so, we think that the filling of the totally by the geary vrt project. but we will take the analysis of that compatible transit project to our analysis. so if there is a related project at the filling of the fillmore intersection, that we can move forward separately in the city that it would be compatible with the geary project. but we'd love to have a conversation about how to move that project forward from the funding standpoint. >> because i know with the -- i know the woman who was working on it, she i think has left the department since. she did really good work, it was seven years of taking input from the community. it's good that it's being considered in the environmental report. and finally, i'm happy about the oak connecting neighborhood sort of thing. i think it's really long overdue. finally, i guess at some point, then the traffic calming in ashbury heights, those are the types of issues i've been following. but i guess this is a question i have, is -- let me see if i can remember. fell en oak -- fillmore street, is that something that's in t

the geary vrt project, quickly we completed the most recent round of outreach. we're currently incorporating the feedback we received from that outreach, prepping for the full environmental impact statement and refining other design. we're in the workshop stage right now. and we have that project manager if there are specific questions about geary. moving to the mta and dpw projects, one of the key projects in district 5 is a bike improvement project. this project is environmental review and design is underway. the project [speaker not understood] a $350,000 bicycle project to a complete streets project including curb ball, traffic calming and traffic management items. it's about $1.3 million project that happened after the planning process. again, this is to provide connections on -- bike connections on fallen oak and pan handle and key connections across the city. construction is planned to start in the spring. remainder of funding will be from the [speaker not understood]. the next project we have is the [speaker not understood]. this is about five different

on the south side of geary street between poke and market street. this premise * is currently licensed by the abc as beer and eating and wine place or restaurant. there are five conditions on this active license. for the purposes of this hearing the abc seeks determination from the board of supervisors as to the approval or denial of this license. police calls for service from may 2011 to may 2012 is eight. police reports from that same time period are three. this premise is located in plot 547. the high crime area is defined as 215 or more police reports in a plot. this plot has 1,637 police reports recorded for 2010. this is over the high crime definition by 1,422 police reports. applicant premises is located in high crime. this premise is located in census track 122.02. on-sale license by census track is 25, current active on-sale 34. the premises located in undue concentration area. two valid protest letters were received by the abc. there's no record of letters to support with the abc. there's no opposition from northern station and the police

read the final report of the geary transit task force which was published back in 1999. also the final report published back in 1995 of the work that has been done on the geary light rail project. with the central subway going forward, there's a stop at union square and there is a spur at union square for geary light rail. this is what the people voted for back in 1989. also, if you have a chance coming to the short range transit plan. the only way to alleviate traffic congestion is a light rail system, not a bus rapid transit. if you get the bus rapid transit going of ford, you're never going to get the money for a light rail. what the people have been wanting for over 50 years. thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you very much. any other member of the public like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we call item no. 12? >> item 12, public comment. this is -- supervisor campos: this is for any member of the public wishes to comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. seeing none, public comment is closed. -- we will be going in

that is the two blocks of powell between geary and ellis. it was essentially a large series of parklets. we are pleased the department initiated that with the studio with a grant from audi car company. lastly i wanted to reinforce what commissioner antonini was mentioning about the arena allocation, regional housing needs allocation. this is a process that of course goes on every few years. i think the region is doing better at coordinating this process, which is shorter

on the south side of geary street between poke and market street. this premise * is currently licensed by the abc as beer and eating and wine place or restaurant. there are five conditions on this active license. for the purposes

>> i have always been supportive of putting all of the post geary into six and moving the boundary from market to mission. but at this point it's getting into beyond minor tweak. that i hoped we would be addressing today. i'm satisfied where where we are with putting the bristol hotel back in the d-6 today. i would probably even be supportive of the maria manor block, but not in favor of reopening the discussion of market to mission and all of the post end geary. >> thank you. mr. leigh? >> it's sort of along the same lines that member schreiber just discussed. i agree with that. i also would be open to moving this block. it is a much smaller population move than any of the blocks that we have yet to move or that we didn't quite get to between post and geary. i think the block that was next between leavenworth and jones is 940 people and i agree with what member schreiber said, that's too much population at this point for us to consider moving and if that would require moving the boundary on the other side from market to mission, i would be reluctant to do that as well. the motivation b

that is the two blocks of powell between geary and ellis. it was essentially a large series of parklets. we are pleased the department initiated that with the studio with a grant from audi car company. lastly i wanted to reinforce what commissioner antonini was mentioning about the arena allocation, regional housing needs allocation. this is a process that of course goes on every few years. i think the region is doing better at coordinating this process, which is shorter term, with the longer term sb-375 process, the sustainable community strategy process. that bill requires us to do a 30-year plan. the arena allocation is i think 8.8 years. it is an odd number. the idea is regional agencies are doing better at coordinating those two things. the first time we did arena after sb-375 was passed they were not well-coordinated. it is getting better. it is shifting. as you know some of the preferred growth to larger cities where it transfers to the most served. it is better allocated and coordinated than in the past. there's still work to be done

and finally on masonic and geary, this is the first time i understood that frontage road in front of what used to be the pub. would be closed. that would mean that cars going east on geary and south on masonic go around the plaza and make a new and more dangerous turn. you don't know how well that is analyzed. >> laney motave. >> hi, i am tracy buck, i have lived at the corner of masonic and grove for the past 18 years. as my neighbor has said, we have seen it all. i have heard the horns honking on a daily basis. i have seen car accidents. i drive, and i need drive. and nine times out of 10, i park on masonic. whether across the street or a block away or five blocks away. i park on masonic because there is no other place to park. is there no paid parking. the buildings in my area aren't single family homes. they are apartment

commissioners, you are now on item number 17 for geary boulevard. put them right there. i will get them. thank you. >> good afternoon or evening, members of the commission. the case before you is a staff- initiated case for discretionary review as well as a neighbor request for the property located at 4334 geary street. the proposal involves demolishing a structure and when composing and a new dental office. is still in development at an underutilized block. it is helping to create the street along gary boulevard, and by not including a garage, and it protects the right of way. the staff found the rear of the building is overwhelming and cut costs from the open space. staff require the sponsor reduce the upper two floors by 22 feet. if i can direct your attention to the overhead. we have asked the upper two floors be cut back to theire. what this would do would help keep the connection between the makes use of building and the open space. this requirement is based on an urban design guidelines found in the commerce and industry development of the general plan. the requir

. >> it is at geary, then pine up octavia, over the california, down the canon, to pine again, to scott, back to bush, down to presidio, down to coast, broderick, and then it goes to church, masonic -- to turk, masonic -- >> so and that's geary, up to california to sixth avenue to lake street to 25th avenue, back to california, and then west of 32. >> just an observe. know we have been struggling with the deviation between one and two for many weeks now. i know we had many discussions around the cathedral hill border but the numbers are district five is over deviation by 2%. i'm not necessarily proposing anything. it's just an observation there may be population within 55.2 border if the task force members are continuing to think or struggle with the 1-2 deviations. >> the pros poll as, we will take them one at a time but the is to reverse the 64 population decision. the second would be to go to the 25th avenue block. everyone clear on the questions? >> yes. apologize. >> can i ask the implication of creating an assembly district for the purposes of 64 people on the median? >> it's just

and finally on masonic and geary, this is the first time i understood that frontage road in front of what used to be the pub. would be closed. that would mean that cars going east on geary and south on masonic go around the plaza and make a new and more dangerous turn. you don't know how well that is analyzed. >> laney motave. >> hi, i am tracy buck, i have lived at the corner of masonic and grove for the past 18 years. as my neighbor has said, we have seen it all.

. >> i live at 4330 geary blvd. i am on the third floor, and what i have been told from the building manager and what i have read about this is that construction will cut out almost all the sunlight in the hallways. it is already -- it is not start. during the afternoon it is bright and sunny, but if it was shut off, it would definitely cause of problem. it is cold. we live in san francisco, so it gets cold even during the summer, so that would be an additional problem, and getting down the hallway to get into the showers in the morning and what they are describing as a dungeon is what this place would turn into, so i have to say i do not think it is the best place for the construction of this building. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. i have been in the neighborhood for 48 years. i have been a prisoner of the church for a long time, and the project is almost across the street from the church, and it is next to the old convent. it is now the star home for homeless mothers with very little kids, so the lack of

the first i'm calling for a hearing on the development of the alexandra theater site at geary and 18th avenue. this site has so much potential to once again be a keystone and an icon for the neighborhood an in the short-term there has been problems with blight and disrepair. we'll also be following up with a community meeting with many stakeholders in the neighborhood from residents to the ymca across the street to the neighborhood theater foundation and many others to get their input into the future of the richmond district's landmark. i also wanted to say i'm working closely with the arts commission staff to look at perhaps bringing art in the storefronts to some of the different vacate spaces in the richmond district as well. also, i'm calling for a hearing along with the support of supervisors farrell and olague, for a hearing at the land use committee to hear our plans to mitigate the traffic challenges upon the opening of the geary masonic target that's planned for some time in 2013. we hope that this will help people, especially residents and stakeholders, give input but also ma

-- sixth and geary. lot of issues in our neighborhood tend to be graffiti, carbos thing. sometimes, there are robberies, and on occasion the occasional killing happens. but it is nowhere near the other problems that other districts have. i often what the district with the police captain and look at the data that comes out to look at where crimes happen within the district. there is often different types of criminal activity that happen, but the police, i think, are very sensitive when residents call to really hone in on key areas and no one crime may happen, but it is a very primitive and proactive approach. i do think that the police department is one of the most community sensitive in our district as well, so they often are, with community meetings, and building a community advisory committee, our officers work closely with our police department to ensure that our neighborhood is safe. >> governor brown proposed eliminating funding for redevelopment agencies. talking about your opinion of this plan. >>

instead of building tunnels to no where and billions of dollars and tunnel down 19th avenue and geary and provide real transportation and get people where they need to go. >> mr. garcia. >> there was a comedian on johnny carson and she said the people go to school and said watch the lights and it's the cars. the lights didn't kill anybody and i watch horrified and the kids are texting and otherwise not paying attention and they walk into the street because they have the right-of-way. we have to educate them. it's difficult and when you go left or right and the time is up and your time to turn is up so we have that problem. on slope it's terrible watching the kids trying to cross the street and it's a dangerous street and narrowed it and we need to do more and the lighted cross walks and someone is in the cross walk and if you're in the right lane you see them stop and not sure why. >> all right. next question. on the subject of transportation. two part question. how would improve muni's on time performance and support students. >> yeah. i am one of the few muni riders regularly and mu

but i wanted to raise awareness on thursday from 6:00 to 8:00 at the branch library on 9th avenue at geary and clement we will be holding the first of 11 hearings. i also wanted to alert people and congratulate the chef at assiza restaurant one of the best in the city on geary and 22nd. he's been named by the u.s. government in a ceremony recently by u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton as one of the american chef corps chefs. he's called a state chef now and the u.s. state department really brings them together to celebrate food as a diplomatic tool. so he will be able to share the great food of assiza and san francisco kind of throughout not only the u. s. but throughout the world. it's really important that he will be preparing meals at state dinners and traveling to other countries, representing not just san francisco but the united states of america. i wanted to thank sarah confrom the richmond sf blog for alerting us and congratulate chef lalu from assiza if you can. i think people know i was on the school board for eight years when we enacted our arts education plan for the schoo