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Neighborhood Comments report and its recommendations

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Council Member Rivera inquires about the recommendations from the Neighborhood Comments report and how SBS is working to address them, particularly regarding agency coordination and equitable distribution of resources.

The report was issued three years ago as part of a pandemic strategic impact grant review
It provided workflows and journey mapping for nonprofits, CBDOs, and BIDs in navigating city permitting processes
In response to the report, the administration created a Chief Public Grounds Officer
A central office was established to oversee the public realm, as recommended in the report
The Chief Public Grounds Officer works across different deputy mayor verticals and city agencies to improve coordination

Carlina Rivera

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And you speaking of feedback, you partnered with an organization designed trust for public space to publish a report titled Neighborhood Comments plaza, sidewalks, and beyond focus on how the city can better support commerce and entrepreneurship in the public realm.

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And the report reflects conversations with community leaders across the city, and its key findings revolved around 1.

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The need for fostering better agency coordination.

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2nd, increasing resources in underserved communities, and third, addressing commerce holistically in public space.

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Can you tell us more about the recommendations from that report and how it is working to address them moving forward specifically on agency coordination and equitable distribution of resources?

Haris Khan

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Thank you, Trevor.

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I think that just shows this report was issued 3 years ago.

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It was funded as part of a pandemic strategic impact grant review of the state of play at that time, and it assist and it even provided actual workflows and journey mapping for nonprofits, CBDOs, and bids in navigating permitting processes around the city.

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And it points up, as you mentioned, the cumbersome sometimes processes that exist And, really, in response to that report, you know, you've seen the focus of this administration on creating a chief public grounds officer.

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You've seen them issue out a report the realm of possibility laying out a strategy on on fixing wherever possible, reforming, wherever possible, the permitting system across the city and establishing a central office, which was one of the recommendations in that report, a central entity to oversee the public realm, which now exists through the chief public realms officer.

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Central coordinating office that works across the different deputy mayor verticals and the different city agencies, and we're really proud to have that leadership in city home and to work with chief public grounds officer, Y acting Liu.

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