initial application dates was grandfathered to a lower transportation fund, and they re paying the full transportation sustainable fee equivalent, and we at mta with our city partners have agreed with these revenues along with the pier 70 development which has already been approved will be reinvested in this area as opposed to distributed citywide, and the reason we feel really comfortable doing this is this neighborhood and southern of this area are really aware where the majority of this effort is happening and do deserve concentrated investment. the kind of investments that you ll see is building along that network that i described earlier, so really looking at the t third line. exposing and concealing gaps in our bicycling networks, and funding improvements for bus transit in the area. so with that, i m going to turn it back over to phil, from the port. supervisors, that actually concludes our presentation today. we are available to answer any questions that you may hav
collaborations. i wanted to talk about a few things we re doing in addition to our regular programming. we have implemented a number of the recommendations of the lgbt aging policy task force that came out, that is spearheaded by tom nolan, and it s just really exciting to see these recommendations turn into programs. we ve talked about some of those at commission, but i wanted to mention that one of the things that we ve done more recently is to start training staff and also training our cbo partners to collect sexual orientation and gender identity data in keeping with then senator weiner s local ordinance. and there is another state legislation that basically requires the same at the state level. so we re a little bit ahead of the game. a lot of colleagues across the state haven t started collecting the information and are freaked out about how they re going do it. i m proud to say we ve trained staff and we re starting to collect that data. our staff, since you know these
equitable access to opportunities and services for all of our children. so that they can lead lives full of opportunity and happiness. dcyf is one of those departments trying to envision that dream and goal set out by mayor ed lee. we re not the only department that can move toward the goal of having access for all. we re one of many departments. we re a city of community and city of leaders who want to work together. and with that, i would like to bring up to the podium, a person who needs no introduction. our mayor, mayor mark farrell. [applause] mayor farrell: first of all, any deacons in the house? come on, we can cheer! all right. listen, i want to thank maria for all of your hard work on behalf of the city s families and children. i want to acknowledge a number of people here today. first of all, supervisor safai is here. district attorney gascon next to him and our school board members. we have our president. as well as commissioner walton. and as well as our vice pr
in the west end neighborhood. this will deliver a crucial piece of city infrastructure to thousands of nearby businesses, residents and visitors. our agency, public works, is proud to have designed a modern fire station that is expected to exceed national accreditation standards and serve the essential needs of our first responders. it may not look like it yet, in less than a year s time, a seismically sound fire station will be standing in this very place. it is true public works fashion, the project team has been working hard to ensure this facility will be delivered in timely and fiscally responsible manner. on time and on budget. with that said, it s important that i think the entire public works staff, our project team led by our city architect, project managers and i want to thank all the staff from public works who worked on this project. but most importantly i want to thank our construction partner in this, alton construction, leading the project and getting it this f
well, it s simply really just sticking with what s working and always improving. you can t get complacent and say okay, let s put as many security guards on or this many staff and make sure it stays the same. it s more of staying on top of it, weekly meetings and making sure everyone is staying on top of what they re supposed to be doing. as far as, you know, if there s going to be more or less staff on, definitely not going to be less. if anything there s going to be more staff on. with everything that is going on, a lot of people just think our venue is closed, so we anticipate with marketing that more people are going to come to our venue. it s really just staying on top of it honestly. vice president thomas: any other questions? all right. thank you. then i know we have public comment. how many folks want to make public comment? i think you ve all been here before. you know the drill. three minutes each. please introduce yourself. good evening. i m the district manage