, and what happens on vanesse affects mission street. what happens on polk street affects fillmore street, it is a much bigger thing than just looking at things narrowly. that is something i hope that can be brought out in hearing the maybe you can find out to convince them that's the way should be. that's a series of us that will come up and talk about some of these things and hopefully you'll get some of the questions. thank you so much. >> chair adams: thank you. >> as a speaker comes up, speak your name for the record when you start your presentation thank you. >> mitchell berg, order of bow wow miau. in the project like the on polk street that would have the potential impact on businesses in the community that is so dramatic the business community should have been involved in the process much sooner than it was. it seems sfmta has serious outreach problems in -- and a pr problem. the coalition with small business has been left out of the loop. we were brought to the table at the point where we became a spoiler; the plans were drawn

. >> it's also clear that what happens on vanesse, especially during the construction period will affect you. there needs to be coordination of those two efforts, the construction phase and anticipating what the final outcome is in terms of traffic patterns. >> and we agreed, there are changes that are planned for vanesse as far as not being able to make left-hand turns forcing many more right-hand turns , forcing much more traffic on to polk street, which is a topic at hand here. >> i propose, have been proposing a technique which i call pave it and paint it; paint can be changed. curbs once done our hard to undo. i'm hoping that at least in moderation but they will adopt a strategy the last things to be modified over time and in a less difficult way, like this repainting things; traffic patterns ; change and they will your traffic patterns will change and i think that the flexibility to add and subtract features on the street should be preserved over time so that we can deal with the changes in the neighborhood and changes in the traffic patterns affected by all the other project slate

>> vanesse and california. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: i know that that is where the city planning allow the conditional use. and just a comment. steven i know you and your heart and your spirit ,,and i know everybody here the spirit in san francisco is to be progressive but also inclusive. there is a gentleman out there, five generations, it would not fair for somebody in the agencies was not from san francisco eliminate a small business like that. voicing your opinion matters because at the end of the day we are all public servants and don't forget that. >> we haven't. we've met with the bicycle coalition. we invited them. we met with people from the mayors office. with mta. we initiated the meetings and trying to be inclusive. >> thank you. >> and don't think everything is set in stone. >> i'm going to give the final count. you are all awesome for coming out and preaching to the choir on this one with me. william, i love what you said, parking being taken away. and steve, you're right. i had the same issues when i was working with mumsy (sounds like) and we did not have a choice

reisking's statement about being on the corner of vaness and what? one of the greatest problems in the industry is which corner are you talking about and how is a taxi going to be on the southwest corner when he doesn't know which corner the passenger is on? so it's a little more complicated than you think, but the main thing is you have to allow us to take credit cards and i would suggest that mr. heinicke look into it isn't just a pilot program before you approve all the apps so that we could have a program just for advanced calls that we could accept, credit cards, and start fighting fire with fire because that is where the success is. thank you. (applause) >> next speaker please. >> (calling names) >> my point about the subject is that i have been calling for a central dispatch for 20 years now and finally something is happening in that regard. i am all for a citywide taxi app, the people who showed us that this works is uber cab and so on and so forth, they have been doing it for years but there is one requirement there should be a fee when they

the board office is located at 1650 mission street, room 304 between duvos and vaness avenues this meeting is broadcast live on san francisco television, sfgov tv, cable channel 78 and dvds of this meeting are available for purchase directly from sfgov tv. thank you for your attention, at this point in time we will conduct our swearing in process, if you intend to testify at any of tonight's hearings and ask the board to give your testimony evidentiary weight, please stand and raise your right-hand and say i do after you have been sworn in or affirmed. please note that any member of the public may speak without taking this oath purchase pursuant. >> do you swear or affirm that the testimony that you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> thank you. >> we have two housekeeping items, first with 5 a on the cal endar which is a rehearing and it has been withdrawn. and the second has to do with item number nine, 13.004, i want to make sure that the parties to the matter are here, could i see the hands of the appellant and the permit holder? they have