the lower polk proposed lower polk services sweeping sidewalks, graffiti in 48 hours, removing public waste [speaker not understood], power washing and spot cleaning, looking for those hard spots in the neighborhood. also steam cleaning sidewalks once a month. dpw removal, and also looking at trying to grow our tree population, spending a little more time in giving some care to the trees. tree basin, sidewalk crackses and landscaping. in terms of public safety, the steering committee would like to do a program similar to fisherman's wharf where there is not a security ambassador, also includes social service outreach. we have a lot of people in need in lower polk in term of social services. ambassadors will be trained in outreach, city referrals and training in those different areas. also provide pedestrian safety, merchant outreach, [speaker not understood] greening for visitors and also a dispatch service for merchants so they can call in for the cbd to have someone dispatched out. in term of he economic development we're looking at business attraction, retention, technical support,

, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places you on item 17 for the next case at the 1118 polk street request for authorization >> good afternoon commissioner burns with the planning department staff this is for the conditional use authorization doorknobs as the shop and the applicant wants to establish the new formula rail use in a vacant commercial store front within the local mayor's office investment in the area. the subject of the chain specialize in supplements and the proposed operation or 8 to 4:00 p.m. and higher part time folks. there are no newt traffic shops in san francisco and they've got the rights within the 71 that is specializing in nutrition has two out of 4 hundred and 11 maximum spaces. there's one vitamin shop within a quarter of a mile within the use their formula retail establishment and two walling greats that sell supplements and the nutrition stores are within the proximity within there are 11 gyms and personal exercising stores. there are 24 hour fitness they're related to within a half-mile and the clustering of the studios can be attributed to the

soccer field on top of the parking garage in the polk street neighborhood. ron and carolyn, i'm not sure how you found the energy to do what you do, you have been tireless, you have been selfless. you have had the patience of job. this past year the neighborhood empowerment network in acknowledging literally the contributions of hundreds of neighborhood activists called lower polk and the lower polk neighborhood the come back neighborhood of the year and that is all due to the two vixv who are in front of you. ~ individuals. i wanted to recognize them today because i am very sad so announce that the two of them will be, will be physically moving up north, but i know that you will be visiting san francisco often. i know you still have a lot of business in the city. on behalf of our neighborhood, on behalf of our neighborhood activists, on ball of all of us at the city and county of san francisco, i wanted to just take a moment and acknowledge two of my favorite people in my time working in community service and activism and that is ron case and carolyn nest.

a paying member for over 10 years of the polk neighborhoods and involved in other words, i know the neighborhood very well wore many years. you know, one of the letters points out you i reached out to the owner and he at one point didn't attend the lower polk neighbors meeting and he did follow-up with me and tried to come to one of our meetings that's the white piece of paper i passed out he come to the one neighborhood groups but there are other groups that want to know about the land use issues in the neighborhood. our land use chair has written a letter and not agree with this going forward night not necessary again, i have to emphasize that's not necessary the housing is going to service the neighborhood or community that's going to create two more vacant stores in the long term and i don't see how that helps the community and there's better used for the store front a bakery or shoe store that's a commercial neighborhood we've been marketing in this neighborhood and pretty soon there will be other stores and people will be there more and the entertainment commission has been de

congratulation on polk street everybody (clapping) and those changes polk street and market street andart lift and bike share those changes are pga off already, we've seen the near doubling of bike trips that means that the cities investment is is making it more affordable in san francisco for everyone 90 in every neighborhood. we have a host of leaders and community leaders that are hard working. they know that biking is a key part to making sure our city can grow in an affordable way. our first speaker i'm hoernd or honored to have ridden with mayor ed lee rode from the glen parkway and we're thrilled to ride with them i'm excited he's going to talk about the change in the city and constituent to going forward to a better bike to work in san francisco >> mayor ed lee. >> thank you leann happy 20th (clapping) well, i'm thrilled to join the supervisors and the mta and public works and fire and explained we're altogether that rode in today to work that's an jooshl enjoyable day twooths we were with we were structurally with the first lanes and here we are now 96 percent in bike ridershi

neighborhood in my district 3, which is the southern part of polk street. this is a neighborhood that i have spent a lot of time in in large part because before i elected i chaired local neighbors and we had a vision of moving forward with the local district. i'm excited about that. part of the reason we want to focus on this is the southern stretch of polk street has faced numerous challenges over the years related to public safety, quality of life, vacant store fronts, homelessness, a sharp proliferation of the number of bars, and other conditions that have challenged the neighborhood. i do want to note that this past year lower polk was named come back neighborhood of the year. there is a lot that's moving forward, but i think it's important and i think the neighborhood leaders and residents also believe it's important for us to continue this work with the creation of a community benefit district. i want to also just take a moment and thank the neighborhood for helping me to support in the last couple of years a seasonal farmers market, art walks, activi

one very dangerous location, polk street between grove and market.his morning the city unveil as new bike safety lane. ktvu alex savage is out there now to show us how it is designed to make the streets of san francisco safer. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning to you. bicyclists we are talking to say this new bikeway and others around the city give them a sense of peace and put them at ease as they bike around the city. this is the new bikeway that run ace long polk street that opens up later today and connects with other bike lanes around park and will improve the flow of bicycle traffic. there are unique safety features here that you can see. obviously it is a fully protected lane here with both medians here and sort offencing, as well. to provide -- sort offencing here, as well. this. this will open later this morning and the medians will have plants and rocks in them to help them beautify the street. city leaders hope this will make biking safer around the city. there were four bicyclists killed in crashes last year. the problem on po

southern half of the polk street this is an custom nation of years of work in my district. the possible neighborhood is a wonderfully diverse neighborhoods i served as the chair of lower polk neighbors. the southern structure has faced pedestrian safety and quality of life issues and homelessness and a very recently proliferation of bars and others conditions that at times has created challenges to keep the neighborhood going there's no green and if you places for the community to come together. in the last couple of 0 years there's exciting issues in the neighborhood like farmer's market and the art walks and other. last year the neighborhood empowerment network named it the come back neighborhood of the year. compromising of businesses and representatives of nonprofit organizations and property owners have worked hard on the formation of the cv d including public outreach and surveys and engineer reports and detailed plans and the budget. the district includes 22 blocks with the boerndz california and larkin and endearing including a c m.d. it will have an annual budget o

this is opening day for this new bike street that runs through polk near market street. it will provide a buffer between bicyclists and cars. you can see there is a fence, and also the median. what will make it unique, when it opens, you can see in the middle of the median there are plants and rocks that have been put in to try and beautify the street, as well. this is a contra flow bikeway, which means the bikes run the opposite directions of the cars. city leaders are hoping it can make things safer for those that bike around the city with an effort to reduce the number of serious accidents involving bicyclists and pedestrians here. the project here on polk street also include as new bike box which allows bicyclists to pull in front of waiting traffic at an intersection. there are also lights in some area, letting riders know when they with enter the bikeway. representatives from the san francisco bicycle coalition will be on hand along with various city leaders and supervisors from san francisco. there will be a major ribbon cutting ceremony at 11:00. it will be here

neighborhood outreach they were trying to do additional outreach to the neighbors as well as other polk street residents and in communication with staff the current proposal at the surrounding buildings within the polk street neighborhood and the venice corridor and in looking at those buildings the taller and larger buildings there's an overall architecture tip metrological were there an architect where there's a strong top to the building the main body of the building and a stronger base that includes the simplification of the masking materials there's the 40 foot wide courtyard just to point out to the commission at the eastern facade is where the height limit drops to 55 feet so that portion of the building remains exposed a couple of last minute changes in continuing their community outreach efforts they've heard that from the community they'd want the affordability opponent to be proposed on site and their current proposal is to have the roofing they've wanted the affordable housing unit on site that will produce affordable units based on the 32 detrimentally unit two, two bedroom

to the residents i represent and 20 years is too long this is where what i want to see up and down polk street and up and down fulsome and golden gate folks like me are not going to get out of their cars by in 20 years vindication zero fatalities no one should die because they're going to work on their bike or walking to work so we have to fight for revenue. we have potential measures we've got to make sure they pass in 2014 but we have to continue to fight and i'll be there with all of you thank you (clapping.) >> thank you supervisor kim for your leadership we couldn't have a stronger advocate. i'm glad to recognize my supervisor supervisor campos >> thank you, everyone it was a beautiful ride through the mission and go past the mayors contestant i think people felt fried in that chief of police was they're talking about the diversity of the people that are biking in places like the mission that are people from all walks of life that make biking a part of their lives and i'm proud but i want to provide context it is sad though that 20 years later we still s have a number of fatalities

street between polk and market. this is something residents have been asking for. alex savage is live there to tell us what is different about this bike lane. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning to you. lots of special features with this new bikeway in san francisco. among other thing, let me point out here, you can see this is sort of a fence sort of thing they put up here along the median to provide the protective barrier for bicyclists, so the car traffic is on one side and bicyclists on the other side. this is one of many safety features, unique feature that is runs along polk street and connects in with market street. the medians you can see here have plants and rocks in them, as well, part of the effort to try and beautify the street. this is a contra flow parkway, meaning bikes ride in the opposite direction of cars and traffic. city leaders in san francisco are hoping that it can make things safer for those that bike around the city with an effort under way right now to try and reduce the number of

clinton's supporters of demonstrating they are backing for the annexation of windy let's go cold but polk street realty at the pro russian separatists in the scientists say resistant to drugs is now a global problem and warn of a post anti biotic error but treatments fail. central istanbul was the scene of clashes opted to use demonstrate a strong links to this point to look down on may day rallies in the city's iconic taxing swam. if you treat me and he does well out in all the police gone to a balanced commemorating the deaths of at least thirty four people dead during a may day gathering in nineteen seventy seven on gospel that says texans with is a traditional may day gathering place for this year it is again called off by one police which is why there are any police immediately a little odd. the streets around the square anti government demonstrators attempted to break through police lines teargas and water cannon were met with stones and fireworks. with the exception of the year twenty ten the gatherings in texans quit and all that allow since nineteen seventy seven when an unidenti

but do yourself car wash may seen inexpensive but andria polk of east bay m.u.d.ays washing at home can be the most wasteful way to wash your car. >> every, every drop counts right now. >> reporter: she says a 10- minute car wash with a regular garden hose can use more than 100 gallons of water. and there's no downside. >> all the oils and grease and soap and stuff is on your car gets washed down into the storm drain. >> reporter: she advises do it yourselfers, speed it up and use a special nozzle that regulates water flow. for example, a five-minute wash with a low flow nozzle cuts your water use from 100 gallons down to just 10 to 15. and while professional car washes can be costly, polk says most are water conscious. on average, a full service wash uses between 8 to 45 gallons per vehicle and most use recycled water. >> at the very end is the only time that you use potable water. >> reporter: and finally, there's a new kind of car wash in town. ecogreen auto clean, which offers what it calls waterless car washing. well, nearly waterless. >> all you need is a cu

during the bike to work we say bicyclists in the 20th anniversary and we saw bicycle safety improve on polk and market street. those relating low-cost but hive efficient lanes on market street where what we need to see more of i want to thank the sfmta and dpw for their improvements and i know more is coming. as part of the effectiveness project we'll see walk first and bike to work and vision zero effort. i want to congratulate supervisor cowen and the mayor's office and the board of supervisors on the schlage lock project we're excited to see this overcoming the loss of unit to see affordable housing and small property owner and transportation improvements. the transportation authority has been a long standing partner and we're supporting this project through an upcoming pedestrian access to the clot station at the bay shore as well as to lead a planning study for the geneva brt link and feinstein we saw the general obligation bond by mayor ed lee and 11 members of the board of supervisors last week and i want to thank supervisor tang pr await raising property taxes and traffic speed up g

the project sponsor has gotten 25 letters in support of the project that includes the neighborhood polk neighborhood association concerns regarding the project scale and mapping and demolition have been expressed to the department as well. the project requires the conditional use authorization for the existing site under the authorization the project requests to modify the rear yard open space and street frontage and parking and loading requirements of the planning code and additional it seeks the bulk limits proscribed by the code. in working with the department staff and the outreach efforts the department is supportive of the code modifications as part of the development authorization. the modifications are necessary and desirable in producing a well scaled project nipping to the distinct building patterns. the project will activate the streetscape along pine street and reduce the amount of parking and loading with the traffic first general plan policy to reduce vehicular and pedestrians and they're requesting an alternative to an loading sites that's necessary to create one hundred

and thank you for having this meeting i'm thankful to the city i was there for the opening of the polk street it was a great example of things that happen. i'm here to a represent cork wide bike rentals. thank you to the ct a for working with us with the bike sharing expansion and parkway appreciates it. park would like park ride wants to request two small language changes into the document and i'll hand you a copy of the changes. on page 9 bullet one should strike the station side planning and receptionist that with the prior tiger's travel to and from the straight transit and next on page the number 3 bullet two should add sfmta should in front of the sentence develop a business model it shows how the expansion can reach the sustainability through the private sponsoring of the revenue and the combination of all the sources. the requested changes are written here for your information >> it's mr. granting. >> pardon me i wrote i'm not a doctor sometimes my writing isn't good. >> let me take a quick look. is there any further public comment >> mr. bryant did you give a copy to amber wit

the wiggle is because of edward reiskin we got the bike lanes put in ahead of schedule now we'll get polk street the ability to come from market street it was an amazing ride i'm happy to be a member of the board of supervisors where we xhvnlly advocate to make our streets safer for not only cyclists but pedestrians we have to participate to make sure we're watching each other's back and we're watching out for safety and holding people account it is is a joint effort we'll do everything we can and, yes supervisor wiener said it is hard but we'll prepared we're all in shape and walking the to work and doing everything we can so we can make the changes necessary to make i safe on the streets thank you very much for being here today (clapping.) thank you supervisor breed we're thrilled to have our support i want to welcome up from district one supervisor mar. >> thank you leah good morning everyone i want to say i want to have apple apple for daniel silverman we've had other leaders but thank you very much for the bike coalition one thing we did in the richmond we came up to polk street but

and the highlights is the new bike lane and particularly the one two blocks south on polk street, vice chair and supervisor avalos joined on friday for the two blocks south of grove. that include a contraflow lane, a nicely landscaped contraflow lane that is protected from traffic. a small geography, those two short blocks but a critical connection for people north to connect on polk. a great project and curb-ramps in and signals and sewer work, repaved. a complete street project that closes a critical gap of the bike network that exemplifies a complete street approach and did it collaboratively with dpw and it's what we can achieve with success on the ballot, to complete streets like this, that benefit all modes of transportation. the alliance for biking and walking publishes a biennial benchmarking report to look at cycling and walking in all 50 states and the biggest cities. i will skip down here, port found that san francisco has far more miles of bike infrastructure per square mile of any city in the country. the report found that we have one of the lowest rates of cyclists fatali

detectives in polk county, florida, in between orlando and tampa in central florida believe the memorial day weekend mass murder happened sometime between saturday night and monday afternoon. the victims are two women and one man. one of the women has a 14-year-old daughter. she left that house early saturday morning to go away on an rotc retreat, and when she came home yesterday, that is when she discovered her mother dead. all three victims were shot to death. take a good look at this picture, especially if you're in the south going from florida all the way as far west as tennessee and texas. his name, david smith. he's got dark hair, dark eyes, police consider him very dangerous and expect him to be armed. he's believed to be driving a 2002 beige mercury sable with a florida tag of 708mdb. investigators say there is a very good chance he has already left the state of florida. investigators say the former military man suffers from post traumatic stress disorder as well. >> he's dangerous. they refer to him as having no friends, that he is a loner. on his facebook he's got, like, four f

and maze is also a place on polk. that i have, and i will stop in on the weekend and i have made the visits due to a comment by a neighbor. i think that the main issue with the maze on polk is a side door and a double door on the fern alley that a lot of sound leaks through and i have been in touch with two owners and we have addressed with getting a quote for additional sound proofing and i feel that we are making progress there and a couple of other complaints that have come across the desk in the last three weeks, and one at the chapel on 777 valencia and one on 582 washington, and very good communication between the complainants and the owners of the establishments and i think that they are looking for some third party input. >> that was lovely. >> yes. and maybe my voice is too deep. but, there is very good communication, between the management and complainants and i think that the next step is to go in and do some dwelling inspections and insure that the complaints are valid and see what we can do to take other

officials cut the ribbon on bike lane along polk street at market and grove near city hall. the distance that makes it such a big deal but rather the accident city planners went to to make it safe for bicyclist. 7 news reporter jonathan bloom has the story. >> biking to class one evening her life took a detour. >> car can you tell me off turning right and i went in the front head light of it fell backwards and i remember i was in an ambulance. >> surgery. rehab. but it just so happens that class was in government administration. klein went to work for the mta if bike and pedestrians safety. >> when something happens that all of a sudden you don't feel safe getting around it really wakes you up. >> that crash aichele wouldn't happen today. bright green bike lane now line much of market street physically separated from car traffic. there was a missing link until now. >> are you excited as i am. >> 2 block stretch of polk street that was one way. now 2 way for basic el. supervisor kim helped cut the ribbon and took the ceremony first bike ride. if or tried to. northbound bike l

performances in the corridor that was a property line a property line avenue improvement from franklin to the polk corridor. so we're excited to see that there's an update to the geary project we hope to bring the environmental project forward in the fall and initiate the environmental process to keep it on track both of the projects are high priorities but geary in particular the scheduling we're going to need the support of the city's revenue measures in the fall. so all of those improvements are on track but we need the support of the public to make it possible. in terms of our neighborhood planning we work with chinatown and the update happened in distribute 3 we talked about what sfmta and dpw are proposing with the street bond money that's going to improve pedestrian safety along columbus avenue with the neighborhood planning fester a few years ago. the geneva project is moving along we appreciate the community support in connecting 3 cities and multiply operators. the next brt meeting is june 19th so, please check out our website. feinstein on treasure island we are really ramping up we hav

thought polk and tenth street. more than 45 drivers were in the box when it's red this is against the law and entered the box when it was already red it's against the law and talents the pedestrians to wait at the lighted and those who are watch the light and it's predatory it's steals a few seconds of a pedestrians life. those chiropractors are more important than any pedestrian and their time is more worthy put a smaller and snap a picture of each perpetrator and showing share the info with the registered insurance company and remember this is just a data collection and direction and despite of the fact the planning department thinks this it that didn't impact the investment people will change their predatory behavior when they get a hiked insurance premium. there are we go that worked. thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> hello, i'm vicky hoover i want to speak to item 26 this wilderness act. as a resident of san francisco and national chair of the coalition of environmental groups coming to coordinate the a

and number two is the office building that has ground parking garage 6 stories high macro 3 is on polk street retail on the ground floor 4 stories high and on the corner of broadway 3 stories and this is the hotel on lombardy with the retail on the ground floor with 3 stories get a sense. here's the two existing micro site that will be setting an ugly print it's two small and primarily resident so until there are firmer guidelines in usage there should be no site here >> thank you. >> hello, i'm sky i'm here he representing the union street association. and the union street association is strongly opposed to the at&t micro site it violates the union street design guidelines that were approved by the commissioner in 1983. a short while back we stated our concerns in opposition to at&t's plan for 1700 union street at this point we couldn't imagine at&t wanted to bigger antenna site on one our our heritage building. 18 hundred is a 1933 art deco building the same and/or as the coit tower and golden gate bridge my quote the society of the california strongly opposes at&t's proposal for thi