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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. Our interns for the summer are going to talk more about how these spaces support the legislation th...

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 00 oclock in the morning for 25cents but we couldnt get them to sell Healthy Foods and this new prop...

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. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon. My name is fred and a food leader justice. I have ...

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 parklets, a diagonal parklets and residential parklet. We talked about powell street which is a couple st...

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 create more and more public space and parks are terrific but theyre only part of the picture. Having pu...