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I do not want to contest what director brinkman said about the bad old days and how far we have come. Reading this conversation together with the one we had at the last meeting with vision 0, and about how poorly we are doing, i wonder whether we out to have more people in the room mad at us than we do now, and its a crazy thing to say in a way, but this is not a popularity contest, number one. Number two, and look, this is trouble ive encountered in my career. Just because the road goes by your house does not mean you own the road. And the people who use that road, or bike lane, or railroad, whatever it is, the people would us an it live all over the city because transportation is a network. And you shouldnt let somebody who resides at part of the network to tell you how the whole network works, just because they accidentally live near it. And people move all the time, too, and their attitudes move with them, and we are seeing a demographic change in the city, younger folks, and young
You heard in march has finally passed the full board on its second reading last tuesday, and the mayor is going to have a ceremonial signing on this wednesd wednesday, september 11, at 11 a. M. Ive provided you with the information in terms of where its going to be. So if youre i know that ive heard from several of you that youre going to be able to attend and thank you. The accessible business entrance program, december 1, 2019, is the deadline for all categories to submit their checklists. As a concern of having a low response rate, a notice was sent out last week from the department of building inspection that now says if you do not get your checklist in, we will begin to issue notice of violation. That was sent out to 9,000 Property Owners. So we are now were seeing the results. Were unfortunately having hearing the results the plus and the minus is were fielding quite a few calls, but that means this particular letter has garnished the attention of Property Owners where theyre now
Kevin stall, and a rider of the bus line. And a major advocate for Pedestrian Safety and a lot of the changes here will help improve the corridor a lot. One of the major thoroughfares south of market with a lot of people walk, ride their bikes, drive, and take muni down this street. And with the number of people who are going to be moving into the neighborhood with the new projects, the potential of having a lot of families with children and possibly seniors and maybe people who are disabled who frequent this corridor a lot, the changes will most definitely help the people feel safe, and unfortunately we have 22 people in our city killed, pedestrian fatalities and the number is growing. So, any and all improvements to make sure people feel safe is much needed, and i fully support the project in its entirety. Thank you very much. Thank you. Paul, cat, simone. My name is courtney, here on behalf of supervisor matt haney, district 6. I think its a rare evening when the board of supervisor
We worked for over two years to minimize the impacts, proposing turn lanes and signal changes and other small changes to accommodate the use along the streets. A thoughtful design that prioritizes to address critical safety needs, also taking into account unique character and needs of 5th street and the community. Lastly, i would like to end by touching on the next steps for the corridor. Following todays meeting if approve, preconstruction outreach prior to starting restriping in the fall and work with the shops to be cognizant. Concrete work will then take place in the winter of 2020. We are collecting preproject data now and post project Data Collection in the fall of 2020, and publish the findings soon after. And looking towards making the quick build design more permanent. We see that in the fall of 2021. Thanks very much for your i am too. Happy to answer questions. Kevin stall, and a rider of the bus line. And a major advocate for Pedestrian Safety and a lot of the changes here