But for San Francisco survival thats what we need are that i want to pick up on the Fishermans Wharf benefit district by the way, who was voted the best in San Francisco number of employees that work at Fishermans Wharf and the all the hotels and restaurants we enjoy a large percentage live in San Francisco this is the optimum job creation live and work in the city situation that we created but he speaking the truth about folks not being able to get to the wafer and companies that are willing to provide insurance and retain the employees it is a very serious problem this will help address that im in support of this. Commissioner johnson. Thank you very much thank you to the staff for all you are work and as a Commission Moves just because im going to ask for a joint hearing with sfmta i really think we need to marry policy together not to sound nice but it allows us to plan our policies ill say specifically in a joint hearing font effort what i want to know in the sfmta what will help
Funding a thats on par thing between the serious you can find the money by its important this be done as expeditiously as possible you have a subway that end in the middle of chinatown thats as far as you get to get to north beach its an area that is dormant at night which the subway stations end this is 90 in no way subtracting from the downtown extension yeah, thats a top priority we need the funding roadway to make that a reality but if it explicit mean we cant be exploring it so its important ive visited a lot of cities in america and throughout the world in the eastern part of the United States and even the western cities are developing subway systems and transit systems that move people quickly to the parts of city were one of the density one it is interesting we should have had had one hundred years ago. Thank you commissioner fong. This item is one sort of for me, the fun part of sitting over on the commission to think about the future but to preserve the charm and history of S
Decisions on the station at north beach we dont preclude that option and make it flexible enough to so that it could be added on in the future thats an area it is greatly underserved my business is there i enjoy the walk to get to north beach but adversities not the easiest thing to do the busses take longer than so i think that thats something we have to consider too i want to really study this go to the sites to find a way to hold onto the project the project sponsor can build it but a way to have the land available to the future station that goes underneath columbus thats a big benefit other sites the triangle block in front of the Washington Square bar and grill and powell street and that site is a possibility for future entry of boring machines or entry into the station itself or the Asian Pacific islander green site when our looking at Washington Square not a lot of possibility as far as raising money the kicking land yard presents an opportunity we have to analyze the buses exto
Interface better with the existing bus system i think if the subway is going to go through im the middle child between julie and paul this would be the adaptation of the survey and the duplex e adaptation of that survey and the respect for the Historic Resources that exist in the area will go a long way towards revolving some of the issues that all of the lower buildings that came in after the earthquake will go away the neighborhood will be up to 65 feet or more and the quality we love about that part of the city that draw people from all over the world will be lost we can do both. We can do both the less we spend open digging the subway the more well have for the other muni lines thank you very much. Thank you. Is there any additional Public Comment okay seeing none, Public Comment is closed i want to thank all the staff for their presentation i also agree that the project sponsor between 3 organizations is important it remind me of commissioner johnson request for a joint hearing th
Department in transit planning we think with this body and the Planning Department and the city thats a wonderful thing i got involved in the project initially to try to mitigate the negative impacts of the t line i believe the extension of the t line is a way to preserve the northeast neighborhoods i believe the reduction and congestion the benefits to pedestrians and the surface transit users are numerous and a lot of good can come from this weve seen the negative impacts of the bus stop in the middle of the cafe door or the bulb outs put without regards to the design of the beveled weve looked at the bart entrances along moiths and weve seen open parkland as open space to be used for station entrances from the transit side there are t line stops in chinatown and union square that are blocks off the oil because of surface conditions we have an opportunity in advance to plan for to necessary extension that benefits the effectiveed neighborhood and showing you shows you what a San Fran