Me today share your grief anytime somebody is injured or killed on our streets. We all know in our hearts, and in our guts, that this is unacceptable. This is not the kind of city that we want to live in and that is why ten years ago, today, many of our visionary leaders made San Francisco the second city in america to adopt vision zero. Since i joined the sfm board of directors i was laser focus on how it will get to zero. This is my number one priority in my service to this city. I see the ability to walk, bike, drive, roll, or take transit safely without fior of harm as a basic right and freedom that everybody should expect in our city. Its why i created the vision zero subcommittee so that we can all sit around the table together, talk about opportunities, but also talk about the real challenges that director tumlin and staff face every single day as theyre trying to achieve this goal. I wanted a space where community, advocates and government can come together and problem solve to
Mention about director yekusiel. I said it right. I cant say i ever really met director yekusiel, but i wish very well. I really do. And maybe, maybe, perhaps, maybe i will meet up in new york city subway. True. Your time is up next. Speaker. Herbert weiner, director tumlin pointed out the importance of Small Businesses to the economy and thriving of San Francisco. Now it should be noted with the institute of corridors on mission street, taraval street and now gary street, Small Businesses have folded. And what is going to be done about the restitution of these Small Businesses . The projects resulted in diminishing revenue and too many businesses, Small Businesses had to give up shop. So my concern is the restitution of Small Businesses and the advocacy of it in the light of mta projects which were actually detrimental to them. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Hello good afternoon. This is barry toronto. I want to wish director yekutiel hallelujah to him after what he witnessed in
To be responsible for Parking Enforcement . Why do we keep creating impediments instead of building on really one of the most popular successes of the last few years . When is the last time youve ever sat in this room and heard a near unanimous parade of merchants praising an mta program anywhere in the city . This this program has nearunanimous support from merchants on the 400 block of hayes that are directly affected. And its one of our citys most walkable and transit rich commercial areas. And for those who need to drive, theres a 600 space mta owned parking garage around the corner for everyone. Obviously, as youve heard, the shared space is not perfect, but instead of retreating, which will do nothing to address those concerns, we can work harder to make the shared space work better and live up to the values that we talk so much about. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. Board members. Luke bornheimer here. I urge you to amend the item today to keep the three day clos
Aaron peskin. The Committee Clerk today is john carroll. I like to acknowledge the folks at sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes. Thank you madam chair. Please insure you silence cell phone and Electronic Devices you have. Any documents to be included you should submit them to me and items acted on today are expected to appear on the board of pr visor agenda of october 24, 2023. Please call item 1. Ordinance amending the planning code to change the phroneing controls in the castro street neighborhood commercial district to exclude article 10, land mark buildings from use size limitation and allow night Time Entertainment with conditional use authorization on the second floor. Affirming the Planning Department ceqa determination. Okay, this item was continued from our last agenda. We have adam here from supervisor mandelmans office, sponsor of there legislation and also mr. Aaron star from the Planning Department if anyone has any questions o
Heard that a lot of businesses did not feel comfortable publicly voicing their concerns. So weve kept their responses anonymous as. In conclusion, this is not about a one day or a three day closure. This is about reset ing and rebuilding that trust in the community and making a process so its possible that the block can work well and get to 24 over seven. And it wasnt working for some merchants. And thats not a reason to cancel it entirely. We really want an opportunity to grow and expand. On the success in hayes valley and see it thrive. So with that, that concludes my presentation and happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Thank you. Colleagues, do you have questions before we go to Public Comment at dr. Ikuko . Just one. I have i have feelings about this, but my clarifying question to you is there have been some talk of asking us to do some kind of study on what it would take to make this permanent and whats your thoughts on on doing that kind of study . Yeah, its would be amazin