TWG people, I'm doing outreach to find out who can attend the December 10th Mid-Market Transportation Summit, and I've gotten this response from Angelica Cabande at SOMCAN so far. Sue Hey SUe, Thank you for sending this to me. I will check with SOMCAN who among us can attend. I had cc'd them as well so they can read this email as well. Thank you for considering us and we will get back to you. Sincerely, Angelica Cabande SOMCAN Organizing Program Coordinator 415.348.1945 "susan_e_vaughan@juno.com" <susan_e_vaughan@juno.com> wrote: Dear Angelica: I have met you in Chris Daly's office when John Avalos held a meeting on Mid-Market. We talked after the meeting. I am co-chair of the Transportation Working Group of the San Francisco Green Party. The TWG is planning a summit on Mid-Market transportation policies (should there be redevelopment in Mid-Market) for Saturday, December 10, from 3 to 5 p.m. I have talked to Dave Wilbur (co-chair of the Housing and Land Use Working Group) and gotten suggestions for people to invite, and you're among them (we are trying to get representation from the Filipino community on SoMa. He also suggested April Veneracion and Chris Durazo. We need to keep the panel small, and I will invite one of them if you think either of them is more appropriate than you are or if you cannot make it). The San Francisco Green Party has endorsed the following three general transportation points for Mid-Market, should there be redevelopment there: 1) There should be no more than .25 parking spaces per housing unit, and we ask that you seriously consider going lower, with the greatest share of parking spaces used for car-share vehicles; 2) There should be no above-ground parking spaces other than the minimum required for the operation of the buildings and the safety of building occupants; 3) The redevelopment plan should include funds specifically dedicated to expanding the bicycle lane network, engineering the Market Street bike lanes, and pedestrian improvements such as countdown signals at all corners within the plan area. Ideally, we would like to organize a unified campaign around these three points and go to the Board of Supervisors to request that they become codified parts of the transportation plan for Mid-Market, but we want to hear what members of the people who live and work in Mid-Market would like. According to Casey Mills, Randy Shaw has already agreed to come as a representative of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic. I will also be inviting Jazzie Collins (Sixth Street Agenda), Dave Snyder of Transportation for a Livable City, and others. We will do outreach to the wider community and invite everyone to attend and participate. Do you think you can participate as a panelist in this event? Sue