we have a few great business owners from the west portal. matt rodgers, in particular, has really pushed this issue. if you would like to have the opportunity to give it a push, come on up. all of you are welcome. if you would like to say anything, we would like to give the opportunity. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i appreciate the opportunity to be here. it has been a long journey. i was going to give a background on how we got here and let our supporters sell it. it was actually 2007, i called up sean and told him our ideas about this. we started percolating the idea of forming the district. the need for this district kim about -- i have been active -- i have been a merchant for 20 years. we are seeing to italy participation. volunteer opposition -- positions are pulling what they used to. right after 9/11, the neighborhood tried to create a beautification district and it was denied by the irs twice. we talked as a merchants association and decided to give it a serious ago. we met with the neighborhood association, property owners. we r

i have an update on west portal. supervisor mirkarimi's stance on this has been that the place of entertainment map is the guiding map as i've explained and as regina explained but is very clearly stated if there is consensus in that commercial district that they want to be included in the area supervisor wants to make an amendment to the legislation, they can come to supervisor mirkarimi and offer to make that amendment. and he called our office and said they were interested in doing that. >> yeah, there's a great italian restaurant called spiazo's that struggled. and i think if they were able to have a guitar player or a piano player they might not struggle quite as much, for sure. >> i'm going to be a little bit more long winded than i am on occasion. >> i thought you covered everything already. >> commissioner -- thank you, mr. solma. before i say anything else, let me be totally clear that i am supportive of this legislation. i think, you know, we've been dealing with this question south of market for years and

we do not need any more delays on west portal. it is interesting that it will be delayed. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. any other member of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed. if we could have a motion. motion by supervisor farrell. we can take that without objection. is there any other business before the committee? >> no, there is no other matter. supervisor campos: thank you. the meeting is adjourned.

we do not need any more delays on west portal. it is interesting that it will be delayed. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. any other member of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed. if we could have a motion. motion by supervisor farrell. we can take that without objection. is there any other business before the committee? >> no, there is no other matter. supervisor campos: thank you. the meeting is adjourned. >> would you like to call the roll? er jsbr we have a quorum. commissioner perrez is an excused absence. >> thank you. second item -- first item is public comment. members may address the commission on items of interest that are within the subject matter of jurisdiction. members may address the commission up to three minutes. at the time such item is called. is there anyone here to speak to an item or an issue that is not on today's agenda? seeing none, i am going to go forward because we will lose our quorum. i am going to take the calendar out of order. the place of entertainment -- do you want to take that? >> it is an application at 37 mission

we do not need any more delays on west portal. it is interesting that it will be delayed. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. any other member of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed. if we could have a motion. motion by supervisor farrell. we can take that without objection. is there any other business before the committee? >> no, there is no other matter. supervisor campos: thank you. the meeting is adjourned. >> all those in favor of approving the minutes? any opposed? the minutes or approved as a minute. item three, public comment on executive session. nothing? ok, executive session. is there a motion? >> so moved. >> approved. >> all of those in favor of adjourning to an executive session? any opposed? >> reconvene in open session. at second? >> i would also like to make game motion that there are two versions of the agenda. on some, item 13 was deleted, which was just adjournment. so i move to add at item 13 back on to the agenda, for adjournment. about a second. >> any public comment? >> all of those in favor of revising the agenda? the motion is c

we do not need any more delays on west portal. it is interesting that it will be delayed. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. any other member of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed. if we could have a motion. motion by supervisor farrell. we can take that without objection. is there any other business before the committee? >> no, there is no other matter. supervisor campos: thank you. the meeting is adjourned. >> good evening. welcome to the july 11th, 2011 small commission -- small business commission meeting. public comment will be taken on each item. speaking card are available at the front table. >> item two, approval of the march 11th minutes. expiratory documents. >> i move. >> to we have a second. >> all in favor. >> we see no objections. >> commissioners, item three, approval of the may 9th, 2011 meeting minutes. >> i moved. >> i second. >> next item. >> you are now on item number four, general public comment. this allows members of the public to comment on items that are within the commission's purview. >> do we have any members of the public t

when you go from west portal, there is no switch or no physical plant that allows us, beyonce st. francis circle -- so from st. francis circle to balboa, you would not be able to make an adjustment in the train service to put it on time. that is significant, especially when you look at the bottleneck in the travel, the stock plans -- the stop signs and lights along ocean avenue, that has a significant impact on the on- time performance of the whole line. i think part of the other bottleneck for congestion on on- time performance is the area around fourth and king, not just because of the ballpark, but because we are occasionally impacted by the bridge going up, and some of the congestion that occurs around caltrain and off the freeway. in terms of operating challenges, there are some bottlenecks on that the system from traffic and congestion. there is some flexibility that exists on the third street site, but not on the k-t side in terms of our ability to adjust the service. the biggest operating challenge we have right now, not just on this line but the whole subway system, is th

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been prohibitions in certain parts of san francisco, like in parts of south of market or in the west portal. and i made it clear to the businesses in those districts and those vicinities of san francisco that if their supervisors, my colleagues, would like to see our legislation amended so that it could be amended in, then i am more than happy to do that and through that grass roots response, my colleagues who we originally did not include would like to be included in the legislation and this has been well vetted throughout the city and county of san francisco. and attached to that obligation and responsibility and making sure this is managed is sensitive to neighborhood needs and concerns of the residents who within ear distance of any particular business is our insistence there be the compliance with san francisco's ordinance and on noise and excessive noise. we will continue to -- well, we will amend the legislation so it is completely reflective of the noise laws that are already in place. and that requires a small tweak which we'll do at the land use committee of the board of superviso

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>> it obstructs the actual portal. >> west portal went from, maybe it will be ok, and then the cars to over. -- cars took over. >> it kind of looks that way now. this is the ocean view we were talking about. most of that is gone now. >> golden gate heights. >> 1928. that is 16th avenue down there in front of us. lots of sand dunes. houses are starting to take over. we have a later photo coming up. >> and nuance. it is there because no one wanted to live on 13th avenue. there is no 13th ave. >> there is the sunset reservoir and the sand dunes. they were building houses right on the dunes. that is 28. that is the same view in 1990. >> and the park is there. much better. >> this is westwood park. it used to be called residential park. the idea was that instead of having a bar next door to your house, this would be an exclusive residential community. the street should follow the land. they had curvilinear streets. they had decorative vases, stairways. the whole idea was someone would come home from work and he should be elevated and think great thoughts. he should not be in the hustle and

above the portal there are probably tracks here for bringing out missiles and rockets which. but it appears another vent from underground and our senior peers another i mean i don't wish to come it's closed so no one knows where it goes underground a minute esteemable put up a lot and. it was old guarded our guards were at every corner. i. asked. dear friends thank you for the opportunity to speak i'm not a politician i'm sixty six retired and an unpaid mayor. talk of it says resistance to the american base was published in one thousand to world papers including the new york times though it was mostly can be heard very far away. only mr top ally nick the czech prime minister and our government won't listen up there with me and i am so pleased as the founder of the mayor's league against radar to be able to come and inform you of our fights you know shit i know i have not come in vain with it only the greater public and independent news media around the world can help fight against needless military bases armaments and provoking war to government officials displayed such a lev

>> i was with the west portal merchants yesterday morning. i think it is my job to be as responsive to the businesses in the district as it is to be to the constituents. i am the face of city hall. i need to be accessible, open, and responsive. i can help clear up a lot of the red tape for them. >> is there anything particularly special about serving in the district where you grew up that informs some of the things you take on us supervisor? >> it is very special. one example i like to cite is 18th avenue. there is a restaurant called the gold mirror. i went to school with the chef when we were seven. he said that it was too unsafe for the customers. i got a stop sign in there for him. being able to do little things like that for people i grew up with -- i know that intersection. i probably cost it many times myself. having the background knowledge and being able to do something like, is a wonderful thing to be able to do. >> are there any other issues of concern we have not discussed ayet that you want to chat abou? >> in the end, it all com

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the transitional on 30th street from san jose, also the entrance into the portal, in my experience it is a significant hinge point in the line. it causes a lot of the lay and slow down. getting in and out of the tunnel is painfully slow when it comes to making the transition along 30th street. i know that we have spoken about this before. i know that of these can be resolved, it will improve the line significantly. i appreciate your looking at those. i know that you talked about signal priority and it seems like it is a part of that equation. has that been the case? >> i would agree with those observations. certainly, as we talk about the bulk of writer ship on the line, between 30th and church down to market, to the extent that we can move along faster i think there are a couple of things that we can do. i hate to sound like a broken record, but from our standpoint one of the things that we have to do to resolve the pinch point, all three of the portals we are trying to enter in the system switched from manual operation on the street to the automatic. making sure that our equipment i

they are at the key portals. is a shared responsibility. we're looking at technology to supplement how we do that. our management team should follow up. if we have an incident and we do not repeated, the next day we understand, and if it is necessary to go beyond that. so -- supervisor cohen: it looks like i have colleagues who would like to have a word or two. >> hi. i am it with sustainable streets. i do not know much about the v- tag -- supervisor cohen: i am sorry. you are with you? >> sustainable streets. supervisor cohen: is that mta? >> with nt 8. i know how the v-tag interacts and i wanted to share information about that. supervisor cohen: thank you. >> i know about the detectors on the streets. it is in our sf go transportation management center. last year we were able to upgrade to these logs. until last september when a v- tag failed, we would only know if someone complained. as of last september, we were able to add the logs, and if there is a failure, we send it over to the muni maintenance, and a repair a. -- and they prepare

. >> there was a creek that came down basically through west portal and said that particular lake. >> that was filled in when they develop west portal, and they had the brilliant idea when they dug but,, they needed a place to put it, so they build the creek in with the tunnel muck. >> you can see in 1910, we are talking about after the earthquake, but outer richmond is still pretty sparsely settled. >> or anyone who ever wondered what richmond is named after, it was a guy by the name of marsh, who was from richmond, england. >> australia? >> australia? >> george turner marsh. >> no trees at all. people see trees in the city and think they may have been made. sand and scrub. at some point, these are the lives were used recreational -- these outer lands were used recreational lly. . >> there is. we hoave -- what, the third? >> depends on it you are coming the addition. but they all burned down. that was around 1900, so if you are ever stuck in traffic in the six-lane boulevard in 19th avenue, imagine what it was like back then. >> [inaudible] i would say this is after they began to dev