None, Public Comment is close said. Next item. Iletm 8, commissioners report. Allows president and vice prezderant to report on Small Business activities and make announcements that are of interest to the community. I did atoned the mayorss Kickoff Press Conference at Assembly Hall and had a great turn out. It was great and nice event so that was well done. This last weekend i attended the fc holiday fair at pier 70. They are taking space for events and Community Events and it was saturday and sunsomeday and seemed to be well attendsed despite the weather saturday. Hopefully that is some up squ and coming new Small Business. All the etsy folks are generally doing arts and crafts products as side ventures and hoping they will be their own bosses one day. That is all i got. Knee other commissioner reports . Commissioner adams. If anybody want tooz do something this evening we are doing our annual Castro Christmas Tree Lighting on the corner of 18th and castro. I know director dick an dre
Commissioner avalos, present. Breed, present. Campos absent cohen, present. Farrell absent kim absent mar, present. Peskin absent tang absent weiner, present. Yee, present. We have a quorum thank you. Go to item 2 item 2 chairs report this is an information item november election but mixed results for our transportation sector along with others in our region the Transportation Authority was delighted that measure rr 3. 5 bond passed handily in november with the sport of 81 of San Francisco voters. This measure will ensure bart has the funds it needs to conduct pressing Maintenance Work systemwide particular the transbay tube. Measure rr is important for safety and reliability and also hands capacity to train control upgrades and much needed maintenance facilities than one item not included in the spark bond was relating to recreation and park fleet expansion of 300 vehicles. These were included in local county measures including prop j in San Francisco relating to transportation of hom
[gavel] good morning and welcome to the monthly meeting of the San Francisco county Transportation Authority i am scott weiner chairman of the authority. I want to thank sfgov tv for broadcasting this hearing. Clerk please take roll call commissioner avalos, present. Breed, present. Campos absent cohen, present. Farrell absent kim absent mar, present. Peskin absent tang absent weiner, present. Yee, present. We have a quorum thank you. Go to item 2 item 2 chairs report this is an information item november election but mixed results for our transportation sector along with others in our region the Transportation Authority was delighted that measure rr 3. 5 bond passed handily in november with the sport of 81 of San Francisco voters. This measure will ensure bart has the funds it needs to conduct pressing Maintenance Work systemwide particular the transbay tube. Measure rr is important for safety and reliability and also hands capacity to train control upgrades and much needed maintenance
Other locations outside the bay area. In any of your experience or knowledge, has there been a request to chase to lower the light volume on some of the individual locations . I think that generally all jurisdictions that we work with have zone limitations that affect the kind of size we use and illumination levels. We develop very specific signage packages and [speaker not understood] per the permit. They go beyond the exterior method signs we have on the building, but also talk about internal, not atm machines are included in the signage packages. The information is there for review. Im saddened a little bit to hear such an objection to our sign quality. It is our intention to work with the community to produce signage packages. And esthetics for the bank itself, which blend in and are nice in the neighborhood. We provide a service and we want our banks to be appreciated in the community. Commissioner antonini. Yeah, i think Zoning Administrator sanchez made a good point, and that is
Discretionary authority that all bodies have in the city and county of San Francisco and that is in the admin code. That is where this commission derives its discretionary review authority powers. So, when you hear a dr and a Building Permit application youre relying on that section. Its the same section that the board of appeals relies upon when they are hearing a Building Permit as well. So, thats saying that you do not have the ability to exercise discretion, that you are authorized otherwise authorized. Obviously that comes around because of concerns with First Amendment issues and thats why it was added. I think it was added in the 60s, i believe. Okay, thank you. Thats article 6 was added to the planning code. So, if we were to, then would that particular section then also have to be amended . Lets say if this were legislation moving forward that actually controlled signs to more extensive degree than we have now . For example, in this Zoning District i believe youre allowed to h