mr. barrett that mr. ram and mr. [speaker not understood] were going to be meeting next week to discuss the process. and i just really, really want to encourage the department to keep the planning department close here to make sure that this process takes into account the better streets plan. >> i will definitely endeavor to do so. >> thank you. >> president chiu. >> i want to echo what chair wiener said. i have a lot of constiff went with questions around what the process was supposed to be. as somebody who didn't support the decision of the board to allow for the installations, we understood there was going to be a very clear process. i think at the moment e probably need a little bit more clarity and public education on what that process is supposed to be. so, i would certainly appreciate after the meeting that happens internally with city staff that you could reach out to supervisors and just let us know from the city standpoint how you're planning to deal with this so we can our cons>> y, sir. e that >> thanks.

mr. barrett. okay. so, next we're going to have john kwong from the department of public works. >> good afternoon, supervisors. john kwong from the department of public works street use and mapping. if you can go to the overhead. thank you. in many ways i'm going to repeat some of the exact verbiage that my can colleague mr. barrett from the planning department has stated. 9 department of public works processes and reviews a variety of requests to place facilities in the public right-of-way. ~ the specifically service facilities in these kind of cases. the department much like planning identify the sidewalk into three separate zones. the curb zone. as you can see where typically hydrants are placed, "street signs", parking meters, trees, bicycle racks, utility boxes including water meters and sewer main covers to buildings in those cases. we have the pedestrian zone where majority of pedestrians will walk in that area and the building zone. the building zone typically is a location where property owners

mr. barrett. i do have some questions. so, just following up on your last set of comments about the planning department's role, because i really believe the planning department has a significant role to play in working with the various departments whether it's mta or dpw, including during their contracting process for some of the street furniture, to make sure that the contracts -- i mean, implement of those contracts are consistent with the better streets plan. and i guess my question is how involved is the planning department? and, so, for example, i know that we've -- my office has encouraged the planning department to become more involved with the process around siting the at&t utility boxes to work very closely with dpw, with neighbors to see if appropriate locations that can be found not just that work for the neighborhood, but that work for our planning goals and principles. i also wonder to what extent the planning department was involved in the design process of the -- for the mta bus stops and whether having bus

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