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it. >> vice chair eaken: great.t's been a really robust discussion. i want to thank my colleagues for all your diligence. i want to make a motion to approve with two conditions or two additional pieces of information. one is that the board would direct staff to use the quick-build project and process to iterate towards a goal of of 100% safe protected bike lane design. that's a very clear direction and guide from the board. the second will be that the board direct staff to use the quick-build implementation itself as an opportunity to continue and expand outreach to key stakeholders, particularly those vehicularly housed. >> second. >> second. >> chair borden: i like to add something to that. i know there's a new parking thing. i know we can't guarantee that people get located there. i imagine what the straight paving process. people will have to move temporarily during that process. there's some sort of movement that will have to happen. you assured us there are spots on the street there. part two of her motion, le
it. >> vice chair eaken: great.t's been a really robust discussion. i want to thank my colleagues for all your diligence. i want to make a motion to approve with two conditions or two additional pieces of information. one is that the board would direct staff to use the quick-build project and process to iterate towards a goal of of 100% safe protected bike lane design. that's a very clear direction and guide from the board. the second will be that the board direct staff to use the...
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. >> vice chair eaken: related to director hinze's question.s, ab43, there's some transit. i know we didn't get everything we wanted out of that bill. there was some negotiations and compromises to get that across the finish line. i'm curious as we dive into the details of implement takes, what are we learning about the limitations of that authorization? are those coming into crystal-clear focus in terms of if we had an ability this year to go back and revisit and improve that legislation and what might some of those recommendations be? >> director tumlin: that's an excellent question. it's part of the reason why the evaluation is so critically important. as most of you know, ab43 allows us to reduce speed limits predominantly in business activity districts where half of the frontage of the buildings is either dining or retail. it excludes -- it's basically san francisco neighborhood commercial districts. it excludes almost all of the rest of the city. it's very narrowly focused. we're hoping to be able to show both some benefit as well as abse
. >> vice chair eaken: related to director hinze's question.s, ab43, there's some transit. i know we didn't get everything we wanted out of that bill. there was some negotiations and compromises to get that across the finish line. i'm curious as we dive into the details of implement takes, what are we learning about the limitations of that authorization? are those coming into crystal-clear focus in terms of if we had an ability this year to go back and revisit and improve that legislation...
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. >> vice chair eaken: related to director hinze's question. i have two questions, ab43, there's some transit. i know we didn't get everything we wanted out of that bill. there was some negotiations and compromises to get that across the finish line. i'm curious as we dive into the details of implement takes, what are we learning about the limitations of that authorization? are those coming into crystal-clear focus in terms of if we had an ability this year to go back and revisit and improve that legislation and what might some of those recommendations be? >> director tumlin: that's an excellent question. it's part of the reason why the evaluation is so critically important. as most of you know, ab43 allows us to reduce speed limits predominantly in business activity districts where half of the frontage of the buildings is either dining or retail. it excludes -- it's basically san francisco neighborhood commercial districts. it excludes almost all of the rest of the city. it's very narrowly focused. we're hoping to be able to show both some ben
. >> vice chair eaken: related to director hinze's question. i have two questions, ab43, there's some transit. i know we didn't get everything we wanted out of that bill. there was some negotiations and compromises to get that across the finish line. i'm curious as we dive into the details of implement takes, what are we learning about the limitations of that authorization? are those coming into crystal-clear focus in terms of if we had an ability this year to go back and revisit and...
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. >> chair borden: director eaken? >> vice chair eaken: thank you so much. my first question is why are you still acting c.f.o.? you don't have to answer that? [ laughter ] first supportive of free muni for youth. i think that should be made permanent. lot of people think it's already permanent. let's just go ahead and make that permanent. i really like the creativity the pass and the goal is to get at the fact that 50% of the people paying one ride at a time are low income. we were advising how to take muni. my daughter says muni cost $3. if you look on the app, it's $2.50. why we giving discounts to those who may be have indicator of more income? this feels like the office of equity and practice. i do think that $22 million, this is significant enough amount of money that we might lose. i would want to apply that policy. are there certain subsets that might make a little more sense for who can't afford to pay while honoring those data showing us are lowest income and frees fares more surgically. my questions are, in terms of that cap where you just pay and
. >> chair borden: director eaken? >> vice chair eaken: thank you so much. my first question is why are you still acting c.f.o.? you don't have to answer that? [ laughter ] first supportive of free muni for youth. i think that should be made permanent. lot of people think it's already permanent. let's just go ahead and make that permanent. i really like the creativity the pass and the goal is to get at the fact that 50% of the people paying one ride at a time are low income. we were...
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. >> director eaken. >> i know we are putting a lot of time in this. it is $1 billion. it merits real diligence. i would love you to clarify something you said twice now. this project is net zero to the city. in context to the $30 million payment we are making every year for 30 years. >> what net zero means. we are not spending a dime of transportation dollars on the housing component of the project. i repeat. we are not spending transportation dollars. ability has to do with finassing of our infrastructure and percentage share of the shared infrastructure. it is self-financed. not a component of our viability there. >> it is $30 million a year for 30 years. that is $800 million or something which will probably get hyper. >> our availability payment has to do with transportation infrastructure. if you were to remove housing component we would pay the same thing through the same method. city is committing to the housing and lead developer will make their capital back from rends and housing components of the project. >> thank you. it is a lot of money to sign off on today
. >> director eaken. >> i know we are putting a lot of time in this. it is $1 billion. it merits real diligence. i would love you to clarify something you said twice now. this project is net zero to the city. in context to the $30 million payment we are making every year for 30 years. >> what net zero means. we are not spending a dime of transportation dollars on the housing component of the project. i repeat. we are not spending transportation dollars. ability has to do with...
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director eaken? >> vice chair eaken: thank you. i wanted to call out a muni operator that i thought really did outstanding service recently. her name is maya malone. she was just going up above and beyond to make sure that every single person riding the bus is wearing a mask properly. i'm frustrated when i see people not wearing a mask on the bus. this particular operator was not going to have it on her bus. he was so happy to see that kind of service from our operator. i wanted to recognize that. >> chair borden: thank you for that. any other comments by board members? i will acknowledge that i had the pleasure of participating into black history month with sfmta both virtual and in person last week over in our -- i want to thank the officer of racial equity and belonging for putting on those events. with that, i will open up to public comment. now is a time for members of the public who like to comment on new and unfinished business by board members. those will be the comments given gi director yekutiel, director eaken and myself
director eaken? >> vice chair eaken: thank you. i wanted to call out a muni operator that i thought really did outstanding service recently. her name is maya malone. she was just going up above and beyond to make sure that every single person riding the bus is wearing a mask properly. i'm frustrated when i see people not wearing a mask on the bus. this particular operator was not going to have it on her bus. he was so happy to see that kind of service from our operator. i wanted to...