Streamlining permitting a, reducing fees, and getting rid of red tape. I believe we must overcome the rigid policies that have delayed meaningful progress in our district for decades. Now is the time we can either choose to make a change with new leadership or continue down the path that weve taken the last 20 years. Learn more at votesimonsen. Com, and id be honored to have your vote this november. [ ] good morning, and welcome to the september 29, 2020 meeting of the Vision Zero Committee. I am commissioner norman yee and i will be chairing todays meeting. Im joined by vice chair commissioner stefani and commissioner peskin. The Committee Clerk is britney milton. And will you please call the role . Yes, commission peskin . Commissioner peskin present. Vice chair stefani present. Chair yee present. We have quorum. On behalf of the committee i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who records each of our meetings and makes the transcript available to the public online. Clerk,
Of construction because this idea of being able to heat water in a multi a multiunit building, that is an important piece of the conversation. That is something where im not exactly convinced that technology has caught up with our policy demands. Im sure it will, but itll be interesting to have more thoughtful conversation about that, as well. Thank you, mr. Chair. Chair peskin thank you, supervisor safai. Supervisor preston, any last comments . Supervisor preston no. Chair peskin perfect. So let me just say this about that, which is right now, and to the foreseeable future. There are so many restaurant spaces that are serving guests that will be served by this legislation. As we are tea yalking about ne Housing Starts with restaurants down below, a handful may have restaurants, a handful of those may ask to have gas. This is kind of not a really important conversation, but i do want to honor the Chinese American Community of San Francisco, so lets have that conversation. I dont think
Thank you for giving us your time today. Thank you for the Economic Club for paying attention to me. If those dont know your background the 75th postmaster general the first one is behind you, Benjamin Franklin the inventor of the Postal Service. And who are native of new york went to college in florida and then went back to your familys business and bolted up North Carolina one of the larger logistics and you have been very involved in philanthropic activities at Duke University among other places and thank you for giving us your time today. So at the outset, when you agree to become postmaster general is not normally the most famous position i doubt many can name your media processors you are well known did you thank you get this much attention . If i may, when i accepted the role of the situation the Postal Service was in at that time and then to have significant financial consequences at the time. And the issues of running out of cash in september 2020 and having no help insight. B
Can see, Benjamin Franklin. He was the inventor of the post office, Postal Service. And you are a native of new yor york. He went to college in florida, and then he went back to your familys business and you built it up, he moved to greenso , North Carolina build into a Logistics Company ultimately merged with another company. Given very involved in philanthropic activities at my alma mater, Duke University with other plates so thank you for giving us your time today racemic let me ask you, at the outset, when you agreed to be postmaster general, did you realize you would get this much attention because it not normally the most famous position in washington d. C. I doubt a fair made people can name your immediate predecessors. You are very well known, did you expect to get this much attention . I think when i accepted the role, we need to member the situation of the Postal Service at the time. It was right at the heights of the beginning of the pandemic. And we were having significant
Survey youre doing over the next couple of weeks. We look forward to seeing that at our first meeting in october. Commissioner haney, back to you . Supervisor haney that was all. I appreciate that. And i think a lot of the questions have to do with the business focus and residents and how to improve this in the future. So i was done, thank you. Supervisor peskin thank you. Are there any other members of the commission who have any comments. Seeing none, i would i wont make a motion to continue this. Im just going to ask staff to agendize the hearing that we all want for our next meeting. That is an information item. Any introduction of new items . Seeing none, is there any general Public Comment . Yes, commissioner, there is. There are two callers. First speaker, please. So, again, commissioners, this pandemic, as you can see, very few people want to participate in any of these major projects. So we leave it to you, our representatives, to do Due Diligence based on third street, which