the sf mta is over seing the upgrades on some of the 1100 single intersections of the city and managing it as part of the transit first program. >> with the undertaking this size, it is significant amount of coordination, is required when we are like i said, we have hundreds and hundreds of projects throughout staoet, for the next three years and

the sf mta is over seing the upgrades on some of the 1100 single intersections of the city and managing it as part of the transit first program. >> with the undertaking this size, it is significant amount of coordination, is required when we are like i said, we have hundreds and hundreds of projects throughout staoet, for the next three years and beyond, they are working closely with partners and other cities to closely coordinate all of the work and also find efficiencies to save the city money and time. >> when we go out there and we do all of these projects it is important for the city and the department of public works to reach out to the businesses and the residents that may be affected by this construction. we send out all advanced noticing an example of a notice that someone might get in the mail 30 days in advance or ten days in advance of a construction project coming in their neighborhood. >> we work with construction management and public out reach staff to communication construction plans and announcements and updates about construction. and all of the contact information wi

the sf police and officer with media relations unit. we support the change and legislation, to transfer the process for issuing press permit through mta. we will validate press measures and issue passes and forward that list to mta so they can forward the issuance of press parking cards. >> okay. thank you very much. any questions, supervisor olague? okay. we can open up this item for public comment. i know the person who wanted to comment just stepped out, so i will keep a -- public comment. here we have a members of the public and our press corps. >> i'm barbara taylor with kcbs. >> recognize the voice. >> initially kcbs and "the chronicle" both had a lot of problems with this legislation. to put it briefly, our feeling was if it is not broken, don't fix it. for over four decades -- three and a half decades, my only experience, this has been a problem-free, user-free, customer-friendly system. reporters and news organizations apply to one office the press parking -- the press public information office for both their police press pass and their press parking pass. you send it over. they do the paperwork. they give you the information.

talked about this briefly the sfmta in conjunction with improve sf, an initiative of the mayor's office hold a competition to ask san franciscans to come up with a new logo for the mta, reflecting mobility for the 21st century. we had artists who submitted proposals and went through an online voting process and then a jury of peer process that ended up selecting paul miller as the winner and he is a graphic artist from method design. it was a four-color design of parallel lines that symbolize many of the interconnected multimodal paths of travel. that was the thinking behind the design. we have since -- he has been very generouswith his time and again this is something again that cost nothing to muni or for the mta which had we done this on our own would have cost probably quite a bit of money. the consultants who do this kind of work can charge well for it, but he is not only entered the contest for free, but since worked with us to refine it and we are now ready to soft-launch the new logo. we're just going to phase it in, because we don't want to incur any expense. we're not going to throw out old letterhead or old signage. but we are ready to start bringing this

the residents and businesses. i know the mta recently just approved, just minutes ago, support for the boulevard plan as well. i've worked with dick's masonic which includes the walk sf and livable city and the bicycle coalition and many neighborhood organizations for years that have been trying to make it a safer corridor. so i'm looking forward to solution for the street but also full funding for the different proposals supported by the community. and once kind of we have the project fully funded, working on making sure that the project moves forward so that we have safer streets for all. also, on friday, i'll be joining president chiu and many others in the celebration of the chinatown north beach campus, the city college of san francisco. i know there's the open house celebration from 5 to 7 pm at the new site at kearney street and washington. it's been a 10 year struggle and ballots. and battle. i salute the groups like chinese for affirmative action, lawrence wong from the college board and many others, just a few meetings ago we had the former dean, joanne lowe but also the current dean also here. but i'll be there to celebrate. i hope others join us as well.

if you want to be involved through the planning department and the mta. and sf better streets. org. >> you are part of that. >> i'm on the citizens advisory board. >> 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 fra