any public comment on this item? no, mr. chair. nobody has turned in a speaker card. seeing none, we ll close public comment. is there a motion to approve these items a motion. second. item five, communications, i have none for you today. item six. board members, new or unfinished business. wow, a remarkably silent group. i ll volunteer one thing. i put myself out there on that one. i first of all want to direct director tomlin and all of the staff on the excellent workshop last tuesday. it was really rich and substantive. and you came to a lot of new conclusions. and i wanted to share i ve had several colleagues reach out to me to share stories of their commute. i ve had them express faster traveling times, and remark about the aspect they did not anticipate, which is how quiet it is on market street, and they could even hear birds churping on their walks. i just wanted to share that. i m sure all of you are hearing positive feedback as well. but i think
dr. arigon will be providing that as soon as he s here. it s the most up to date information we had as of this weekend but the situation changes recalledly with regard to recommendation. i will emphasize a couple of things in advance of the doctor s comment. we have no newly diagnosed cases in san francisco of the coronavirus at this time. there are a total of 11 cases across the country that had been reported. six in california. two patients diagnosed in a nearby county who were transferred to ucsf. i want to emphasize again, we have no newly diagnosed cases in san francisco. i also think it s very important that we, as a health department, express that this is public health. this is classic public health. we have been through a number of these preparations with sars, with h1n1, with concerns around ebola and so we have expertise in this area to be as prepared as possible. obviously, it s not possible to fully people for every plausible scenario, but we re taking, basically,
clerk: we have quorum. chair peskin: thank you. can we have a motion to excuse supervisor fewer, who s attending the 150th anniversary of golden gate park? motion made by commissioner preston, seconded by commissioner mar, and we will take that without objection. [gavel]. chair peskin: i will move to the chair s report. colleagues, as we begin the new year here at the t.a., i want to share a few thoughts on our major thoughts and initiatives to collaborate with our community partners to improve transportation locally and regionally. as always, our top priority is safety, and i look forward to continued collaboration with chair yee, the president of our transportation committee to forward policies to reduce accidents, something that did not go well for the city for 2019. i want to point out that commissioner yee and i had with a meeting with representative chiu, and head of the california highway patrol, and others about moving forward with automated speed enforcement le
quintanilla. mr. quintanilla, could you please call the roll. [roll call] clerk: we have quorum. chair peskin: thank you. can we have a motion to excuse supervisor fewer, who s attending the 150th anniversary of golden gate park? motion made by commissioner preston, seconded by commissioner mar, and we will take that without objection. [gavel]. chair peskin: i will move to the chair s report. colleagues, as we begin the new year here at the t.a., i want to share a few thoughts on our major thoughts and initiatives to collaborate with our community partners to improve transportation locally and regionally. as always, our top priority is safety, and i look forward to continued collaboration with chair yee, the president of our transportation committee to forward policies to reduce accidents, something that did not go well for the city for 2019. i want to point out that commissioner yee and i had with a meeting with representative chiu, and head of the california highway p
Bedrooms, while theres five of them and theyre fairly modest size, its not what weve seen in other places where theres bathrooms on every bedroom. So i think the program works. I would just like to see some design modifications so it doesnt read as large from the front on 27th street as it does under the renderings we have before us. Commissioner i was going to Say Something very similar in that, you know, yeah, the difference to me is the design. It doesnt have, you know, two media rooms and some of the things that weve seen in some of these other massive expansions. It is clearly designed for a family, a large family. So that makes a difference to me. I do agree that, you know, theres some Design Elements that could, perhaps, be tinkered with to make some of the neighbors, you know, less you know, more comfortable with how it fits in to the fabric of that block. But, you know, i think that expanding the back unit actually is a good thing. It makes it rentable and provides a home for