that will tell you how many people died walking or driving. what the tracker we will talking about shares as much as we are comfortable from a legal and police investigation point of view making public as possible. many of the things that director tumlin share in the his report will be in the tracker. as well as additional information as well for folk who isment deeper in what happened. the purpose is novelty just to

provide statistics but as much transparency to affected communities as possible. >> thank you. why we appreciate that and i'm looking forward to our first deep dive hearing at the next meeting? congratulations central subway gets closer? and director tumlin i appreciated your halloween costume. >> thank you director hinze for those of who you did not see me a came as the central subway for my halloween costume after my van ness bus way of last year this is the time to celebrate public transportation but also honored shadow. director yekutiel. >> thank you very much. my colleagues talked about the

scooters i will echo my interest in excitement in getting a by the at the apple at looking at the program. from my experience ecstasy and municipalities have ability to control where scooters go. i were trying to take one through hyde park and not allowed and parts of teleaviv i feel less bad some can't get it done we should come up with rules. if they cannot figure it out then they should figure it out. are we talking about riding on the sidewalks or parking on sidewalk sns >> the case of the embarcadero the rules apply to parking. butt primary safety concern is riding. >> okay. and i have 2 a couple things that are follow ups one is director heminger mentioned the last report to see if there was a way if this board could take a

look at shortning the time frame for repainting the bus lanes and the 500 hours for public input for bulb outs. in the last 2 week i thought about the comments and agree that our agency should not be spending unmess amounts of time on things that are not mission critical given how tight our funding is. we love for i don't know if directored by us or you that is alost directors. but i don't think hee we should spends 500 on a bulb out and should not take 7 years it paint bus stops i'm interested in ways to cut throughout red tape. there were article about thes better market street project. dismaying reports we lose the 15 upon million dollars? and don't have the money to dot tr