way of polk thank >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> cip. >> (calling names). >> i'm owner of the property along polk street and i'm concerned that the adequate studies have not been done particularly when i went to the meeting of mta and talked with the salesmen how is the new business happening on van ness they said simply we simply need to do a better study of how the impact of van ness projects are going to impact this i think we need to think about more mitigating factors to help support the merchant on polk street i have a tenant that has a small business there and she boonsz depends upon people coming from all over the city my remain tenants don't own cars they need the small businesses on polk street to be able to getting give vibrant businesses i hope you'll think about some options like mitigating factors of handling off-street parking in the north end of polk street near union street there are no off-street parking places until you get to pine or places like that i think we need to do some studies on

there the this is not new we started this bike thing 15 years ago polk street had 3 lanes on polk street we eliminated one of them that's 1/3rd the traffic on polk street was eliminated 250i789d to add the parking and add bike lanes where they couldn't fit this started a long time ago we did the enormous changes my business really saw that in its truck deliveries coming in we get 44 foot trucks twice a week it is hard to park those trucks we have other huge changes coming to polk street not the bikes as we heard the hospital is coming in with upwards of 20 thousand car trips per day to the hospital when they made their application where are those cars going to go those cars will be circling looking for parking spaces what about the left turns on van ness those cars and trucks and buses will be using polk street i'd like to see a comprehensive stud of what is going on polk street when the construction starts and what's been going to happen to the businesses afterward we would like to have a study and i'd like to submit that for further use. >> thank you for your time. >> congratulations.

please safe polk street and not implement that plan. >> thank you, sir (clapping.) (calling names). >> good afternoon tom nolan and members of the board i'm here. >> your name is. >> ervin i'm here to speak for moving the plan forward lower polk is so beautifully designed americans best place for bikes that's the good news for all of the two to three blocks south now to improve 20 or more blocks i have 3 additional points to make protective bike lanes do more than help biologists get out there they essentially benefit pedestrians by keeping the bicyclists off the sidewalks that is one of the best safety measurements and by preventing the weaving he's fierce to do they benefit motorists my second point i suspect that 7 percent figure for bicyclists will go up please add bike reacts to the plan i didn't see it in the presentation it might have been been there and the most controversial is it so my understanding that an environmental impact report is not required for doing bike lanes and therefore if you want this plan to move forward i'll ask you to do so without the

fire chief because as it is planned today that means that 7 to 10 tow away zone on the one side of polk street and also the different red and blue and white zone a lot of parking spaces will be taken away if we ryder's raids it i can't imagine how it would be lining like i'm not the only practitioner and the only small business owners i've been there for a long time so if none of my patients is so loyal to circle around for 20 minutes to find parking my point is i don't have a choices they can take the bus also i can't bike from the facility to polk street the last thing i really think that garages building garages is one of the most important things to be (clapping) (calling names). >> good afternoon. i'm a 13 year resident of the right on even russian hill knob hill boarderer on polk as i arrived here today, i see a well 0ergdorchard bicycle movement i share my neighborhoods concerned with the fact that the pendulum is starting to swing two favor we took a thoughtful necessarily we have many considerations of merchant as some of the neighbors said no one is one hundred percent happy w

living on polk street this change will make that more from this arrest the challenge will make polk street safer along christmas i asking am asked if i want a bright light on my bicycle i think polk street will be a place for people to walk and bike and most of the pedestrians use i want to point out the polk street garage is closed on sunday this need not be much of a demand so put more people in the garage and the garage is owned by the city so more revenue for the city thank you. >> thank you>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names) any of those folks in want room. >> one has spoken and jeanine read a few more and any of them in the room? >> okay. great. >> good afternoon. i'm luke a san francisco native a homework and military veteran when us of 10 years old i got my glasses from the doctor on polk street he needs the on street parking my dad does he understand why some are concerned about folks, however, all the evidence suggested that people like my dad that needs on street factoring are a smaller sector bicycle is responsible for the business on the coordinator b

2011 more derivatives were injured now i hear we're up to two injuries on polk street the tenderloin and a network of alleys are are not protected from the corridor host this is the route this is uncommon used for the south coordinate i'm not sure i'll support this because of the usage of the boulevard we this that larkin and others are high street coordinates we have on polk street for the entire north-south transit for the bicyclists we accepting expect more people to get out of their cards and more housing along the van ness and south of market we need to figure out ways to get people bicycling and walking we have a publicized article where a 6-year-old was hit and killed by a driver on polka first grader at the elementary school a horrific story i represented a district that has the highest number of pedestrian kinds of the collisions this is wasn't i'm passionate about i recognize the difficult position there is on a balance of many different needs of the are stakeholders involved i have to say i want to give thoughts to the staff we think they have a balance of the plan with a

. >> thank you for that introduction ed i'm lewis montoya the mta's leads on the polk street project i'm existed to be here to present this comprehensive project on polk streets the energy in the room a lot of people care of about this and existed to have this proposal before you today. >> polk have the a a very vibrate commercial district our project focuses on the $1.3 million between unity and mcallister that portion is diverse from the civic center the possible touches knob hill and russian hill very vibrant with a mix of commercial dense housing services and government institutions and churches really the type of place where the factories in the neighborhood can run e.r. rabid and speciality tracks for people to come around the city and get the best of san francisco that violent urban atmosphere we have this is a snapshot how to get to polk street most people walk there it is like and mentioned a dense residential neighborhood so a lot of folks with coming from nearby and a lot of folks take the transit to permitting operate the service on polk street and on the east west street

only like i'm from a different country america lets you speak i don't care i don't get any fair on polk street i use that most of the time two many cars only one lane 2 many people drive two face not about van ness every block is two far so you drove a bicycle lane each block you have to stop on polk street it is limited i'm the only guy those young people don't know about san francisco we love bicycle lane and finally, there's someone down the street button put a flower we need to draw the bicycle lane and we use bicycle on freeway go into the - it is fantastic a romantic human beings the green light used to right across in front of of the polk street the employee died because he didn't, look you have to look your eyes you look at townsend street, however, i how many muni buses they get paid hourly who care about they get money the cab driver the >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names) the last person on the item. >> i'm a board member of the bicycle coalition a long time san francisco resident i moved here from detroit more years ago than i want to count my father worke

not enforced it is not popping up but at san francisco and polk i've taken pictures this last year two bicyclists hit one another had to take them away in an ambulance they don't stop at the stop sign you create a freeway with toys of more pedestrians 0 going to get hurt i don't want anyone to get hurt it is very frustrating to be what you goose are trying to do. >> thank you that will conclude the open session. >> ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen, we're back in section ladies and gentlemen, we're back in session i've asked director ramos to start. >> i'll keep my questions brief i want to thank and acknowledge many montoya i know he's been working on this for a long time half a done a great job ever putting possibility a compromise for the city and polk street i just feel like the reason why i seconded the vice chair amendment from my perspective there was direction in airing out this direction of a longer bike lane that sound like up to voov i having think from my prospective from what the folks are saying in the interest of protecting the merchant when i talked to the merch

this for a long time half a done a great job ever putting possibility a compromise for the city and polk street i just feel like the reason why i seconded the vice chair amendment from my perspective there was direction in airing out this direction of a longer bike lane that sound like up to voov i having think from my prospective from what the folks are saying in the interest of protecting the merchant when i talked to the merchant the last few sartsz one of the primary prim concerns the concern about the loading and unloading the commercial issue was a key issue i'm not sure if it is feasible to create a protective liking bicycle lane some of the loading could be done we could change the legislation of that and see what the impacts would be i'm not saying this is a solution but like to have been able to longtime it and vet it out i fully understand the concerns for accommodating those merchants along the corridor polk street feels like old san francisco i remember i want to keep i feel like, however, changes are coming we've get 34 cranes in the sky i was riding a mass of 12 of us ridi

a community member suggested going to polk and maybe look at going all the way to van ness and polk and larkin are big areas for some types of illegal activities so we'll hear now from the controller of what we believe the proposed changes are and this is an opportunity for all of us to go back through your notes check to see if there's anything missing here and an opportunity to consider the data when we look at what final map we're going to adopt because now we have the community perspective and want to integrate that and make sure we take the community ideas, understand what the data is and come up with something that makes the most sense so feel free to add anything you feel might be missing so i'll go to the controller's office. >> thank you president loftus once again good evening and members of the public my name is randy maclure e. we have a third party expert consultant based out of massachusetts who has been along for the ride along the way public safety strategies group and we want to have them come back at the final stage to address some of these data issues and questions th

you're along polk street so what is going on katy? >> polk street is packed.d thing. there is a lot of businesses, bars, restaurants and very happening here but you add in drivers, cyclists, taxis and it's a confusing equation. there is a bike lane that is part of the street and also this park it will for a restaurant that includes seating. so san francisco municipal transportation agency has a tough task on their hands trying to create a safer polk street that accommodates everyone. people on both sides of the issue cyclists groups and business owners are expected to pack the mta board of directors meeting this afternoon where they could decide ons issue. public works is looking to repave polk street. it's been in the works for two years now and the plan currently on the table includes the addition of bike lanes along most of polk. when we cover thissish ye earlier this year business owners explain why keeping parking spaces is so important to him. >> a business like mine that sells paint, sells lumber and all of that you can't carry it on the bus. you can't