the brt must come first we strongly urge you to have environmental impact report done thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names) good afternoon. >> good afternoon marching i'm here with the coalition of san francisco neighborhood and i represent a number of people that counter be here today, i'm going to hand in written - oh, sorry is that better sorry clearly no one is happy with the plan the bicyclists don't get enough lanes and cars to the park and not bother to pass this plan right now we no idea to have a cooling-off period for people to adjust to what exactly is going on we need to see what is the happening with van ness we really are messing with the traffic that is 101 traffic going north and south from bridge to bridge we built a huge bridge with billions of to bring thousands of people into the city in their vehicles it if makes sense to have parking or krooifg so it makes no sense to cut off the north south arteries i'm going to see the particular things that concern us are limiting the terms on van ness that puts more traffic into polk street this will i

can help. >> at this time any questions or comments seeing none, any other applicants for the geary brt cac seeing none all right. let's open this up to public comment any members of the public wish to comment okay seeing none, public comment is closed all right. colleagues do we have any recommendations i mean supervisor yee >> thank you chair katie tang it seems like i'm other than the rules committee you have again multiple candidates that are very qualified to be part of this cac by the way a katie used to run from chinatown to the castro area where in the morning on the we understand when i was a kid to get to my grocery store and generally i beat transportation again, i think people will qualify but the people that strikes me who angela has been known ton on the transportation committee a furious and that probably is the element that sets her apart from the other two candidates to you would be happy to recommend angela miller. >> thank you very much any other recommendations or comments from colleagues. >> commissioner christensen. >> i want to thank the explained has someone that

it will be the brt bus rapid transit project on dennis avenue, so just outside of city hall, from mission street all the way to bay street. and i wouldn't be surprised if this is certainly one of the first projects in the united states with mandatory local hire provisions on it. >> wow. >> precedent setting. i think since many of the local hire provisions throughout the united states have been modeled after san francisco, it really puts us in a leadership position around this. >> all part of obama's amworks program? >> i'm afraid to speculate but there's something going on. there's some consistency around the policies but it's really encouraging that san francisco has been in the leadership role around this. all the more important for us to ensure the continued success of this program. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and thank you for all your work. i actually have been very impressed with the level of work that, interacting with all the different agencies and players and the unions in this effort and it's been pretty great to see. >> well, we have really strong legislative tools that have

analysis there notice choice but for some of us looking at that i'll consider a an appeal in light of the brt line on van ness and we'll push into this particular series of alleys and streets a grateful of traffic again residential loading zones have not been inadequately addressed and . >> i'm concerned no stopping zone on trip street to broadway that is excessive let's put the bike lane going north into larkin street this will choke small businesses there and make that very, very difficult for those who does not walk to those places to be able to shop there my husband is sdablgd not 12k5ib8g9d enough to us a placards only a couple of blocks on his feet i drop him off if we cannot get there that i bulb transit and also the consolidating the bus stops makes that more necessary i find parking i'll circle the block and pick up him if you make is so there's no parking no stopping on polk street from turk centralizing street all the way to broadway this will impact the businesses terribly and impact those of us not fit enough to take a bicycle there it is a tremendous upheaval when the transporta

. >> i saw him at the town hall melting he said that he likes the brt and also said there has to be a way to make cars to have access to the freeways entrances and exits if you disturb that you're making gridlock everything else be careful what you ask for . >> >> thank you. next speaker please. >> and jerold hub berry the last time i'll read those two names (calling names). >> i'm going to read a few more names. >> good afternoon, sir. >> this is a much needed project polk is a major bicycle corridor and absolutely scary for people to ride on in the seriousness of vision zero this should be important lives and safety are more important than - most of people who spent their money get there without driving that will change even more in that direction if you make it is important practical and convenient i think whatever you do you're probably going to be stuck with it for decades and think about more and more people are moving here the density is increased there's not enough room for people to have tare own vehicle on the news something about younger people driving less and not wanting

the same safety for bicyclists we should extend the bicycle lanes people collapse about your venice brt more right turns that's more reason for needing the public safety and people are crying because will oh, my god the merchant won't have the parking thirty percent more riders on venice lines and more riders on stockton - the polk line and all the lines that cross polk have going to have more riders they'll keep their businesses boumz and that's fine this platoon is ready to go i understand you have to tie it together let's get on this it's fair for everybody main thing and the people talked about garages you canned take the time to explain it but there are paying 50 or $60,000 to pay the parking fee they're not ready it won't work i hope you don't think of that and i want to remind you and them when they do an eir the first thing they say parking is not an environmental review the only thing about the count needles for parking and saying parking is not an environmental issue your needs can change and live without the parking space and merchant will thrive because nor walkers and biker

more greater access to san franciscans if so on top of the transit projects including the van ness brt and the transbay center and the list goes on and on we've attracted incubators not only for technology but for manufacturing and biotechnology as well those phases allow a person with an idea to give it a try and provide them with a collaborative environment to test out their businesses business this helps to innovative san francisco in 2007 strategy emphasiss when it says we have expand academies in san francisco looking at mission bay we've succeeded a reach institution and startup that go to large companies and create the secretive environment we're working on this looking at hunters point we're focusing on continuing to drive development and driving the development of our talent as a anchor for commercial development with that i'm going to turn it over to talk about the industry how it performed based on those are actions. >> good afternoon ted where the controller's office as todd told we were asked to assist with this strategy update by focusing on an analyzed of how the city's

our brt, efforts continue on pace and you have it on your desks a progress report and van he is is moving along well and sfmta just opened up bids and they are evaluating the bids for the general contractor method that they are use to deliver the van ness project and on geary i have good and bad news, unfortunately, the review cycle has taken longer and they would like to have a couple of more rounds of review, and we are trying to work through the comments efficiently and with the hope that we will be able to accelerate the review cycle and we are looking to a delay to the summer and there after, and early next year, for the final document, the sfmta is coming in, so we can keep the designs moving forward, not just for the transit but also for the pedestrian and bicycle safety because geary is a high injury network, and they also will be coming in for design funds for the main project and the good news is that we move in parallel with the sfmta and even though the process is taking longer than we would hope, and we have worked through the comments and the speed back from the committee an

priorities there is on top of other projects including the electrician indication and that van ness and brt we can keep going the last action item in the technology innovation how san francisco has 2r0ishd so some novice companies first san francisco has been fortunate to attract impersonator and coworkers spaces for technology and measuring and bio techs those spaces allow a person with an idea to give it a try in a long lease and restraining order provides them with a collaborative environmentalist for the business to fail are the entrepreneurs or whatever for their next set up a large number of collaborative spaces has helped to engage and enable our growth as a business environment that is an educate active workforce and calls us to attract and research the academic institutions we don't have to look further think outside the box mission bay is a great place to enable startups to create businesses as we continue to grow san francisco's economy we remember the importance of our health department wiener at it again and with the research an anchor for commercial development so this is high

crowds gathered in mumbai in which the vehicles brt 1ed messages involving justice and safety for allen. >> the day has special significance in africa, in ghana, hundreds of women and young girls traveled to the capitol to work as porters. their experience is rarely what they expect. here is the story of one of these women in her own words. >> my name is latifa seidu. i am a tiau. in the morning, i head out to market. i walk looking for work carrying people's. >> the drivers get upset for the two years that have been here i have not been able to save any money because whatever i do involves money bathing, going to the toilet, drinking water, eating. everything. >> that's why i can't sing. yes go to school and neither did my older sister. my parents wanted siblings that come after me to go to school but there is no money for fee. >> that's why i am here. my parents are dependent on rain, which is a big problem because if the rains don't come you can't do it. as i sit here, it's my mother who is taking care of my three-year-old daughter. she is paying her fees feeding her, caring for al

recently worked with rose with regard to the rose parks tree, which is one of the trees along the van ness brt plan. and rose was looking forward and this is another thing that i think is very important. there is a possibility that that rosa parks tree that was dedicated by mayor newsom may have to be uprooted and be relocated. and she reached out on her community connections to try to find a possible location and hearing about it, i went to the principal of rosa parks elementary school and that set into motion a whole new set of wheels on sfusd, which can take a long time to navigate, and we have now reached a point where, should it become necessary for that rosa parks tree to be relocated, we have a point in the fillmore, with the principal's support and that's because of rose's hard work. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is paul weber, i am from telegraph hill and i am here in support of rose. i first met rose working on behalf of taylor hill dwellers on a number of projects on which rose was working either for her association or for the co

but it is brt, but at the same time, you have to be in a stable enough environment that once that project is done and that is concluded, you're able to operate and maintain that system. and we invest in the system over time. so it's really -- i think, to be competitive you need, to i think, demonstrate that you have a handle on that holistic view. and you that can convince us as the federal government, as a partner, that you're able to be in there for the long haul. >> would you like to add? >> i would just say that we are invested in trying to make these programs work. and so, being in touch with us on the front end, talking through a project, talking through a loan application, talking through the financial audit, all of that, we want to be able to loan this money out. and so we are not going to suggest you figure it all out on your own and then turn in a big package to us and we'll mark it up and say no thank you and send it back. you get in touch with us on the front end, and we can work with you and make sure the application is in great shape so we can move things along faster. >> th