Exercising kron fours. Matt hart live Tonight Learning that even though this is moving forward. A lot of folks happy with the decision and then to. Good evening. Yes, most of the people i spoke to here said their disappointed bill no longer have access to this space behind me. Every single day of the Week And Right behind me here is a Cross Walk. The people use to get across the street and soon this will be a busy highway again, right here. You can see a Sign Warning pedestrians about that and people well have to use this Cross Walk to get to the beach. That sentiment was echoed by almost everyone i spoke to walking along the great highway. The stretch from lincoln to Sloat Boulevard has been a favorite place for people to walk Bike And Hike since April Twentytwenty the Lindsay Albert says she thinks having this highway reserved for pedestrians has been good for the neighborhood and shes not the only one you can see in these photos, hundreds of people protested the reopening the rally
Yesterday was a rough one as far as Air Quality goes, as mentioned, you probably noticed it as you stepped outside. But today a shift in Wind Direction should help us out a little bit resulting in some improvements at least temporarily as far as what youre going to be breathing in is concerned as far as the rest of the forecast goes. Todays easily the hottest day of the forecast. Well see improvements in temperatures after today. So today is going to be a hot one a lot like we had seen over the weekend, especially for inland valleys. A look outside this morning at your East Bay Camera situated over berkeley right here does show you some of that gray thats hanging out really cant see any of the city of berkeley down below this morning. Visibility is fine right along the bayshore. We do have to wind advisories to know one of them being right along the Altamont Pass and the other being at the Dumbarton Bridge this morning. As for current temperatures, its 50s and 60s livermore in san jose
Chair mandelman i am raphael mandelman, the chair of the Transportation Authority board. Our Vice Chair is aaron peskin. Our clerk is brittany milton. I wanted to note that Supervisor Melgar will be late, and with that, please call the roll. [roll call] clerk we have quorum. Madam clerk, i believe you have some announcements. Clerk i do. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda at 4156550001, and entering Meeting Code 1463284865. Press pound, and pound again, then press star, three to enter the queue. Please do not press star, three again or you will be removed from the queue. When it is your turn to speak, speak slowly and clearly and turn down your television or computer. Chair mandelman colleagues, thank you for meeting early today. I will be short today. Our prop d, t, and Sales Tax Revenue is coming back with an increase in 800,000. In further good news, i want to congratulate or Transportation Authority Team on the reaffirmation of longterm Sales Tax Aaa Bond
Ronen . Present. Clerk Commissioner Safai . Commissioner safai absent. Commissioner stefani . Present. Clerk Commissioner Walton . Present. Clerk we have quorum. Chairman great. Madam clerk, i believe you have an announcement . Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda by calling 4156550001, and when prompted enter i. D. 1877366351. And then Pound And Pound again. Once you join, youll be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. To make public comment, dial 3 to be added to the queue to speak. When the system says youre line is unmuted, the operator will Advice Youll be allowed two minutes to speak. Calls will be taken in the order in which they are received. Best practices are to speak slowly and clearly. And that completes my announcement. Chairman thank you. Madam clerk. Can you please call our next item. Clerk item 2 chairs report, and this is an information item. Chairman San Francisco has a lot to celebrate this month, with the State And City reopening f
Highway. Its a necessity for northsouth traffic. The closure is isolating residents, especially seniors, creating pollution, adding hours to work, school, doctors, family, etc. If you need to study it, study it when you open it going forward post pandemic life. It truly should serve us all. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller. Your minute begins now. Hello . Yes . Oh, sorry. I live in the outer sunset, and while i Cant Speak for everyone here, my experience is that the streets are still quiet, and any small uptick in traffic is offset by the opportunity we have to establish a space worthy of this city and its residents. I regularly bike along the great highway, and im struck by how many people are there, even more than golden Gate Park. Moreover, the great Highway Extension is slated for closure, and the utility of great highway as a major thoroughfare is ultimately temporary. We have an opportunity to create a great space were proud of, and i would love to see this pilot go fo