Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Land Use And Transportation Commit

Remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the statewide stay at home order and declarations and directives. The Committee Members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting as to the same extent as if physically present. Comment is available on channel 26, 78 or 99 as well as sfgovtv. Org and are streaming the number across the stream. Each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. And its an opportunity to speak during the comment public by calling the number 1 415 6550001. Again, 1 415 6550001. And the meeting i. D. Is 146 331 8244. Again, that is 146 331 8244. Then press pound and pound again after entering the meeting i. D. When connected you will hear the meeting discussions and youll be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, dial star, 3, to be added to the speaker line. Best practices are to call from a quiet location and speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways email the clerk at erisca. And if you submit Public Comment via email its forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the special file. Written comments sent to u. S. Postal service to city hall, 1 doctor carleton b goodlet place, San Francisco, california, 94012. And items acted upon today are expected to appear on the agenda of december 1st unless otherwise stated. Mr. Chair. Commissioner peskin thank you, can you please read the first and the only item. Clerk yes, an ordinance to amend the administrative code to temporary restrict landlords from evicting commercial tenants for nonpayment of rent that was not paid due to the covid19 pandemic. Those who wish to call should call 1 415 6550001. And the meeting i. D. Is 146 331 8244. After entering the meeting i. D. , press pound and pound again. Mr. Chair . Commissioner peskin thank you, miss major and colleagues. As you both know this item was continued from last weeks meeting when we duplicated the file following substantive amendment that was made to clarify that the termination provision for tenants, those with 10 or fewer employees applies notwithstanding any other contract terms. I want to be very clear about our intent here with respect to the termination provision for those tier one tenants because questions have been raised about language in past versions. Mainly that if you are tier one commercial tenant and elect to terminate your contract, that the intent of this legislation is that you would not b are cond terminated without future liability. Finally, before we vote on this, i would like to make one nonsubstantive amendment to the top of page 5, where we define each tier of Small Business based on the number of fulltime equivalent employees. We got a very good comment from the member of the public that spurred this nonsubstantive amendment. The current legislation states that the number of fulltime equivalent employees is determined as of the Effective Date of the legislation. And this nonsubstantive amendment on page 5, lines 18, that you are both in receipt of, would clarify that the termination of the number of employees is dated to november 1st of 2020. And with that, are there any questions or comments from Committee Members . Seeing none, is there any Public Comment on this item . Clerk thank you, mr. Chair. We have james from tech checking to see if we have any callers in queue. James, can you queue up the first caller. There are no callers there is one caller. Can you unmute the first caller. Caller hi. Thank you for taking my Public Comment. My name is calvid ramadan, and we own a small familyrun business that has been serving San Francisco since 1984. Prepandemic we had two locations, one in the sunset district and one downtown. Unfortunately, as with many in our community, the pandemic has taken a significant toll on our business. Were forced to close our Downtown Location in march. We assume that the closure would be temporary, but, you know, here we are eight months later out of that location and in a significant amount of debt. We tried repeatedly to come to any sort of compromise with our landlord at that location that would allow us to survive and to continue after this, but we were unsuccessful. Unfortunately, now we find ourselves left with we had found ourselves with no other options than to vacate the premises and to terminate our lease there. We lost that Downtown Location and we find ourselves now in a legal bind. On a personal level this has been a huge emotional loss for my family and my parents are in their 60s and i hoped they could retire in the next coming years. Now it seems like a farfetched dream. This business is our lifeline. We poured our sweat and tears into building it. We dont know what our future will look like after this pandemic, but we hope that this audience will help the many San Francisco Small Businesses that find themselves in our situation. We thank the board for all of their hard work in being such advocates for the Small Business community of San Francisco. We are fortunate to work in such a great city. Thank you. Commissioner peskin thank you, mr. Ramadan, and we are sorry for what you are experiencing. Any other members of the public for item number 1 . Clerk thank you, mr. Chair. I have james saying that there are no other callers on the line. Commissioner peskin okay, then Public Comment is closed and i would like to make a motion to move the nonsubstantive amendment that we previously discussed. Can we have a roll call on that motion. Clerk on the motion as stated [roll call vote] you have three ayes. Commissioner peskin and then i would like to make a motion to send the item as amended as a Committee Report for a hearing at the full board of supervisors tomorrow, november 17th. Clerk on the motion as stated [roll call vote] you have three ayes. Commissioner peskin and that concludes our business and were adjourned for today. Thank you. Thank you. Chair peskin good morning and welcome sto tto the Transportation Authority Board Meeting on november 10, 2020. I am chair aaron peskin. Miss milton, will you please call the roll. [roll call] clerk we have quorum. Chair peskin thank you, madam clerk, and colleagues, vice chair mandelman is going to be 20 minutes late, so id like to make a motion to excuse him from the first items. Is there a second . Supervisor stefani stefani, second. Chair peskin and we will move onto the c. A. C. Chairs report. The floor is yours. Starting with item 5 on your agenda item, the prop k allocation funds request, there was a [inaudible] curbside pilot instituted in response to the covid19 pandemic. Some of the c. A. C. Members felt that because the Curbside Pickup zones were benefiting other services, the private sector should be paying or contributing to the pilot given the track record of these companies, were limiting their data shares, some members thought this should be segregated and voted on separately, however, other members voted against the sever. In the end, the prop k allocation request recommendation before you was approved on a 74 vote, with a request that a more indepth presentation on the entire citywide curbside Management Strategy be presented to the c. A. C. In the near future. Moving onto the portsmouth Square Community based Transportation Plan final report, members were supportive given the levels of access in the square and a more overall inviting space. With respect to the public buses at the hilton hotel, a member noted that these buses need to pay a transportation fee as do other forms of shuttles. Chair peskin mr. Larson, can you repeat that last im sorry. I repeat that, please. The better Market Street project . Chair peskin okay. Gotcha. I thought you were still on portsmouth square. No, the portsmouth Square Project had unanimous support. This on the better Market Street project. The more specific concerns on the downsizing included questioning the wisdom of putting bicycles into the street and sharing space with vehicles because of the unexpected increase in the number of bicyclists. An early indicator of success of the better Market Street successes thus far. Other observations included that the down scaling of the project seemed to be driven by a grant deadline imperative to start building, that there might be missed opportunities to coordinate the street anticipating with current projects underway, and a question about revisiting the scope once the election and additional prospects for funding are clear, and that completes my report, mr. Chairman. If theres anything else i can clarify or additional questions, ill be happy to take them. Chair peskin are there any questions or comments from members of the sfcta . Seeing none, mr. Larson, thank you very much, and we will obviously be taking up item 5, and i have similar concerns as to the consenting members of the c. A. C. , and i want to note for the record that vice chair mandelman has joined us, but we will get to that in due course. Seeing no questions from members, are there any members of the public that would like to comment on the c. A. C. Report . Operator theres currently no Public Comment. Chair peskin okay. Then we will close Public Comment, and madam clerk, will you please call item 3 . Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Chair peskin is there any Public Comment on this item . Operator there is no Public Comment. Chair peskin okay. Public comment is closed. Is there a motion to approve the minutes of october 27 . Supervisor mandelman moved by mandelman. Chair peskin is there a second . Seconded by yee, and on that item, a roll call vote, madam secretary, please. [roll call] clerk there are ten ayes. The minutes are approved. Chair peskin next item, please. Clerk item 4, appoint one member to the citizens advisory committee. Chair peskin miss smith . Good morning. April smith, Community Planner at the Transportation Authority. The Transportation Authority committee has an 11 member citizen advisory committee, appointed to a twoyear term. [inaudible] make recommendations on appointments. To qualify for the c. A. C. , applicants must be San Francisco residents and must appear before the board at least once to speak to their interests and qualifications. Attached to the packet is a list of applicants, and there is a list describing their interests. [inaudible] and with that, i can take any questions. Chair peskin thank you, miss smith. Commissioner stefani, this is the district 2 appointee. Supervisor stefani yes, thank you, chair peskin. It is my pleasure to recommend appointment, reappointment for jerry levine on the citizens advisory committee. Jerry has been a strong voice advocating for the needs and concerns of our community. Jerry and i recently met to discuss his prior term on the c. A. C. , and his ongoing priorities for the committee, including an emphasis on regional coordination of the 27 transit agencies throughout the bay area to create a robust and seamless transportation body through San Francisco and the enti entire bay area. I know he will continue to advocate for greater Pedestrian Safety efforts and keep in mind the need to protect our most vulnerable users of our streets and sidewalks. During my time on the t. A. , ive made an effort to highlight the needs of vulnerable individuals, particularly seniors and people with disabilities, and i am confident that jerry will continue to be a voice for these residents in district 2 and residents throughout the city. Jerry, i want to thank you for your service for the residents not only of district 2 but the entire city and your leadership and proposal of ideas and your continued dedicated service. Chair peskin mr. Levine, the floor is yours. Thank you very much, supervisors, and thank you for that introduction, supervisor stefani. I am seeking reappointment, and do appreciate the trust that supervisor has shown in me, and her desire to renominate me. Prior to my previous two years with the c. A. C. , i served four years on the policy advisory council, which gave me a particularly broad view of the regional needs for transit in the bay area, and so with this with this newly new emphasis on the need for regional coordination in these times of covid, its my particular interest to continue in that vein. So i look forward to that, and im open to answering any questions you might have. Chair peskin thank you, mr. Levine. While weve got you here, given the c. A. C. Report, and given that you were one of the four not dissenters not did dissenters, you were one of the four that wanted to sever that item, is there anything you would like to tell this body . Im sorry . Chair peskin anything you would like to inform this body about your position in this matter . No, not at this point. Ill be interested to hear the discussion and, if its possible, be able to comment at that time. Chair peskin you are always welcome to comment as a member of the public. With that, seeing no other questions from members, are there any other applicants to this position the district 2 position to the c. A. C. Transportation advisory board, Public Comment. Operator we have one caller. Chair peskin okay. Please proceed. Operator hello, caller. Your line is unmuted. Hello. Its david pilpell. I just wanted to speak in support of jerry levine. Hes a great person, has great experience with regional transportation matters and all of that, and would be a great addition to the c. A. C. Thanks very much. Chair peskin mr. Pilpell, you are becoming famous or infamous. Are there any other members of the public that would like to comment on this item. Operator there are no other callers. Chair peskin seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Supervisor stefani, would you like to make a comment . Supervisor stefani yes. I would like to move the reappointment of jerry levine to the Transportation Authority Board Community advisory board. Chair peskin im going to do something rare. Im going to second jerry to the board. I dont second a motion often, but i hold jerry in high esteem. Roll call vote, please. [roll call] chair peskin he appeared and disappeared, so he may have had to go to his other thing, so he is excused. [roll call] clerk we have ten ayes. The appointment of mr. Levine to the c. A. C. Is approved on first reading. Chair peskin thank you, madam secretary, and congratulations, mr. Levine. Thank you, commissioners. Chair peskin next item. Clerk item 5, allocate 745,651 in prop k sales tax funds with conditions for three requests. This is an action item. We have three asks today. The one is citywide daylighting. This request supports the board of supervisors resolution from may 2019 that urged the sfmta to create a daylighting plan and systemately implement and creation a location. This work will be completed by march 2022. Our next question is the Visitacion Valley and portola Community Based Transportation Plan in which the neighborhoods will collaborate with Community Transportation groups to address priorities that support growing Community Values in Visitacion Valley and portola neighborhoods. It will include recommendations for streetscape improvements and a funding and implementation plan. The funds will provide the local match for a 350,000 caltransplanning grant, and sfmta expects the final plan by 2023. And finally is the curbs side pick up zones pilot. Sfmta requested a streamlines way for businesses to use the curbside for delivery pick ups and other outdoor activities. This would allow sfmta to survey the use zones. It will include guidelines for the inclusion and location of pick up zones and policy recommendations for the future of the curbside pick up zones program. The plan will be complete by next july, and based on the c. A. C. Discussion, which weve already heard about, we have provided sfmta to provide a broader overview of the curbside strategy, so i can take any questions on these items now, or i can bring up sfmtas slides for them to present. Chair peskin so why dont we start and see if supervisors walton or ronen have any comments . Supervisor walton . Supervisor walton thank you, chair peskin. Im going to wait until the presentation is over, and then, i have a few comments. Chair peskin thank you. Supervisor ronen . Rena supervisor ronen thank you. I just wanted to thank you for including Visitacion Valley and the portola in that. Im looking very forward to engaging in the planning effort. And then, i think my guess is that supervisor walton and chair peskin want to talk about the 200,000 for the curbside pick up. I could be wrong there, but i am not happy about that. So i will waive, as well, until that presentation happens, but i would chime in and say that that would not be my choice to fund that program. I dont understand why were providing public space to private companies that isnt even treat their workers as the employees that they are. Thank you. Chair peskin thank you,