Remarks by Janet Tarlov
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OK, so delivery drivers will need to park in a commercial zone on another block and take their deliveries. And that's not true. I've seen that in other districts. Each block doesn't necessarily have a dedicated commercial zone. And I think that merchants have mixed feelings about that, of course. I don't know if there is a merchant group that is organized in this area that we can work with to have a comprehensive look at what are the loading needs and also for delivery drivers picking up DoorDash and things like that. But I think that might be worth paying attention to. And so what I'm…
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All right. So I conclude from that that if there was in the past a need to free up a traffic lane during the afternoon peak, it is no longer the case that that is needed. So we're removing that part-time parking restriction.
Very good. And I applaud staff for looking carefully at these, what may seem like small changes, but I would say that they're very meaningful to the businesses in the community. So that was one question. And then I'd just like to say that in terms of an analysis for this project, I imagine it's going to be rather challenging to separate out analyzing the effects of these changes when there are arguably other things going on in the neighborhood that are going to have an impact. What is our thinking about that? It's going to be very difficult to understand.
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Thank you. Do you anticipate the greatest challenges to be occurring right here at the beginning when the most significant changes, it sounds like, will be happening or more as it goes on?
Very good. Thank you so much for your work and your collaboration with our staff. Those are all my questions. I would just like to state that I appreciate that this work has... been undertaken. I very much appreciate the collaboration with the merchants in the neighborhood. And I'm specifically speaking now to the changes to the street design and parking and loading that we're approving today. I think it's very, very important. Chinatown is an incredibly complex and congested area and I can only imagine how challenging it is to meet the needs of all the various stakeholders in this location.…
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We will now open public comment for item 12 for two minutes each.
Thank you. We will now close public comment. May I have a motion and a second to go into closed session?
Thank you. Colleagues, staff, and members of the public, we are now adjourned. Our next meetings will be a Street Safety Committee meeting on July 30th and a regular meeting on August 4th.
I'm now calling the June 16, 2026 regular meeting of the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors and Parking Authority Commission to order. Secretary Silva, please call the roll.
Directors, are there any changes to the minutes? We'll now open public comment for item four, the minutes, for two minutes each.
Thank you. Public comment is closed. May I have a motion and a second?
Secretary Silva, please call the next item.
Thank you. Please call the next item. Places you on item number six, the director's report.
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