geary is at the top of the list. it's something i have been following for a while and interested in and has the opportunity to improve the life for san franciscans and bikers and muni riders and others as well and with that i would be a great member of the geary corridor bus rapid transit citizens advisory committee and thank you for your time. >> thank you. what do you see as the main challenges and bringing bus transit to geary? >> one of the main challenges is awareness for business owners and residents along there. the friends i know and work with who are attuned to a lot of stuff that happens in the city and read blogs and newspapers aren't always aware what is happening on geary. furthermore i have been to public meetings and local business owners are really concerned about the impact it's going to have on their constituents and users and i think i can make a good bridge and explain how it's potentially to their benefit and there are a number of intersections that have challenges and fill more and geary and oth

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go on to the next item. >> item five is appoint of one member to the geary corridor bus rapid transit. this is an action item. >> good morning. i am with the authority. the authority is meeting the geary corridor bus rapid transit and improve travel times and reliability and transit access on one of the buzziest corridors in san francisco. it's in the planning phase and looking at alternatives for the project. the draft environmental document is expected in 2013. the project has a dedicated citizen advisory committee and give advice on project issues. this committee meets quarterly, has 11 members with seats for representation of key neighborhoods along the corridor as well as at large representation. currently we have one vacancy on the committee. we would like to fill that shortly. we have given notice in the quarter about the vacancy in september and october and including notices on buss and bus stops and translated languages and into english, spanish and chinese as well as annoucements on the project website, and email distribution to our email distribution list, and finally we ha

it's outdoor and street level at the street level entrance on jones, but above street level on geary. the worker at jones uses -- no. 3 [#3*-/] a worker uses the white zone as a personal parking space. there say white loading and unloading zone and there is an employee there who park his toyota land cruiser in the white loading zone for hours at eight time, but there is no loading and unloading bean done with that vehicle. no. 4, jones needs to provide safety for patrons leaving their establishment. like i previously mentioned they are so drunk they pass out on the sidewalk and their interest friends are so drunk to call for an ambulance. nobody is helping. thank you. >> thank you. any other public comment? >> yes. hi. my name is [kao-erpblgs/] keith, a resident at 691 post. i just want to touch on the main points of this argument. he has made a point he was not aware of the amended motion of 17565, even though the planning commission has stated that the meeting minutes were available at the time he did review on the website:vice president fung, you asked limb directly if he did go to

good morning members and court ree geary and this is on page 17 of the packet and has 11 member advisory committee and each serves a year term and the programs and plans committee and recommends and appoints members. neither staff or the citizens advisory committee make recommendations on appointment. on page 20 you can see a list of folks that submitted applications for appointment to the citizens advisory committee. on page 19 you see information with the current members. to qualify for appointment of the citizens advisory committee you have to be a san francisco resident and appear at least once to give your qualifications. we have three vacancies and carmen wu and fran martin and glen davis, the assistant advisory chair that spoke before you. both have indicated their interest in being reappointed and we understand the chair campos does support mr. davis' reappointment. >> okay. thank you very much. commissioner. >> thank you very much. i would like actually request that we continue this item. i would like to continue vetting my district 10 appointee. >> okay. let's have the folks he

at 941 geary go to 941geary.com it is called " reflected ". and thank you, so much.d >> this silver linings playbook about this recent movie. this movie is going to be up for an oscar. and he is determined to reap told his life it is a quirky, adult matter with david russll direct the love, pain, mental elman's. bradley cooper is excellent and anchors the story jennifer lawrence--laurence feisty paying at like a volcano ready to abrupt. robert deniro as perfect as a gentle father we can love. unusual and a reminder of how could he still is. there is a letting go of coopers and on the staff feels off but the rest of the movie is well worth seeing, three cats. >> thank you again, 941 geary and apexs'work. >> let us get a check of the weather. we can still see very heavy overcast conditions through walnut creek. this is the improvement. >> correct, the san mateo bridge with wet roadways and the windshield wipers. and we could even see the possibility of thunderstorms. and we could catch a little bit of the dry break. we will be sitting in between two different systems t

we're in the process of purchasing the existing lounge, lot 46, and lot 46 is located at 46 gaer -- geary street, a block and a half from union square, the venue has been in existence since 2009 and since then, they've been operating it with a basement space of about 4500 square foot which consisted of two dance floors and a third floor which is about a thousand square feet which had a third dance floor, so two floors and three dance floors. musically, their format has been predominantly hip hop and top 40, once we take possession of the space, our plan is to close down for a period of likely a couple of months and what we plan to do is we do not plan to take over the third floor at all, that's going to be leased out to a clothing tailor, we're going to limit our operation tos the basement level with one dance floor, we're taking a space from two floors, three dance floors to one floor which is the basement with one dance floor. so, we're decreasing the size of the space, therefore, we're decreasing the occupancy load by about 50 patrons. we'll also musically, we'll be playing predominant

instead of building tunnels to no where and billions of dollars and tunnel down 19th avenue and geary and provide real transportation and get people where they need to go. >> mr. garcia. >> there was a comedian on johnny carson and she said the people go to school and said watch the lights and it's the cars. the lights didn't kill anybody and i watch horrified and the kids are texting and otherwise not paying attention and they walk into the street because they have the right-of-way. we have to educate them. it's difficult and when you go left or right and the time is up and your time to turn is up so we have that problem. on slope it's terrible watching the kids trying to cross the street and it's a dangerous street and narrowed it and we need to do more and the lighted cross walks and someone is in the cross walk and if you're in the right lane you see them stop and not sure why. >> all right. next question. on the subject of transportation. two part question. how would improve muni's on time performance and support students. >> yeah. i am one of the few muni riders regularly and mu

it will be reopened from market to geary, especially during the holidays the best way to access union square, downtown shopping district is by muni, bart, ferries; the best places to catch a cab, or park -- i am missing some of the text here -- we want people to come to the areas where all the holiday shopping happens. we want people to use transit, take taxis, ride bikes. we will resume construction on stockton after the first of the year. for those who have to drive we want folks to use sf park garages, rates are competitive the parking these garages as opposed to being out in the street blocking taxis, muni, while looking for a parking space. we want to encourage everybody on muni - and really everybody out in the public right-of-way to be aware of your surroundings, to be conscious of what is happening around you. we still have a fairly high degree of pickpocketing, and that sort of activity happening on muni, particularly in tourist heavy areas. people should be mindful and a distracted by portable devices. we want everyone to be safe and want the cities businesses to thrive. chu

it will be reopened from market to geary, especially during the holidays the best way to access unionre, downtown shopping district is by muni, bart, ferries; the best places to catch a cab, or park -- i am missing some of the text here -- we want people to come to the

inside a house at 47th avenue and geary street. the flames sent up a big plume of black smoke.ortunately no one was hurt. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> a group of fishermen helped rescue three people after their boat you're turned on half moon bay. it happened a half mile offshore near pillar point. three fishermen rescued two people from the water. they harbor mast 'er was able to reach a third person. all three suffered from exposure but injuries are not serious. >> the battle to bring the warriors to san francisco is expected to get new reinforcements tomorrow. restaurant and hotel workers are expected to join building trade unions in support of the proposed arena. it includes a new hotel built across from the irene new hampshire last week the budget committee voted the $1 billion project was financially feasible. the resolution is set to come before the full board tuesday. >>> in some cities people are already camping out for black friday deals but are they wasting their home. why the thanksgiving sales may not be such a beg deal after all. >> the

one housekeeping issue, 12-041, this is regarding a letter of determination, having to do 651 to 655 geary street, and we need to vote to move it. is that a motion? commissioner lazarus. thank you. any public comment on this item? seeing none. please call the roll. >> on that motion from commissioner lazarus to reschedule item five, 12-041 to january 9, 2013. on that motion. >> fung. >> aye. >> thomas. >> aye. >> thank you, the vote is 3-0, that is rescheduled to january 9. >> thank you, moving to item of public comment, anyone wishing to speak on something that is not on tonight's agenda. mr. sanchez. >> thank you, scott sanchez planning department. we would like note that mrs. avery's last day, and has been with the planning commission for 22 years. when commissioner fung was on the planning commission in the 90's. he must remember her well. and for the last years she's served as the executive secretary, and been doing double duty in the last years. we will miss her greatly, she's been a calming presence on the planning commission. and we wish her the best and taking over for her in the

investigation into an officer related shooting -- andñ yes i rose up here -- i don't think it's in geary's candid, honest, and forthright. that offiòñ?ñ?ñr got -- hey, the master key let the guy in, didn't knock. come on, i live in a sro on 6th street. so what. i don't have the same right as thomas, wherever he lives. i don't think thomas would like someone walk into his house, use correct. i'm sure the guy reacted wrong. but on the other hand the officer had not, san francisco police, things might have turned out different, may have turned out different, we don't know. but thank you for your great work, ms. hicks. i want to complement a new york cop. i got an e-mail a couple of days ago. this officer was off duty with his girlfriend. he sees a man get robbed. he steps out, pulls his badge out, hey, i'm new york police, i'm new york police. the kid shot the cop, shot him right in the chest. he runs back to the$qñ?ñ? car, s bleeding. he gets in the car withq his girlfriend, on the way to the hospital, he recognizes the perk, theñ?ñ? car. hand on his chest, he jumpsmtu/s out -- got in the pr

. >> appoint winston parsons to the geary corridor bus rapid transit citizens advisory committee. this is an action item. >> this is an item that came before the plans and programs committee. unless there are any comments or questions, why don't we open it up to public comment. any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, unless there's any objection, can we take this same house same call? same house, same call. and we want to thank winston parsons for his service to the city and county of san francisco. can you please call item 7. >> item number 7, allocate $3 million in proposition k funds, with conditions, to the peninsula corridor joint powers board for implementation of the communications-based overlay signal system project, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedule; amend the strategic plan; and commit to allocate $6,390,000 in fiscal year 2013/14 and $6,470,000 in fiscal year 2014/15 prop k funds to the cboss project. this is an action item. >> this is again another item that came

as such the roof of the building at 560 geary street is an extension. accordingly the existing bar and restaurant use at the basement of 620 jones street is a permitted use and extension to our patio is also a principally permitted use because the only matter of accessing the patio is through the basement of the building at 620 jones. therefore, no condition use permit is required. this argument aside, we relied on the conditional use permit that was publicly available on the website of the planning department as further assurance that our business complied with all applicable regulatory commitments and specifically in making investments at 620 jones we relied on information provided bit planning department on its official website. specifically the planning department website contained a conditional use permit on may 13, 2008 at the request of a group which undertook to develop the property prior to us. the conditional use permit provided on the planning department's website set forth seven conditions. none of which limits the establishment hours of ope