Q&A
Suggestions for DOT to make public spaces more accessible
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Council Member Feliz asks about suggestions for DOT to make public spaces, especially public plazas, more accessible. Haris Khan explains the administration's focus on streamlining permitting challenges across the board.
- The administration is focused on streamlining permitting challenges for community-based development organizations (CBDOs)
- The mayor appointed the first-ever Chief Public Realm Officer, Yatting Liu
- A 'Realm of Possibility' report has been issued with specific recommendations for improving complex permitting systems
- SBS works closely with the Chief Public Realm Officer, DOT, and the Street Activity Permitting Office (SAPO)
- SBS provides technical assistance to CBDOs planning events and flags relevant information for city agency counterparts
Oswald Feliz
0:26:45
Okay.
0:26:46
Is there anything that SBS thinks DLT could be doing to make these public spaces more accessible?
0:26:52
Public spaces, including and especially our public clauses?
Haris Khan
0:26:55
So, I mean, it's this administration is really focused on making sure that we a press and streamline permitting challenges across the board.
0:27:04
Permitting is complicated and complex for many CBDOs.
0:27:08
And so that's why the mayor appointed the 1st ever chief public violence officer.
0:27:12
She has then issued a realm of possibility report that lays out specific recommendations on improvements to the complex permitting systems that exist and the different scenarios that a CPDO might need to encounter, whether they're organizing a street fair or another type of activation on the streets.
0:27:29
And so we work closely with chief public realms officer, Yatting Liu.
0:27:32
We work with our counterparts at DOT Street Activity Permitting Office.
0:27:37
And on Safeway in particular, when any of our grantees are putting up high multi blocks street fair type activities.
0:27:45
We work very closely with SABO.
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We inform them of these opportunities of these events that are being planned.
0:27:51
We try our best to make sure anything that is possible on our side to provide technical assistance to CBDOs in these local communities.
0:27:57
We do so and flag it for the relevant counterparts at city agencies.
0:28:02
Okay.
0:28:03
Very good.
