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Was sent directly after this hearing, there was no response and in the interim, public works began to receive further complaints regarding the same issues as previously noted and those can be seen in an email, exhibit j. And, again like i said, the renewal was not completed so on october 28, 2014, public works prepared a final notice allowing 10 calendar days to finalize renewal or revocation would be considered. That was sent via email to the email that the parklet host provided to the departme...

Naibl. To my left is robert brian hes a deputy City Attorney and hell provide the board with any legal advice tonight. At the controls is the boards legal assistant Victor Pa Chen koe, im the executive director well be joined tonight by some of the represents from city departments that had cases before the board i see that raoul shau is here, and also chris buck, urban forester is here also from public works. I believe well be joined shortly by scott sanchez, the city Zoning Administrator who re...

State your name for the record. Id like to take roll commissioner president fong commissioner hillis commissioner moore. I dont have a screen. Its not on. Im not on. We have new proposes well fix that in a second. Commissioner moore. Commissioner richards we do expect commissioner wu and commissioner johnson and commissioner antonini to are absent commissioners first on your agenda items proposed for continuance excuse me. At townsend street the go conditional use authorization for continuance m...

The planning family mr. Foster as our Planning Department nick is an urban planner with considerable Work Experience in the public and nonprofit its public is 10 years with the San Francisco International Airport and the Planning Department of oakland and Madison Wisconsin he served as the Deputy Director and degree in planning and a bachelor of science degree from the university of wisconsin welcome will be hearing from him on item 9. Commissioners, if theres nothing further review of past even...

Segal. Present. Paul woolford. Present. Lauren post. Here. And commissioner and vice chair fady zoubi has an excused absence. With low members present we are quorum for public works commission. Due to the on going covid19 Health Emergency and given the Health Recommendations issued by the department of public health, the emergency orders of the govern and the mayor concerning social distancing and lifting restrictions on teleconference this meeting is held Via Teleconference and strolled by sfgo...

Guiding principles and visions for those . The open space and Rec Development and our better streets and plans and policies are the main documents that drive our vision in that. And parklets are some of the most tangible examples of this policies and legislation that we can see in San Francisco and beyond that theyre temporary. Theyre fast and cool as paul was telling us earlier. They prioritize the pedestrian experience. Theyre dynamic and multiuse spaces and they support community stewardship....

City and i am grateful to speak to you briefly. I am speaking to you as a doctor and we were working with residents around issues they identified and the number two issue number one was crime. Number two was access to Healthy Foods. They couldnt buy Healthy Foods in the local stores. They were very upset about this. We were able to do little things. We brought in minimarkets from the farmers markets once in a while but we couldnt do much. We got stores to stop selling dixie cups of alcohol at 9 ...

In the language of your bill supervisor mar that part of the redesign of the store if at all possible take that into consideration and i dont know if that has been talked about but i think its extremely important because theyre part of our population, part of the people in San Francisco, and i think they deserve that type of recognition that they should be able to go into a small store, Corner Store Market and be able to get into some milk and bread, whatever without asking for someones help. Th...

Copy if youre interested and a look at the process. As the city invented these types of spaces we learn how they work so we have been working out as we go and this is the first attempt to codify the policies and i can also say this document is used by cities around the world as they implement their programs and borrowing our learning that we did in San Francisco. Im not going to get into the application process. Here is a few images of parklets. Here are one space parklets, threefour space parkl...

Have concerned and impact and upkeep and should it close and this hearing will examine the issues and let Community Measures to share best practices. I would like to introduce paul johnson to give an overview of the program. If i could make a brief comment before that. I want to call you for calling the hearing. I am a huge fan of the Parklets Program and its not because my aide created it in the Planning Department. I think its part of a continuing trend in San Francisco and other cities to cre...