That our schools need to be places where students feel safe and supported. In general, George Washington high school is such a place. Both of my daughters had positive experiences there. I have really appreciated the letters from students. I saw mr. Reading earlier, i think he has left, but i really appreciated that he has assigned every single one of his students as a final exam to write to us, their feelings about the murals and the opinions were really varied. There was definitely as many variety of opinions as there in this room. I think that was a really brave, and great piece of teaching. I just want to commend him for that. We heard tonight, in fact, he supports taking down the mural. I think we can draw from that that students were encouraged to engage with us on what they felt they werent told what to feel by their teacher. I want to commend him for that. I think its really important and i think its what we hope all of our teachings in our schools is about. I have been particularly guided, by the students, that told us that they felt the murals were demoralizing. I dont think they should be forced to view images at school that make them feel that way. I find it incredibly disrespectful, and intolerant, the adults that have said to us that somehow these opinions dont matter. Even if it is a small group of students that ultimately feel this way, every students view is important and it is really important for us to listen to students, and to that we are listening. I dont pretend to know how a person of color feels when they look at these murals. I can try to hear others describe their experiences. The question, for me, is how do we respond to and support the young people who find these images upsetting . On june 25, the board voted to paint over the murals. I was not present at that meeting because of a long planned a family. I said, at the time, i believe the murals should be covered. I continue to believe, right now, this is the appropriate course of action. I would be supportive or willing to change my mind at some point in the future, that is found to be possible to move the murals to another location. That would be better than having them on display in a school. But, for now, i do think covering permanently the murals is the appropriate course of action, and balances the concerns of the community that we have heard a lot, and the concerns of the students which of their welfare needs to be paramount in our considerations. I want to finally just thank you, president cook for your leadership. I know this has been a really difficult and painful discussion for our community, and the board trying to help us to navigate that. I appreciate your willingness to continue a dialogue, and i support your resolution. President cook thank you. Commissioner moliga if i get emotional i am going to be emotional. It took me a lot alike muster. I was thinking i should write something because im going to get emotional. I figured i am samoan. I know how it feels i know how it feels to be overlooked, and we express that every day as pacific islanders, in San Francisco. It hurts me that we have to go through these conversations, and decisions, you know, its not as simple as folks were lighted like it to be. When the vote first came around, i supported painting the murals down. As i progressively saw things out and how its impacting every thing else i used to have to jump over the bart stools to go to school, because i did not have enough money. I lived in a dope house, during my time at city college. I say that you know, will we talk about fighting for your life, as a person of color, i get it. I completely get it, right . This issue, im surprised the media is here. Why are people paying attention to this stuff . I dont get why people are standing up for this, you know . There are black and brown boys dying, and people are making noise around, you know, and i was just confused. I was like, what are we supposed to be doing . Is this a smokescreen . Is this the okeydoke, like they say back in the hood . Are we supposed to get caught up in this so we can be confused about the issues that are really impacting our kids of color . I was confused. I was like man, i dont know what is going on here, okay. Lets see if this bypasses us, but it hasnt. My hat is off, you know, you have three alumnis on this board right now, from the School District. Black and brown, africanamerican, samoan, the most underserved communities, in San Francisco, are sitting on this board right now. Each has a story, going through this School District. So, i want to uplift my superintendent. The load and the work that he is carrying, and the work that he has to continue doing because its not easy, and we are doing it, you know, we are here, we are put together, but as a person of color, there is a lot of other stuff that people how to navigate. I dont like hearing my superintendent saying he spending 90 of his time on this mural. We got school next week, right . How long is this going to go . I bring up my fight, because i am here today, because i had to choose my battles. With all due respect, you know, with all due respect, i am with the first nation every day, you know . In dakota, we were there. Ive got people flying out to hawaii right now, right . I cannot continue this. Im not trying to fight with you people. Im not. We have kids, and i have staff, in the district here, to support as much as it breaks my heart, you know, to go the route that i need to go it is my journey, and my feelings, and im going to have to deal with it. Tonight, for me, i need to hold the recommendation that is put out, by the district. That is where i stand. Thank you. President cook commissioner collins. Commissioner collins Toni Morrison said, since emily had a quote the function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps your explaining over and over again your reason for being. If somebody says you have no language, so you spend 20 years proving you do. Somebody says your head isnt shaped properly, working on the fact that it is. Someone says you have no arts, so you dredge that up. None of that is necessary. There will always be one more thing. I want to apologize, on behalf of the district for any contribution that i may have had , in did you the opportunity to have your voice heard. I think this is a very symbolic vote. The ceqa process is a process. Because of all of this that we see here, we see this as an example of the fight that we have ahead of us. If we really seriously want to remove Structural Racism and White Supremacy from our education system. I identify as black. I have learned a lot in this process. It is up to me to listen to indigenous people, follow their lead. I just want to add a democratic process can be an equitable, when we put peoples rights for provo. I wanted to be mindful, when we make these ballot measures, or we have a whole school of over something, like we did at George Washington high school the last time around, the majority at that school is for white students. It was at a time we didnt even integrate our School District. I hope the media here makes that , its also important to report on demographics, who is speaking, right . I been noticing a different articles, some people are getting more time, on the microphone, when it comes to what is being reported. Some people are doing a better job than others. I encourage you to go directly to the people who say they are harmed, and i also encourage you , to take the quotes off of traumatized. When people are saying theyre traumatized, they are saying they are traumatized. When you put quotes around it, your say they are making it up, that is disrespectful. I believe children when they say they are being traumatized. It is not my experience, but i believe them. I will not be supporting this resolution, but i will be supporting a peaceful resolution where i can, and i will be offering resolutions where i can to support the indigenous community. Thank you. President cook ultimately, as president of this board, it is my responsibility to bring items on the agenda. This is definitely an two issue that has garnered a lot of national attention. It is an issue that has caused public debate. There has been deep passion on both sides. In some ways, its harmful to see its an issue that is dividing our city, when we really need to be coming together in the service of our students. I take responsibility for that. There are people that dont like the resolution im putting forward. The deeply advocate to paint over it, i know this alternative is harmful to them. There are people that, from the Preservation Community and alumni, that do not think this goes far enough. I know this alternative is also not pleasing to them. So, you know, when it came to the vote on the 25th, when it comes to the vote tonight, when it comes to, who you want to make sure you dont ever vote for again, i am the person you should be looking at. It was my responsibility to bring this forward. I brought it back. If youre upset with somebody, be upset with me. Ultimately, my time on this board, i want to be about addressing serious issues that i now have a lot of urgency with our young people. More than 2500 students are homeless us. Homeless. Theres been a couple of reporters that have talked to me about that. Not everyone that is here tonight. I know there are advocates on both sides of this issues that have been engaged in that. I know theres pretty much agreement that the murals depict a racist history. I think everyone agrees, that that is the case. It is a history that we have to tell. It is important that every student in our district no, there are also truths about the history of this country that are deeply inspiring to me. I started this meeting reading a quote from Toni Morrison, who i think is the greatest american author who ever lived. She inspires me. My greatgrandfather came up here with an eighth grade education, bought a home in the redlined district, in the western edition, raised six children. My grandparents met at schools here. My personal history is deeply tied to this district, and my time on this board will be deeply committed to serving our students, ensuring that they have an empowering future. If you continue to be upset, directed toward me. [roll call] that concludes this item. You are welcome to stay. Were going to move on with the rest of the agenda, so this will be a. Im going to im going to ask of you having a conversation you move into the lobby. Section c, Public Comment on non agenda items . Please note the Public Comment as an opportunity for the board to hear from the community on matters within the boards jurisdiction. We asked that you refrain from using employee student names. If you have a complaint about a district employee you may submit it to the employees supervisors in accordance with district policy. As a reminder, the board rules in California Law do not allow us to respond to comments, or attempt to answer questions during the Public Comment time. If appropriate the superintendent will ask that staff follow up with speakers. I have two names here for Public Comment. When you hear your name, please make your way to the podium. He will have two minutes. Sorry, have more than two names. [reading names] thank you to the San Francisco school board for the opportunity to speak tonight. My name is margaret ray as i a former employee 18505. Im here to request that this board began to take responsibility for the current abuse of power among a few at George Washington high school. In february, 2019, after i refused to drop a rent a bandaid, higher law firm, willfully and knowingly published my full drivers license number, ample birthdate on a website that is publicly viewable. Also february of 2019, your inhouse attorney, who works directly for the School District sent out a copy of my personal medical records that he had been specifically, and ordered by a federal court judge, to destroy more than six years ago. Attached to the medical records was much commentary about age, religion, racial and ethnic heritage, National Birth origin, weight, body type, gender, sexual preference, perceive lifestyle, marital status, pregnancy status, perceived social economics, my complexion, various physicalitys, clothing choices, et cetera. I want to be abundantly clear that you Legal Counsel sent out Choice Medical language that is highly politically charged, sexist and can only be used against wyndham women. Your Legal Counsel had been ordered to destroy this medical record more than six years ago. In the interest of time, ive only scratched the surface. I would like to review some of your part out of it, to my knowledge, nobody has disputed. The average age for a person in sfusd is 53 years old. Eleven years older than the average age for sfusd teacher. This does not account for the countless people who retired, simply because they are the average age for africanamerican women is 63 years old. At least one ethnic group is completely missing from your data. Im willing to speak to any of you about it. Again, i ask that you start to address thank you. Good evening. My name is Sharon Chapelle and i am a proud San FranciscoSchool Bus Driver. I am here tonight to not only represent smart 1741, my brothers and sisters who are here, but im here to also look at you, for you to see us, there is a discord about who we are. You see our students, but you dont see us. I would love to open up a dialogue as we continue about what we are, and who we are and this is us. There are a lot of things going on. We do know school is opening next week, and we are here to let you know that we are not just bus drivers, but we are caretakers. We are sometimes the first people that some of the students even see. We are the ones, when my nose is bleeding on the way to school, we have to attend. We are the ones, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and a parent was out working hard, and cannot get to the bus stop on time, we are the babysitters. We are not a number, we are School Bus Drivers who are caretakers, who love what we do. I want the school board to start seeing our face, not the students face, but we are the face of First Students. We are here to take care, we have been here, it feels like over 50 years, i have been with First Student and i have been a bus driver for 36 years. I went to school here, i am a native san franciscan. My parents was a schoolteacher at cob. I am a proud graduate of George Washington high school. I have been with the city, we have been with the city, and i want the school board to know that we are here, we have partnered, we are part of the village and we want to be here for whatever the needs are of our children. We are here. President cook thank you. Good evening, i am the chairman of local 1741. We are here to voice some concern, it could be, it may be false, but we are concerned that the board may have an intention to subcontract 300 of our most vulnerable students to a nonconforming vehicle, that does not conform to federal and state standards. They will not be required to pass chp inspections. There drivers would not be required to recertify every five years, just like you do not want an unqualified teacher, you do not want an unqualified professional School Bus Driver. There is no stigma associated with it, when you think about safety. If you decided to put your child on a lift lyft or uber, is not a felon, if he is not federally fingerprinted. If he has lived outside of the state, at any moment. We understand that the Yellow School buses very safe. Going to talk a lot about the design, and construction. Do not undermine, all of these state agencies that endeavor to keep tilden safe in california. The highway patrol, the d. O. T. , and the department of education which certifies instructors who teach curriculum that is mandated. We need to have first aid training, basic first aid training. A lot of our drivers have cpr training. This is ongoing. We also have staff development, mandatory training. We are required to receive ten hours of inservice training, by state law. If we dont we lose our credential. Thank you for your time. I mean, there is a move to replace some school buses, at this time, with white vans. That are nonconforming. What that means is they do not meet the federal centers of safety. We are very concerned about that i mean, i was going to talk about the buses, you know, there is absolutely no man made that meets the high federal standards made for school buses. There is 36 federally mandated Vehicle Safety standards that trucks, buses have to meet. The school buses alone have to meet for additional requirements , not required of any of the others you the first is rollover protection. None of those others have rollover protection. It dictates the structural strength a school bus must have to sustain integrity, in a rollover, so they dont crash and. Vans do not have to meet those standards. The School Bus Body joint strength, that is the second standard. That is the strength standard between the panels that compromise the bus body on the bus structure. Our buses have welded steel cage structure with interior and exterior body panels which provide a tough resistant impact body. Not sheetmetal like vans. The third mandated standard is that vans dont have to meet is the School Bus Passenger seating on cross protection requirement. In school buses, the deal passenger seat frames are well anchored to the floor, there is a continuous seat that runs the entire length of the wall. It is much less likely than a van to rip free, in an accident. School buses have high seatbacks that have high Energy Impact value. President cook thank you. Thank you. We already ended your time. Good evening, i am sherry klein, i am a School Bus Driver and ive been driving 415 years. I am native San Francisco generation, born and raised. I love my job, have a lot of pride in what i do. Also, these white vans, nonconforming white vans do not have the Warning System on the red light system. Flaws with the 50 years we have been here, not one fatality. I thought we were going to speak first, so i didnt write a speech, we did some notes, so forgive me. We have over 260 drivers, on average, the drivers stay with the district roughly ten years. Many have been working for sfusd for more than 25 years. I want to elaborate how we build relationships, with our children. I have been driving special Needs Children 15 years. Ive been driving for spectrum, they are autistic children, nonverbal. I cannot imagine if a vehicle like uber, or lyft were to pick up one of my students, they would have a meltdown. They would not want to get on the bus. Just to go a little bit more into the safety, how our license and certificates are constantly and carefully being monitored for anything related to safety. This includes ongoing background checks, pool notices every 3farm months on driving records, as well as any related offenses such as regulatory may consider issues of moral turpitude. Anything we do on or off duty affects our certificate. I needed a faster, i guess. Okay. There is medical issues. If we have high blood pressure, diabetes, any conditions, our doctors contact dmv. Thank you. We will be seeing you again. Good evening board. I was really excited until about ten minutes ago, i thought i would get away without commenting out a Board Meeting for the first time in a year. Here i am. Aleta fisher, former chair of the Community Advisory committee for special education. Im here to support our local bus drivers, who i have to say, as a parent of a kid who has been on the Yellow School bus. When you are not a parent who gets to school, often times, your School Bus Drivers are link, your communication and your lifeline, to your school. It takes a huge leap of faith to put your student in any mode of transportation, other than your arms, or your car and let them go to school. We really need to make sure that the people that are taking our babies, our priceless bundles of a is from us are trained and qualified. There is a system of accountability to make sure that everyone is safe. Having said that we are hearing from our families that our bus travel times can be triggering for our students. It is hard for a student with sensory needs to be on a bus for half hour longer. Unfortunately, sometimes that is the nature of our city. So, we have really looked forward to working with First Students, and our local partners in making sure that everyone is supporting our kids. I want to stand up here and say thank you to the drivers who are here today, for taking such good care of our babies. We look forward to working with everyone in reducing costs and keeping our baby safe. Thank you. President cook thank you. That concludes Public Comment. Section d. Advisory Committee Reports and appointments. Number one there is no Advisory Committee report tonight. Number two, are there any appointments to the Advisory Committees by the board . Seeing none. Section e, consent calendar. Number one, can i have a motion to second for the motion calendar . So moved. We have no Public Comment on the consent calendar. Any items to withdraw or correct by the superintendent . No items withdrawn tonight. Any items removed by First Reading from the board . I just wanted to ask some questions about an item on the consent. President cook no items removed from the First Reading. Which item did you want to sever for discussion . Number 11. Ratification of service contracts, specifically i wanted to ask about the zoom contract. Secretary went okay. President cook okay. Do we need to record the actual item . We will vote on all of the items except the one being severed for discussion . [roll call] thank you. I just wanted to learn more about how we arrived at zoom, knowing again to strengthen programs we were expanding and i wanted to learn more about how we were partnering with the company . Sure. Thank you for this opportunity. With all due respect to our bus drivers, behind me, thank you for the work that you do. I dont want to equate zoom with with uber or lyft. Something was said about zoom that was not accurate. Im going to forward the website to you, they are vetted, fingerprinted, f. B. I. , sex offender records, address history. For shoestrings, we have 57 students to a new site. Zoom, again we went through a legal process. They have already been vetted by first five also. First five has given us a grant to support the shoestrings process. Its not just with our money, its also a grant for first five to continue this. This is an individual driver that picks a student up, takes them to have erred, and then at the end of the shoestrings day takes them back to their school. It will also pick up the parents, at the home, and bring them to parent child interactive therapy. This is strictly for the diagnostic program when the student is picked up, the teachers zoom get a notice on their app and they follow the car as its coming to school. Its very safe. It has been vetted. The parents are very, very supportive of the zoom Pickup Service and delivery service. Starting in september this will bring the parents for parent giant child interactive therapy. It is a contractor this is a partnership with first but we have vetted it with legal so the contract is very, very, and we are pleased that its very safe. You said it is one child per car . Any other comments or questions . Is this a separate vote . Roll call. [roll call]. President cook section f. A discussion about on consent calendar resolution for separate consideration. Section g proposals for action. There are none tonight. We already completed section h. Section i, discussion of other educational issues. There are none tonight. Section j, calendar items removed at previous meeting. There are nine tonight. Section k, introduction of proposals on assignments to committee. There are none tonight. Proposals for immediate action, there is none tonight. Section m, Board Members reports do we have any reports from committees . We did have a joint Committee Meeting with the board of supervisors, and the board of trustees of city college, where we discussed the mou between the School District and the police department. Supervisors had questions about to make sure that mou, we had comment from people in the community about what direction they wanted the mou to take. That basically summed up the meeting. I dont know if other commissioners want to add to that that were present . Seeing none. Board delegates to membership organizations . Any other reports by Board Members . I just want to say, i didnt ask permission to do this, i want to send my personal condo since, our prayers are with you and her. We appreciate your service to this district. If you need anything from us, let us know. Thank you, president cook, i appreciate that. Calendar of Committee Meetings . Lets see, we have budget in Business Services slated for september 4. At 6 00 p. M. We have rules, policy installation for monday, september second at 5 00 p. M. The curriculum and program, monday september 9, at 6 00 p. M. Commissioner lopez. Commissioner lopez i proposed earlier having a meeting, this august for curriculum, to happen on monday, august 19. President cook is everyone on board for that . Yes. What is the date . Monday, august 19, first day of school. What time . 6 00 p. M. Thank you. Has staff responded . The staff that works with curriculum has been informed. Yes. Student assignment, monday the 16th at 6 00 p. M. September 16 . Okay. We have a new chair for Committee Personnel relations. The meeting being set up. The joint committee for the School District, for for buildings and grounds, we canceled that meeting in august, were going to meet in september, september 23, on a monday at 6 00 p. M. The joint committee School District and Community College select committee will be meeting friday, september 13 at 10 00 a. M. The meeting will be held at city hall in the legislative chambers. Section n, other information items. Acceptance of gifts monthly report made through july of 2019 , number two august Quarterly Report on williams uniform complaints made through july 2019. Section ointerjection, memorial adjournment. There is none tonight. At this time we would take Public Comment for those for close session items. Do we have any Public Comment for closed session . Seeing none. The board will now go into closed session ok. We are back. Section q. Following the closed session. We will remove to the regular Board Meeting and i will read actions from tonights closed session. Lets see. Q number 1. Vote on employee contracts for unrepresented chief executive employees. I move to ratify the contract for the chief executive officer with the salary set at grade 6 step 1 for the term commencing on july 1st, 2019 through the appointment of a chief academic officer september 3rd, 2019. Can i ask for a second. Second. Roll call, please. [ roll call ] seven ayes. I move to ratify the contract for the chief executive officer with a salary set at grade 6 step 5 for a oneyear term commencing on september 3rd, 2019. Can i have a second. I have a second from Vice President sanchez. Roll call. [ roll call ] seven ayes. Number two, report from closed session. The board by a vote of seven ayes ratifies the contracts for one interim assistance superintendent, two directors, one supervisor, one principal, three assistant pranc assist pr. Six ayes approved the contract for one director. The board by a vote six ayes approved the contract for two interm principals. The board by a vote of six ayes approved the contract for one in terms assistant principal. On one matter of Public Employee discipline dismissal release the board approved the agreement between the district and one classified employee on a matter of Public Employee discipline dismissal release the board by a vote of seven ayes approved the agreement between the district and ones certificated employee. And the matter of sfusd versus k and mohs the board by a vote of seven ayes gives the authorities and the district to pay up to the disability amount on three matters of anticipated litigation, the board gave direction to general council. Section r, adjournment. That concludes tonights meeting. Good night. Were here to raise awareness and money and fork for a good accuse. We have this incredible gift probably the widest range of restaurant and count ii destines in any district in the city right here in the mission intricate why dont we capture that to support the mission youths going to college thats for the food for thought. We didnt have a signature font for our orientation thats a 40yearold organization. Mission graduates have helped me to develop special as an individual theyve helped me figure out and provide the tools for me that i need i feel successful in life their core above emission and goal is in line with our values. The ferraris yes, we made 48 thousand they were on top of that its a nobrainer for us. Were in and fifth year and be able to expand out and tonight is your ungrammatical truck food for thought. Food truck for thought is an opportunity to eat from a variety of different vendor that are supporting the mission graduates by coming and representing at the parks were giving a prude of our to give people the opportunity to get an education. People come back and can you tell me and enjoy our food. All the vendor are xooment a portion of their precedes the money is going back in whats the best thing to do in terms of moving the needle for the folks we thought Higher Education is the tool to move young people. Im also a College Student i go to berkley and 90 percent of our folks are staying in college thats 40 percent hire than the afternoon. Im politically to clemdz and ucla. Just knowing were giving back to the community. Especially the Spanish Speaking population it hits home. People get hungry why not eat and give valencia has been a constantly evolving roadway. The first bike lanes were striped in 1999, and today is the major north and south bike route from the Mission Neighborhood extending from market to mission street. It is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. From 2012 to 2016, there were 260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. The mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m. T. A. To put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [ ] valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in San Francisco. It has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. We promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. Valencia is our mission fits our mission perfectly. Our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. Whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know , people are commuting up and down every single day. I have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. During that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing companies. We have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. One of the main goals of the project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. The most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. We kept all the passengers the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here. Most people arent actually perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. Half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6 00 p. M. , so could be used for fiveminute loading later into the evening to provide more opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. The five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. One of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is on the block between 14th street. We worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. On this lot, there are a few schools. All these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. To address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings railings that channel channeled a designated crossing plane. We had a lot of conversations around how do you load and unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons . I do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school. We have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the rightofway so they can cross the roadway. This is probably one of the most unique features. During the planning phase, the m. T. A. Came out with three alternatives for the long term project. One is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. A twoway bikeway. The third option is a Center Running twoway bikeway, c. Would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side. Earlier, there werent any enter lane designs in San Francisco, but i think it will be a great opportunity for San Francisco to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that doesnt exist already. With all three concepts for valencias longterm improvement , theres a number of tradeoffs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. When he think about extending this pilot or this still this design, theres a lot of different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. The pilot is great. It is a nobrainer. It is also a teaser for us. Once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. What were trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. The Pilot Project is one of our first major improvements. We will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as needed. This fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. By spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about longterm improvements. I appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was built, especially with the Community Workshops associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. We want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. Theres a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia , it is not just for cyclists. We will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. [ ] public take this opportunity to silent your phones and other electronic devices. Public comment, during the meeting, is limited to three minutes per speaker unless established by an officer of the meeting. State your name, completion of a speaker card while optional will help ensure proper spelling of the speakers name and the written record of the meeting. Please place speaker cards in the basket. They will be called in the order they were placed. If you do speak, this is a special notice, the room is very hot today, we have a large fan in the background. If you could please speak closely into the microphone