i'm the deputy director for planning at the sfmta. i would like to add to the voices of support for sponsoring this amendment. thank you to supervisor kim for sponsoring it and to all of you for working on it. eliminating offstreet parking requirements is kind of a no-brainer. our interest and it comes from our role as the congestion management agency. and we strongly support it. particularly for that congestion management reason. eliminating the parking minimums will help us manage congestion better and further our transit first policies because we already know that providing parking, a several of your previous speakers have mentioned has historically been one of the biggest drivers of demands for private vehicle trips and thus of congestion in san francisco and in other cities around the country. changing that requirement is one of the most important things that cities can do. it will also help us by doing -- having those same impacts to reach our climate change and vision zero goals. because having fewer of those spaces will lead to

we are here to laud the process the sfmta engaged with the community. we saw strong outreach, collaborative decision making. the city was able to bring city residents, youth, neighborhoods to the table to partner for a proposal on a safer taylor street. we can attest the planners made substantial changes to the project in order to respond to community feedback while preserving core project goals. we are pleased with the results. the tenderloin community benefit district feels the proposed safer taylor street will add sidewalk space for pedestrians, slow vehicles, protect people crossing streets while preserving access to our businesses and adjacent neighborhoods. it balances the need for a neighborhood street for need for people and goods while bringing laser focus and no compromise on safety. in addition we ask the board to prioritize all of the tenderloin for immediate safety improve ms. if we could make slow, we could safe lives while sfmta work together to make permanent long-term investments [chime] >> chair c. brinkman: thank you mr. bertrang. >>

that is one of the biggest criticisms would get about the sfmta when decisions are made. the planning department, i think does a better job. i think for there to be a larger conversation about this, we shouldn't shy away from it. this is as easy as a no-brainer and we should have that conversation in the community and get feedback and have people understand. the worst thing i would want people to do is to say that this was decided and rushed and it was expedited and there wasn't input and there wasn't a full vetting. there is a whole host of neighborhood organizations that we have that we can access and have conversations with that will allow for input. at the end of the date we end on the same results. great. but at least we have had that opportunity to have a full vetting with the community it citywide. i don't think that this is a conversation that should be rushed. >> thank you. i think we were just discussing perhaps reaching out to the planning staff in terms of some of the community groups that we would love for you to have a discussion with. may be understanding wh

i'm monique webster and i am with the sfmta. i am the senior manager of capital finance. we also have a number of program managers throughout the divisions that manage the programs that are under this bond and -- let's see. we have a thin bench today because of the holiday, but i can try to answer any questions that you have on the projects themselves. as background, the bond was approved by the voters in 2014 and provides $500 million towards investing in transit reliability and safer streets. so far, a little bit under half of the bond funds have been issued and the first issuance was in 2015 followed by a much lighter bond issuance earlier this year for $173 million. there is also a supplemental appropriation that was done last year which redirected a little bit of the portion of the funding from the first issuance to other projects that were -- we had to move money away from spot just projects that were spending slower than anticipated and were moved to use faster moving that had been anticipating funds from the second issuance. these next two slides show all of the p

when the sfmta implemented changes this month we should have put people first. they replaced th the -- parking lane. in fact, most of the parking spots are in front of parking lots. we have a great example what a people first embarcadero can look like with the recent protected bike lane at washington. i ask for your help to make this a reality for the rest of the corridor. thank you for your time today. >> any other public comment? public comment is closed. commissioner gilman. >> thank you for this. i wanted to echo the public comment we heard today. i had the opportunity to walk from day to mission twice today all on the dare. i hope for part of the plan besides near term solutions and expediting bicycle safety. i do think we need more signage, particularly four tourists with the avalanche of scooters and electric by successes in the bike lanes. it was hard for those to move around for those walking or taking photos today. for the places on the port will is more signage telling people how to use it. if we make these improvements that might be more successful. i

he's been with the sfmta for four years. and he has left us as the local government affairs manager. he was liaison between us and the city. dylan has been fielding constituent issues. emailing us follow-ups and checking in via text message for any issues he's been invaluable to each and every one of us on the board. and, dylan, we are sad to see you go. you have big shoes to fill for the next permanent person to take on that position. he is going to comcast. he will be advocating and connecting communities. we're very happy to have a familiar face managing the relationships with comcast. dylan, i want to give you an opportunity to say a few remarks. thank you. >> thank you. president cohen, members of the board, madam clerk, colleagues and friends, thank you for this great honor and for the opportunity to speak. i'm so touched by your words and they mean so much to me. thinking back starting on broadband adoption, and heading up, there is nothing like the city's dynamic legislature. the city and this time and no one like you

i will talk about that in a second but the sfmta board approved projects on sixth street, taylor streeterm parking protected bike facility, pedestrian safety improvements and a new cycling facility at the maze connecting some of our neighborhoods to the farmers market. coming to our board, november 6 th is a long-awaited project on townsend street as well as valencia street in december and forthcoming our projects to improve safety on powell and brandon street. we will be starting construction soon on 19th avenue and valencia. i really enjoyed this picture of valencia. i asked myself if i could return us to that traffic control device and would not be the design we would implement? i would go with that in the train tracks. on our safe people side, there is a huge amount of work from our team. this is our kill with kindness campaign that we are doing around two of -- i'm hopeful that the a.v. works on this one. if it doesn't, i assure you we are doing good work here. there is no sound. ok. thank you. so this is a campaign rolling out to share key information about our safety campaign. as

we will also adjourn in honor of milton james, 38-year team member of the sfmta and 31-year safe operator. our thoughts are with the family and loved ones and we remember their dedicated service. i want to welcome amanda eakin who comes with a fantastic background. in this time of increased urgency around responding to climate change we are lucky to have director eakin join the board, welcome. i want to thank mayor breed and the board of supervisors. director eakin would you like to say a few words? sorry, i didn't warn you i was going to do that. >> commissioner a. eaken: happy to. thank you all, it's wonderful to join such a board of directors and a real pleasure to have an opportunity to dive into the key issues facing san francisco, the city i live, where i have lived almost two decades and to bring knowledge and expertise that i've learned and to offer that back to the city. >> chair c. brinkman: thank you, and welcome. i want to also announce we are going to rejigger the agenda a little bit. we have a full agenda. we have a lot of people here interested in the items. we have an over

i may say --dash i may send a letter to the sfmta. the other one was i met with the h.p.c.vice president hyland and i know we got a whole docket of things need to talk about. housing being the biggest priority. but we put together a draft dose a list of items he wanted to talk about when we have our joint h.p.c. planning commission and i will send it to the secretary secretary to circulate for a comment. >> okay. we can move on. >> very good. department mattress. item ten is director's announcements. >> commissioners, good afternoon i am filling in for director ram who is overseas at the moment. the only brief item for your acknowledgement today is to call out the commission secretary and wish him a very happy birthday. [cheering] >> happy birthday! [applause] [laughter] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. [laughter] >> now you know while i'll be leaving early today. [laughter] >> item 11 his review of past events of the board of supervisors, court of appeals, and historic preservation commission. >> good afternoon, commissioners i have two weeks worth of reports for you. a

the supply of cabs. these are numbers from sfmta. you would be dropping it 60%. his would have a dramatic effect on transportation in san francisco. staff's exploring of the recommendations with the industry consisted of them telling us what they were and then listening to feedback but not taking into account any of that feedback. my investment in this industry required a lot of capital. i made it because i firmly believe that the industry can become healthy again and driving a taxi cab can be a viable occupation. we're incest vesting in new -- investing in new technology and initiatives that will improve the quality of the service we'll provide the city of san francisco in homes that we can bring customers back to taxi cabs. that is the only solution we have here. medallions i don't believe are going to be worth $250,000. we have to bring customers back to san francisco and that's what staff should work with us to do. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. hello. i own medallion 387. it's a pre-k. been driving 49 years. what you're trying to do is take my

it's unfair of the sfmta to shut down streets with no alternative and please don't do this and every time you shut down streets where vehicle dwellers park it escalates the problem to those who have no city sanctioned exit from homelessness. and the streets stress and sleep deprivation escalates with every street you shut down. it does matter that i am not making a mess or discarding debris, and not doing drugs and not leaving dirty needles everywhere, this punishes me as if i am doing those things and my mere existence is breaking the law and those signs will be telling me i don't have the right to exist. it is my responsibility, i'm not the cause of my homelessness. again, since 2009, i am asking the board of directors to please for a safe place to park because without your help and support i can't overcome my circumstances and thus i am a scapegoat of societial hip cock ra se hypocrm stripped by resources to do so so thank you so much for your time. >> thank you, melody. next speaker, please. >> flow kelly. >> she passed. >> madam chair that's the last person who turned in a speak