General contractor Delivery Authority which will help our next stage project the westside ramp and bridges next year. From the betide a board we have president s panel and window bridges and linda spoken our groundbreaking 2. 5 years ago on so pleased and grateful for your participation today. And bobour executive director from tida his team. This man get so much done with so few words. Bob. Thank you, bob. From the tac presenting district 6 and herself a resident, did i see becky hope . I saw her last night at the tiedye event but becky is ours on our Citizens Advisory Committee did thank you, becky and from our board we have chairman scott weiner and commissioner jane kim. Thank you chairman weiner and bobby thank you so much [inaudible]. And from the Us Coast Guard we have right rescue. Thank you, greg and your team. And the captain as well. You been tremendous allies throughout our project. From the chp we have commander christopher sherry. His team will be speaking later as well i
Them in between, to be on foot as well because its a nicer way to enjoy the city. But if we want people to be out and walking, we need them to be safe. We want them to feel safe, and thats what were here to talk about today. And none of that will happen without great leadership. So, without further ado, happy to bring up our great leader, the mayor of the city and county, ed lee. applause thank you. Thank you, david. Im the other ed. Happy holidays, everybody, and thank you for being here. We are initializing our Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian strategy, and weve had a task force that have included our Police Department, our mta, our public works department, our Health Department, as well as advocates in the community with walk sf. And i Noe Elizabeth is here today, and shell be speaking as well. We are one of the most walkable cities in the whole country, and we encourage that. We want that to happen. And were here today on the power promenade because its one of the best examples that w
Of what it is on the collision as well as injury rates and reminding us that a healthier city could be one that we reduce the fatalities that happen with pedestrians. So, this is part of that whole strategy. We will consider areas of the city that we will have to lower the speed limit and enforce it and educate people around it, as well as more serious and higher and deeper ways of educating the public and the drivers as well as pedestrians themselves. This is all part of i think a good strategy, one that im very willing to lead and make sure every department and all of the store fronts along here, as well as people who drive cars in and out of the city, understand were going to focus on all the hot spots and really lessen that inequality we know today, neighborhoods, people literally fear walking on our streets because there is not a presence that weve had, similar to what weve had downtown. Weve had a great presence with all the collaboration going on. We really mean to lessen that d
Has set for us that everybody can enjoy this great city the way we want to. So, thank you all for coming. Please be safe. Happy holidays. applause . Okay. Meeting called to order. Roll call commissioner kimberly brandon. Here, adams here, leslie katz here. Approval for items minutes for 2012 meeting can i have a motion to approve the minutes. Second all in favor aye. Item two Public Comment and executive session, is there any Public Comment . Come on up. Good afternoon commissioners im victor della cruz im here on behalf of the Development Company to express some dearns about the sea wall lot three will he notions that you are about in engage in. Our client is very concerned that the port of San Francisco is continuing to negotiate with the giant not with andlinging the departure of the quite iaye that constitutes the bulk of the propyling submitted by w w llc. , almost all of the development compatibility in the s w l associate the rl l c teams proposal seams to be out of the picture
The program and we are getting people out to have fun in this beautiful city. Rec and parks womens Volleyball Program is available at richmond rec center. Please visit us onli okay, good morning. Thank you all for coming out today. Were very happy to be here. My name is ed rifkin, im the other ed, director of transportation. And as the transportation director, i oversee the sfmta which is the agency that is charged with implementing the citys transit first policy. And what our goal, what the citys goal and the transit first policy is is to make sure that everybody can get around San Francisco, that everyone can get to where they need to go. It is an important part of making the economy of San Francisco work, to making the quality of life good and better. But its not just get around San Francisco any old way. This is San Francisco, and we have values that we bring to our Transportation System. We want people to get around in a way that steps lightly on the environment. We want people to