Sunset, and not to result the pollution from cars idling in line crossing the park. And why is the adjacent Trial Clerk thank you, caller. Caller, your minute begins now. Caller thank you, everyone. My name is bob and im a member of the richmond and streets for people, many of the organizations in support of keeping the great highway completely closed to cars. Im calling mostly to reiterate what i have already said countless times but most recently at the m. T. A. And the r. P. D. Joint meeting. A number of other people have already said all sorts of things and i know that this issue is really tense and difficult, but im urging you as a resident of the outer richmond and as someone who wants to see this city not bake under three digit, with climate change induced by our transportation priorities to close this to cars, to get ahead of the work that you know that needs to be done because the great Highway Extension is closing. And invest in making the 18 muni line and the 21 line faster. Please approve the report as presented. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi, my name is elias demira and i live in district 5 i would like to see the great highway continue to be closed to cars. Its so much better now. Its a unique recreational space. It is the idea that we can reduce climate emissions by making driving more convenient, and making the area less space and more unpleasant to people not in cars sounds like a dangerous myth. Induced demand is real. The more you encourage driving and discourage other modes, the more people will drive and vice versa. It seems like the beaches are already taken over with the highway anyway and covered did in sand and its going to become more and more expensive to maintain. Any of the resources and Effort Clerk thank you, caller. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller good afternoon, supervisors. My name is Kenneth Russell and im a resident in district 7. I am calling to voice my activities, walking, and children learning to bike and people skating and everyone appreciating the beauty of this incredible space along the beach in our city. We should support this and move forward with the full closure pilot. We did what we make space for, we need to encourage people and activities outdoors and not encourage driving. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi, my name is Jason Howie and im a resident of district 5 and im calling in support of keeping the great walkway closed to vehicles and supportive of the 24 7 pilot for pedestrians and cyclists. I have visited the great walkway multiple times a week since the road was closed to vehicles last year, both on my bike and on my car sorry and, um, what has really resonated with me is how the space has become a center of Community Activism and also a place where people who may otherwise not have the space to explore bicycling like kids really enjoy the space and make it their own. I think that on top of the issues that the infrastructure of the great walkway will face for vehicles if its reopened to cars because of climate change makes it clear that we should keep the pilot in place. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi, my name is amy adina. Hello . Clerk yep. Caller im a Resident And Voter in district 4. And i want to express my support for keeping the great highway closed to cars 24 7. And its one of the most successful places in the city and i have a Family Member with mobility issues and he is actually paralyzed and uses a wheelchair and we love walking there. Its really great seeing all of the people that can enjoy the space now that couldnt before and its really our favorite place of living in the sunset. Thanks. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hey, how are you doing . My name is Joe Demento and im a resident of district 8 and i like many of the callers, the vast majority that want to keep the great highway closed it really has been a source of solace during the pandemic to be able to go there, and to walk and to go to local businesses and see the beautiful ocean. Frankly, I Cant even believe that were debating this all in San Francisco, a city that purports to be concerned about climate change and is now debating whether to keep the highway open to cars. And i let me tell you, when we widened the 405, more cars get in the mix and climate change speeds up all the more. So, please, please, keep it closed to cars. Make it a beautiful place that it is today and help the city actually achieve its climate goals. Thank you. Clerk thank you. Caller, your minute begins now. Caller caller that happens. Clerk caller . Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi, my name is dominic and im a resident of the sunset and a union member. I am calling to speak in support of keeping the great walkway open to humans and free from cars, 24 7. The space has been a beautiful addition to our city and our neighborhood, and allows us to connect to the beach, and it also encourages myself and many others to visit businesses on the sunset that we would never have visited without this unique atraksz. We need to reduce Car Usage in this city and i know that increasing our Cycling Infrastructure is a critical component of the green changes that we need to make. Theres just no way that the volume of people that are currently Cycling And Walking on the great walkway would fit into the poorly maintained cracked sidewalk that was preceding the great walkway. So, again, i strongly support keeping the great walkway open clerk hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller im a district 4 resident and i caution anybody who thinks that closing the great highway is some kind of bold moves that saves the plan fret climate change. There is nothing in this final report that says that. In fact, the report suggests that closing the great highway probably makes things worse. The Traffic Modeling in this final report validates what we have seen in previous traffic studies and situations like this. Cars do not go when Theres Capacity nearby. The Traffic Modeling shows that 20,000 cars will just drive through district 4 and adjacent roadways. At best, the model predicts that closing the great highway does nothing for climate change. At worse, the cars drive further, less efficiently, and its actually worse for the environment. I support opening the great highway while proper planning is done and i personally would like to see concept 2, the department is perpetrating this report are untrust worthy and the data is flawed. This report should not clerk hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller this is jim fur me, im 53 years old and born and raised here in San Francisco on 34th and melona and my parents still live there. And my 84yearold Father was killed yet again last week by a car speeding through his neighborhood. Any idea that this is now a safe area is ridiculous. The only solution here that is reasonable would be putting a Bike Lane next to the current multiuse walkway, which would make everyone happy, but not what this is about, right . Its about a small group of people, everyone that is calling in that is not already calling it a great walkway and trying to push their agenda to fix climate problem, the kid safe s. F. , the bicycle coalition, all of these are just activist groups that are calling in and getting their point across and its not being used the way that theyre alleging that it is. Its a complete farce. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi, my name is ellen, and i live on the great highway between Kirkman Lotman and i have been here for 30 years. So addressing some of the things that people have been saying prior during the 50 plus minutes that i waited this morning and never managed to get on to make a comment, i saw 300 plus people go by on the great highway. The San Francisco Fire Department seems to be doing just fine, let alone what im hearing is that theyre getting through faster now than they were before. We know that with cars if you build it, they will come and if you take it away from them, they will figure out something else. We have seen that in market. We have seen a number of other places. But im hearing a lot of stuff that sounds very nimby to me, not in my backyard i agree. From the personal experiences people have had, maybe some of the places have become more dangerous but out here on the lower great highway, its much less dangerous. Please, option 3. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hello, all, im a Carfree Resident in district 5 and i support the Staff Recommendation of a twoyear four lane full promenade pilot. Great walkway is the best Bike Route in district 4 and great for both commuters and people who to get out and explore the city. I visit districts via bike that i would otherwise not have an easy way to patronize. In this city, more than 95 of our rightof way prioritizes vehicles. And Induced Demand is clear and reclaim some of the Road Space for people with the great walkway. Keep this promenade open for people and not cars. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller . Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi. My name is Leslie Benedict and i am a resident of district 1. Im calling to support a carfree great highway. I am a proud mother of a fifth generation San Francisco resident. And i think if last year has taught us anything, its that our public carfree communal spaces are sacred, and keeping them that way for our children and for our future generations to come is our responsibility and residents of the most beautiful city on the face of the earth. Thank you very much. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller thank you. This is Marielle Wiseman from the mission. Im calling to oppose the Pilot Project. Its really clear from the report that a lot of questions were not answered, and the departments are not prepared yet to mitigate any of the traffic problems. In fact, theyre admitting that it will take them a year to put in a traffic light. So theyre clearly not prepared and the public is not being well served under the current conditions, and its interesting to see whos calling in and who actually knows about these meetings and knows about these opportunities to comment. Clearly, not everyone. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi there, my name is Clair Prowse and im a Car Owner and cyclist and a resident of district 2 and i support option 3, keeping the great Walkway Car free. As a cyclist who uses the great walkway as our Commuter Work to work in the south bay, i have experienced harrowing rides alongside cars driving Highway Speed and during Rush Hour. The transformation of this space to a great walkway during covid has been amazing to see and to ride. The idea that opening up more space for cars is false, given that the extension will be closed anyways, and its a waste of time and money to work on any Compromise Configuration in the meantime. Perhaps we could have funding directed to a compromised infrastructure, to additional infrastructure that we might need to reroute the Car Traffic off the great highway. Lets keep a good thing that was going up with the great walkway as a Carfree Space. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi im a resident of d1 and im in support of keeping great walkway open for pedestrians and closing the great walkway to cars. And ive had an increase in the quality of my life to be able to walk and bike and skate and im grateful for the opportunity to utilize the space, so thank you i just got married this past year and i can imagine the space being useful for my future family. Many of my friends are having to make decisions whether to stay in the City And Lead and gems like the great walkway are what get me excited to city to raise my family. Its what makes San Francisco superior to other american cities and i would be extremely grateful citizen if i could share the space with my future family. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi, my name is Yasmin Staton and i live in district four and im calling to express strong opposition to the continued closure of the great highway and i oppose the twoyear pilot. This closure has brought really dangerous quality of life conditions for entire neighborhoods because youre pushing drivers and will continue to drive because we have to on to our residential streets. In fact, nearly 9,000 voters have signed an online petition to reopen the great highway and please remember that this call has not been made accessible to nonenglish speaking residents who need to drive for their jobs and other activities. Please consider the thousands of folks who cannot ride bicycles or walk to get where they need to be in their daily lives. It blows my mind that a bunch of callers are claiming they can finally do things they couldnt for the last 90 years when the great highway was built. And as to actually getting people out of cars and talking about climate change, the cars are still here, the traffic is just moved on to our side streets and I Cant tell you the number of people that i have counted driving across town to walk and drive on the great highway, adding carbon emissions to our area. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller . Caller yes. Hello . Clerk yes, please, go ahead caller yeah, my name is Peter Cannon and im a retired Transportation Planner for sfmta. Currently live in district 8. A representative to the Transportation Authority citizens advisory committee. And im speaking on my own behalf. And i have been very impressed with the Staffs Analysis of the potential Traffic Diversion and mitigation measures as reported outlined in the great Highway Concept Evaluation report, which i will share in our c. A. C. Meetings tomorrow night. Theres conflicting opinions about this pilot but i think that its shortsighted to eliminate the staff recommended option due to pressures from one constituency. And as a senior who uses the great highway as a pedestrian and bicyclist, i support closure and i urge you to approve this Staff Recommendation as written thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi, i am gabriel in district 2 and im also calling for kids safe s. F. Im also in favor of keeping great walkway open. I dont own a car, and so i rely on, you know, public transit and i really appreciate Carfree Spaces because all, you know, public spaces belong to the public, but one of those car occupied and only people with cars can access it, over 30 of san franciscans dont own a car and it was inaccessible to us and now its a really nice place that we can all use. A compromise is worse for drivers and this is why, you know, we should move forward with keeping it car free in the future. And this is also a great location to incorporate. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hello, im the reverend nancy pennycamp, a resident of the outer Richmond District 1. I am calling to urge your support of the Staff Recommendation of a 24 7 full promenade. Lets keep the great Highway Car free. As an older adult, and a cyclist and a grandparent, i urge you to maintain this for all of us. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hello, my name is angie pettytaylor and i live in d7 but i work a lot in d4 and i organize community events. I would like to express my support in keeping it closed, for the twoyear Pilot Program sounds like a wonderful way to explore this further, to create community space, creates wellbeing for the community that can use it and, honestly, i think that it inspires many that wouldnt normally have or may not be getting out. And i think that the spaces that we have, its very inspiring. And i do believe that there are some options that need to be looked at as far as creating better space on the great highway to help to bring attention to the local merchant corridors and to point out facilities, as to where the restrooms are and such. But i to say that i support it and im excited to see where this goes. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi, my name is david stone. Im a member or a resident of the inner sunset and a Board Member of the inner Sunset Park neighbors. My partner and i go often to the great walkway and she likes to practice Roller Indicatin Rollei like to bike there. And the way that people say this increases our Greenhouse Gas emissions and makes us a less climate friendly city, they probably made the same comments when the Embarcadaro Freeway was being torn down in the 1980s. I support the great walkway with enthusiasm. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hello, my name is larry vala difference s, and im calling to voice support for keeping great highway closed to cars, and open to humans. I think that its a great initiative and i want to tell you that ive riden on the great highway with my son and we never felt we never felt safe while riding when the cars were there, and now when we ride to it, now when we ride on it, it is a great experience and we feel very safe without any cars there. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi, my name is James Mason and im a resident of district 8 and i strongly support option three, closing the great highway to cars and keeping it open to people. And i fully support the twoyear pilot as written. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hello, my name is Robin Ham and im a resident of district 7 and a mother of two small children. I support option 3, the full closure, 24 7 because our city needs more safe spaces for families to play, to recreate, to take their bikes, to go places from the zoo to golden Gate Park. Safe spaces for families are lacking in our city, and this option provides it. I hope that supervisors melgar and chan, especially, will consider this priority in their decisionmaking on this pilot. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller . Caller hold on one second. Clerk caller . Caller yes, i live in pacifica and the best route for me to go to over to the Veterans Area, when we get our do all of our things that we have to do over in the Veterans Area there, up at in up above clement street, why, its all closed off. It makes it that much longer and a big strain on me and on the area to get up there. So very, very inconvenient having that closed for a bunch of little kids and running around there to find the avenues there and trying to get by, the area that is closed off. You have to go in and out and around and a lot of little kids are all running around, not clerk your one minute begins now, caller. Caller hi, my name is eric and i grew up in the outer sunset but i now live in the Richmond District. And the space taken up by the great highway in the past represents a huge wasted opportunity. Keeping it a Carfree Space would be good for local businesses, good for local community, Increase Property values of homes in the area, and allow people to enjoy all of that waterfront instead of weighting it for the sake of miles of cement that are only for cars. The outer sunset can be a Destination Space for all san franciscans and tourists to enjoy, insteed of just a redundant roadway. Those who argue against keeping cars off the great highway are just robbing themselves of money. I support the pilot. Also the richmond deserves a real progressive supervisor and not a fake. Thank you, byebye. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller thank you, commissioners, for your time. Im a sunset resident. The better streets plan found 525 of San Franciscos total Land Area is streets. Theres more than the amount of space than with parkland. You have 900 miles of street and 400 parking spots. The great Highway Wasnt designed for the residents of the sunset. You Cant Drive on it without doubling back. They could have created an interchange at the great highway and those streets but they simply chose not to. However, as great walkway, sunset residents can walk and bike. Surveys show that the sunset residents support the great walkway, this is why we can use it, and use it we have. More people have used the great walkway than percy field. Could you imagine this body turning christy field into a highway . It would never happen. I know that there are some looking at a compromise of half great highway, half great walkway. Do you think that wed see a proposal clerk hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller good afternoon, commissioners. My name is James Nitoli and im calling in strong support of option 3 to make great highway a 24 7 promenade. Im not going to lie, you have a difficult decision in front of you. We know that. Its hard to go against whats there already. And if it hadnt been for the pandemic forcing closure where people got to experience this beautiful space, we would never have seen what is possible. But we have to make hard decisions and thats what were counting on you to do as our elected leaders. Climate change is not going anywhere. And were not going to solve it by opening up more space back up to cars again. When i hear so many of the comments, what i hear are problems caused by cars and problems we need to solve other ways. As a transit first city. Thank you. Please support the closure. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hello, my name is Andrew Sullivan and i live in district 5 and im one of the many folks who has used the great highway, now the great walkway, far more now that its open to pedestrians and bikes, so please do approve the Report And Option 3. One note they would make is that i think that the folks who have expressed concern about thru traffic in their neighborhood near the great highway are righs away from those residential streets. Fortunately, we have a Sixlane Boulevard called Sunset Boulevard not far away so i strongly encourage the commissioners to support a plan to divert all traffic to Sunset Blfltd and impose enough traffic calming and slow streets so they dont go through the local streets. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi, my name is Stephanie Fong and i live in district 5 and i am now able to ride my bike safely from the area through the panhandle or take a slow street, or ride through to the golden Gate Park and then all the way to the zoo this has been lifechanging for me and my son. We are able to ride to businesses without taking our car. And i believe that this is going to ensure fair access for all residents, even residents who do not have cars to have access to this beautiful open space. I think that the people who are against it, possibly do not live in San Francisco and are using it as a commute to get to one location to the other. I highly support keeping the great walkway closed to cars and in terms of climate change, i study environmental science and im a Graduate Student at u. S. F. And everything that people are saying about discouraging cars by limiting access will reduce traffic is correct. So i have full support from clerk hello, caller, your one minute begins now. Caller hi, everybody. I am a D1 Resident and im calling to support option 3, the twoyear pilot of the full closure for the promenade. Its just its been a wonderful thing to see San Francisco residents begin to recognize the power of our public space, which is our roadways. And being able to alter these roadways so that its not all car dominated. And I Cant wait to see not just the great walkway, but carfree j. F. K. And even more roads follow, so that eventually we have a connected network of green connections like many other cities are doing around the world. And for that reason, yeah, im really hopeful and im proud of all of the work youve been doing and i wish you all the best of luck. Thanks. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute will begin now. Caller hello, im just calling in to support option 3. I understand that theres been some comments about how like cars going through thru streets i think what is missed is that we should fundamentally discourage cars. I work for a Car Company and if you ever saw what i saw, you would never want to theres about 40 million deaths in america from cars. And we just dont need cars. We need alternatives. Thats all i want to say. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute has begun. Caller hi, my name is Monica Gel and im a resident of district 1. I have lived in richmond for almost a decade. Im calling in support of opening up the highways to humans and closing the great highway to cars 24 7. Gems like the carfree great highway are what get me excited to stay in the city to raise a family and to ensure that recreation is accessible and equitable for everyone in the city. As somebody who has been a Covid19 Disaster Service worker for over the last 15 plus months, I Cant tell you how much being able to bike and walk along the great highway after an intense day means and has gotten me through these days. So, thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Your minute will begin now. Caller good evening, my name is karen and im a d1 Resident And Voter. I am hearing a lot about mental health and what a gem and how wonderful it is to have the open free space for people, but not cars. People drive cars. People are using the great highway when they are in their car. Why is the mental and physical health of bicyclists or pedestrians more important than people who use the great highway to commute to and from work or to get around town . Please, option 1, keep the great highway open to cars, or any alternative. Maybe a comp myself where its compromise where its cars five days a week and on the weekends but why all or nothing . No cars can take the roads . Thats ridiculous. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute will begin now. Caller hi, my name is monica marino and i was born and raised in San Francisco and i live in district 7 and i have lived in the Sunset And Richmond for over 20 years and i support keeping the great highway open to people 24 7. I wont speak to all the joy its brought to people and i think that enough has been said but i to respond to the people who dont think that keeping the great highway closed to traffic will not create Greenhouse Gases. It wont be enough to combat climate change, that is naive thinking. But what would help is more revenue. I urge the supervisors to put on their entrepreneurial hats to think big. This is a great opportunity to beautify the great highway and to collect more revenue by developing it, making it more attractive for businesses, Movie And Tv production, even wedding ceremonies. This type of grand and elegant promenade exists in cities all over the world, paris and rio, why not San Francisco . Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute will begin now. Caller hi. Hi, im tony billa, and i live on the great highway in kirkham and i am currently looking out there and i see one person running by. I mean, this is not great highway. This is great highway, not a walkway. I mean, so far you have only created a mess. You dont have the money to clean up the whole mess of sam, and i dont know why people that want to go to the beach dont go to the beach. They want to play on a highway. And not only that, but theres a park within 10 minutes of Anybodys House in San Francisco. I think that other people should start exploring their own neighborhoods and going to other parks rather than wasting city money. So far you just have a mess thats getting worse and worse. Option one is the way to go. Bit the highway going. And lets get some progress going on. And open up the highway. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller my name is Nicole Horner and im a resident of district 9 and im calling in support of option 3. Since the great highway has been closed my family and i have spent a lot of time out there really enjoying it, especially on bikes where before between the sand and the traffic, it was too dangerous. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hello, im maria vargas, district 7. I want the great oi open to vehicles. Its always been open to bikes, pedestrians and skaters on both sides of the highway and it can continue to do so. The only people that are denied access now are drivers, delivery trucks, veterans and employees that work in the stores that you patronize. Drivers are going through the avenues stop and go. It was built to be a road and it should continue to be a road. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi, my name is Jen Jan and im a resident of the outer sunset. I have two young kids, 5 and 2. And weve very much enjoyed being able to use the great walkway to use our stroller, to ride bikes, going to the beach and it feels much safer than it did before when it was open to cars. And i live in the area and we have not noticed an uptick in traffic. I have a 5yearold who is very bad at crossing the street and i am very aware of cars and i have not felt any increased sense of danger with the traffic in response to the Highway Closure i very much support keeping the great walkway open to pedestrians and others. Thank you very much. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi, my name is bob wise. I was born in San Francisco and still live in San Francisco on the lower great highway, between Pechecko And Pomtero and im in favor of putting the great highway back to the way that it was, as a roadway. All of the traffic that there was is now snaking through the neighborhoods to the point where apparently youve had to put in more stop signs and more no righthand turns. And how do you think that people get across town . We need a highway out here where we can go from one side, from north so south and south to north. Its simple. Put it back the way that it was and clean it up. There may be other things that you can do, but a lot of people like to come out here to go to the beach, and now they have to come out here and ride their bikes on a roadway . It doesnt make any sense. Go to the beach, get some surf in and have some fun. Anyway, thats my thought on the matter. Lets do it. Open the highway. Thanks. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hello, my name is christine terres and a 14Year Resident of d1 and before that a nineYear Resident of d4. And i support concept three, a 24 7 great highway and the twoyear pilot as written. This is one of San Franciscos only Carfree Spaces for active transportation. Also climate adaptation is part of the citys climate emergency goals and the ecosystem needs to be restored to protect the residents from erosion and climate catastrophe. Just last week i took and walked the great highway and i was joined from family from all neighborhoods to safely enjoy the cool breezes during a heat wave. So i urge you all to support concept three and the Pilot Project as written. Thank you very much. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller oh, hi. Before my minute starts could you announce how many people near the queue, please . Clerk im sorry, sir, i dont have all of that information available on the screen. As soon as more callers drop off i can give you that Information Caller thank you. Hi, everyone, my name is shahine and i live in supervisor Melgars District 7. Im calling in support of the 24 7 closure to cars and i use the great walkway to safely reach my Elder Family by bike in the supervisor mars district 4 so for me its a safety issue. Supervisor melgar, i remember in november that you ran and you were elected in my district on a platform of reducing carbon emissions and increasing bike access. Im excited about that. I think that we need the traffic data that this Pilot Project would provide as we reopen. We need the data, the weekend data and the data on daytime and nighttime traffic patterns with cars off the walkway, 24 7, in the new postcovid paradigm. So Supervisor Melgar and supervisor mar, please support a bold and safe vision and approve the report, including 24 7 closure. Thank you for your time. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your time begins now. Caller option one, reopen the highway. And this bigoted ajippeda pushed by the Bicycle Coaltion and other white Caller Advocacy Group whose have heavily promoted this meeting to their members. F. Y. I. , humans are in cars. We will continue to drive. You wont get rid of the disabled who Cant Ride a bicycle. You wont get rid of bluecollar workers like my father who rely on their cars. You wont get rid of people of color that come from further away in the city or out of city, and you wont get rid of families who cant have groceries delivered because they dont have the money. I thank supervisors chan and walton and melgar for speaking up for these communities. Know that gee graphically, the residents are impacted. Based on onesided close research, more sunset residents want the great highway open and most clerk caller, you have a minute. Caller and access to this space was lifechanging for us. But was a former Taxi Driver and i would like to call out the b. S. That im hearing. It takes you two extra minutes to use Sunset Boulevard, sunset is never over capacity. If you cant wait one, two extra minutes for kids to play outside, what have we come to as a society. Thanks. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller im embarrassed by this study. This study is an important outcome and im observing, even right now im looking outside how many people are enjoying including myself and my family so im in favor of the support of the closure, for the next two years to confirm and figure out how to best address the traffic issues. Im also a little bit embarrassed by the other fellow citizens attacking others, so i would like everybody to be able to express their opinion without necessarily shooting literally other people. And so long story short, please confirm the pilot and please listen to the report of people that studied it and, again, im looking right now as a voter at the great highway and im just incredibly lucky for that. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller yeah, hi, my name is Amanda Sedono and i live along the great highway and im a fourth generation san franciscan. I am opposed to keeping the great highway closed. It is not a great walkway, it is the great highway. Which people in the city need desperately to be able to commute to Work And Doctor appointments. I see nothing but cars invade the residential streets and people complaining about Greenhouse Gas emissions are the ones driving down to the great highway to use it in order to bicycle. So theyre not eliminating Car Use by themselves driving down. And as far as children playing, they have the whole beach to play on. And ive also seen the lack of use by these people who claim this is being used daily, on a daily basis. I hardly see anybody use it as its said that its being used. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi, this is rhonda calling from district 7 in opposition to the full closure of great highway. So i guess that means that i support option 1 or a compromise where there would be weekend recreational closure of great highway. I grew up here, and im also a mother of a small child and i went there on friday may 7th mydaughter. And i went there and almost nobody was there. So we have quote unquote, miles for a few bicyclists and pedestrians while others sit in traffic getting between the Sunset And Richmond. Sunset boulevard that ends at golden Gate Park. So its been great for the pandemic, but its time to reopen it for cars. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller . Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi. This is nicole. I live in district 4. I grew up here, and now im married and im building my own family, and i am in support of keeping the great walkway open to pedestrians. Because i want a future for my children, and their children to have a chance to enjoy this beautiful land. I dont think that at this rate if we continue to cater to our cars and its just not i just dont see anything i just dont see the positives of keeping it open to cars. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your one minute begins now. Caller hello, my name is elizabeth carmen and i was born in San Francisco and i moved to Ocean Beach as a child in 1974. I have lived here continuously since then and raised my family here. I fully support the closure of the great highway 24 7. My parents were involved in the fight to redesign the highway in its current form in the 1980s as opposed to building the Twomile Straightaway that had no traffic lights to slow the cars. Because of coastal erosion, they called to move the highway closer to the houses and only a Cement Wall to separate. And there was a long fight to get the highway built even as nicely as it is now. I support the closing of the highway and its use of the coastal Recreation Area and not only more but it allows a flexibility for dealing with the coastal erosion and the need to protect infrastructure will take. I support the 24 7 closure of the highway. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, your minute begins soon. Caller i live in district 4, and there are alternatives to roadways, this is one roadway, and its i find it bizarre that we are even talking about it, and i have lived all over the world, i am retired now without a car, and i do very well with Muni And Walking and i greatly enjoy the closure of the highway, i have met my some of my neighbors for the first time. Its inspiring and its and thank you for your work. Please keep the highway closed. Caller i would like to emphasize the entrepreneurial aspect of keeping the great walkway open and closed from cars. It could be a beacon for tourists and new opportunities and business. And on top of that i agree with the previous statement which is there are alternatives to highways and roadways, but there are no alternatives to oceans or oceanside spaces. So i think this is a very good opportunity, and i would like to emphasize the idea of the entrepreneurial aspect that it would bring to the city. So i support keeping the highway open for pedestrians 24 7 and closed to cars. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller hi. Am i on . Clerk yes, you are. Caller hi. I am a resident along the lower great highway. I am against keeping it closed, and im against the Pilot Program. And there are issues with the dunes being trampled on and if anyone wants to take a look, you can see that theres no legal signage to protect the dunes that are protecting the homes along the lower great highway. And if theres no study done with the coastal commission, or whoever has that power, were going to just see all of that Sand Blow back down on the lower great highway. I think that we need protections and i dont see how keeping people off the dunes is going to be allowable with no signage anywhere. There are two pathways that have been there forever and theres a beach i raised my grandkids and weve gone to the beach and the zoo and Theres Plenty of things to do with kids without damaging the coast. Thank you. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Caller good afternoon. I am a resident of the rich Pond District and i support the full pilot of a 24 7 Carfree Space. Your staff are experts on transportation and this is a good and proper recommendation. I urge you to listen to them. The great walkway allows the city to get closer to meeting many of the city goals, vision zero, is 20 Bicycle Mode vary goal and its climate goals. Its provided enormous amount of joy to people who get to experience a worldclass open space. S. F. Should embrace that and become a more joyous and walkable city, rather than one that prioritizes cars. I urge you to support option three. Thank you for your time. Clerk thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your one minute begins now. Caller hi, thank you, my name is James Gretty and im a resident of district 5 and im in support of the 24 7 closure to cars so that the great walkway remains open. Im an avid cyclist and i used the great walkway often. And we dont need a highway in the city. What we do need is to build the future that we want and to not allow Car Culture to continue to dictate how we live our lives. Thank you, everyone, for taking the time to get on the car and to voice your opinion. Youre doing a great job. Clerk thank you, caller. please stand by i skateboard on the great walkway every day. It is nice because there are not a lot of people to watch out for. The sidewalks are a lot better. Also, taking my family for a walk in that area where there is no cars is just a great feeling. Not to mention the beautiful sight of the beach. It is something that is hard to enjoy when there are a lot of cars passing by. It is safer in general. I support the closure for people to walk on the highway. Thank you very much. Thank you. Your minute begins now. Hello. I am a lifelong resident of San Francisco. I am fully opposed to the closure of the great highway and the private project. I want to point out that closure of the highway violates the Ocean Beach master plan, the San Francisco golden Gate Park master plan. Closure benefits a very small group of recreational users. Opening it does far more to support the livelihood and economic recovery of the city. The only Thing Closure achieves is limiting access for everyone. I hear a lot of people in favor of talking about how nice it is and how great it is to have this promenade. We are ready have a promenade. This is a cultlike, every heavily funded special interest group. We need to stop catering to them. Open the highway. Thank you, caller. Hello, your minute begins now. Hi. My name is sarah. I am a resident of district one and i am also the bicycle advisory Committee Representative for district two. I want to call and say i am in support of the 24 7 open for the highway. For people and bikes and walkers and runners. I wanted to say that i am really enjoying the city. Im out there all the time. Its lovely to see so many people out there, but i also think it is safer and i think the confusion that comes from opening it and closing it and then 18 months from now, you know, closing the southern part two cars is really confusing. If we want to come up with a safe and a permanent solution that everyone is on board with then we need to start planning for that now. Coming up with a comprehensive plan for climate change is really the way forward. I also want to say i like i bike from one end of the city to the other today through the sunset and the richmond at Rush Hour and didnt see much traffic impact. That was really nice. Thank you. Hello, caller. Your minute begins now. Hello. My husband and i live in the Richmond District with a child. My husband grew up in the Richmond District. Im fully opposed to the Pilot Programme. This is definitely a special interest group. It minimizes the ability of those who dont live close to the beach to enjoy the space because there is nowhere for them to go and park. This is definitely unfair to locking the residents of the district in. It is a major thoroughfare. I have been in traffic for an extra 20 to 30 minutes each direction. Sunset is backlogged. Golden Gate Park does not have it has all this extra greenhouse emissions and is less enjoyable for those who are enjoying golden Gate Park. Traffic has been pushed in. Nineteenth street is a disaster. And to lock in residence, if there was an emergency, they would have no way to get out. People talk about being able to enjoy this. Theres already a beach and a walkway. Theres plenty of room for everyone. Please reopen the great highway. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller. Your minute begins now. Yes, i am a longterm resident of the sunset. I use the great esplanade several times a week for Inline Skating Inline Skating. Its one of the few flat roads in San Francisco that is closed to traffic were you dont worry about getting hit by a car or facing steep hills and bad pavement. Keeping both lanes open to pedestrians improves safety by keeping the flow of people in the same direction. Opening the highway to pedestrians makes it a more desirable neighborhood to live in. It does Increase Property values. Especially once the uncertainty of the road turning back to a car i hope those opposed to the closure and who live near Ocean Beach will recognize this. I am in full support of the permanent closure of the highway. Make it the great esplanade. San Franciscos Version of a boardwalk. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Hello. I live in district one. Im calling in support of the great walkway. It helps me patronize businesses in the outer sunset because its a safe, north and south Bicycle Route and it has also helped me avoid driving to get food or, for example, to attend [indiscernible] we were able to safely Bike North to south to access the festival. Please do not remove the Pilot Programme. Recognize the imminent impact of climate change. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, your minute begins now. Hello. I live in district nine and im calling in support of keeping it closed two cars. I dont own a car and the Highways Closure to Auto Traffic is important for San Franciscos vision zero and climate goals. I use this spake space weekly. [indiscernible] this green space needs to be accessible to all. We need more Bike Infrastructure and not more highways. We need to reimagine our public space. I hope the board does not squander or compromise that. I urge you to embrace this. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your one minute begins now. Yes, high, my name is charles herbert. I am a secondgeneration Richmond District resident. Im fully opposed to keeping the highly closed. The city is becoming more and more unwelcoming to working people. Those who were deemed essential workers during the Pandemic Use of their cars to bring us food. My girlfriend works on stanford on the Vaccine Distribution Team and her commute to and from accessing highway 280 has been traffic has been increased by 30 minutes every single day. Its time that we reopen the great highway and i would propose that if people want to use it for recreation, then lets strike a compromise and possibly close it on sundays, but working people need to get to and from their jobs, and all the people in all my friends who had to leave the city because of exorbitant rent have to come into the city to work. Now its very difficult. Please reopen the highway. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Hello, lindsay here, a proud resident of district three and frequent visitor. Reopening this beautiful space is undoing important progress and that should embarrass every resident of the city. Look at the plans that they just in just developed in paris. We should have plans developed to that scale. Not this. We have been given an opportunity to lead the way and undo some of the wrongs. I feel for the residents of the surrounding districts. Change is hard but it is necessary. And more importantly, it is inevitable. How is it logical to reopen something that has to close again in a couple of years . How much time and money will be wasted doing so . How much has been wasted already . Please make the only choice please make the only reasonable choice and keep it closed. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your one minute begins now. Caller . Hello, caller . Your one minute begins now. Hello. I think this is a great opportunity. The earthquake we had opened up the embarcadero to the rest of the city. The freeway would still be there probably, but i think everyone would agree that having an open waterfront has raised property value. It is wonderful, its beautiful. This is the same thing. Having no cars means theres much less of a barrier between the city and the ocean. I live at 42nd vicente. My street would be impacted by more traffic. But even if that happens, its worth it. Its a tradeoff. People of all ages are using the upper great highway. All ethnicities, all income levels. Its a wonderful part of our city. I really hope we can keep it forever. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your one minute begins now. Hello. Is this me . Yes. Hello . Yes. Hi. I was born and raised in San Francisco and my family lives in Richmond District, District Number one. I am in favor of opening the great highway. Its not the great walkway. It has always been the great highway. Lights are on the great highway to support safety. The workers need to travel from the south. This is a shared space for pedestrians and bikers. Bikers, traffic cannot traverse because there is bottlenecks through golden Gate Park, especially by the busloads. There are people giving udo dirty looks. People are running the stop sign, and also people are destroying the dunes. I am in favor of welcoming the great highway. Thank you very much. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your one minute starts now. Hi. My name is adam. Im a physician. I live in district six. I am calling in support of keeping it car free, completely. A couple of things, hearing a lot of people talking about optimizing a 35mile Car Commute from the richmond south, there should be an easy car highway, its kind of nuts. There is no way we should be optimizing 35 miles of Car Commutes. It doesnt make sense. As a Physician Icy Traffic all the time. My best friend hit the man on the great highway who is stumbling over the dunes and went into his car. We shouldnt have a highway at Surface Level speeds of people going 35 miles an hour. It isnt safe. It shouldnt exist. This highway is already falling into the sea. Its great. Lets keep it car free. Thank you so much. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Hello. My name is vanessa. Im a car free resident of d3 calling to voice my support of the twoyear Pilot Option three. This space has been transformative for myself and so many residents who are at this pandemic. For the first time in my nine years as a resident, i frequented businesses because i can finally travel there safely by bike. Its good for our health, ever businesses, and for the claimant. Please support a 24 7 car free great highway. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Hi. My name is sophie. I am a new resident of district four. I am calling in support of option three, keeping the great highway closed 24 7. I have a young and very energetic, rambunctious kid who loves walking on the great walkway every day. It is one of the few streets that is totally flat and elevated from cars. So there is no issue of him potentially running into traffic and getting hurt. Its so beautiful and one of the most unique things i have ever seen. I have lived all alpine down california and i really think its a huge asset to the city and the neighborhood, and i am in full support of option three, keeping the great highway closed. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your one minute begins now. Hi, thank you. My name is chris and i am a district nine resident. As i understand it, the question before the Board Today is a very narrow one. Theres a lot of talk about what to do next, with the question before us is should the people of San Francisco sign their name to this report . I would answer i would argue that the answer is no. It is fundamentally flawed and fundamentally biased. If you want to have a conversation about how we want to improve the bright highway, and have access for all, including access for cars, lets do that. Is an unbiased report. Lets not start with this fundamentally flawed document. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller. Your minute begins now. Caller . Hello, caller, your minute begins now. [indiscernible] hi. I live in district one. The closure violates [indiscernible] so i prefer to have the great highway open. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller. Your one minute begins now. Hi. I name is george. I recently moved to district five after living in tenderloin since 2009. I am an immigrant and a worker and they dont have a drivers license. We depend on transit by walking to get where we need to go. I strongly urge you to support the twoyear Pilot Project. San francisco has not done enough to create equitable safe streets, especially for the most vulnerable and hardworking residents. The great walkway is an excellent start. Please dont go backwards on this. Dont let us all down. All of the Callers Today agree on one thing. We have too much Car Traffic everywhere. To reduce Car Traffic anywhere, we need to help families and drivers safely get out of their cars. Letting thousands of dangerous cards cars back onto the Highway Wont do that. The best way to reduce Car Traffic is to create more safe and car free alternatives everywhere. Traffic calming and a permanent car free walkway would do exactly that. Thank you. Thank you. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Hi, is this me . Yes. Hi, my name is meredith. I am a resident of district two and im calling in support of keeping the great walkway open to pedestrians and cyclists and closed to cars. As a resident i utilize the great walkway at least once per week. I think its the kind of really incredible, unique public space that we need and it makes me proud to be a san franciscan and makes this one of the greatest cities in this country. Weve got serious climate crisis. At this point in time i dont think it makes sense to open more roads to cars and traffic. I would love to see public transportation options fill the gap that will be created by closing the great highway to cars. We want to decrease fossil fuels and create a more equitable city. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Your minute begins now. Hello. My name is shayla. I fully support the 24 7, seven days a week keeping the great highway closed to vehicle traffic. I have appreciated it since the first day it happened. I have used it almost every day with my family. It has just been such a bright spot in the pandemic. I think its something that will continue to be a bright spot Post Pandemic. I will continue to use it daily. Families are commuting to Soccer Practice and different places. Im very excited and hopeful that it will stay as is. Things. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Hello. My name is larry. I am a resident of district one. Im in favor of opening up the great highway. I grew up in San Francisco and, you know, i love San Francisco. I just find that closing it is misguided. Having it closed during the pandemic was fine, but now we need to open it up. People are driving down people driving to the great highway to enjoy it are creating more cars and congesting the side streets. The park, a beautiful park is being congested on a daily basis by all the cars that are being caused to take alternative routes. Please open up the great highway. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller. Your one minute begins now. Thank you. My name is marta. Yep . Please go ahead. I live in district five. Can you hear me . Yes, maam. Can you hear me . Sorry. My name is marta lindsay. I live in district five. I am a mom and i get around the city on foot most of the time but it also own a car. What i want you to know about me is i love San Francisco. And you, as our elected leaders, have a chance to do something incredible for this city. I asked you to consider, what you want to be remembered for . You could be part of making history, creating a huge, oceanside park for everyone that makes our great city that much greater and showing that San Francisco isnt full of hot air when it comes to doing something big about climate change. The early generations of people will thank you for this and i hope to be one of them. Please adopt this report and support a 24 7 car free highway. Ten seconds. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your one minute begins now. Good evening. My name is valerie. Im a fifthgeneration san franciscan and i live in the sunset district. I appreciate the great highway being open during the pandemic. It has been lovely, but i do want to consider us to consider a compromise because it is a thoroughfare that is now being redirected into residential streets. I think were all concerned about the safety of pedestrians and by graders and everyone who wants to be able to utilize our streets and get around our city. We have a lot of open space. Both at the beach itself, the seawall, the walkway on the other side of the road, the huge front at kellys cove and the Parking Lot there and there is, of course, golden Gate Park. We have a lot of public space here that we love to use, but it has been a great thoroughfare to get traffic moving out and through the city. Ten seconds. So i think there is a compromise where the road can be used for commute hours and potentially closed on the weekends. I think we should work this out. Thank you. Hello, caller. Your one minute begins now. [please stand by] it has created a massive influx of business to our neighborhood and has kept businesses afloat throughout the pandemic and has created many job opportunities for people and will continue to. On top of that, i think its very important that we address the climate crisis that we are in and the impact that cars have on the delicate ecosystem, which is an amazing opportunity for San Francisco to continue to have award winning parks. They will become a destination for people to visit from all over the world. Please keep it open. Its been a godsend this year. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller. Your one minute begins now. Yeah, hi there. My name is sarah, and i am born and raised in d1. Im calling to keep the great highway open to people and bikes. During the pandemic, ive gotten such joy from keeping this over, and so i hope you will consider it and a twoyear Pilot Program for cars. Im also a Transportation Planner and wanted to say that we have tools for mitigating unsafe driving on local streets, and i trust if we keep the walkway open to people, we can do appropriate mitigation for side streets. Thank you. Thank you. Hello, caller. Your one minute begins now. Hi. My name is chris, and im calling to reopen the great highway to vehicle traffic. At this point, this is very popular. 27,000 people in the week. We havent even started the Pilot Program. Right now, theres no evidence that people are doing anything except driving to get to a street closed to cars. The muni numbers dont reflect 27,000, the pedestrian numbers dont reflect 27,000, and the biking numbers dont reflect 27,000. People are using their cars. Youve got to reopen it because we dont want 27,000 people using side streets in San Francisco to get there. Its going to double and triple overtime. Thank you. Thank you. Caller, your minute begins now. Hi. My name is anya, and i am from supervisor Melgars District. Im calling in with my son who loves biking on the great highway, and im saying that golden Gate Park can really suck it. Now, we walk to the beach, and we walk or bike every weekend. Please, please approve the pilot and keep it open 24 by seven. Thank you. Thank you. Hello, caller, your one minute begins now. Hello, caller. Hi. Can you hear me . Yes. Cool. Hi, thanks. Hi, im charlie watson, im calling from district five. Id like to express my support for the Pilot Program and especially option three. I think that that the great highway has been reimagined as a space for bicycles and pedestrians and not for cars, and yeah, Id Urge that to go ahead and figure out what works best for the space in the future. I also support the traffic calming measures and the neighborhood around it, and potentially Sunset Boulevard taking some of that traffic and, yeah, i think its a great thing. Appreciate it. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller. Your minute begins now. Hi. Thanks. My name is will barkus, and im a resident in the outer sunset, and i just want to voice my support for keeping the great highway closed to cars, and doing the Pilot Option three ideally. I just feel like its safe, its youy, and, i mean, you heard people talking, but it is what it is. Its healthy, and, i mean, you heard people talking, but it is what it is, but id just urge you to keep the great highway closed. Thanks. Thank you, caller. Caller, your minute begins now. [inaudible]. Hello . Hello, caller. Your minute begins now . Keep it open for the people, keep it open for the kids. Its really great, its really, really, really, really really, really great. Keep it open for the people, keep it open for the kids. Its really great. Its really, really, really, really, really great. Its really, really, really, really, really great. From d5. I dont know if anyone got that, but its really great. Keep it open for the people and the kids. Hello, caller. Your minute begins now. Im telling you that someones [inaudible] caller, that was his hello, caller, your one minute begins now. Hi. This is mark summer, and im a D1 Resident. Im urging you to keep the great Highway Car free, and we have infrastructure and emissions goals, and we cannot meet those unless we cut down on cars. Please do not let anyone tell you that a 20,000 car is a symbol of the working class, when a 100 Bus Pass is a symbol of the working class. Thank you. Hello, caller. Your one minute begins now. Hi. My daughter is three, and im calling on her behalf. She calls it the beach playground, and she loves it because she can be on her scooter, away from cars, safe, and we need Director Chan and Director Melgar to stand behind the report and support the people [inaudible] thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Hi. Im a longterm richmond resident. Ive lived in the Richmond District since 1997. We need to open the great highway to have access. Our roads are clogged in golden Gate Park. 19 avenue is undergoing construction. Its a matter of safety for our children who need to bike to their schools, and they need to go through golden Gate Park and onto Sunset Boulevard without facing extra traffic thats going through the park. Its a matter of safety for everyone. We enjoy the outdoors, we enjoy golden Gate Park, but we need to have safety for not just the emergency vehicles but for our children, as well. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your minute begins now. Hello. Thank you for taking my call. I want to say that i am a Richmond District resident since 2015, and i have used the great highway for bicycling, exercise, socially distanced walks with friends. Its been one of the real respites during the pandemic, and i hope it can continue to be a real bike friendly and pedestrian friendly space. Thank you. Thank you. Hello, caller. Your one minute begins now. Caller . Hello, caller. Your one minute begins now. Hi. Henry kriegbaum, district 5. Request to keep the great highway open, and everything else in between. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller. Your one minute begins now. Hi. My name is emily bush. Im a [inaudible] Year Resident of the d5. Mother of a oneyearold that you can hear in the background and proud wife of [inaudible]. We want to stay in s. F. We want to raise a family here, and we want to stay here. The great walkway is something that attracts us to stay longer. We dont have a car, and we have been patronizing, like, stores in the city because of places like j. F. K. And the great walkway. We have also got out to the great walkway and supported businesses like we never did before because it wasnt a walkway. Please continue to support the people and let us be the city that continues to make green space a priority [inaudible]. Hello, caller. Your one minute begins now. Hi. My name is priya, outer sunset resident. Mother of two School Age children, and we bike and use the great walkway, golden Gate Park, j. F. K. , panhandle to bike and walk and get to and from school safely. I agree with the previous caller that keeping the great walkway open to the people lets everyone take advantage of the city, makes the see more liveable, and creates more green spaces and a statement in favor of the environment and community. Thanks. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller. Your one minute begins now. Hi, can you hear me . Yes, i can. Oh, great. Hi. My names maria, and i live in the mission district, and i support keeping the great walkway open to keep and closed to cars. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller. Your one minute begins now. Hello. My name is graham. Im a father of two, im a Car Owner, im a resident of district 4. I support keeping the great highway closed to cars. I appreciate slow streets, and it is great to ride along the Beach Car free. Ive been hit by cars before, and having a place free of danger on the great walkway would be a benefit to everybody. Please keep the great Highway Car free 247. Thank you. Thank you. Hello, caller. Your minute begins now. Hello . Yes, caller. Please begin. Im a resident of district 7, and im disgusted by the unwillingness of the Bike Coalition to compromise and open the great highway to cars during the week when people need to get to work and close it on the weekends. Thank you. Thank you. Hello, caller. Your minute begins now. Hi, thank you. Im a resident of district 4. My name is matt bergeren, and my advice to the committee is truly keep the great highway closed. There are a number of times in which work has to be done just given the amount of wind that we get through the area where sand has to be relocated. There were a number of arguments made how it challenges the parking in the area. Truth be told, you Cant Park on the great highway, so it challenges that circumstance. Living three blocks from that landmark, im finally utilizing that area. Its an inconvenience, but i think we have to create a much more robust environment. Thank you, caller. We have no more callers at this time. Chair mandelman public comment is now closed. All right. Im going to invite i think Commissioner Melgar has some things to say, and some other colleagues have some things to say, but before public comment, Supervisor Chan wanted to raise some amendments and also some colleagues wanted their ideas reflected in the resolution. I directed Director Chan to come back with some amendments on this. Hi, Chair Mandelman, and i hope that i captured these amendments. To summarize, instead, the evaluation findings for all alternatives and make that the clear sort of conclusion of the report. Two, to add the following four recommendations to the report. First, to monitor the use of the facility by race and income, as far as whos using the facility. Second, for sfmta to prioritize Traffic Management Planning and design for the slow Skyline And Sunset interchanges as part of the sfpuc interchanges and e. I. R. That go going on now. Three, to improve the feasibility of northsouth public transit to serve both local and regional trips in the corridor, and four, for the s. F. Recreation and Parks Department to coordinate with the ggna, the golden gate nature area. Finally, the coastal commission does have permanent jurisdiction on the changes to the great highway. That was something that Commissioner Peskin, i think, clarified during the discussion. Chair mandelman okay. Thank you, Director Chang. So that is out there, and now, we will start going through my colleagues in the queue, and i will start with Commissioner Melgar, who put herself in the queue at 1 19 this afternoon. Supervisor melgar thank you. I want to start by seconded Supervisor Chans motion, and thank you, Director Chang, for putting all of that into writing so quickly. And i wanted to sort of correct the records on some of the information that has ensued over the last few hours while we took our break, and what i am thinking about in seconding commissioner chans motion. And by, you know, number one, i think with the possible exception of commissioner mar, i think that i have said my final most time, on the great highway, it has been closed, it is amazing, and i want San Francisco to have what barcelona has and what other great cities around the world have, which is an open space along the waterfront that allows bikers and walkes to have access to the water. That said, climate change is really, but racial and Income Segregation is real, and i can tell you that many, if not most of the children [inaudible] so we definitely need to include that in any longterm option that were going to be making. [inaudible] particularly on the west side is built around cars, and we are not moving fast enough to move off of cars and into an infrastructure that supports Cycling And Walking. And so i do think that the report plays to the fact that if youre coming up from 280 and going to lands end, you have to cross through district 7 streets, particularly Lake Merced boulevard and slowed, which have seen lots of collisions with pedestrians, and i as a supervisor of district 7 will make sure that any longterm solution will put more stress on bicyclists and pedestrians in district 7. So weve seen a reduction in cars [inaudible] and wanting people to commute in different ways. We need to make sure that we address that for everyone while we are making this space open. We are also voting on the report. Were not voting on the longterm solution, and id appreciate that we are still keeping our eyes on the data of all the recommendations. I appreciate the hard work, the thoroughness, and all the things that are in that report. But to that end, we are not rubber stamping the recommendation, we are being thoughtful and inclusive of the voices while we think of a decision for something that is going to be a longterm and wonderful thing for our city. I know that we will get there, and i just want to make sure that we are thoughtful in integrating this decision with all of the other decisions that we have to make in the connectiveness of our network. Thank you, Chair Mandelman. Chair mandelman thank you, Commissioner Melgar. Commissioner mar . Supervisor mar thank you so much, Chair Mandelman and colleagues for your time to consider the t. A. S analysis for the Post Pandemic future of the great highway, and i would just say welcome to my world. While were considering approval of the t. A. Analysis today, the board will ultimately play an important role in the decisions of the great highway, including a potential Pilot Program. I just want to thank all the members of the public who called in today to make their voices heard and the thousands who weighed in on this important issue in various ways with us, and i think the level of passion and public engagement on every side of this issue shows how deeply our communities compare about our neighborhoods. Thanks to camille and Tilly Chang for their many dedicated hours of collecting this analysis. Colleagues, i do believe that the vision of an iconic Ocean Beach promenade and a view of the coastline is a project for the great highway, and i believe that the challenges that it creates for our Traffic Network are solvable problems, but to need that, we will need major investments in a Traffic Management Program for the west side neighborhood, and we will need investments to improve Traffic Management on the west side, and we also need to have a meaningful public process and thoughtful planning. I do support adopt being this report today, and i personally agree with its with the original recommendations for a longterm vision of a full or partial promenade in the great Highway And Transportation network improvements. But i appreciate the proposed amendments, and Director Chang and staff working on the amendments to ensure completeness of the report, and so i am supportive of the amendment. And i guess i i also just wanted to add that i support even though were not discussing or really deciding on the Pilot Project, i do support moving forward with a Pilot Project in the near term and want to lift up the t. A. Recommendation that we need to have a very clear metrics and thresholds for evaluating a pilot as it happens and also triggers for what would require reconfiguration or reconsideration. And these problems that weve talked about, that we know about that have not been solved and would take money to solve. While i would support a pilot, i do not support a full closure pilot. We have had one for 14 months, and it has shown incredible potential, but even with reduced traffic from the pandemic, it shows real problems that need to be solves to make it workable. Lets move forward and work together and get some real solutions for the people that live there that have been dealing with some connectivity solutions. Supervisor chan that we would know that, a, really, the outreach of this process have not been really inclusive for the richmond residents. It has not been, and i think that creates that mistrust, that it creates that, you know, questioning about this process for a lot of my constituents. And i also think that that is, today, the misunderstanding of realizing we are not voting on a Project Proposal is another sign of how lack of outreach you know, its a result of that, really, so what i really see for Sfmta And Rec and park is just do a better job on outreach and explain what the process is. I oppose the full closer and full opening of great highway, and heres, from very personal standpoint, heres why. I live in the outer richmond, the same location since 2011. During that time, i have worked in City College of San Francisco. I, even before the pandemic, there was no public transit that really allowed me to go from 43 avenue all the way to City College of San Francisco in under an hour without transfer, and then, i also work in San Mateo County. I have to drive. There was no option for me to get to San Mateo County without driving, and there was fewer options during the pandemic. Without public transit options, i have to visit my mother whos terminally ill, ucsf parnassas campus, and the hardest times was during her last days before she pass away, and i have to find a hospice facility, and the closest was in pacifica, and i knew that wasnt an option if i wanted to visit her twice a day from where i lived, 43 avenue and geary, so those are my personal experiences why great highway cannot be closed at this moment. Theres just no internal infrastructure to oppose it. However, i also oppose the full opening of it. I have an eightyearold son hes turning eight this friday, and we go and walk our puppy. Our son loves the great highway. He walks bare feet there, and just run around, and its great experience. So with that is the reason why i do believe a hybrid reopening would be it. Im a horrible, horrible cyclist. I cannot bike to save my life, so that tells you what kind of, you know, constituents or residents i am and how i travel. But i do see that, you know, the great connectivity from beach to bay through golden Gate Park, and i would like to see that continue in golden Gate Park and j. F. K. Drive. I think leave that to lincoln and lets do some investments. I think one of the proposals is investing two signal lights and still allow close to cars on m. L. K. Drive and truly minimize Car Traffic inside the park is something that i want to support. I dont bike, but seeing families out there is truly a wonderful thing. So i just want to say that, and it is a long hearing. Thank you, colleagues, and this is why i want to propose those recommendations, not just to say that were endorsing one concept or another, but to say, you know, lets not create this impression lets start this with good faith and truly focus on Data Gathering and provide some more analysis with the concept proposed. Remaining the recommendation does not remove any of the concepts proposed in this report, and i want to be clear about that. Thank you. Chair mandelman thank you, commissioner chan. Commissioner stefani . Supervisor stefani thank you, Chair Mandelman. I just have a few questions on the amendments. You know, i want to thank everybody for calling in. Obviously, you know, were not voting on any particular plan or recommendation, but im concerned about, number one, removing Staff Recommendations to consider specific alternatives and finding resolutions for all alternatives just because the public report is out there, and i dont understand why we would vote to take something away that we know is already out there. We dont agree with staff a lot, but we dont ask them to remove their recommendations from reports. I dont know if thats what youre asking, but it seems to me that these recommendations that were not voting on tonight, were just accepting the report, are going to exist in perpetuity, so i dont understand the logic behind asking that they be removed or i dont understand that. It doesnt seem very honest to me because the reports already out there. Everyones reviews it, and to say that they werent made or make a recommendation to just simply remove them doesnt mean they dont exist. Chair Mandelman Commissioner stefani, if someone wants to add themselves to the queue to respond to that, thats fine, but if not, you can continue. Supervisor stefani thats fine. I just want to be careful how were voting for something and setting precedent. The staff is prepared to support we dont have to were not saying whether or not were supporting any of the recommendations today, so to remove them from the it doesnt make a lot of sense to me, and not just for this, but for j. F. K. Drive, we accepted that report, and not everybody agrees on that. Does the coastal commission have jurisdiction or is this something where the Planning Department has commission under our local coastal plan. I dont want to vote on something that is not legally correct, and i dont know if staff can answer that. I dont know. I mean, checking in with the coastal commission, i mean, i know Supervisor Peskin i know has a lot of expertise on this. Thats why he was an alternative on the coastal commission, but at the same time, i dont want to be voting on something that i dont know to be correct before saying that the coastal commission is going to have jurisdiction. What are we saying in that amendment, because if what i believe to be true, what ive been told is that the Planning Department has jurisdiction under our local coastal plan. Im voting on something that isnt true doesnt, again, make sense to me. I dont know if staff can clarify, if council can clarify, but i dont know if i feel comfortable voting on something that i dont feel to be true. Chair mandelman lets get everything out on the table, but lets get to your point. Whats the third. Supervisor peskin Supervisor Stefani is correct. I was just bringing that up in the context of we have to be mindful of the local coastal plan, and in a nutshell, the coastal commission has, in essence, delegated the authority to the coastal authority except in certain portions of Lake Merced. This is the only coastal county that has such a small amount of land under coastal act jurisdiction, but that authority, in large part, has been delegated to the city pursuant to its local coastal plan, and all i was saying in raising was yet, we have to be mindful of that. The question i was raising was whether the two Year Project would rise to the level of that having to be issued. I can check with the coastal commission staff, and in any event, under the act, the first road closest to the ocean, anything within that is appealable to the coastal commission itself. Supervisor stefani i want to thank Commissioner Peskin for that clarification Vice Chair. But i no, seriously, but i do want to make sure that were making an amendment that reflects on what Vice Chair peskin just said. Chair mandelman yes. Staff has given us an option that has been moved and seconded. Were the Transportation Authority, so i dont think its an insane thing to change that report, but this is something for this body to discuss, and i think on the second point of the reference to the coastal commission or what needs to be done by staff, this is all going to have to be word smithed by the next meeting. Commissioner preston . Supervisor preston thank you, Chair Mandelman, and just a few comments. Just in response to some of the public comment to object to the people that are advocating for Biking And Pedestrian safety are somehow a special Interest Operating for a narrow interest. I think its important, you know, theyre advocating for public space, and i do reject something that i hear, that theyre advocating for a car free space on behalf of another group, i think that needs clarification. I think it was important that folks were heard without being pushed. I think this is a very important part of our Citys Car free network, and its why i have voiced support for option three and for remaining car free. Today, were not approving or disapproving a pilot, were not approving or disapproving the longterm options. Were being asked to discuss and potentially adopt a report that the t. A. Staff did. It doesnt mean that were adopting the recommendations. I do share some of the, i think more procedural points that Supervisor Stefani made. Staff looked at it, prepared a report. This is the inquiry, but instead of amending out recommendations of the report, we could say that the Staff Isnt making any decision as between the different options laid out in the report. That might preserve the report, which is what it is, as well as make clear that the commissions not choosing one or the other right now. But that said, i could go either way, and thank you, Supervisor Chan, for the amendments. If you want to stick with them as described or rephrase it as i described, ill stick with that. Ill reiterate to the public that the decision is not being made tonight. The decision, shortterm and longterm, will be made at the board of supervisors. Where i land, i intend to continue pushing for this to the greatest extent possible, for this to be car free moving forward, but also look forward to discussing with my colleagues. Thank you, Chair Mandelman and colleagues, and thank you to the t. A. Staff for all the work in putting this together. Appreciate it. Thank you. Chair mandelman thank you, Commissioner Preston. Vice Chair Peskin . Supervisor chan well, Chair Mandelman, could i just make a clarification about the reason that were making this motion specifically . I think both commissioner Chair Mandelman if Vice Chair peskin and Commissioner Melgar are okay with deferring to you on that Supervisor Peskin im talking to Commissioner Stefanis comments on the coastal commission language. It doesnt have to be in the amendment. I did not make it as part of the amendment. I was just giving some context, so ive spoken. Chair mandelman thank you, Commissioner Peskin. Are you okay, Commissioner Melgar, with commissioner chan jumping you in the queue . I think i saw you indicate okay. Supervisor chan thank you, Chair Mandelman. The recommendation of staff, not only that they have specifically recommended concept three and concept five, but overall in the entire report, they have not studied concept two at all. And by removing the recommendation altogether, this is hard work, and they want us to accept and approve this report, but i think it needs to be clear that we do actually want them to look at contact two, and without trying to amend their recommendations or to interject the recommendations should be looked at, including concept two, therefore, technically, to remove the recommendation altogether. Chair mandelman thank you, commissioner chan. Commissioner melgar . Oh, my. There you go. Supervisor melgar i dont know why im having trouble with this. Okay. So i would support either way, doing it in the recommendations or doing it in the resolutions. I just want to read, Supervisor Stefani, what i have problem with. 4. 2, under recommendations. Considering the tradeoff of our evaluation findings, staff recommends that a full Promeneat Concept Promenade concept two or concept five [inaudible] and then, theyre completely silent on option two. If were adopting the report, that paragraph under 4. 2 recommendations, it seems to me, like, we are also objecting that, and i do object to that. I think its a little bit of an overreach by staff to consider that were not considering that in the longterm, were doing all of these other things that we need to, like, consider and that are not in the report, so this is why i seconded the motion by commissioner chan. But as long as we make it clear that we are sort of [inaudible] just being made by staff, and that we are considering the options [inaudible] and also a transit first city, im fine with that as long as we are clear that were not voting on a specific thing today. Chair mandelman thank you, Commissioner Melgar. Commissioner stefani . Supervisor stefani yes, thank you, Commissioner Melgar, for that clarification, and that is fine. I just want to be honest about that, that the recommendation has been made. Some people do not agree with how they made it. I think that rather than to remove it and pretend it doesnt exist when the report is here in front of us. Its much more honest, i think, to say what me and Commissioner Preston had said, is that we are not adopting what they have said in any of this tonight. We are adopting the report. On the record, some commissioners do not agree with how they made recommendations for certain proposals, but at the same time, you cant just, in my opinion, remove them, because the work is done. Whether we like it or not, with you routinely we routinely reject some Staff Recommendations. Some, we can all get comfortable with saying theyre out here, you know, we were accepting the report. Were not deciding on anything today, so i think if we could just clarify that, i would feel much more comfortable. Otherwise, i will not be moving to remove anything thats already public. And then, with regard to option three, Vice Chair peskin that i dont even know that we need to put in three, but i since we clarified it, i would just remove three entirely, and then clarify one as said by Commissioner Melgar. Chair mandelman right. Thank you, commissioner stefani. We have a larger tray, smaller tray, it seems to me, whether to accept this larger report of the coastal commission at all. That was raised by Vice Chair peskin. He doesnt care he cares we comply, but he doesnt care if its concluded in the report or the resolution, so unless somebody else does care, it seems like whether we do this as a change to the report itself or a resolution, we could probably drop three, but i will leave that to commissioners chan and melgar. The larger question is whether we proceed with what commissioner chan and staff have come up with in terms of the change to the report. And i will just repeat, i dont think its [inaudible] terribly trained for this body to require a report thats coming from us. If we got a report that we are concluesively opposed to, i think we would direct staff to go back and redo it. I think supervisor not cha is speaking that most of the report is useful and valuable, but that Recommendation Section at the end jumps to some that Supervisor Chan not speaking that most of the report is useful and valuable, but that recommendation at the end jumps to some conclusions that she and some other Staff Arent comfortable with. If were going to come up with a resolution, i think were going to need to recess for between five and 15 minutes so some folks can come up with actual changes to the resolution, but maybe i am incorrect on that. So commissioner chan . Supervisor chan i think that we im happy to withdraw my motion and instead use to amend the resolution before us so, you know and then, my proposed amendments on it will be on page two sorry. It doesnt actually have the line, so I Cant tell you what lane it is, but its page two, second clause to the last, which is, based on the [inaudible] and safety, staff moves a Twoway Roadway on one side except to be infeasible. So i would like to concept to be infeasible. So i would like to strike out that clause entirely, and then, the next clause would be to insert, whereas Sfmta And R. T. E. Will be considering all contact and findings in this report, and i think that technically, some of the some of the things that we wanted to insert, Commissioner Peskin, perhaps that is a moot point that we dont need to include, but i think it is valid for what Commissioner Walton talked about when it comes to usage. And then, i think there were some concerns that it wasnt concluded or even discussed in this report, which Commissioner Melgar alluded to, which is items that we want staff to monitor. So im happy to, you know, however way to insert a clause, striking out whereas, you know, that that the concept two is to be infeasible, striking out that clause, and insert a clause that will list out all the items asking staff to monitor. Chair mandelman and that is a change to the resolution that im having trouble finding now. Supervisor chan its under the package, and if you go to memo. Chair mandelman all right. Theres the resolution, and the changes youre proposing is to the results . Supervisor chan to sorry. To page 2. Chair mandelman striking the resolve. Yes, and the items for staff to monitor as well as the Contact And Project basically, we want them to monitor those items, including usage and all that for to propose the project. [please stand by] this mute button i wanted to second commissioner chans new motion. Thank you. Chair mandelman so youre good with that. Director chan, are you following and you feel that you can Supervisor Chan yeah, we got that, i think. To make both of those changes. Chair mandelman so, commissioner chan, withdrawing your prior motion and making a new motion to amend the resolution as you have described. In is totally not correct procedureally, but Commissioner Melgar youre withdrawing your second and making a new second to the new resolution that has been made, and this is this is a motion to amend the resolution in the way that has been described. Were dropping off the reference to anything about the coastal commission, right . Are we taking that out . Yeah. Okay. All right. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll on the amendment. Clerk yes, motion to amend item 11 [roll call vote] commissioner mar . I see you on, but I Cant hear you. Perhaps a thumb up for an aye or a thumbs down for a no. Clerk he sent it in the check. Chair mandelman i think that was a thumb up, thats an aye. Clerk [roll call vote] the motion passes. Chair mandelman great. Then is there a motion to approve the amended the Amended Item . So moved. Chair mandelman moved by Commissioner Walton. Is there a second . Second. Chair mandelman seconded by chan. Please call the roll. Clerk item as amended [roll call vote] there are 10 ayes, the motion passes. Chair mandelman all right, thank you, thank you madam clerk. And we will skip item 12 and 13 for today and try to find space for them on a future agenda. Please call item 14. Clerk item 14 is the introduction of new items and this is an information item. Chair Mandelman Anyone with any items . Seeing none, no need to call public comment. Call item 15. Clerk item 15, public comment. Chair mandelman this is public comment on items not on our agenda. And, again, one minute each. Clerk okay. Again, callers, this is items that are not on the current agenda for public comment. Hello, caller, your one minute begins now. Caller my comment was handled earlier. Clerk okay, thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your one minute begins now. Caller hi, sorry, i raised my hand late. Sorry. Clerk okay. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller, your one minute begins now. Caller hi, i was calling earlier and something went wrong, and i was calling about the great highway, can i speak about that now or not . Chair mandelman im sorry, that item was closed. Caller i tried to speak then but there was a problem with it Chair Mandelman i mean, we should have our staff follow up with you and see what happened so that we do not do that again caller okay, how do i make that happen . Chair mandelman can we follow up with this caller . Clerk yes, if you can email clerk sftv. Org. Caller and i did submit an email to you and to the mayor and to my supervisor, Supervisor Stefani. Chair mandelman great, thank you. Caller i will follow up and thank you for your work today. Clerk thank you. There are no more callers on the line. Chair mandelman great, public comment on item 15 is closed. Please call our next item. Clerk sorry, i was on mute. Item 16, adjournment. Chair mandelman youre adjourned. Good night, everyone. Clerk thank you, everyone, have a wonderful night. Thank you very much. Good morning, everybody. My name is carmen chu, and i serve as San Francisco city administrator, and i am so, so, so glad to be with you here today. When people were saying, well, all of the units are going to combine, get stuck, im like huh . How is that going to happen . When i came in here, how amazing is this facility. In my new role as city administrator, i look forward to making sure that all of the San Francisco firefighters continue to have the equipment for theob