the c.a.c. effective and powerful. two meetings ago, we had a great presentation from a.g.m. steven ritchie about the bay delta. it was clear that the c.a.c. needed more information to take a position. there was no lack of position on either end. the topic of the bay delta will actually be taken up by a smaller set of members at the c.a.c. next tuesday. i know i learned a lot from that meeting, not only in terms of issue but also in terms of process. most notably, though, it confirmed my gut feeling that the work that i want to do over the next year is to truly listen and understand the motivations and passions of my fellow c.a.c. members, to develop thoughtful recommendations and positions after sufficient deliberation. in the past, we've measured success by how many resolutions we've passed. in 2017-2018, that shifted. it's clear that we did much more than pass resolutions this year. the c.a.c. and its individual members have been very active in engaging and educating the board of supervisors,

the c.a.c. is, especially for our audience out there. if you have kids who are in special education or you're going to start your kid in school, this is very good information for you to have. i certainly didn't know my kid was special ed until later in the process, like second grade. when i found out about the c.a.c., that's when i found out, at some point in time. san francisco unified school district special education committee advisory committee, that's the c.a.c., is a state-mandated organization, part of the california department of education. there are over 700,000 special education students in the state of california. these students are organized into special education local plan areas, which include many school districts. the san francisco selpa is special, in that we're one of the largest single-district selpa. california state education code mandates that each selpa must have a community advisory committee and the majority of the committee members must be parents. c.a.c. must sign off o

the c.a.c. recommended approval of the appropriation request included in item 5 on your agenda. the san francisco transit corridor study and streets and freeways study requests representing parts of the overall connect sf effort generated c.a.c. discussion about the impacts of the options generated from these studies on housing availability, affordability and gentrification. the c.a.c. encouraged implementation of a displacement metric if it wasn't already included in the studies. the c.a.c. encouraged as much lane separation as possible with regard to bike path design for yerba buena road and treasure island road. during the clean air program of projects a c.a.c. member assisted college students with bike share memberships raised concerns about non-competitive bid contracts for bike share companies. one is the forego bike by sf students. the c.a.c. also heard about the experience of u.c. berkeley with the same program. and heard that it was a good last-mile option for commuter students. the c.a.

with that said, the c.a.c. applauded and commended the project team and this board for taking the appropriate actions of closing this center immediately out of an abundance of caution in access to making and keeping building safety the number one priority. we also appreciate the efforts the project team to keep us and the public updated with the latest information. during our meeting, the project team went through slides in detail and provided us with ample time to ask varietied and ample list of questions. we appreciate the level of detail provided outlining what is known to this point with no speculation and the next steps to determine the cause, design of the associated fix, associate timeline, which will lead to the eventual reopening of the rooftop park and the transit center. it was articulated clearly throughout the presentation, the reopening will occur only when it has been demonstrated appropriate repairs have been made and the center was safe. we were also pleased to here about the various peer review

. >> clerk: we have the c.a.c.'s recent recommendations. >> good afternoon, directors. i'm going to be really brief because of the packed agenda. i'm going to go over our recommendations, read some, summarize some. so these were from our october 4th meeting. the first one was recommending that the agency undertake a public relations campaign about sidewalk parking to try to discourage sidewalk parking. that's kind of a pet issue of the c.a.c. and we were happy to get a presentation about that last time. we would like a motion, we made a motion to restrict transit-only lanes including red lanes to vehicles defined as transit vehicles by the california vehicle code. we had a presentation about the third street transit and safety project. we passed a motion in support of that. it looks good. we had one piece, a recommendation about it which was that right turns be prohibited an the third street transit safety project corridor. but other than that, the project had our stamp of approval. so that was all of our motions. we had a couple requests for information. and i won't go

i think, given my background and my interests in the soma c.a.c. are really about making sure that i think it's really unfortunate this community is defined by its challenges and there are so many community assets and such a entrepreneurial spirit in the community. something like the stabilization fund really provides the necessary resources to the non profits who are serving these folks and kind of illicitting that spirit. that's something i try and approach the community in that way and it's something i appreciate that the c.a.c. as well. perhaps two years have been fulfilling in service and i've learned a lot about my own community and the work that we do. so i just am very proud to be a community member and help you serve in this way. thank you. >> thank you. >> do we have any questions. >> thank you, supervisors. i a apologize, i was across the hall at the other committee hearing tracking an important financial item for the central soma plant. i didn't realize you had jumped ahead that quickly. >> we were trying to jump around. >> and of course

carl kimbrell, so i'm asking the artists, and i will be going to the c.a.c. and asking them for the same thing, to have that building named after mr. carl kimbrell. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. james. anybody else wishing to speak on this item that has not submitted a card? seeing none, i will close public comment and turn to my fellow commissioners for anix questions or comments. okay. -- any questions or comments. okay. seeing none -- okay. >> i'd like to know what's going on there in the bayview-hunters point shipyard. the newspapers were full of news this weekend, and i don't know what about this, you know? >> so -- >> the problems there. >> several meetings ago, i had announced to the commission that at the request of the mayor, leader pelosi, president cohen, they had asked that parcel a that was previously transferred in 2004 be retested or rescanned. even though it wasn't part of the tetratech site, it was part of the navy site. on july 6, 2018, they started the scan, and they -- to date, they've scanned over 90% of the public area and common

he will be a great addition to the c.a.c. thank you. >> great. any other members wish to comment. public comment is closed. i'll just say, before we make a motion, i also have had the opportunity to work with ms. phillips, and she's been active in the soma community. she's been a strong advocate for families in need. just add my voice to the chorus here and speaking in support. i think and i also have heard wonderful things about mr. ortiz. anything else? supervisor -- >> i just wanted to add, obviously we have two strong candidates and i also wanted to thank heather for her work with united play as they do such incredible work. i've worked with them in the past. prevention work and gun buy-back programs. i saw your shirt and you had my vote. >> supervisor yee, do you want to make a motion? >> this is tough. two great candidates and we only have two positions. [laughter] i'm make a motion to apoint kevin ortiz to seat five and heath phillips to seat 10. >> we can do that without objection. congratulations. thank you for your service. [applause] >> let's do item number 1. >> item nu

for example, the city's c.a.c. meeting, which we attended in september and plan on attending in november , as well. so there's lots of different ways that we communicate with the public. >> president cohen: okay. thank you. who does the community go to for updates once the work plan is underway? >> well, they can absolutely come to me. that is my primary responsibility is working with the community. we -- if they like, we have an e-mail distribution list that we -- anybody who signs up for that, we send them communication. they can go onto our website as well as there's future community meetings planned in the next -- well, every month for the next three or four months. >> president cohen: and i assume there's going to be regularly scheduled community meetings to share information as the work plan -- >> yes, absolutely. already in the plans. >> president cohen: all right. all right. thank you very much. since i have all three of you, this is a moment for self-reflection, and in hindsight, what could have been done b

public outreach, we've had numerous conversation with ucsf, the hospital, also representatives from mission bay c.a.c., life science roundtable, south beach rincon, dog porch, potrero, as well as homeowners of madrone and homeowners association and residents at 330 mission bay boulevard north and 325 china basin street. so that is our presentation. we're very excited to be here tonight, being less than a year out. and i'm happy to take any questions, if anybody should have any. >> commissioner bleiman: i'm sure nobody can compete against the lawyers and the team, i'm sure, for sound mitigation. i'm curious, when you sent out the notice of the phone number. will it be on your website? i -- how are you planning to get the message out for people in neighborhoods may be able to find this phone number and where does it go to? >> absolutely. great question. there will be numerous ways that they can get the phone number. right now, we are publishing for the stake holders, a newsletter. we' we'll continue to do that outreach. we have our own website. it will be on the website. we have an app that's being dev