Can i get a roll call . Director brinkman is joining us as an alternate. Dr. Haney is in on route. [roll call] mr. Chairman, you do have a quorum. Can i call you next item . Yes please. Item 30 is communications. I am not aware of any. Seeing none, for item four, board of directors new and old business. Moving right along, item five, executive directors report. Good morning. Im pleased to provide you an update on the first three months of operating the Transit Center. As you know, we open the Transit Center to the public on july 1 st and resumed full bus operations by august 12th. Im happy to report that with close coordination and partnership with the transit operators has resulted in a good experience for transit riders. Peak hours are being managed well and transit riders are now accustomed to the Transit Center and navigating the bus plaza. We will continue to work with partners to improve the experience of the transit riders , including improving wayfinding signage as appropriate.
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
Able to close quickly on these properties that we will lose them thats a fair request youre making and im supportive of this. If i can make a motion to send this item forward as a Committee Report with positive recommendati recommendation. Im looking to my colleagues if that is okay. That passes unanimously. Ordinance authorizing the controller to modify the ballot question regarding the proposed general Obligation Bond ordinance for the november 5, 2019, ballot board of supervisors file no. 190495 to incur 600,000,000 of bonded indebtedness to finance the construction, development, acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation, preservation, and repair of Affordable Housing improvements, and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes. Chair ronen thank you. We have sophia kitler from the Mayors Office. Thank you, supervisors. The mayor, mayor breed and president nee had introduced this to allow the controller to take advantage of senate bill 268, which would change it
We would urge every other neighborhood that is facing such a major disruption to business to follow our footsteps. Get involved, and make sure we are actively involved with whatever the department and contractors that are involved. Yes, i have attended the dumb festival in chinatown. It is organized dumpling festival in chinatown. It is a promotion for the businesses in chinatown. Many of the restaurants participated by providing different types of dumplings. Delicious. I mentioned previously, i been working with oewd on a possible concert for jobs area that continues to progress. I just want to drop while everybody is here. When it hopefully pops up down the road, we are already to jump in and be supportive. Any other commissioner comments . Do we have any members of the public that would like to make comments on Commission Reports . Seeing none. Next item, please. Item ten, new business. Allows commissioners to introduce new agenda items for future consideration by the commission. Di
Will be largely privately funded. The agreements are nearly identical and map out roles and responsibilities between the partners and identify city terms for Design Services commissioned on public land. Completely coincidentally, the estimated budgets for both sites is 3,050,000. And i did also want to note that the Landscape Architects were selected by the Parks Alliance with support from the department after a thorough r. F. P. Process, and the two Landscape Architects are m. I. G. , who designed Childrens Center childrens corridor in Golden Gate Park and is now the firm is now working on hertz playground, and theyll design richmond playground, and jeff miller whos designed such playgrounds as Lafayette Playground will design stern grove. And im happy to answer some questions. I see we have some constituents in the audience. A row of ducks came in. Does he want to speak . Must have been something you said, lisa, go ahead. No, im finished. Happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Cle