begrudge anyone their opinion about whether brt on geary is good or bad. my sense is that -- this is true with a lot of things in san francisco. instead of saying we're going to have a public process, we'll delineate it's going to be a six month process or one year or two or three year process or whatever we define it to be and we'll get feedback and a collaborative community discussion, we allow the community process to go on [inaudible] if someone comes forwards and says i have an issue it sort of restarts everything and i -- as we can see through the extreme drama around the very modest seqa appeal legislation that i did which is nothing more than set deadlines for when people have to file appeals and that has caused, as you know, a sig miff cant controversy. i know it's hard in san francisco not to have an open ended process, but to have process that goes on years and years and years, i just think that we don't do -- it's a disservice to the taxpayers and to the riders of san francisco that we allow this combination of unended analysis, unending public

in the geary process we're looking to do that in concurrence. as we develop the environmental analysis, we want to start the lpa discussion. we know something about vrt and the different con configurations. hope is we can compress the time it takes to get to the draft environmental document and selection of an lpa and so we can get to the ends of the environmental process sooner so we'll be ready to start design. we've been talking closely with our counter parts at the sfmta about how to speed up the part of the process they'll be taking over -- the final design process. for instance, one of the things we could do is we could start their work after the selection of an lpa before we get to the certification of an environmental document. they could start that process for final design. we think that could save some time as well. we're definitely looking out for ways we can compress the schedule. >> and i appreciate there is some thinking on this. is there a written analysis or have you form /alized what you're trying to do to make sure you're stand

geary brt is not that. it's not a simple design, but we know what brt is. we know -- it is not the same level of complexity and nebulousness as reenvisioning market street is. thank you. >> any other -- commissioner chew. >> so to understand, you're not planning to support this motion? >> i'm not going to support it. >> question to the ta because, you know, i think many of us -- i share supervisor wiener's concerns. if you weren't able to move this forward, that may have some repercussions too. what can yo do you to to give us more comfort that this project is on the right track? >> i think the best thing to do is [inaudible] comments we made earl yes. [inaudible] up to director resting and to sit down and hash out and agree to hope flip and accelerated /sked /skwraoeul jewel for the project and to document that and how we're going to get there. not just throughing out a date, but do we need dedicated staff, do things in parallel, so forth. >> i want to join supervisor wiener in stressing /ou important that is so a couple possibilities i'm open to is if we

land use to think about the connection of possibility of stop on geary and opening up that geary edge to the plaza, i think really could do a lot for the transit connection. >> commissioner sugaya. >> yes, thank you. i think we've been at this for a long time now and according to the community, we did the right thing by sending it back the first time. i think commissioner antonini, myself, and commissioner moore were on the commission at that point. in any case, i think it's quite a different kind of document than we're accustomed to looking at and adopting. it's innovative in the sense that it goes beyond the traditional historic preservation that we've all -- that we're all familiar with and has been implemented in san francisco around the country for decades and more than decades. but the idea i think of cultural and social heritage, first i think in a way evolved out of the western soma plan. it was first mentioned i think with respect to the latino community. it evolved into the lgbt community. and was kind of a sidebar, you might say, in the western soma plan. but then the japan

geary and 32nd and the intersection of bali and lincoln. august 6th of three do not impact sidewalks and i'll go through them now. i'm sorry, this is the image of the prefabricated unit we intend to install. it is the smallest size that we can make it and still be a-d-a accessible. this was designed by our dpw [speaker not understood]. >> what are the dimensions? >> what? >> what are the dimensions? >> we have two sizes. let's see. one that's standard size, eight-foot by 11 feet. and the net elevation which is i believe about 7 by 13. >> and how tall? >> let's see. i'd say -- let me get the drawings. i would say between 8 to 10 feet tall. >> and the six -- you have six in process now that that's the first phase. >> that's correct. >> do you know what the total number is that mta will ultimately propose? >> we have currently six more stays. we have 40 that have been approved as part of the general referral that we intend to roll out. that will be the next two phases, phase ii and phase iii. >> so, 36 plus or 30 including the six? >> 30 plus

in the geary process we're looking to do that in concurrence. as we develop the environmental analysis, we want to start the lpa discussion. we know something about vrt and the different con configurations. hope is we can compress the time it takes to get to the draft environmental document and selection of an lpa and so we can get to the ends of the environmental process sooner s

connection point and connection hub at van ness and geary. as part of a larger mta network service for the van ness brt will be provided by the trolley and motor coaches currently operate the 47 and 49 limited lines. as you can see from this map the bus rapid transit project will operate in the exclusive right-of-way along van ness. for the rest of the run they will operate as they currently do along the traditional routes of the 49 limited and the 47 lines providing connection to other parts of the city and the 49 line will run virtually the entire length of the city. what goes into making a brt system? what is bus rapid transit? it's the dedicated transit lane is the obvious item but there are subtle features and signal authority and opt minimization to make sure the buses get the extra jump on the rest of the traffic lie continuing to allow the traffic to move efficiently. all buses to maximize the speed for which people can board the coaches and of course pedestrian improvements and high quality stations are critical to encourage people t

s 0695/005, 0066; the cathedral hill mob site is on the east side of van ness avenue, between geary and cedar streets assessor's block/lot no.'s 0694/005, 006, 007, 008, 009, 009a, 0100. the hospital and mob, along with an underground pedestrian tunnel connecting the two buildings under van ness avenue, constitute the cathedral hill medical center consideration of a resolution of intent to initiate general plan amendments, pursuant to planning code section 340, to: aa amend map 5 bulk mapp of the urban design element to reflect the maximum bulk dimensions proposed for the cathedral hill hospital and mob; bb amend map 1 generalized land use and density plann of the van ness area plan in order to designate the cathedral hill hospital and mob sites as "the van ness medical use subdistrict" and increase the allowable far for the mob site from 7.1:1 to 7.5:1, cc amend map 2 height and bulk districtss of the van ness area plan to create a 230-v district coterminous with the hospital site, thereby increasing the permitted height to 230'-0", and dd amend the text of the van ness area plan to fa

so, i imagine right on geary it's where the hill s. >> right. >> i'm just curious. i know space is incredibly important. >> right. well, we are on the slope right adjacent to geary and we're taking up just enough space for the rest rooms. i'm not sure if the slope above that is that developable within the school district. so, i don't imagine that the [speaker not understood] has that great an impact. and they do get revenue from -- we will be paying a license fee for the lease of that property. no sidewalk impacted here. we're working with the presidio trust folks and will be providing additional screening. so that the trailer is less visible. ~ we do have phase ii and 3. again, once again, licenses and fee option are our priority and we're looking at all the future gaps with that in mind. and that's it. thank you. any further questions? no? >> thank you very much. appreciate it. and then finally from mta benita [speaker not understood] to talk about boxes. after this we'll be going to public comment. so, if you have not submitted a card and would like to speak in p

item 1, 2013.0020ce - 6333 geary boulevard, an appeal of mitigated negative declaration is proposed for continuance to august 1st, 2013. item 2, case no. 124 mullen avenue, request for discretionary review has been withdrawn. i have no other items proposed for continuance and i have no speaker cards on the matter. >> is there any public comment on these two items proposed for continuance? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini. >> move to continue item number 1 to august 1st, 2013. >> second. >> on that motion to continue as proposed, commissioner antonini? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. >> commissioner wu? >> aye. >> and commission president fong? >> aye. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to 0. and places you under commission matters item 3, commission comments and questions. >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah, excuse me for not necessarily knowing the name of this measure, but i believe it was prop c on last november's ballot and it has to do with the mayor's housing policies and particular referen

so, you have geary and van ness in their own planning process. they already started their planning process when the cup was getting going. we just left those to be a part of different process. you know, i'm not even sure what the latest of van ness is about to release or about to be certified, i believe. and geary is still chugging along, i guess. >> van ness brt e-i-r is within three or four months i believe going to go to the board for certification of e-i-r. >> great. come here, right? >> [inaudible]. >> then in terms of -- you talk about some of the different interventions in the market street. i was wondering how the church street bus only lane is going and the pilot going on and does that help inform some of the tep changes and can you give us an update how that is working so far. >> yeah, you know, it's been working really well, especially during the peak periods which is when we really needed the help. we're seeing a big improvement, almost 20% improvement in on-time performance. it's only a three-block segment if anybody knows, it goes f

. >> item 8 recommended [inaudible] by 1.329 million for environmental analysis services for the geary [inaudible]. >> good morning again. chester, principal planner with the authority. this item begins on page 85. i have a brief presentation that will provide some background on the project, talk about our resent progress and talk about the remaining work to be completed within the proposed contract amendment. just by way of background the the proposed [inaudible] on the geary corridor including a dedicated lane for buses, also including enhancementings for the pedestrian walkway. we've been revising the project definition and the alternatives. we've got full conceptual designs for the entire corridor now for all of the original alternative for block by block. the new news is a new variant that was developed by the project team in response in part to some of the community outreach we've been doing. what we call alternative three consolidated. the buses run in the center, as with the original alternative three, but we're consolidating the local and vrt service together so there's one se

. >> reporter: assistant district attorney don geary interviewed several eyewitnesses. >> they thought it was a movie. >> reporter: a movie? >> they were actually looking around for the cameras, because understand, in that area, that is just totally foreign. >> it was almost surreal, the experience, in that there was no chaos or running or yelling or anything. he just walked back to his van and got in his van. it looked like it was professional. >> reporter: the killer escapes, leaving rusty sneiderman gasping for air on the pavement. >> it sounded like a gunshot over here. >> reporter: a cell phone video captures police and ambulances rushing to the scene. >> there was a lot of blood everywhere. we knew that, you know, it was probably some vital organs hit. there was no pulse and he was unresponsive. >> the last thing you think about is dropping off your child at school and something like this happened. >> it's very, very, very, very scary that happened. >> reporter: four days later, police still have no idea who killed rusty or why. his brother, steve, reaches out to the community, o

the masonic and /tkpwraoer /tkpwraoer target will un/tko*utedly cause more traffic to know through geary and masonic and that's inevitable given the approval of target, but my office the working with a number of your offices as well to try to make sure that will be accountable to reach out to the high school and the neighbors that are around it so we're mitigating the traffic around there. it's inevitable. it's not as connecting to this project as i think some of the testimony was given. some have mentioned the hardship of losing the loss of the parking spaces and i'm sensitive to that as driver as well, but for me the killings of [inaudible] and many others over the past five years and the /saoersz accidents, many of them not even reported, but i get them tweeted and texted to me so i know directly all the safety issues that many are bringing up. i wanted to say that i think the status quo is leading to more /stepbts and i could see them from the testimony here, but also from many of the comments that people. i think we have to leverage the money coming from the one-bay-area with other

transportation improvements, we have the geary brt bus transit, muni effectiveness, and sf park in the neighborhood or coming to the neighborhood that can help with connectivity. and marketable neighborhood through s.f. travel. we think s.f. travel could benefit from [speaker not understood] or j chess could be featured in. the next set of recommendations, japantown [speaker not understood]. some of you i know are pretty familiar with these. cdcs exist already in little tokyo in los angeles and chinatown in san francisco among other places. they can provide a wide range of services like owning real estate, technical support, social services, advocacy for the neighborhood. address a wide range of concerns and i think of all of the recommendations the j chess creating a community development corporation stands out as being the most efficacious in japantown. of course, this is not something that the city can do. the community has to do this for itself and [speaker not understood] a lot of blood sweat and money to fulfill. the next recommendation can create a land trust which is a nonprofi

facilitate the development of a high density medical center at the transit nexus of van ness avenue and geary boulevard and affecting various elements of use and adopting findings. item 28, ordinance amending the general plan map of the urban design element and van ness design plan for the california [speaker not understood]. item 29 is the ordinance amending the general plan maps of the urban design element for the california pacific medical center. ~ >> thank you. president chiu? >> thank you, mr. chair. colleagues, i am very excited that we are finally considering the final development agreement and related approvals for the cpmc project. a lot has been said about this project. i'm going to be very brief, but after years of discussion and months of negotiations this historic health care project will ensure our hospitals get their rebuilds done right and to ensure that san francisco has a health care system ready for the 21st century. in addition to ensuring that two critical cpmc hospitals are rebuilt and seismically safe, this project will not only address major health care and local hiri

in light of the reduction and service of 38 geary and 18 line. and also finding a way to expand programs for youth after school and in the summers as many of our nonprofits and schools know here. last thing i want to emphasize the importance of providing language assistance for our immigrants and diverse populations. so, i'm really pleased that adrian and our office of engagement is here providing translation. so, if anyone needs translations, i know that that has been provided as well. now i wanted to quickly say that we have outlined at the board -- up here on the board what our agenda is today and the ground rules. the town hall begins with a brief budget overview by our budget director kate howard, and then we'll have representatives from a number of commutection organizations. i think it's five for district 1 and five for district 4, speak about specific district needs and an overview of the issues. after the district presentations are completed, we'll have 15 questions from our district 1 and 4 residents to come and speak at the podium. and

it happened on 29th avenue and geary boulevard. two people sitting in a car and got in some sort of fight and one shot the on or about the gunman is still at large. >> they are looking for a robbery suspect in hayward that shot a security guard. he was trying to steal several items when they confronted him. the suspect shot one officer in the shoulder and pistol whipped the other. across the street hayward police found a bloody shirt and what looked to be human hair. they think he cut his hair to change is his appearance during the getaway. >>> bart officials are confident an electrical fire in richmond will have no affect on tomorrow's commute. fire broke out in the maintenance yard a substation. power was lost to the entire yard putting 18 trains out of service. crews laid cables to energize the yard without going through the substation. trains had to be rerouted for a while. >> people in operation control center are like masters, they did adjustments. we'll be able to provide power for richmond yard and move those trains out. >>