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Welcome back to the San Francisco board of supervisors land use and Economic Development committee committee. I am scott wiener the chairman of the committee. To my left is supervisor david chiu, a member of the committee and vicechair supervisor jane kim will be joining us momentarily. We did convene at 10 00 a. M. This morning and heard item no. 1, which we continued and then went into recess until now. So madame clerk, would you please call item no. 2. An ordinance amending the planning code by adding section 249. 70. Thank you. And item no. 2, the author is supervisor david chiu. Superviso...

On our waiting list. So, whats going to happen is theyll all have the opportunity to purchase a half price medallion at 102,000 each. But when that occurs, those ramp medallions will come back to the city. And what we want to do is allow those grant medallions to keep operating to service our wheelchair clientele. So, what were proposing is and were looking at this for along the future, is the opportunity to allow the mta to lease these grant medallions directly to the companies to ensure that that service will continue and to ensure that our wheelchair customers maintain priority as part of o...

Drive the ramp taxi, to continue driving a ramp taxi is the possibility of gaining a ramp taxi medallion. And although this legislation doesnt preclude the issuance of ramp taxi medallions to drivers in the future, its certainly, certainly points away from it. And i would urge you very strongly. Leave this door of opportunity open for drivers. Too many other doors have been closed to them. I also have to say that i oppose further leasing of medallions. I know that its in the agencys financial interest to do this, but i think that the agencys financial interests too often have been trumping the...

Id like to speak at the last. Who is next . Mark gruberg. Mr. Gruberg. Thank you again. Mark gruberg. Id like to echo some of the comments of the previous speakers, particularly mr. Rathbone who is a manager at the company that has the most ramp taxis in the city and has the most to gain from the issuance of ramp taxi medallions to Cab Companies. And yet clearly recognizes the main incentive for a driver to drive the ramp taxi, to continue driving a ramp taxi is the possibility of gaining a ramp taxi medallion. And although this legislation doesnt preclude the issuance of ramp taxi medallions ...

The City of Colorado Springs revealed a new website and project notification posters to communicate development projects better across the city.