Maintained. Now all the all the ideological stances are not going to fix the buses. They have not been maintained for years. And we have the oldest fleet in america. You have to be able to have the equipment for people to ride. And, also, theres a safety issue. Older equipment is not as safe as newer and well maintained equipment. The bus i drove was over 20 years old when i retired. Theres no other community in america that keeps buses 20 years if they dont have to. Thank you. Supervisor wiener thank you very much approximate is there any additional Public Comment . Yes. Go ahead. Sir, were you making Public Comment . Yes. Please come forward. If theres anyone else for Public Comment, please line up or this is the last speaker. [speaking spanish]jpqazy1qb translator good morning. On the subject of muni, i want to just say that i believe muni has really good service compared to other cities, like myself coming from miami, some buses dont run for three or four hours. 14 mission in part
My perspective is from this point of view. You are the custodians of the crown jewel of San Francisco, which is the largest park in San Francisco. We have 40 probably within chestnut street, 40 restaurants. We have restaurants all over the city. Im all in favor of commerce. I believe im in business myself here in San Francisco. But as custodians of the crown jewel of San Francisco, and custodians of one of the finest views in San Francisco, i dont understand why we need another restaurant. Another restaurant is a very nice thing to do. Theres plenty of spaces all over the city to do this. We have lots of spaces in the city where you can put a restaurant. But i firmly believe that as an open space weve heard issues of alcohol, heard issues of kids playing, all of these types of things. But i think if you look back, as we get older, at some point in time you have to look back and say why did i make9 2x this decision. And i think open space, and an open space as a park, parks and recreat
Theres new drivers that could be put into this place, to run the services. Theres a lot of accidents that happen through muni, and so i want to encourage the idea of drug testing and alcohol testing. In terms of free muni for youth i think that its a really good idea but we need your help to be able to make this happen. You have the power to be able to change this but it would require not just a decision today but changing the overall structure. Thank you. Supervisor wiener thank you very much. Is there additional Public Comment . My name is antonio a member of power. Im here to support the youth. I believe that free muni for youth is important because they need transportation to go to school, doctors appointment, and some other things. The 6. 7 million that is allocated for this project, 22 is going to be used for Pilot Project for the free muni for youth. The other 76 s going to be used for maintenance. I dont know why. Supervisor scott wiener is youth. This is something that we shou
Id like to question seriously why this item is being heard in this committee. In my opinion, this committee is not functioning as it should be doing, and i seriously question why this item is being heard here. Most Political Savvy people know that there are at least two other city committees that should be hearing this, rather than this committee. So i would like a discussion in front of everybody, especially on tv, about why its being heard here, and not in those other two committees. But i have to be grateful that we are having this hearing this afternoon because the old audit and Oversight Committee kept having postponements so i have to congratulate the new audit and Oversight Committee for having this hearing. Also, i would like a discussion whether food trucks are a alternative to having this restaurant, since other neighborhoods like the west portal oppose food trucks. So id like a discussion in front of everybody about the issue of food trucks. Lets put it this way. Some of the
Lets put it this way. Some of the speakers here wonder why this has become a controversial issue. Goes. Thats enough said. Thank you. Supervisor farrell thank you very much. Is there anyone else that would like to speak in Public Comment . All right. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. President chiu. Supervisor chiu thank you, first of all i want to thank the members of the public who have come to express their perspective on this on all sides and from many historical perspectives. Typically for a project like this i would tend to defer to the District Supervisor, given that our District Supervisors nanders the neighborhood issues and tha that is my inlineation today. I have a couple of questions to the department that were raised by Public Commenters as well as from the Marina Community association. Many members who have come out today. Could you talk about what specific outreach was conducted and what type of notice to. Thank you, supervisor. Cassandra costello with park and rec