I do not want to contest what director brinkman said about the bad old days and how far we have come. Reading this conversation together with the one we had at the last meeting with vision 0, and about how poorly we are doing, i wonder whether we out to have more people in the room mad at us than we do now, and its a crazy thing to say in a way, but this is not a popularity contest, number one. Number two, and look, this is trouble ive encountered in my career. Just because the road goes by your house does not mean you own the road. And the people who use that road, or bike lane, or railroad, whatever it is, the people would us an it live all over the city because transportation is a network. And you shouldnt let somebody who resides at part of the network to tell you how the whole network works, just because they accidentally live near it. And people move all the time, too, and their attitudes move with them, and we are seeing a demographic change in the city, younger folks, and younger than me, they think biking biking is the primary mode for them, not what you do when you know you are not in the car. And i think we still have not oriented ourselves to that way of thinking. [please stand by bravk ] i think we have to talk this out, i worry our goals are so lofty we may not be oriented toward success, not pushing hard enough. [please stand by] a lot of the Mission Activists are angry and wondering when the lanes are going to go away. We have a cultural crisis, those people most often lower income individuals, as a matter of fact, who feel they got to the place in life that they can afford a car and its taken away from them. Its something psychological at that we cannot overcome, but what we can do, though, is perform well. Have the busses run on time, not have them bunch up. Do the things, do the pedestrian improvements. By showing them the Service Works and works effectively, theyll want it. People love the 14r, busses and you wont be able to get on the 14r and 14 will pass and people will not get on it, because its much better. As people start to see that and we can perform better, i think youll start to see that transition and this will get easier and easier, but we are still in the space, particularly on some of these outer neighborhoods, where you do have language and other sort of barriers, far from where we are and where we are thinking, and the best approach, especially is to try to figure out how through a process we can get them further from where they are, but on our end, share the success, have them go to other parts of the city where its working well and then coming to our meetings demanding they get that, too. So i think if we were able to introduce more express busses and things like that in that corridor, where people could see some of the differences, the 14x does very well, and the 9r, those are making a difference but again, i think thats just the reality that i see living in the neighborhood, my bank is there, Grocery Shopping there, my brother and his brothers live there, they are all mexican, a different thought process than what we are dealing with when we try to make technical changes to the network and we need to make the changes and should make the changes but i also think we do fail and that gives them the permission to question whether or not, you know, we have the right solution. So, thats thats kind of like, thats the thats the, you know, Million Dollar question in the long run but a step forward even if its not big enough step forward. So with that, you made a motion. A second . Second. On the motion to amend the resolution to keep the bus stop. Second the motion to amend. All those in favor . Now the original motion. Second. All in favor . That passes. Move on to the next item. Thank you for all your work, staff. Approving parking problem ekt ted bike lanes along 5th street between Market Street and townsend Street Associated with the 5th street Improvement Project. And the 5th street Improvement Project, we have been moving down from 7th street, and 6th street as we speak, and looking forward to hopefully your approval of the 5th Street Project today. Have a protected bike lane, safety treatments at intersections, new transit boarding islands and relocation and expansion of the very important loading zones for businesses on the corridor. Aside from being a really important safety project, it is important for a couple other reasons. First of all, its going to close some of the gaps that we have in our Bicycle Network, so connect basically to mission bay, to caltrain, some of the ongoing projects we have going on, recent projects on howard, folsom, and closing the gap on the network and most of you know, the central soma plan is coming, we are going to see over 5 million square feet of new development on 5th street alone. And so its imperative that we approve this project, build this project to serve not just the existing community but also all the new development on this street in particular. So, just the same as with the Mission Excelsior safety project, engaged residents, employees and businesses on this corridor, and of course, needless to say, we will be implementing a quick build version of the project right away. With that, ask my colleague to come up and give you the details on the project and answer any questions you may have. Hi, everyone, talia lange, thanks for hanging in there and listening to me today. Im here today to talk about the proposed changes between fifth and townsend streets in the core of central soma. The 5th Street Project is not a new effort. First came about as part of a 2000 the bike plan, designated a major bicycle route. It was halted down to the central subway construction and the temporary placement of 4th street transit lines to 5th street. The busses have been moved off 5th street, goals of the project include improve safety for all roadway users, address the future transportation demands of the neighborhood, to bridge a north south gap in the Bicycle Network. 5th street is one of the last missing links and builds on the systematic process, of folsom, howard and other corridors. Outreach has continued throughout the duration of the project since 2017. Moved into design late 2018 through this summer and hope to Start Construction of the quick build or near term project this fall. The quick books go, in front of you today, generally include paint, vertical posts, transit boarding islands and curb ramps. Work committeed by city crews. As i just mentioned, timing is, the timing is in part due to transit changes, but other important reasons. Safety is an issue on 5th street, and they are committed. 5th street is also seeing a vast amount of development to the corridor and must accommodate and protect the existing users and also future users of the street. In looking at collision data, we can see that safety is a critical problem on 5th street, especially for the most vulnerable users of the road. From 2016 to 2017, intersection of fifth and market had the highest number of pedestrian collisions in the city and one of the top ten highest number of bicycle collisions in the city. From 2011 to 2016, a total of 351 reported collisions, including 320 injury collisions. This translates to on average, one Person Injured on 5th street. A vital step towards changing the statistic. This slide show some of the Key Development sites in the proebt area, or the boxes in blue. Total over 5 million square feet of new development. We must create a street with balanced modes of transportation to accommodate this growth. The 8, 30 and 45 lines have moved to other streets, including the 27 bryant and van ness. 27 bryant will continue the existing route. 47 van ness, will run in coordination of the townsend project. Clear reasons proposing changes to 5th street, the outreach process started in october of 2017 and the last major outreach event in april of 2019. Total, six major events, Informal Community events, door to door, and over 40 meetings with stakeholders. Not done yet. We will keep communication open through evaluation process, so we can understand concerns and make tweaks in the field to the quick build project. The slide has a lot of text on it, but the goal is to look at the feedback for the project and ultimately gain support for the changes. The initial outreach included a survey to understand public desire for changes. Received over 300 survey responses, we heard improving Bicycle Safety was critical to improving 5th street. And a strong desire for Pedestrian Safety improvements. We asked people to be specific about ranking their entired changes, understanding the street has limited horizontal real estate and cannot fit everything. Protected bike lanes, and Pedestrian Safety improvements, and better lighting for pedestrians. During the first year outreach events, took information from the survey and other feedback to create alternatives. Third, a preferred alternative. It has since been refined and reflected in todays agenda. And two southbound lanes and two lanes in both directions near the freeway ramps. New turning lanes at high volume turn locations, protected bike lanes for the length of the corridor, sidewalk lighting and landscape built by the developers at the time of the construction of both projects. Pedestrian improvements at intersections, a raised crosswalk, and transit boarding islands for the 27 bryant and 47 van ness. This is the existing Cross Section and typical proposed Cross Section. There are new bike facilities protected by either buffers and loading on both sides of the corridor. In summary, this important project brings major benefits to the corridor, traffic calming, transit boarding islands, sidewalk and urban rail improvements at the development sites. Tradeoffs, including some parking lots, and some impact to traffic flow during peak hours. We worked for over two years to minimize the impacts, proposing turn lanes and signal changes and other small changes to accommodate the use along the streets. A thoughtful design that prioritizes to address critical safety needs, also taking into account unique character and needs of 5th street and the community. Lastly, i would like to end by touching on the next steps for the corridor. Following todays meeting if approve, preconstruction outreach prior to starting restriping in the fall and work with the shops to be cognizant. Concrete work will then take place in the winter of 2020. We are collecting preproject data now and post project Data Collection in the fall of 2020, and publish the findings soon after. And looking towards making the quick build design more permanent. We see that in the fall of 2021. Thanks very much for your i am too. Happy to answer questions. Kevin stall, and a rider of the bus line. And a major advocate for Pedestrian Safety and a lot of the changes here will help improve the corridor a lot. One of the major thoroughfares south of market with a lot of people walk, ride their bikes, drive, and take muni down this street. And with the number of people who are going to be moving into the neighborhood with the new projects, the potential of having a lot of families with children and possibly seniors and maybe people who are disabled who frequent this corridor a lot, the changes will most definitely help the people feel safe, and unfortunately we have 22 people in our city killed, pedestrian fatalities and the number is growing. So, any and all improvements to make sure people feel safe is much needed, and i fully support the project in its entirety. Thank you very much. Thank you. Paul, cat, simone. My name is courtney, here on behalf of supervisor matt haney, district 6. I think its a rare evening when the board of supervisors is done before you all. Im just here mainly to express our strong support for this project. Im sure as many of you and the folks in the room are really tired of the streets being treated as freeways and for soma having some of the most dangerous streets in our city, and we are appreciative of the work you are doing to advance important projects and making sure, and very transformative for the project, and eager to see in particular the gaps in our protected bike lane network be closed in soma as well. Thank you for moving this forward. Look forward to seeing the quick builds in the ground in the fall, and i also wanted to thank the staff and all the advocates who have been integral to building out the proposal as well. You have our full support. Thank you so much. Thank you. Charles, cat. Thank you, commissioners. Charles lafarge with the San FranciscoBicycle Coalition. Every time, just about every single time i dare to ride 5th street i see something that gives me a chill and its inexperienced riders, often tourists riding, sandwiches between trucks, busses and parked vehicles, often with their children and with, you know, scraps of paint encouraging them to be bold and take the lane. They are on fifth because its on the Bicycle Network, the apps. The city is encouraging people to take this really broken street from market to caltrain. Its really only a matter of time before somebody gets hit and killed, we know that at this point, lets not wait until that happens to move here and thankfully we are moving pretty quickly. So, today we have the opportunity to reverse this embarrassing, unacceptable part of the Bicycle Network and continuous protect the bike lanes can create new space for people riding. Not only the north south connector between 2nd and 7th. So, not only will the project save lives but will open up the network, its important we get it right on 5th street. The unit from market to mission, one of the busiest blocks of the corridor. You have the active valet, hotels north of market, so protection for people riding on this block is a, is a crucial component to the overall project. A break in con at this continuity, and priority over automobile access, yes, and slight transit impacts as well. Im excited to see the Lessons Learned from previous quick build projects and get things in the ground this year, timeline, and thank you to staff. We look forward to this going in the ground. Thank you. Cat carter, simone, marcell. Cat carter, San Francisco transit riders. We are excited to see 5th street improved with protected bike lanes and the bus bulbouts and the safety features that will make it a more livable street, and make it more welcoming for everybody. However, we are disapointed to see busses forced to share a single lane with cars. The northbound 27 bryant will be sitting in 5th street congestion downtown Traffic Congestion for three blocks and this will add at least a few minutes travel time. And make the 27 bryant even more unreliable than it is now. As you probably know, the 27 bryant is part of the equity strategy, low income, senior riders, and the north side of Market Street and sfmta did so well on that one. Gains made on the 27 north of market will be wiped out by this project south of market. We have suggested a possible solution, namely a combined busbike lane pilot project. Again, we like pilots. It has been done in other major cities. Busses only every 15 minutes and the shared bike lane would be three blocks long. We really ask and urge sfmta to consider this pilot. We cannot have another project that considers transit as an afterthought and impacts be ok. So, i ask you to consider, if any other recent street Improvement Project has actually made muni worse by design, and i urge you to alter that part of the project. Thank you. Simone, marcell. Im a concerned citizen of San Francisco and dedicated biker. I strongly support the 5th street Improvement Project. Its a sorely, sorely needed project that improves bike infrastructure. Finally finally a protected bike lane for the entire corridor. Music to my ears when i hear that. I biked 5th street a few days ago, and dangerous for even an experienced biker. And as director brinkman said we needed them 5 or 10 years ago. If we put them 5 or 10 years ago we would not have the vision 0 problems we are having today. Its not enough. Protected bike lanes often still have dangerous mixing zones and other items im sure will be continued in this project today. The excelsior project today only had four blocks of unbroken bike lanes, only four blocks. And then 2 to 3 more years to get transit improvements. The sixth and Taylor Project has been going on for years, and no bike lanes in the final design. I went to one of the outreach meetings and sfmta staffers had no data to keep bike lanes out, even if it was in the original design. And mentioned before, stockton street was entirely returned to the cars after, you know, all of that central subway construction. Based on evidence, i dont think the sfmta takes vision 0 very seriously. We need more carfree streets for the tenderloin, more protected bike lanes, protected intersections, transit only lanes. Articles in newspapers often only asked merchants and dont ask transit riders. With reliable transit and bike lanes, people will ride them. As director borden said, people dont bike because it is dangerous. All of these things need to happen on every project. Thank you. By default. Thank you very much. Time is up. Marcell, harold, michael. Thank you. My name is marcell, im a resident of San Francisco, and ph. D. Student in city planning at u. C. Berkeley, and a proud member of the San Francisco bike coalition. Tremendous momentum today in terms of improving Sustainable Transportation options in large part due to decisions made by the board in regard to our streets. Today represents another opportunity to move the city forward encouraging and protecting bicycling. Research shows that unless bike lanes are separated and protected, only a small section of our population will use them, namely young white men. Protecting bike lanes is the best way to diversify, women, older adults, and children, and people of color. In addition, study after study indicates that building protected bike lanes improves sfoot traffic and success of businesses along such corridors, as opposed to maintaining private car storage. In particular, 5th street represents Market Street, union square, and beyond. Two traffic lanes in each direction and private car storage on each side. We can flip the scale of the street towards bicycling and transit. Thank you. Thank you. Harold findlay, michael borden, kevin carol. Harold findlay, ive ridden my bike all over the city. The main thing i notice, besides the city streets me as a second class citizen, the main thing i notice is that im so exposed to danger, especially the vehicle im just moments away, just a momentary lapse, a judgment by a driver, or attention by a driver, or maybe a momentary burst of aggression by a driver and im down. People are putting up the bike, im not here talking. It just its frightening, and then when i get past that, i just think how ridiculous it is. We are a fifth of the way through the 21st century, we should be done with having cardominated streets but we are not. Its everywhere. And also, you know, projects, create places of danger, we need to protect people from the danger. Thats part of completing the projects. That should be natural. You know, crucial to create the danger, then protect people from it. Dont make them come to meetings and protect you from protection, be satisfied with bulbouts and stuff like that, protect them. You insist on having it. I know you all know this, but our streets dont reflect that at all. And i guess ill say one last thing. Director heminger, i am mad at you, and you know, you are right, people just are not coming up and telling you and i and director borden, i understand completely the analysis you gave but you have an ethical problem allowing people to die while you wait for Community Sensibility to reach the right place. Michael borden. Good afternoon, michael borden, im 68 years old, and i get around the city when i can and i feel safe. My first choice is by bike. Everyone else has already just said when i feel about the conditions of the 5th street, probably more eloquently than i can. So, just thinking of something new to say. Bear with me a moment, you may think im having another senior moment. But just rereading the novel, ian foresters novel, howards end, and a wonderful quote, those of you who saw the wonderful movie, Emma Thompson says to anthony hopkins, and that is connect, live in fragments no longer. Now you can take this in a very literal way, commissioner hemingers statement of our need for bike Transportation Networks that connect or what charles pointed out, the need for connections between the 5th and townsend and howard and Market Street bike lanes. A literal way. But i would like to talk a different way. I dont really think of myself as a senior, i think of myself as a 68yearold man, lucky enough to be still hobbling around. But i do feel seniors through ageism are unaware, and sometimes put in a box of, the city talks about improvements to, to transportation, for seniors, i always see muni and walking, which are poriimportan me and with some with a disability like myself, and some seniors bike and i am included, and how i connect to the city is keeping my involvement up with my friends, with my volunteer work and my social networks and getting there. Thank you. By bike is the way i do that. So, please help connections, please approve the bike lane, thank you. Bye. Thank you. Kevin carol, jodie, jake shumano. Kevin carol, president and c. E. O. Of the Hotel Council of San Francisco. I live in San Francisco, a heavy user of Public Transit and public transportation. For me, im here today to speak in support of the 5th Street Project. I have one question, one concern that we have been expressing throughout the process. I want to thank the m. T. A. , and especially talia lange for the multiple meetings she mentioned and meeting with our group specifically, and i know others as well. But i also want to thank the walk s. F. And the Bicycle Coalition who have come out and met with us and our teams as well. I think its important that we understand what each of each other are looking at with it. As far as the overall project, we obviously support vision 0, and protected bike lanes. I think as charles mentioned, our visitors bike all over the city, our employees bike as well. And then obviously we are pedestrians and our guests are pedestrians as well. The one concern we have brought up along is the constriction of two lanes to one lane on northbound 5th street and that case, i know some adjustments that are made, especially coming off the freeway and crossing market and we do appreciate those adjustments. We still have a concern on, and ask the very thorough evaluation plan thats developed looks at what the impacts are. I think its important for all of us to realize our supplies arrive in, through traffic lanes, and many of our visitors arrive through busses and other modes of transportation, its not just all single drivers in cars that are using the lanes. And we do feel that there will be a constriction there as part of it. So, we do ask that as you do the evaluation thats taken seriously with what the impacts are going to be, and thank you again for your time and especially to the team at the m. T. A. For the work they have done. Thank you. Jodie madiros, jake shumano, mike sizemore. Good afternoon, executive director, walk San Francisco. This safety Improvement Project cant happen soon enough. As the sfmta presented and pointed out, this corridor has been a Pedestrian Safety nightmare. Lives have been at risk, especially those of seniors and seniors with disabilities. This neighborhood has one of the highest senior populations in the city and streets must be designed with this in mind. And as we know, pedestrian numbers on 5th street corridors are going to increase as the new developments are put on. Walk San Francisco has been working on this project for many, many years with the neighbors and sfmta. We have gone and done street side outreach and talked to literally hundreds of people on or near 5th street at outreach events and our surveys shows 94 expressed the desire for safe intersections, the biggest number one ask. The plans will go a long way toward safer intersections, and huge improvements to intersections like brandon around the flower mart. Incredibly pleased a no right turn policy will be on 5th street for the improvements and we strongly support a no right on red to prevent all collisions in the city and see it as a widespread policy. Finally, we support the separated bike lanes, to calm the street and improve safety. And a group has been working with the sfmta on how to design protected bike lanes to ensure accessibility and hope the 5th street design including the quick build is going to incorporate the work groups nine Design Principles for this implementation. Thank you very much. Look forward to hearing you on this project. Jake shumano, brian vice chair and commission members, Development Manager with real tech, inc. On behalf of investors, and proposed mixed use multifamily development at 300 5th street at the corner of 5th and folsom streets. I would like to acknowledge and thank you the sfmta and talia lange for mentioning the development coming to the area. I think its an important aspect of the future of the street improvements and who will be using the streets. Specifically, our firm has been proposing a development in this location since 2016. Currently proposing plans for 130 apartments, small ground floor commercial street with 0 off street parking. Our project received preliminary street design comments prepared as part of the project review. Comments included a statement indicating that no on street loading would be available on either of the project street frontages. It includes some correspondence with talia and her team and i would like to make it known to the public records sorry, but basically she and her team have shown through this design that you can accommodate an on street loading zone on 5th street, the tune of 112 feet long. Given our ability to add the onstreet loading in this location, the sponsor is very supportive of the plans and feel it will go a long way to bolster pedestrian and cyclists safety. Our time is excuse me, our team is grateful for the design considerations and hard work of miss lange and her team. Thank you for your service. Next speaker. Mike sizemore, followed by brian clofuss and jeremy. Mike sizemore, 5th street resident and daily 5th street rider. Again, i am one of those young white guys that can survive 5th street. I just want to give you a glimpse of what riding on 5th street is. Typically every day i experience one of the following. People accelerating close to me, trying to pass me, people have thrown Water Bottles at me, frustrated im on the street. Ive had somebody pass very, very close to me and clip me with their rearview mirror, and then turn around and blame it on me, and get out of the car and try and fight me. Ive had somebody merge into me and i tap on their car as they are merging into me, which proceeds them to roll down the window and tell me they are going to [bleep] end me. You know, this is the reality on 5th street. I want my community to be accepting of people. I hate that my neighborhood is an on ramp for highway 80. Lets create this community. I dont want to grow up in this community, you know, i plan on having children, i plan on putting them on bikes, i plan on having them walk around the city. This is not going to happen if they are being tailgated by people with people laying on their horns, if the street continues to be this hellscale for anybody that is not in a car. Again, im also up here because i am a constant rider and nothing is more powerful than, you know, if i do end up dying on the street, to have a recording of me making the warning, so i do wear my helmet, i do practice safety biking, safe biking on that street, but at the end of the day if this could be used as an action to get faster bike lanes or more safe streets in our neighborhood, i will be happy for that. So thank you, and please push this forward as quick as possible. We hope its not a record for that sort of thing. I hope so, too. Brian, jeremy. Hi, brian clofuss, here in support of the 5th street Improvement Project. I bike and walk every day and bike down 5th street once or twice per week. This project is great, the entire length will have protected bike lanes, it will make me feel safer. I think it should go further, red light cameras and speed cameras mid block. Thanks. Jeremy, the last person. Hi, jeremy frisch, i have come before you before to advocate for protected lanes townsend, and folsom and howard, but today talking about 5th street where we have another opportunity to save human lives by building protected lanes along the road. This is not abstracts every day bikers like me have to mix with highway and bus traffic, and pray they are not injured or killed by drivers. Leaving any gap in the protected network for cyclists lead to unnecessary deaths, like Tess Rothstein who died in an unprotected bike lane a block from where it began on howard. The mixing zones i saw in the designs there the open house were a far cry from a fully protected bike lane. So, maybe im hoping thats changed or yeah, i still, they still put cyclists at risk at key points along the route. As the previous speaker said, we are not going to get more diverse folks riding instead of driving without a fully protected bike network with none of these dangerous gaps. Members of the board, i urge you to support the near and longterm projects on fifth and direct sfmta to implement shortterm fixes in weeks, not months or years with no dangerous gaps. As the presenter said, we are seeing one person per week get injured on this street. So, every week counts. We know it can be done and peoples lives again on it. Thanks. Thank you. Thanks for giving me a chance to speak out and i just closed my your name, please. Bob walsh, i work for scoot, one of the four micromobility Companies Operating in San Francisco. Im also a city native and my wife, as are my wife jana, three children and two grandchildren. Protected bike lane shouldnt take more than ten years to build. When we first started kicking this idea around, lyft and uber did not even exist. In fact, since this simple project was first proposed, we built the citys tallest skyscraper and the world class arena. And yet here we are, trying to get a bike lane built. Im kind of like a kid in the candy store, i cant wait to get this thing built. At this point in time to commit today in this room that the long delayed 5th street protected bike lane will be complete before the end of the year, you know, the quick build. Can we prioritize the safety of our pedestrians and cyclists over fancy new buildings, yeah. Can we put our money where our mouth is and truly advance the vision 0 goals, i believe we must. We all know very well that implementation of safe street designs, despite approving lifesaving benefits and Clear Community support continue to be politicized. Swiftly moving forward with this project you will make the next project less fraught and send a clear message. Designs that save lives by protecting vulnerable road users will be explained, but they will not be delayed. More and more residents are demonstrating a willingness to embrace alternatives to driving, such as public transportation, bicycles, e bikes, scooters, make your efforts to make 5th street and all of San Francisco streets safe for everyone. Thank you. Next speaker. Im one of the people that director heminger referred to using a bike as a primary mode of transportation, and i think less about my age but more with my nationality. I dont go down 5th street anymore, a friend of mine started doing it, and he then asked on twitter for tips how he could avoid 5th street, because it was so bad, and he wrote after his first time riding from the sunset to caltrain, he wrote 5th street is hell, youre biking on a six lane highway, no dedicated bike lanes, and cars zooming inches from you. Google maps sending bicyclists down 5th street, a disaster. Disclaimer, i have been riding down fifth, but rarely felt as safe as riding down fifth this morning. I think this project would help a lot with that. It has a few mixing zones, its not perfect, but its really, really good, and so i hate to disappoint mr. Heminger and not be i will do something i dont do very often, which is disavow something the transit riders said. Im a member of their organization, i support them but mixing bikes and busses is very, very bad idea, and we should not ever do it. Theres not enough space on the street for a bus, take it from the cars. Dont take it from the bikes. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Any more speakers on the topic . Seeing non, Public Comment is closed. Colleagues. Ms. Lange, a few questions. A couple of the speakers brought up what my first of all, great work on the project and good presentation. Obviously theres a lot of support for this one. Can we talk about the mixing zones . I see the project will be upgraded in 2021, which will include signal lights upgrades sounds like. Until then, mixing zones at the enter essentials . At some intersections we will. At some we will have four out of eight intersections well have either protected turns through sort of temporary portions of your protected intersection, or separated bike signals at folsom and bryant. Well have four intersections that basically be phased in as quickly as we can in terms of the longterm project and then we have some Development Projects also bringing online some changes, including the flower mart. Good, thats great. I understand the need for the mixing zones, but im not a big fan of them. A relief on 8th street when they are upgraded with dedicated turn signals. Second question, it looks like the west side wont be parking protected all the way. And do we have some idea of how we are going to keep cars out of that bike lane because as we know, unless there is a concrete curb or a line of parked cars, cars are going to try to go in there to get to the curb and park. Great point. In the quick build design, we will have vertical posts and buffers, and and upgraded in a phased way as quickly as possible, and the longterm, and become concrete buffers. Good, i can see that the next question that well get from director rubke will be access across those bike lanes for people with disabilities. Preempt her and ask that question. Quick build project, does incorporate curb ramps at all the passenger loading areas that are sort of floating between its the passenger loading zone, and then its bike lane, then the sidewalk. You need a way to access the sidewalk, so curb ramps and also be accessible. Im so supportive of this project, its going to be great and a fantastic connection. It is a good way to get from the train station pretty much in the part of the neighborhoods, going to the maria, cal hallow, i do wish we had a slightly better connection taking us across Market Street, but i guess as Market Street gets improved, cyclists will be able to go left on market, and out turk and to use that intersection of market to intersect. Its going to be a big help for people and as more and more people buy electric assist bicycles and bike shares have more available, well have more people doing that commute across the city. Might be nice to add additional signage as we get the bike lane going, to let people know how to get across Market Street and turk street and thats a great idea. Thank you. Thank you, great work on this, and look forward to riding 5th street on my bike. Approved. Second. Question . Ok. I wanted to ask about the new configuration two in one, right, for the motorists, and the one is northbound. Yes. So, that primarily has an impact in the morning peak. Actually has a lot of impact in the morning peak and there is some did you consider a reversible lane as a way of managing that . We did in the consider reversible lane but this works with 5th street, exact in verse of what the 6th street configuration is, and also say the northbound one lane is from harrison north, and flip flops from bryant south, because of the highway on ramp and off ramp. Maybe you could just ask the director of transportation. Do we have a policy on reversible lanes, is it sort of a standard tool in the tool kit that can he consider . Cities are skiddish, the lawyers are skiddish, but a state law when you make improvements to the state highway system you must consider a reversible approach. Yeah, of course most of the state highways we have are are wider im just saying, you know, caltrans is doing something and were not, a reason to pay attention, i think. Simple answer, its not a tool that we have that we have applied to my knowledge in the city. Definitely, its something that the cities that have heavy vehicle, heavy directional flow to their traffic patterns use on surface streets. We have bidirectional, both directions south of market and the traffic flows will get more and and the freeway access, it does not conform to the sort of natural north in the morning and south in the evening. A lot of complicated factors. Something we can certainly look into. Its not currently in our toolbox. Yeah, i just think, we are missing opportunity if we just dont consider a strategy at all by default because i think there are going to be probably places where its going to make some sense. You obviously, as you said, have a strong directional flow. But my own experience has been this is more skittishness than unknown, its not a good idea in every case. Any other comments . I think i would agree, like Rock Creek Park changed directions, we should look at that, a great way to not have to expand roadway capacity but accommodate better for shifting traffic. And as mentioned, evaluation plan and look at how things are working, and as director maguire stated, its really about even in terms of the number of cars at the moment. A motion and a second, all in favor, no opposition, that is item is now wrapped and we are going to go into closed session. Madam chair. Motion to go into closed session. You do not. Great. It will take me a the board is out of closed session. Board of directors met to discuss the appointment of hiring the director of transportation, but did not take action. Motion to not disclose. That concludes the business before you this evening. All done. [ ] homelessness in San Francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesnt just affect Neighbors Without a home, it affects all of us. Is real way to combat that is to work together. It will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and Community Members all coming together. [ ] the product homeless connect Community Day of Service Began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. What we do is we host and expostyle event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. Theres over 120 Service Providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5 to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries, so many phenomenal Service Providers, and what makes it so unique is we ask that they provide that Service Today here it is an actual, tangible Service People can leave with it. I am with the hearing and Speech Center of northern california, and we provide a variety of Services Including audiology, counselling, outreach, education, today we actually just do screening to see if someone has hearing loss. To follow updates when they come into the Speech Center and we do a full diagnostic hearing test, and we start the process of taking an impression of their year, deciding on which hearing aid will work best for them. If they have a smart phone, we make sure we get a smart phone that can connect to it, so they can stream phone calls, or use it for any other services that they need. San francisco has phenomenal social services to support people at risk of becoming homeless, are already experience and homelessness, but it is confusing, and there is a lot of waste. Bringing everyone into the same space not only saves an average of 20 hours a week in navigating the system and waiting in line for different areas, it helps them talk, so if you need to sign up for medical, what you need identification, you dont have to go to sacramento or wait in line at a d. M. V. , you go across the hall to the d. M. V. To get your i. D. Today we will probably see around 30 people, and averaging about 20 of this people coming to cs for followup service. For a participant to qualify for services, all they need to do is come to the event. We have a lot of people who are at risk of homelessness but not yet experiencing it, that todays event can ensure they stay house. Many people coming to the event are here to receive one specific need such as signing up for medical or learning about d. M. V. Services, and then of course, most of the people who are tender people experiencing homelessness today. I am the representative for the volunteer central. We are the group that checks and all the volunteers that comment participate each day. On a typical day of service, we have anywhere between 40500 volunteers that we, back in, they get tshirts, nametags, maps, and all the information they need to have a successful event. Our participant escorts are a core part of our group, and they are the ones who help participants flow from the Different Service areas and help them find the Different Services that they needs. One of the ways we work closely with the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing is by working with Homeless Outreach teams. They come here, and these are the people that help you get into navigation centers, help you get into shortterm shelter, and talk about housing1st policies. We also work very closely with the department of Public Health to provide a lot of our services. We have all types of things that volunteers deal do on a day of service. We have folks that help give out lunches in the cafe, we have folks who help with the check in, getting people when they arrive, making sure that they find the services that they need to, we have folks who help in the check out process, to make sure they get their food bag, bag of groceries, together hygiene kit, and whatever they need to. Volunteers, i think of them as the secret sauce that just makes the whole process works smoothly. Participants are encouraged and welcomed to come with their pets. We do have a pet daycare, so if they want to have their pets stay in the daycare area while they navigate the event, they are welcome to do that, will we also understand some people are more comfortable having their pets with them. They can bring them into the event as well. We also typically offer veterinary services, and it can be a real detriment to coming into an event like this. We also have a bag check. You dont have to worry about your belongings getting lost, especially when that is all that you have with you. We get connected with people who knew they had hearing loss, but they didnt know they could get services to help them with their hearing loss picks and we are getting connected with each other to make sure they are getting supported. Our next event will be in march, we dont yet have a date set. We typically sap set it six weeks out. The way to volunteer is to follow our newsletter, follow us on social media, or just visit our website. We always announce it right away, and you can register very easily online. A lot of people see folks experience a homelessness in the city, and they dont know how they can help, and defence like this gives a whole bunch of people a lot of good opportunities to give back and be supported. [ ] thank you, supervisor vallie brown, ryan lamb, nopulo. Did i get it . And dean preston for attending tonights forum. Thanks to all of you also. Well start off with one minute Opening Statements in alphabetical order. Miscellaneous brown, tu may begin you may begin. Im vallie brown and the privilege of being your district 5 supervisor for this last year. For over 25 years, ive been your neighbor and ive been an activist. I have helped make sure that we keep a Neighborhood School open in the violence in this ri