whether they are on islands or the new, permeable landscaping. this will slow traffic down, increased the beauty of the street, make it much more engaging for our residents, and also helps with the trees that have been replanted here to increase the beauty of the street, but making it that much more enlivened with greene streets. at the same time, it took a few more months than anticipated. it was expected to take four months. when dpw dug into the main sewer line, they discovered some major work that needed to be done. they wanted to make sure that the sewer line would work perfectly, as well as each of their feeds into homes. while infrastructure is sometimes hard to imagine or see, you will be -- you are standing on the street that will probably be the best for decades to come. you will have an unstoppable sewer. no longer those backups. the fire chief will have a pleasant time going down the street to make sure that the services are there. as i said earlier, this is a beautiful project coming in, not only the designed for infrastructure, but

we need permeable pavement. 400,000 gallons of water a year will be going into the ground, as opposed to the treatment plants. if we can do that, we can provide water, provide a good environment, as well as provide good water for the people of this city. [applause] >> as the other speakers have indicated, this could not have happened without the leadership and direction from the residence on this block. speaking on behalf of the residence, sandy. [applause] >> i am also bringing the core that is important to this project. members of the newcomb avenue block have done a great job and we want to clear up some misconceptions about what happens here. i have been a resident in the bayview for 25 years. i have been here a very long time. very few have preceded me. this project originated with redevelopment. redevelopment a star and our eyes, and we were wondering if they could ever came out. they came out with this project, and it was their idea to help redevelop our street. with the neighbors on the spot, we were able to win the award. with all the neighbors, and redevelopment, -- and i al

repave the south perimeter what way and pave over the foundation planting strip for water in permeability, for water that would come down off the building exterior. reform the concrete steps. reroof the south roof section to replace the better system. once that work is done, on the the gym floor, replace it with a permaflex system, including a vapor there your installation. that floor system is recommended for the following reasons, it is the industry standard now for plate ability and durability. significantly, from the research we have done, there's no organization that currently would install the existing floor design today. the durability and strength of the new floor would be able to support activities on the floor other than courts boards, such as a roller derby or other evens, not that we're recommending that, but it does happen. the new floor can be installed with the vapor guard, which will protect the floor from any water intrusion or humidity damage in the future. it is slightly less expensive than replicating and recreating the existing kesar for design. the prermaflex floor i

feet of retail in the future, primarily food-based retail, service with two loading docks, highly permeable, accessible from all aspects of the surrounding neighborhood. it is a bit small, but you can see retail store fronts are also being developed to the highly visible. accessible and part of the neighborhood quality of this part of town. now you are standing on natoma street, looking back toward second. you can see the bus ramp coming in from the bay bridge. to your right is a wonderful concentration primarily a food- based retail. a bit closer, you will see the building is a very welcoming, transparent. storefronts are being designed to emphasize that tenant inside. as you can imagine, with a structure this impressive and imposing, there is a concern tenants will be visible with the primary design is you. this is a very interesting view to me. if any of you remember minna if you years ago, it did not look like this. to see an image like this sum of 150 years later, really speaks an enormous amount of civilization and progress, in a relatively brief span of time. minna will be full of re

. >> we should explain permeable landscapes relates to the sidewalks there. >> what was being pointed out with that tree we looked at where nick explained you have 4 feet right-of-way. outside the 4 feet can be adapted for other uses you can put tables or chairs out. you can change the sidewalk surface. you can do sidewalk landscaping. permeable landscaping refers to the fact that the water ends up in the ground not the sewer system. >> this sidewalk this runs in the curb and the -- >> that catch basin for water it goes to the grate. >> we will look at a framed signs and other stuff. thank you very much. >> we want to talk about a few items here as we end this little talk. first of all we have an a framed sign, moving must sell. >> [laughter]. >> do you need a permit for a moving sale sign? >> those are actually illegal. there are no permits, that's right. there are no permits that can be obtained for those signs a framed signs. >> we see them all over the city. >> thank you. >> currently its under the police code. >> okay. >> you know as we know the police have more important things