citizens and students and others who depend on muni everyday we're trying to make sure that the gary brt will be successful. i think there's some experts around the country who are visiting now and engaging with them how to build it as quickly as possible. we're trying to expedite the brt systems and i really thank the folks for developing a strategy to develop the project more than 20/20 but hopefully by 2018 but most of the energy is coming from the residents and transit riders who want a efficient transit city in the city. we've got some great applicants with that i'll introduce mr. chester you fong >> thank you committee members i'm the principle of the transportation with the authority. i i know there's a lot of appointments on your calendar this is for the gary citizen advisory committee. it begins on page 57 on your packet and the attachment is a summary of the application. i've give a few remarks and close up. this item is a remindeder it's from an action to a two term gary dedicated c ac the results is 8 members have expired terms. now the board can reappoint those folks or appo

i said this in july i think that the gary brt is a real opportunity to do further organizing. you need projects that have money behind them. i know that b r it is very controversial but if it's going to happen there can be real physical changes that can be made to the link of transportation to japan town that can keep people coming to the neighborhood >> commissioner borden. >> yeah. i wasn't at the earlier meeting but i want to support the process. it's exciting to see a group of people come together over something that matters over the framework. this is something that we struggle with we're not creating a now a community like japan town. there's so many exciting opportunities. and heeding the words of reverend townsend this is the kind of things that don't happen in the fillmore. and some things shut down recently and that you don't take things seriously that's exactly what happened. sometimes initially it comes up organicly but we have to have the support. it's abatement to know that one of the largest tenant didn't participate and obviously japan mall meet the street in a

as the gary brt project progresses we can reenvision this stretch of gary boulevard. it includes an evaluation of filling in the underpass and it may continue with the corridors design. it will make the 38 brt safer for more users and now is the time to act and implore this as a possibility. growing up i remember crossing the 8 lanes of traffic and, of course, at that time, i could run faster but it scares me to think about the people who cross this boulevard. so to me this the transit a buff indication project and a social reunions of our communities project as well. it's very complex and i know there will be a lot of different departments included the mta and planning department who will more than likely take the lead on the land use developments. the department of public works will help and the puc has a significant project in the area. it's a complex project. for the rec and park it's a chance to improve hampton and for the community this is really an opportunity at long last to make gary safer and to improve the bus lines. to bring japan it up and western edition

from the management prospective projects like the gary brt is critical to the city reaching their goals by 2018 and also to reserve the trend for transit mode share loss. if asked to sit on the committee i'll make sure that the project easy the needs of the tenderloin and throughout the corridor and i think to achieve that direct outreach and education and this is critical to make sure that all voices are heard. i think this project is critical to improving the experience in san francisco for everyone. i want to help implement brt as quickly as possible and also sells the envision and goals of the project >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors and thank you for this opportunity. i'm benjamin horn. i'm a 15 year san francisco receipt and a resident in district 5. for the last seven years i've been consulting with san francisco nonprofits in particularly the last 4 years i've been the manager in the finance district. i'm a avid san francisco walker and, of course, work with the union square where the office is on gary street. i have not owned a vehicle since 2003, i'm a

the gary brt project runs the entire length of the city. fillmore is anyone mode that is a very complicated one and the presentation will show that. and how this concept might be moved by the brt for future design work. i'll turn it over to my mta colleague to talk about the project >> good afternoon, supervisors andrew lee i'm the sfmta project lead. i just want to give you a broad update of where we are and my colleague chester will be giving the update on the fillmore complex. right now, we're approaching the end of the environmental impact analysis stage of the bus rapid transit. and the ta is the agency lead for the environmental review and the sfmta is our partnership. we have joint meetings established and we're working through those issues in close collaboration. when the stage is complete the sfmta is going to be in charge of operating this. just a quick overview it's one of the longest corridors in the city. it's definitely one of our most important transit corridors with more than 50 thousand passengers per day. we have two lines

so with the van ness' brt's hopefully speedy imelementation that we can work towards the gary brt networks as well. i wanted to say i'm appreciative that the center lane alternative has been the one that's going to be proposed. i think it's the superior brt, the more effect ive ones according to the transportation and development policy that sponsored our trip to mexico city. those that cut corners and don't support the center lane alternatives, i think usually get the weaker ratings and are not as effective in connecting up the city with speedier, more reliable and higher quality transit. i'm glad the van ness brt is including some of the safety improvements that commissioner yee mentioned, but also tremendous street scape improvements as well. so i'll be looking forward to supporting the approval of the alternatives that are presented today, along with the eir. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner breed. >> thank you. i know this project has been underway for some time. i personally would have preferred to see an approach towards underground opportunities and i know again, it's too late

recommends the county of transportation agency work a little bit more closely and diligently on the gary street brt. my reasoning is as a sister commission i think it's important to recognize the work that the commission has been doing also through this process and their resolutions were somewhat - well, i guess i can say totally different in some respects but i think they've diligently at yesterday's hearing considered the issues and adopted their resolution and i'd like to support that >> second. >> commissioner hill us and not knowing what the historic preservation commission did yesterday maybe you could explain that or react to it. i get your point about - it may be a boarder discussion about having us to recommended the implementations but i don't know what they did yesterday but certainly they've got an aspect of this that's important to recognize >> i - did everyone on this commission receive the historic preservation resolution in their packet? i can read them if you want >> well - the 5 directives are as follows. that the historic preservation commission directs planning vice president, s