>> good afternoon this meeting will come to order. welcome to the october 31, 2022 regular meeting of land use and transportation of the san francisco board of supervisors. happy halloween. i'm supervisor melgar chair joined by vice chair supervisor preston and supervisor peskin. the committee clerk today is erika major and i would like to acknowledge jason gold and janet at sfgovtv for staff thanksgiving meeting. >> do you have announcements? >> the board of supervisors and committees are convening hybrid meeting for in person comment and remote access and public comment via phone. board rescuizes equal access is essential and taking public comment as follows.

first taken on each item. those in person will be allowed to speak first and we will take those waiting on the phone line. for those watching channel 26, 28, 78 or 99, and sfgov.org the public call in number is streaming the number is 415-655-0001. that is 415-655-0001. and you enter access code: 2484 878 4906##. when connected you will hear the meeting discussions but muted and in listening mode only. when your item come up and public comment is called those in person should be lineup to your right and those on the phone line dial star 3 to be added to the queue if you are on your phone turn down your television expect listening device. a indicated we will take comment from those in person first and

go to public call in line. you may also submit comments to me via e mail erica. major sfgov.org if you submit e mill tell be forwarded to the supervisors and made part of the official file. you may also send your written comments to the office at city hall, the address is 1 drr carlton b. goodlet. final low items acted upon today will, pore on the board agenda of november 8 unless otherwise stated. madam chair >> thank you. call item one. >> item one, is easterns accepting an offer of public infrastructure and real property associated with 5m project declirg city property additional property as open public right-of-way.

dedicating phase 1/2 infrastructure to public use. establishing official public right-of-ways ordinance number 1061 and appropriate findings members who wish to comment call 415-655-0001 then access code: 2484 878 4906##. and you would like to speak press star low and you indicate you raised your hand. >> thank you very much. madam clerk. we have to let a project manager with oewd and shauna gates who is a project manager with public works infrastructure task force. welcome. >> thank you very much, good afternoon. i'm philip wong a project manage with workforce development. if you allow me a moment

pointing out my costume topical and seasonal on the street. and here to talk about an ordinance for the city to accept for ownership, liability and maintenance public improve ams part of the 5m project. why this is a review of the status of the project since the development agreement approved and executed in 2015. during that time we saw the construction and completion of 2 towers first being a building m2 in minna the george 302 units 91 are middle income below market rate. for15 natomah office, 640,000 square feet in negotiations with 10 an and then the merry court east and west. west has a beautiful public stage and access from an historic building the printing building occupied and managed

and programmed by the community art's stabilization plus arts nonprofit. >> this slide is an over view of the 5m project. including future phase 3. which is this tower on the top right which is n1 a 400 unit condo tower developed by the hurst corporation in the future. now meat and potatoes of this the ordinance itself. will allow the city to accept for owner ishmael, liability and maintenance required public improve ams part of the 5m project in phase one and two and the examples of that are sidewalks, curb ramps, including ad a truncated domes and landing areas that are required the parcels of land to accommodate that feature. street lights and street trees

the features you will see when you visit and see it interact with it. further, the ordinance will allow the city to declare the rights of ways open for public use. and lastly it will amend an ordinance to codify sidewalk changes. >> this is know over view of areas that are where the public improve ams were constructed. . at the top is mission the bottom is howard and the right is fifth street. and this last slide is over view of all of the major projects mile stones for 5m the development agreement approved and executed in 2015 and calling become to last year when we presented to the body for street encoachment for pedestrian only alley way between mission and minna i hear is used and enjoyed by the community.

and as we transition into this season of gratitude, thanksgiving i do want to take an opportunity to thank you for your consideration hopefully move to a positive recommendation to the full board exclusive hard work put in by city staff and community members and just hours of work that allowed us to be here today to present to you but celebrate mile stone for the project. and i'm joined boy my colleagues shauna fwaets with public works. john kwon and the experience joining remote for questions you may have on this ordinance. thank you. >> thank you. mr. wong. thank you very much. thank you. it is a thorough presentation i don't have questions for you or shauna. i don't know if -- okay. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> let's take public comment. why thank you, are there members

of public when would like to speak on this item you need to approach the podium. seeing none we'll go to our remote call in line we have 2 listeners with one in the queue. let's take the first caller, please. hello caller, you are on the line. may we have an unattended line. again we have 2 listeners if you will like to speak press star 3 we will see on our side. that you would like to speak. checking on if there is anyone that would like to speak. hi, caller you can -- we will unmute you and you can comment. >> eileen speaking on my behalf.

[inaudible] properties 3 megaproject in process. 5m, pier 70 and stones town. [inaudible] [no audio]. thank you, so much. and that was the last caller in the queue >> thank you very much. >> public comment is closed. >> i'd like to recommend we move this forward with a positive recommendation to the full board. >> on the motion to recommend item 1, supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> supervisor preston. >> aye. >> supervisor melgar. >> aye. >> 3 aye's that motion passes. >> do we have other items in front of us today. >> that completes the business. you are adjourned. thank you.

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>> in the bay area as a whole, thinking about environmental sustainability. we have been a leader in the country across industries in terms of what you can do and we have a learn approach. that is what allows us to be successful. >> what's wonderful is you have so many people who come here and they are what i call policy innovators and whether it's banning plastic bags, recycling, composting, all the different things that we can do to improve

the environment. we really champion. we are at recycle central, a large recycle fail on san francisco pier 96. every day the neighborhood trucks that pick up recycling from the blue bins bring 50 # o tons of bottles, cans and paper here to this facility and unload it. and inside recology, san francisco's recycling company, they sort that into aluminum cans, glass cans, and different type of plastic. san francisco is making efforts to send less materials to the landfill and give more materials for recycling. other cities are observing this and are envious of san francisco's robust recycling program. it is good for the environment.

but there is a lot of low quality plastics and junk plastics and candy wrappers and is difficult to recycle that. it is low quality material. in most cities that goes to landfill. >> looking at the plastics industry, the oil industry is the main producer of blastics. and as we have been trying to phase out fossil fuels and the transfer stream, this is the fossil fuels and that plastic isn't recycled and goes into the waste stream and the landfill and unfortunately in the ocean. with the stairry step there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. >> we can recycle again and again and again. but plastic, maybe you can recycle it once, maybe. and that, even that process it downgrades into a lower quality material.

>> it is cheaper for the oil industry to create new plastics and so they have been producing more and more plastics so with our ab793, we have a bill that really has a goal of getting our beverage bottles to be made of more recycled content so by the time 2030 rolls around t recycle content in a coke bottle, pepsi bottle, water bottle, will be up to 50% which is higher thatten the percentage in the european union and the highest percentage in the world. and that way you can actually feel confident that what you're drinking will actually become recycled. now, our recommendation is don't use to plastic bottle to begin w but if you do, they are committing to 50% recycled content. >> the test thing we can do is vote with our consumer dollars when we're shopping. if you can die something with no

packaging and find loose fruits and vegetables, that is the best. find in packaging and glass, metal and pap rer all easily recycled. we don't want plastic. we want less plastic. awe what you we do locally is we have the program to think disposable and work one on one to provide technical assistance to swap out the disposable food service to reusables and we have funding available to support businesses to do that so that is a way to get them off there. and i believe now is the time we will see a lot of the solutions come on the market and come on the scene. >> and is really logistics company and what we offer to restaurants is reasonable containers that they can order just like they would so we came from about a pain point that a

lot of customers feel which wills a lot of waste with takeout and deliver, even transitioning from styrofoam to plastic, it is still wasteful. and to dream about reusing this one to be re-implemented and cost delivery and food takeout. we didn't have throwaway culture always. most people used to get delivered to people's homes and then the empty milk containers were put back out when fresh milk came. customers are so excited that we have this available in our restaurant and came back and asked and were so excited about it and rolled it out as customers gain awareness understanding what it is and how it works and how they can integrate it into their life. >> and they have always done it and usually that is a way of

being sustainable and long-term change to what makes good financial sense especially as there are shipping issues and material issues and we see that will potentially be a way that we can save money as well. and so i think making that case to other restaurateurs will really help people adopt this. >> one restaurant we converted 2,000 packages and the impact and impact they have in the community with one switch. and we have been really encouraged to see more and more restaurants cooperate this.

we are big fans of what re-ecology does in terms of adopting new systems and understanding why the current system is broken. when people come to the facility, they are shocked by how much waste they see and the volume of the operations and how much technology we have dedicated to sort correctly and we led 25 tours and for students to reach about 1100 students. and they wanted to make change and this is sorting in the waste stream they do every single day and they can take ownership of and make a difference with. >> an i feel very, very fortunate that i get to

represent san francisco in the legislature and allows me to push the envelope and it is because of the people the city attracts and is because of the eco system of policy thinking that goes on in san francisco that we are constantly seeing san francisco leading the way. >> kids know there's a lot of environmental issues that they are facing. and that they will be impacted by the impact of climate change. they will have the opportunity to be in charge and make change and make the decisions in the future. >> we are re-inventing the way the planet does garbage founded in the environmental ethic and hunger to send less to landfills. this is so many wonderful things happening in san francisco. i feel very fortunate and very humble to live here and to be part of this wonderful place. b.

>> good morning. everyone. welcome to the october 25th meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority board. i'm ra fell mandelman. mr. clerk, please call the roll.

>> commissioner [indiscernible] 37 present. >> commissioner dorsey, dorsey excused. chair mandelman. >> present. >> commissioner mar. mar present. commissioner mel guard. >> present. commissioner present. >> present. >> commissioner preston preston present. ronen present. commissioner safai. safai present. commissioner stephanie. stefy absent. commissioner walton. walton present. >> thank you, mr. clerk. i'm going to be excusing commissioner stephanie and dorsey who reached out to me and asked to be excused and i believe you have a public comment announcement. >> i do. for members of the public interested in participating, we welcome nor presence in-person or you may watch channel 26 or

99 depending on your provider or stream this live. for those wishing to make public comment remotely, dial (415)655-0001 and when prompted put in the access code and then press pound and pound again. you will be ainl to listen to the meeting in realtime. when public comment is called for the item, press *3 to be added to the queue. when the line is unmuted you will be allowed to speak. when your two minutes are up, we'll move on to the next caller. best practices are to speak slowly, clearly and turn down distractions around you. ,. speakers will be taken from in-person first and then on line.

>> as chair, i am invoking the rules to limit public comments to 30 minutes. please call our next item. >> item 2, this is an information item. >> colleagues, i'm pleased to announce that the transportation authorityce a wards for excellence in financial reporting from the government finance offices association gfoa of the u.s. and kand. the certificate for hment has been awarded to our agency for the fifth consecutive year for 9 comprehensive annual financial report your fear 2020 and 2021. this is the highest form of recognition in governmental accounting and financial reporting representing the significant accomplishments mi bygovernment and management. theurchg the finance division staff and thank you, of course

to the gfoa for this award which highlights our on going commitment to transparency and accountability. next it's finally happening, the long-awaited central subway project will be opened on november 19th. celebrations have begun and i want to convey our congratulations including the board, director of transportation and, but we want to congratulate the chinatown community that advocatedder in project for so long, especially the late rose pack for whom the new chinatown station was named. there were many who advocated for this, the engineers and countless others deserve our

thank approximates for their work on this complex project. and finally, i want to thank and congratulate members of this board and staff past and present for their leadership especially our vice chair aaron peskin and our former and current executive directors and the agency's funding staff. the transportation authority provided $173 million for central subway and this along with $175 million in sales tax contributions to phase 1, the third streetlight rail project comprised the bulk of local match provided by the federal transportation "new starts" program. and this week, the metropolitan transportation commission will take endorsement actions for capital projects around the

region including on the transbay downtown rail extension project which is currently in the process of seeking a multi-billion dollars federal new starts grant. this grant requires local matching funds included in the proposition expenditure plan that voters are considering even as we speak. we're corking to expeur mtc's endorsement of dtx for state funds through a multi-year commitment to enable the authority to match funds for next year. thank you to mayor broo breed who joined me in sending a letter to seek this action and thank you to commissioner ronan for your advocacy and with that, i will conclude my remarks and is there anyone in the chamber who would like to make public

comment on the chair's report? is there any other comment on item 2? >> if there is public comment on item 2. no public comment for item 2. >> public comment for item 2 is closed. >> clerk: item 3, executive director's report. this is an information item. >> tilly chang. >> good morning, chair and commissioner. pleased to give you this month's report. first at the federal level, we were pleased to join with commissioner preston's office to apply for a department transportation reconnecting community's grant. the 2021 law established a new reconnecting community's pilot discretionary program funded with $1 billion over the next five years. this is the first ever federal

program dedicated to reconnecting communities that were previously harmed in the past. again, we were pleased to submit a two and a half million dollars grant application for the community planning study. this one-mile stretch of geary treen goff and to divi kdero widened geary boulevard and displaced jewish and black communities and created a division between the neighborhoods. the study would we imagine how this space would be redesigned to reconnect the communities through transportation improvements and potentially urban design and land use changes. this was based on public uninput that we received to identify

this potential project. we're excited to potentially win this grant. we won't know until next year, but if we are successful we'll clab wait with a host of community groups and the sfmta and planning department. and then next, i wanted to mention that sfmta has been recommended to receive a $12.325 million grant for the bayview multi-corridor to for access to destinations on andon immediately east of third street.et. this stems from a planning process in wherepr the community identified and prioritizing improvements to bring safety an accessibility to a community in the area. specifically the projectar includes traffic calming as well

as enhancements to the african-american arts and cultural district with pedestrian-friendly spaces for gathering. and it includes owed keationz programs to support -- education programs for the community to take advantage of the project ad features.f th this large grant was possible in part f based on the unprecedentd amount of funds the state was able to direct to the programon from the state budget surplus. howard street was submitted but missed by a small margin. that project continues to be on our radar. the mtc is recommended to share the recommendations for its $55 million regional atp round in january of 2023. next ocean avenue, we have the mobility action plan that t continues to meet and gather input from the community. it was requested by commissioner

mel guard and submission safai. now they're prioritizing a slew of concepts that emerged from the [indiscernible] including pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, improfits on and around ocean avenue. the project team we're seeking input from the public to prioritize the importance ever concepts that were identified it the previous round.d folks can take a survey at sfeta.org through october 28th then the task force will review and consider how to prioritize these into two larger projects and three larger projects to be featured in the final report. there are i many more projects than that, but those five willht get more detail and implementation strategy. so we're excited to continue

working on that. next we're privileged to join at the request of commissioner o chan, the san francisco board of supervisors government audit and oversight committee how the hearing on the mta's taxi up front fare program. the hearing did focus on the the hearing did focus on the which taxis would be able to be held through the youtubeer app and the questions related to potential impacts including data transparency, prop d revenues that we collect. we congestion mitigation taxiga assessed on each trip that originates within san francisco. whether the taxi trips quob connected to that. ta deputy director mentioned

there would be a need to have data for evaluation of these questions as well as to assess the changes in a number of taxi trips and benefits to riders as far as the level of service for taxi users as well as driver fare income which is one of thes stated goals of the pilots o program. ultimately the committee voted to continue the resolution. to continue the resolution. posted on these ride hail issues at the state level. next, i'll note there has been some progress in terms ever quick build projects in the day oo view and so manya mta on erchs avenue for a lane reduction, pedestrian crossing improvements, daylighting and transit stop enhancements thisod transit stop enhancements thisod this will benefit a lot of the folks 2349 area. they just celebrated the

communityco center. sfmta also expects or has been working on the samsung battery project. this will have a two-way bikeway and daylighting and continental projects.walk that project is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. finally, under management updates, i am very delighted to updates, i am very delighted to new deputy directer for capital projects and he is carl holmes. he's joining us from bart where he was an assistant general manager for planning, design and construction for the past seven years. he was all of the projects that

we've within collaborating with over the last several years he was on them and he hanged over 100 employees in his role across several departments including project management planning, bart extensions, property development and energy and sustainability. prior to joining bart, carl worked for a contractor in a start-up construction management firm including here in san francisco if the mission bay area. he's an active member of the management association of expherk chair of the owner's committee ff the northern california chapter of that organization. carl is president elect of the california maritime academy. welcome aboard, carl. with that, i am pleased to take any questions. >> commissioner peskin. >> thank you chair. i wanted to thank the ta for all

the work together on the geary fillmore underpass proposal that was cited. i think we turned that around by government standards re quickly. all racing to get that in by the deadline. as director chang pointed out, the history on it, i think until my district, it is one of the most visible and extreme legacies urban renewal and redevelopment era disis displact and bad urban planning. we're tbam it either -- we're familiar with it either being on a bus or washingtoning across the overpass. it's like a daily reminder for the community of when government goesy

communities through infrastructure. how that plays out. i hope the federal government views it the way we do as worthy of this planning process. and i want to thank ask recognize a lot of the community groups in japantown who indicated their interests in our office supporting this effort. and i want to say for the folks hearing about this for the first time, it's been talked about for many, many years by many predecessors in hearings and presentations. i'm excited to move this to the place of actually having a planning process and doing a study which is what this wouldto fund. but also, want for those who haven't been part of those scugs to date to know there is not some grand plan for this. that ask exists -- the purpose of this grant is to fund a community-based planning process.pr no decisions have been made on where that leads or how any

changes would be funded. this is the first step and i'm hopeful and excited about it and appreciate all the t.a.'s work in getting this together.n thank you.geth >> thank you director chang. and let's open this up to public comment. i don't see anyone in the chamber. is there any remote public we comment? >> checking for public commentc on item 3. there is one caller for item 3. 3.caller, your to minutes begins now. >> good morning commissioner. [indiscernible] i would like to join chang in welcoming mr. holmes to the [indiscernible] inl that history will remember mr. holmes as director of

capital projects as a pivotal moment in the integration. thank you. >> thank you, caller. there is no more public comment for item 3. for item 3. words, we'll close public comment and look forward to mr.r holmes' transformative impact in san francisco. and the bay area. mr. clerk, could you call item 4. >> clerk: approve the minutes of the october 18th 2022 meeting. this is action item. >> moved by peskin and seconded by walton. i don't see anyone in the chamber for public comment. any remote public comment? >> checking for public comment

on item 4. no public comment for item 4. >> public comment on item 4 is closed. >> clerk: commissioner chen. chen aye. chair mendelman aye commissioner mel guard. >> aye. >> commissioner peskin pl aye. >> commissioner preston aye. can ronen aye.mmis safai. >> aye. >> safai aye. commissioner walton aye. item is a proo proved. >> call the consent agenda items 5 through 7. >> staff is not presenting on these items but is available for questions. >> is there a motion to approve the consent agenda?n

moved by peskin, is there a second? seconded by melgar. mr. clerk, call the roll. >> commissioner chen. >> aye.an. >> chen aye mend theman. >> aye.air. >> aye dd commissioner melgar. >> aye commissioner preston aye. >> commissioner ronen aye commissioner safai? commissioner safai. safai absent. commissioner walton. >> aye. >> there are eight ayes. the consent agenda is approved. >> aye. >> look there are nine ayes, th consent agenda is approved. >> did you get me? >> we got you. >> i kept saying, i don't know what happened. >> thank you.

with that, mr. saunders, please call item 8. 8. >> sf school access plan update. this is informational. >> we have david long presenting. >> we do. >> all right. i'm sharing my slides. >> thank you chair and good morning i'm david long transportation planner presenting on school access plan. next slide. so, here is our agenda today. the school access plan supported by a planning grant and funds from commissioner mar's district 4 office. i will start with study goals and out reach for discussions findings from the first round of engagement. the findings inform the development of draft strategies.

>> these are 3 study goals the first to improve the quality and availability of transportation to school and after school activities especially for vulnerable care givers and students. second to ensure haschool related options are safe and finally hope to reduce green house gas e missions and localize congestion and air pollution. >> we are focusing on k-5 students in schools need to take medium and long distance trips. electric to compliment the work our city safe root to school identifying strategies to improve the school community for care givers and students that live far from school. partner with children youth and familyos early out reach to youth in the pandemic in 2021,

community hub initiative established learning for student who is needed them. we designed an art based activity to visit the hubs around san francisco and ask young people 6 and 12 how they would like to get around. >> a few key themes e merge from answeril touch on throughout the presentation. the drawings you will see were also created by students at these events. >> san francisco schools returns to in person learning out reach to care givers with focus groups we gathered information about the challenges of the commute. findings informed the development of straj there is were workshops, survey and pop up events to gather feedback as we work toward recommendations. >> we are recrewing out reach

from a wide range of groups and paraphernalia council focus on english language learners. >> we supplementd that with direct out reach and community based organizations which serve groups voice we wanted included. we distributed our survey through similar channels and using city lists sfusd news letter who goes out to all families i included the url on this slide anyone with young children watching can provide your perspective. anybody listening sf cpa/schoolsurvey >> team is working with commissioner mar's office for a community meeting on october 27th this thursday.

we will share information about draft strategies and register you can go to sfcta. org slash schoolaccessmeeting. why over all the groups confirmed the previous knowledge. add emphasis to a few place looking at points the piece care givers share muched lack of personal safety riding the public bumps care givers noted having children the multiple schools created coordination issues and result in idling time for students at school or care gifrgs doing pick up care givers are frustrated with long project time lines and poor communication. rebuilding trust could be important for the strategies and the other side of the coin other successful low implementing strategies is a way to rebuild trust. why care givers reaffirm known challenges to riding the bus

including long trips and transfers and cited traffic as a challenge. cost did in the feature in focus group conversations but some did mention expensive fares a barrier to taking muni. team feel we need to gather more to understands the role that cost plays for care givers in the school commute and doing that throughout roundabout reach. >> turn on ideas for solutions. perhaps unsurprisingly care givers were interested in yellow school bus service. care givers solutions they want flexibility is important. this could mean flexibility in pick up or drop off locations. when asked they shared that after care options could ease time constraints allowing more flexibility around pick up in

the child transportation survey half care givers said they would car pool there is openness to car pool solutions now they are considering covid a reason the car pool solutions might not work. they have less to do with concerns about virus transmission and more the fact that care givers have less strong reps with other parents e merging from the pandemic. we divide our strategy in seck categories they are focused on improving transportation options and personal safety, product safety, communication and information, reducing costs for care givers and strategies for not and homeless youth. first the strategies focused on new or improved transportation options. starting traditional yellow school bus. the school plan focused on

strategies the city could pursue other than yellow buses they are a part of the transportation system and working with the transportation department to develop high level scenario and cost estimates for service expansion. microtransit shuttles explored in the 2016 work. they could be provided boy a patriot company or a model bayview moves organizations pool resources to provide shared transportation. next, the city could car pool coordination promoting existing third party service or heavier touch model staff taen take a role in cordinating rides. next strategy the city could pursue to establish a lending library for electric bikes. the 2016 child transportation survey found bike had a high satisfaction rate with the school community. >> care givers expressed

hesitation about biking some concerns including steep hills, children who are too young to operate a bicycle and long distance could be solved with electric likes. care givers shared e bikes could be helpful. jeopardy finally the idea i mentioned earlier expanding before and after care programs to increase flexibility for care givers. next we have strategies -- focused on personal safety. >> the strategies were developed in response to the finding that personal safety is a point of emphasis to care givers and the paraphernalia who spoke. implement transit trainings or education. transit field trips the purpose is it teach about transit safety and help everyone feel

comfortablement city promote by stander trainings giving care gives situations that could feel unsafe. make a slight adjustment to the existing m tap. muni transit system program. >> the next category of strategies focused on infrastructure safety. we are working with sfmta safe routs to school and groups to develop recommendations how to keep students safe from drivers. supporting the stay stay school engineering programs the city could offer best practice guidance for school add administrators about transportation infrastructure which they manage. color curbos question base and is pick up and drop off norms are left to school cites. the next set of strategics focused on communication between care givers, city and school officials. options include hiring or

designate nazing transportation coordinators to provide information about transportation options and program and liaisons between care givers, schools and transportation operators. another option to create a standing advisory or forum allowing care givers to give feedback to city and school officials about transportation issues. the next category of strategies costs for care givers recommending any of these will be predicated on the team developing a better understanding of how cost precious our experienced by care givers. however, good to understand whether there are opportunity to increase the reach of discounted fare programs. another idea out of the peer city review stipends for families with transportation. final category of strategies are

specific to not and homeless youth. the team is working with the foster youth service coordinating office to develop recommendations specific to these populations. first strategy focus on allowing employees to provide school of or gin transportation. the second would be to break down bureaucratic hurdles cards for foster and homeless youth. we are considering a recommendation forum of coordination with neighboring districts and child welfare departments many trips are made across county lines. >> looking forward to next steps we are collecting information through out reach. use this information that we gather to refine and upon evaluate strategies and develop funding and implementation plans for promising strategies a final report in the spring of 23 we will bring back for you for

consideration. >> that concludes my presentation. thank you for listening staff is available to answer questionless i'm done shareings slides. >> thank you for your presentation. commissioner chan would you mind if commissioner mar goes ahead >> thank you daved long, director chan and the staff for all your work on this important project. i just colleagues i wanted to say that i'm thrill third degree we are foiblely at the point where the ta staff can share an update on this initiative. it is midway in the project and -- i felt this was a time to get a brief update for the ta and the public. on this work. and it is not done yet the school plan has been a long time in the works.

and it is started when supervisor tang began looking at school transportation after a reduction in yellow school bus following the 2008 recession. an effort supervisor kim carried on and then my office took it on begin nothing 2019. when we commissioned this city wide plan amidst a pandemic extending the skwoep through state grant supportful transportation models and new props to the assign am prop policies this plan has been years in the making. i did want to say i'm excited about the breadth of solutions under consideration and the equity focus out reach and collaborateeration between our office, state, sfcta and sfmta and public school families that

brought us here today. providing convenient transportation for students and care giver its is critical addressing a host of challenged whiching our climate action targets. transit first policies and commit to do right by kids and parents. getting to school should not be a barrier to getting to school. as a public school child myself and know our families face challenges here, challenges that are proven by the data showing the vast majority of school kids driven to school. it does not have to be this way. problems we must solve to ship this are role and solvable. i initiated this plan in an effort at solving them. i look forward to00 autosecond round of out reach and the work to come ahead of the final report that the issue presented next spring, which am kickoff

work to turn the plan into action. and if any members of the press are interested in discussion about this, we will be hosting a press briefing in room 278 at 12. . 30 p.m. i wanted to reminds the public and commissioners as well that we will working with the ta and sfusd to host a virtual community meeting on the school access plan this thursday 6 to 7 p.m. and the online survey for pirnts and care givers seek input through the month through monday. if you push that information out we will appreciate it. i want to say this plan is built on the input of the public. and we really sincerely want and need your voices to be heard.

again, thanks for the town to share an update on this work. >> thank you, commissioner mar and thank you commissioner chan for allowing him to go ahead and commissioner chan. why thank you, chair mandelman. i would like to see as you conduct out reach and proceed with this plan and study you will add out reach to parents with disabilities or guardians with disabilities the yoths feedback is critical but at time its is also the guardians and parents with disabilities may limit their options. i love to see that. i would love to see in terms of strategies when you thinking about and studying the transportationings ones that i would love to see a reference to 2 critical data points one the sfmta equity strategy. the left time they updated was

2018 when we consider transportation options and limitations of transportation that the parents and families have to transport their students around town what we really need to look at sfmta as a whole and what our the lack of transportation option currently exist. so that we are bridge the gap. i think the third data point i like to see we make reference of is mapping of school assignments from sfusd and understanding of the did thea provided by sfusd we understand you know the break down of how many parents living just mapping out how far away from within a mile or 5 mile range of the school and multiple

children if than i have kids you know 2 different schools. like to see a bit more data driven. with your transportation options and strategies. i personal low think that with that also is to look forward to seeing your plan break down and i think you already talked about this in goals with long distance and versus short distance. i think they are different transportation strategies family lives walking distance 15 minutes how do we encourage them to walk, bus, bikes and the e bike library makes sense. family lives long distance means way beyond one mile of the distance that what is it that we do for them in terms of transportation options? thank you for the study and thank you, commissioner mar for initiating this. it is very critical.

>> commissioner melgar. >> thank you. chair mandelman and commissioner mar for this. thank you for the presentation and the good ideas. you know i'm a proponent in expanding had works already. what i have been seeing is this during the pandemic, we have seen lack of service just basic service. that families relied on. and in 1983, the sfusd enter in the know agreement with department of education to help its segregation desegregation efforts. and muni was part of that along with bussing. and i am worried and i know that supervisor or commissioner ronen is as well. that we are seeing just real lack ever the school trip

services this muni had. peculiarly east/west the mission issue bayview to lincoln and the high schools that are on the west side that are good public schools. i believe this will is a role we are risking that agreement that we have with the department of education. and so i -- am wondering how we -- put this in here what we know works. we hear a lot of kids get lost the bus is too full there are not enough bus during the school trip are hours now the sfusd changed the time it start it is competing with commuters going to work. this is a really fundamental thing we are -- we need to do more upon of. the other thing i hope we would touch upon is the after school transportation. and again.

we did have something this worked again in commissioner ronen's district. used to be a van collaborative that dcyf used to fund and different after school providers would share that transportation and was funded by the city to take kids from after school had than i lived further out like in as they went to school at lincoln and lived in the bayview and wanted do sports or after school activities tlldz be transportation. i did not see this in the presentation whether we were exploring those interagent collaborations. that would be helpful. >> thank you, commissioner melgar watch this let's open this up to public comment. see if we have remote public comment. >> public comment for item 8.

one public comment. your 2 minutes begins now. >> sorry, how are you. good morning chair mandelman and commissioners. i'm vernon haney and i work for san francisco and school partnership the community engagement team member the past 4 years and safe route to school program we like walking, biking and car pool. i'm here to express how important it is for school in san francisco have the kayest infrastructure possible. focus grouped gathered in the field i hear from families and schools the biggest barrier is they don't feel safe. as a city we need to do better. safe streets infrastructure

encouraging walk pregnant biking to school. i feel most of my schools in the bay vow neighborhood and 2019, the sfmta martin luther kin middle school. out of this assessment there was a need for highly visibility crosswalks, stop sign and bacon and russell street 3 years and the school got a painted crosswalk. than i are waiting for stop signs and day lighting the school community is concerned for the health and safety of the students [inaudible] and frustrated by the time it takes to make the improvements. this is not the only school this is happened sfmta school engineering program is in the enough to meet the demand. upon and the program needs additional resource. safety and well being of students getting to and from school should be a top priority and hopeful the school access

plan identified not only funding for the recommendations in the plan but also solutions beginning safety improvements for schools. thank you. >> thank you. caller. there is in additional public comment. for item 8 >> great. public comment on item 8 is closed. thanks again to david long. and commissioner mar and mr. clerk, call the snks item. 9, introduction of new items an informational item. i'm not seeing anything. let's call item 10. >> public comment. >> is there public comment in the chamber. >> nope. >> see if we have remote comment.

i'm checking for public comment. for item 10. we have one public comment for item 10. thank you, caller, 2 minutes begins now. >> hello commissioners rolfe around, san jose. i like to offer a couple of comments to inform the discussion of mtc's major policy tomorrow morning. the first [inaudible] is that everybody needs to remember that the push for caltrain and electrification was initiated in san francisco over 10 years ago. especially agreed to enable access to the safe schools transit center [inaudible] the second point the dtx project is critical to the survival of caltrain well is currently no

other plan. . capable of reversing caltrains disaster [inaudible] in ridership. having said this and there is a slide on page 9 of the report. that shows the new for the dtx6 opinion 5 billion dollars. with funding gap of for you.2 million. in closing. i help this mr. jones will bring sanity become to the table and go the dtx for helpful of the [inaudible] thank you. >> thank you, caller. do we have other comment? there is in more public comment for item 10. why public comment is closed >> item 11?

>> we did receive a public comment posted to the website. adjournment. >> we are adjourned.

>> van ness avenue runs from market street to bay street in san francisco.

south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989

earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. van ness avenue. >> my name is holly doudiet. h2 firefighter with the san franciscowired. what inspired me to be a firefighter was in 2008 i graduated college .

the recession had happened so there weren't any jobs. i was having troublefinding a job. and i was kind of looking around . my dad was a firefighter and i thought what a great career he had. so i asked my dad, never thinking about it at first before. i said dad, what you think about me being afirefighter and he goes yeah, thatwould be a good idea . i took some classes, i ended up loving it . i grew up and actually and i think it was a good fit for me because it's a physical job and it's enjoyable. you never know whatyou're going to get and it's a team effort . i first realized i was part of the lgbt+ community in sixth grade. i looked on the other side of the classroom and i sawthis girl i thought was really attractive and i thought i want to be her boyfriend . though my experiences in the city growing up in the city and countyof san francisco were always verypositive .

i came out in high school . i actually ended up being prom king my senior year in high school and a lot of peoplewere very supportive . myparents were very supportive . they just let me do my thing and my dad knew of a lot of lesbian women in the fire departmentthe time because he was a san francisco firefighter . for me it's very important to be part of a community and organization and an agency that supports my lgbtq status because if you're not yourself, how can you perform to the best of your abilities? you're always holding back in some way whether it's your personality or your abilities or your overall skills and with agency that supports me being a lesbian i can truly be myself. i can be happy.

i can be social with other people. it makes me want to work as a team and we all work better together when we are happier and we can be ourselves. >>. [music] >>

>> hello san francisco. i'm brian adam and running to be district 10 supervisor. i was born and raise in the san jose and worked as an engineer. now i learned a lot working for city government. i'm run to give san front a voice. voter turn out and 3 and 30% speak a language other than english i want it easy to get involved i'm running on a simple plat furthermore of more housing, safer streets and better public transit. for the i want it clear the obtackles to more housing and support the programs helping renter become home ordinance. stable ouz