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MINUTES
INTERDEPARTMENTAL STAFF COMMITTEE
ON TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION
Meeting of February 14, 2008, Thursday, 9:00 AM
1195th Regular Meeting
Meeting Location: One South Van Ness Avenue
Room #7080

MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 24, 2008 MEETING (ACTION ITEM)
The Committee adopted the Minutes.

PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the public may address ISCOTT members on matters that are within ISCOTT purview and are not on today’s agenda. No public comment.

CONSENT CALENDAR (ACTION ITEMS)
All matters hereunder constitute a consent calendar, are considered to be routine by ISCOTT and will be acted upon by a single vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Committee or the public so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item.

1. 900 Block Pennsylvania Avenue – 90-degree Parking, 4-hr time limit
DPT recommends a public hearing to consider establishing the following:
A. 90-degree Parking
4-hr time limit, 7 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday - Establish
Pennsylvania Avenue, west side, 300 feet southerly from 23rd Street (along the frontage of the San Francisco Food Bank ); and

B. 4-hr time limit, 7 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday
Pennsylvania Avenue, east side, 535 feet southerly from 23rd Street (along the frontage of California Mini Storage and across from the Food Bank).

2. Jerrold Avenue and Napoleon Street - Red Zone
SFMTA recommends a public hearing to consider establishing red zones at:
A. East side of Napoleon street, 9 feet northerly from Jerrold Avenue; and
B. North side of Jerrold Avenue, 10 feet easterly from Napoleon Street.

3. Fillmore Street at Ellis Street - Red Zone
SFMTA recommends a public hearing to consider establishing a red zone on the west side of Fillmore Street 29 feet northerly from Ellis Street north crosswalk.

4. Residential Permit Parking Area “T” – Time Change
SFMTA recommends a public hearing to consider:
A. Rescinding Residential Permit Parking Area "T,” 4-hr time limit, 8 AM to 3PM, Monday Through Friday; and
B. Establishing Residential Permit Parking Area "T," 2-hr time limit, 8 AM to 6PM, Monday Through Friday on:
a. Ulloa Street, both sides, between Laguna Honda Boulevard and Woodside Avenue;
b. Sydney Way, both sides, between Portola Drive and Ulloa Street; and
c. Idora Avenue, both sides, between Laguna Honda Boulevard and Woodside Avenue.

5. Pennsylvania Avenue and Cesar Chavez Street - Yield
SFMTA recommends replacing STOP sign with YIELD control facing southbound Pennsylvania Avenue right turn at Cesar Chavez Street, under Traffic Code Section 14.1.

6. Hudson Street - Perpendicular Parking
DPT recommends a public hearing to consider establishing 90-degree parking on Hudson Street, north side, from Mendell Street to the east property line of 1412 Hudson Avenue.

ALL ITEMS APPROVED.

REGULAR CALENDAR (ACTION ITEMS)

1. Temporary Street Closures
A. Lisbon Street between Excelsior and Brazil Avenues
Saturday, April 5, 2008, 10 AM to 6 PM
Neighborhood Block Party
APPROVED.

B. Octavia Street between Austin and Pine Streets
Saturday, April 12, 2008, 7 AM to 7 PM
Basketball TournamentCeremony
WITHDRAWN.

C. Waverly Place between Washington and Clay Streets
Sunday, March 16, 2008, 9 AM to 2 PM
Yee Fung Toy Family Lion Dance
APPROVED.

D. Mason Street between California and Sacramento Streets
Sunday, April 27, 2008, 6 AM to
Monday, April 28, 2008, 8:30 AM
California Mille Car Display
APPROVED.

E. Front Street between California and Sacramento Streets
Monday, March 17, 2008, 4 PM to 10 PM
St. Patrick’s Day @ The Royal Exchange
APPROVED with the following conditions:
a) The sponsor pays for the cost of 10-B SFPD officers and Parking Control Offiers (PCO’s) at least 10 days in advance of the event;
b) The sponsor follows conditions imposed by the SFPD for safety control and implements improved barricade plan to ensure access for Harrington’s and MacDonald’s’
c) The sponsor provides two additional porta-toilets, both in the parking lane in front of the Embarcadero Center on Front Street, north of Sacramento Street;
d) The sound permit is from 5 PM to 8:30 PM only. The Entertainment Commission will monitor the sound to ensure that the decibel levels are in compliance with the sound permit. They will provide a written report after the event;
e) The sponsor shall provide SFPD Central Station Command Staff with the cell phone number of the person in charge of the sound during the event; and
f) The SFPD will start the closure at 3:30 PM to accommodate the setup of barricades in front of Harrington’s Bar & Grill.

F. 3rd Street (west side lane only) between Howard and Mission Streets
Sunday, February 24, 2008, 6 AM to
Thursday, February 28, 2008, 11:59 PM
Production Vehicles for Trade Show @ Yerba Buena Gardens
APPROVED provided the sponsor pays for the cost of 10-B SFPD as determined by SFPD Southern Station.

G. Northbound Embarcadero (most easterly parking lane and traffic lane only) between Washington and King Streets; King Street (most southerly lane only) between The Embarcadero to 3rd Streets
Sunday, June 8, 2008, 6:20 AM to 7 AM
Convention 5K Walk and Run
APPROVED.

H. King Street (eastbound only) between 2nd and 3rd Streets
Saturday, March 8, 2008, 5:55 AM to 6:05 AM
AND
3rd Street between King and Channel Streets
Saturday, March 8, 2008, 6 AM to 6:10 AM
AND
Channel (westbound lane only) between 3rd and 6th Streets; 6th Street (southbound lane only) between Channel and Owens Streets; Owens Street (southbound lane only) between 6th and 16th Street; 16th Streets (most northerly westbound lane only) between Owens and 3rd Street;
Saturday, March 8, 2008, 6:10 AM to 6:25 AM
AND
3rd Street (most easterly northbound lane only) between 16th and Mission Rock Streets; Mission Rock Street (eastbound lane only) between 3rd Streets and Terry Francois Boulevard; Terry Francois Boulevard (northbound and westbound lanes only) between Mission Rock and 3rd Streets
Saturday, March 8, 2008, 6:10 AM to 6:40 AM
5K Convention Run
APPROVED.

I. 16th Street between Guerrero and Mission Streets; Valencia Street between 15th and 17th Streets; Rondel Street between 16th and Terminus; Intersections: 16th , Albion, Rodel, Caledonia, Julian, Wiese, and Hoff @ Valencia
Note: The following streets will be closed to thru traffic, but local access will be allowed:

Albion Street between 16th and 17th Streets; Hoff Street between 16th and 17th Streets; Wiese Street between 15th and 16th Streets; Julian Street between 15th and 16th Streets; Caledonia Street between 15th and 16th Streets; Camp Street between Guerrero and Albion Streets
Saturday, May 17, 2008, 3 AM to 10 PM
Asian Heritage Festival
WITHDRAWN.

J. Grove Street between Polk and Larkin Streets; Fulton Street between Hyde and Larkin Streets
Friday, June 27, 2008, 9 AM to
Monday, June 30, 2008, 6 AM
AND
Polk Street between Grove and Market Streets; Lech Walesa Street between Van Ness Avenue and Polk Street; Larkin Street between Golden Gate and Market Streets; Grove Street between Polk Street and Van Ness Avenue; Grove Street between Hyde and Larkin Streets; Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place between Grove and McAllister Streets; Hayes Street (both parking lanes only) between Larkin Street and Van Ness Avenue; McAllister Street (south side parking lane only) between Polk and Larkin Streets; Intersections: Lech Walesa at Polk Street; Polk and Larkin at Grove Street; Fulton at Larkin Street; Hayes Street (both parking lanes only) between Larkin St. and Van Ness Avenue
Friday, June 27, 2008, 8 PM to
Monday, June 30, 2008, 6 AM
AND
Elm Street between Van Ness Avenue and Polk Street; Golden Gate Avenue between Van Ness Avenue and Leavenworth Street; Hyde Street between Turk and Market Streets; Larkin Street between Turk and McAllister Streets; McAllister Street between Leavenworth Street and Van Ness Avenue; Polk Street between Turk and McAllister Streets; Redwood Street between Polk Street and Van Ness Avenue; Continuum Place from Golden Gate Avenue to Terminus; Intersections: Continuum Place at Golden Gate Avenue; Elm and Redwood at Polk Street; Hyde, Larkin and Polk at Golden Gate Avenue; Hyde, Larkin and Polk at McAllister Street
Saturday, June 28, 2008, 8 PM to
Monday, June 30, 2008, 6 AM
AND
Sutter Street between Market and Sansome Streets
Note: This closure is for KRON – TV Compound Set-Up

Sunday, June 29, 2008, 3:30 AM to 3 PM
SF Pride Celebration

APPROVED with the following conditions:
a) The sponsor pays for the cost of advance warning signage;
b) Any of the above spaces that are controlled through the Chief Administrator’s Office as permit parking will need the approval of the CAO;
c) The sponsor pays for the cost of PCOs to assist on the Friday evening street closures and pedestrian crossing at Hyde and Fulton Streets and Larkin and McAllister Streets on Saturday; and
d) The sponsor closes Larking Street between McAllister Street and Golden Gate Avenue at 5 AM on Saturday, June 28, 2008.

K. Fillmore Street between Jackson and Eddy Streets; Washington, Wilmot and Clay Streets between Webster and Steiner Streets; O’Farrell Street between Steiner and Fillmore Streets (Local Access allowed); Intersections: Ellis, Wilmot, O’Farrell, Washington and Clay Streets @ Fillmore Street
Saturday, July 5, 2008 12:01 AM to
Sunday, July 6, 2008, 11:59 PM
Fillmore Street Jazz Festival
APPROVED with the following conditions:
a) The sponsor supplies flyers to the manager of the Fillmore Street Garage to ask monthly parkers who will be at the garage on event days between 10 AM and 6:30 PM to sue the Fillmore Street section of the garage; and
b) The sponsor pays the full cost recovery for tow PCO’s needed during event times for the Geary Street crossing.

2. Clarendon Avenue between Oak Park Drive and Panorama Drive - Lane Reduction - Establish
DPT recommends a public hearing to consider establishing:
A. Clarendon Avenue, Northbound at Panorama Drive - Right Lane Must Turn Right;
B. Clarendon Avenue, east side, between Oak Park Lane and Panorama Drive - Install Sidewalk
C. Clarendon Avenue at Panorama Drive - Sidewalk Bulb and Red (No Parking Anytime) Zones, on the west side at south crosswalk.
APPROVED.

3. Sansome Street at Bush Street - Tow-Away
SFMTA recommends a public hearing to consider establishing "Tow-Away NoStopping, 7 AM to 9 AM, Monday through Friday," on the east side of Sansome Street from Bush Street to 45 feet northerly.
APPROVED.

4. Shaw Street between Mission and Minna Streets – Additional Street Space
SFMTA presents a request to temporarily close Shaw Alley for the duration of construction (about 3 years) at 535 Mission Street.
HOLD.

5. Battery Street at Broadway - Bulb-Out
DPW is requesting ISCOTT approval of a 7-foot wide sidewalk bulb-out at the northeast corner of Broadway, from Battery Street to 70 feet easterly.
APPROVED.

6. Carter Street, from Geneva Avenue to San Francisco City and County Line - Speed Limit
SFMTA recommends an ordinance to establish a 30 MPH speed limit on Carter Street, between Geneva Avenue to San Francisco City and County Line.
APPROVED.

7. Hyde Street, east side unit block; and McAllister Street, south side, from Hyde Street to 300 feet easterly
MTA recommends a public hearing to consider expanding the area included in Traffic Code Section 32.6.34 to include the east side of Hyde Street from Fulton Street to 123 feet southerly and the south side of McAllister Street from Hyde Street to 300 feet easterly for truck parking on Wednesdays and Sundays.
APPROVED.

8. Page and Webster - Red Zone (for corner bulbs)
MTA recommends a public hearing to consider establishing No Parking Anytime in the following locations to allow the construction of 4-corner bulbs:
a) Page St, north side, from Webster St to 25' easterly;
b) Webster St, east side, from Page St to 25' northerly;
c) Page St, north side, from Webster St to 25' westerly;
d) Webster St, west side, from Page St to 25' northerly;
e) Page St, south side, from Webster St to 25' westerly;
f) Webster St, west side, from Page St to 25' southerly;
g) Page St, south side, from Webster St to 25' easterly; and
h) Webster St, east side, from Page St to 25' southerly.
APPROVED.

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