. >> hi, everyone, talia lange, thanks for hanging in there and listening to me today. i'm here today to talk about the proposed changes between fifth and townsend streets in the core of central soma. the 5th street project is not a new effort. first came about as part of a 2000 the bike plan, designated a major bicycle route. it was halted down to the central subway construction and the temporary placement of 4th street transit lines to 5th street. the busses have been moved off 5th street, goals of the project include improve safety for all roadway users, address the future transportation demands of the neighborhood, to bridge a north/south gap in the bicycle network. 5th street is one of the last missing links and builds on the systematic process, of folsom, howard and other corridors. outreach has continued throughout the duration of the project since 2017. moved into design late 2018 through this summer and hope to start construction of the quick build or near term project this fall. the quick books go, in front of you today, generally include paint, vertical posts

i would like to acknowledge and thank you the sfmta and talia lange for mentioning the development coming to the area. i think it's an important aspect of the future of the street improvements and who will be using the streets. specifically, our firm has been proposing a development in this location since 2016. currently proposing plans for 130 apartments, small ground floor commercial street with 0 off street parking. our project received preliminary street design comments prepared as part of the project review. comments included a statement indicating that no on street loading would be available on either of the project street frontages. it includes some correspondence with talia and her team and i would like to make it known to the public records -- sorry, but basically she and her team have shown through this design that you can accommodate an on street loading zone on 5th street, the tune of 112 feet long. given our ability to add the on-street loading in this location, the sponsor is very supportive of the plans and feel it will go a long way to bolster pedestrian and cyclists safet