i live near page and octavia. every morning, when i walk my dog in the morning, about 8:30 in morning, i see the traffic backed up on page street. i see buses full of people writing that are waiting in line for minutes every single day. this is an improvement that is a long time coming. it was called for in the market octavia plan. it has been studied by the mta. i think it is a really good solution. i applaud staff for taking into consideration a lot of the neighbors' concerns, and i think the current plan addresses a lot of those concerns very creatively. i think it is time to move forward with the spirit the 20,000 passengers that ride this line every day are really waiting for some help. i appreciate your concern, and i hope that you support this. thank you. >> director, you want to talk about this? >> yes, let me just say that i appreciate all the commons. i want to just make sure that the board understands there has been quite a bit of public process, quite a bit of planning and analysis with regard to trans

our primary concern has to do with the safety at octavia and haight street. we think the impact at both in the sections will decrease safety. we think it is going to increase congestion at both intersections. we are also concerned about the loss of parking. we think that is going to adversely affect our neighbors across the street, and we are deeply concerned for them. we are not opposed to change. we just think the plan is still- conceived and has been from the beginning. we would like to see it continue at the best at this point and have more things looked at. the intersection at golf and haight it will be negatively impacted. -- and market will be negatively impacted. >> good afternoon. i am a resident in the first block of haight. i would like to state again my opposition to this plan. i live with my family, but i was raised in the house and our families are the property there for almost 60 years. to funnel more traffic and commuters and chaos into the immediate area is a dangerous prospect for anyone. our streets are dangerous. octavia boulevard, market

if you didn't know, it's a garden on lily and octavia, which is right off near page and oak. and everyone is invited to come by and check it out. it's a great garden. it's just a place for homeless people and recently housed people and just all types of people, any people, people in the community, citizens of the city to just come by and enjoy a time in nature and just be at peace and also learn job skills and, yeah, it's been a great experience for me. i just appreciate it a lot. so everything in this basket was grown in our garden and we have some mental health herbs and plants that are good for making teas. people say tomatoes don't really grew in the city but we grew some. if you want to learn about those plants that are in there, just come by to the garden octavia and lily. thank you very much. appreciate it. [applause] >> thank you. >> so thank you to barbara and all of the other founders that we get to celebrate today and we look forward to our 50th event. and 60th and 70th because as mayor lee said, this is a pioneer project. which what makes it pioneer isn't the city

limited corner use, which is actually in the provision in the code that was adopted free- market octavia rezoning effort. currently, limited corner commercial usages are limited to 1200 square feet, and it would increase it to 2500 square feet and would allow them within 100 of the quarter rather than just 50 feet. -- 100 feet of the corner. the proposed legislation also reduces variances and increases code compliance. it also increases as a right parking in the c-3. the idea is, if that is what we are granting them, we might as well just made that the code requirement, but we can also give a takeaway if someone were to succeed that one to to, rather than just a simple 39 procedure on the conditional use, and that threshold is a little bit higher -- rather than just a simple 309 procedure. in addition, the legislation has certain exemptions to allow automotive service stations along primary transit streets or citywide pedestrian networks to be exempt from the conversion process, so right now, you have to show that the gas station is not viable, or it needs a conditional use to be removed

and the no. 1 most dangerous intersection in the entire bay area market street at octavia.o the san francisco bike coalition. intersection have been in their cross hairs for years. >> we are really encouraging the city to focus on those trouble areas. if where you really need to be careful. >>reporter: look at this individual from the bike coalition showing notoriously tempting illegal writ turn from north bond market through the bike lane on to the freeway. and the driver even comes back to check the sign. it was illegal. fortunately the cyclist wasn't injured. >> safety has grown. now it's not enough. >> what we did to address that situation is to put in this island to make that illegal rate turn more difficult. you can see some of the sign we put in since then. no right turn sign. >> but analysis shows market and octavia the accident numbers still going up. >> we are working with the police department. to enforce the recalls for people who ride bikes because there are cases where people who ride bikes are in the being safe. >>reporter: that's another thing we researched.

just this morning, i was told december 1, it was a long way to market street. 1844 market street and octavia. that is where the crane has been sitting there forever. that is another one going, 132 units. things are starting to perk up for the city. with that, i thank you. i thank you for your support and for your heavy and friendly discussions we have had on all these projects. thank you. have a good day. commissioner miguel: thank you. >> yes, just to follow up on this. i think also, 14th near the armory, there are two projects going up at this very moment. i think we had a hand in approving this commission. commissioner miguel: is there anyone else who wishes to speak during general public, on non- agenda items? if not, regular public comment is closed. >> the commission is opening another public comment category on items that have been heard prior by the commission, and the public hearing has been close. for this calendar, the two items on a calendar that will fall under this category would be items 10, which would be the certification of the final environmental impact report for 151 to r

limited corner use, which is actually in the provision in the code that was adopted free- market octavia rezoning effort. currently, limited corner commercial usages are limited to 1200 square feet, and it would increase it to 2500 square feet and would allow them within 100 of the quarter rather than just 50 feet. -- 100 feet of the corner. the proposed legislation also reduces variances and increases code compliance. it also increasesa

earlier in the days here last night, we give out 400 or 500 lights for free at the corner of market and octavia. we will hold six more sessions like that in the next two weeks. this is again giving out free front and back lights for people writing about them, which is unsafe and illegal. we want to make sure people are well lit, visible, and riding safely. and one of the most important things we are working on with the city is how to build the city out in a safer way. briefly, our vision of 100 miles across town bikeways that are safe, comfortable, and inviting for the growing number of people riding, and it helps the city its goal. a mayor and board of supervisors have set a goal of 20% of trips by bicycle by the year 2020. at our last count about terribly ill years ago, we were at 7%. we set an ambitious goal of 20% of trips by bike, so we do need to be preparing and making sure our roads are ready. part of our vision is connecting the city. that means literally connecting neighborhoods, a regional transit, business corridors, and our threat in waterfront, of course, with safe, comfortable, i

project is in its planning phase right now, and it will be implemented from the ferry building two octaviaoulevard in 2015. and the street is -- when the street is

project is in its planning phase right now, and it will be implemented from the ferry building two octaviaoulevard in 2015. and the street is -- when the street is repaid. public safety enhancements along market street. in 2012, the midmarket bus station will be open on sixth street. we're also going to partner with the community benefit district to expand coverage of the safety ambassadors, in addition to policing the area. in fact, the safety ambassadors, we plan to hire people from the community to be an additional eyes and ears. because as you know, when you talk to these young technology entrepreneurs and their employees, they're not looking at the st. half the time. they're on their side -- they're not looking at the street have the time. they're on their ipad or phones. but they also want to be safe. cultivation of art and culture in the area through recruitment and galleries and theaters, as well as restaurants and nightclubs. they draw visitors to the area. you are seeing that happen already. that is an exciting part of our midmarket. we have seen a positive effect on the successe

we have plans that we have completed for the four neighborhoods, the eastern neighborhoods, market octavia, balboa park, visitation valley, and other areas representing almost 7000 units, and we have no plans under way for other areas that will complete that cycle. -- we have new plans under way. sentences could pose a growth will happen on about 15% of the land area of the city. that 15% is actually where we have concentrated our planning efforts over the past decade. i can sit here and promise you all that, having these plans approved means that the land use wars and fights in the planning commission will go away, and we all know that that will happen, of course, in the coming year. this will not and land-use lawyers. this will not in fights. it will not and appeals. but it does give us a level of certainty about where we're headed but at the community level and at the city level, and i think we should be proud of that. i would like to spend a little bit of time talking about the transit center plan, partly because i think it is an incredibly exciting project and partly because we are ab

this is backed up all the way to octavia street.ffic is stopped and go from all the way back to the macarthur meamaze from the toll plaza with a 25-30 minutes reported from the macarthur race to get to downtown sid francisco. your alternate would be the san francisco bridge which would be a great alternative and saving you time a. that is not our only hot spot. let us continue to track the 680 through walnut creek through danville. the northbound is still backed up almost to dublin on the 680 northbound. there is unfortunately, no bid alternate route adding at least 20 minutes to your commute time. >> also these continuing marin county delays in windsor oneself pound that is shut down 101 south bound with emergency closures. and marin county. this is likely to remain closed until early this afternoon. ongoing delays persisting. >>mark: we follow the latest of relevance out of oakland with 50 arrests from late last night. a small group broke away from the protesters and occupied in building at 16th street. the police moved in a aroun

two and number one most dangerous intersection in the bay area market street at octavia. this is no surprise at san francisco bike coalition. these have been in cross hairs for years. >> we're encouraging the city to focus on troubled areas. we need to be careful. >> look at this video showing the tempting illegal right turn through the bike lane and on to the freeway. the driver coming back to check the sign. >> yes. it was illegal. and the cyclist wasn't injured. >> it's not been enough. >> what we did is to put in this island to make that turn more difficult. you can see some of the signage we've put in since then. >> our analysis shows that the accident numbers are still going up. >> we're working with the police department to enforce the rules for people who ride bikes. there are cases people are not being safe. >> that is another thing we researched. this is about 50-50. they're getting hurt in nine out of 10 accidents. here are the reasons. time after time after time. we saw bikes running stop signs and lights z cruising along. no helmet we'ving in and out of cars.

traffic is backed up into the western addition and toward the octavia expressway. it runs the risk of slowing traffic of of the upper deck of the bay bridge. there is no indication of how soon this will be cleared. >>darya: a developing story out of the east bay, occupy oakland protesters are going to launch a general strike this morning and about an hour. will tran and is live at 14th and broadway. >>will: the first march is planned at 9:00 a.m.. another is planned for did. the last one will begin at 5:00 p.m. in downtown oakland. they will march to the port to try to shut down the fifth busiest port in all america. they expect 5000 people to participate. school teachers, students, they are expecting thousands. the state is getting set for speeches to begin at 8:30 a.m.. for those who are going to work, they are getting greeted by it protesters like roy. >> we are trying to gauge the public and encouraging them to participate, whether that is participating in the general strike were come out to any of the activities. well >> any animosity for people showing up to