Here are some of the
Task Force's more recent activities and accomplishments.
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2003
- 2004
- Japantown Directional Signs for Streets.
- Commenced production of quarterly newsletter.
- Provided resource to pursue Senate Bill 307.
- Liaison between Department of Public Works for Japantown
Peace Plaza issues.
- Replaced uprooted concrete sidewalks on Sutter Street.
- Coordinated the painting of the Japantown Peace Pagoda
base with local Boy Scouts.
2004
- 2005
- Bilingual Street Name Signs.
- Liaison between Department of Public Works for Japantown
Peace Plaza issues.
- Re-ordered additional copies of Japantown – Fillmore
brochures and distributed them.
- Coordinated the removal of unwanted trees on Geary Boulevard.
- Completed Neighborhood Cultural Preservation Report for
Senate Bill 307.
- Replaced concrete sidewalk sections on Post Street.
- Organized District 5 clean up with DPW and Clean City
Coalition.
2005
- 2006
- Liaison
between Department of Public Works for Japantown Peace Plaza
issues.
- Planted
cherry trees Post and Webster Streets.
- Renovated
failing concrete sidewalk at garage entrance.
- Replaced
burned out light bulbs and ballasts in streetlights surrounding
the Japan Center.
- Produced
Japantown book.
2006
- 2007
- Under
a $10,000 grant provided by the San Francisco Public Health
Department, produced the Japantown Pedestrian and Traffic
Safety Plan.
- Under
a $10,000 grant provided by the San Francisco County Transportation
Agency, completed community outreach to the Japantown community
for the Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Study.
- Assisted
with fundraising and organization of the Sister City Celebration
in Osaka Japan. This included organizing the production
of an audio/visual presentation on Japantown.
- Conducted
the community outreach and organization of a committee which
completed the preliminary plan for the formation of a community
benefit district.
- Began
the community organizing for the development of a Better
Neighborhood Plan for Japantown.
2007
- 2008
- Served as public relations and outreach consultant to
the SF Planning Department for the Japantown Better Neighborhood
Plan. Completed the acquisition and fit-out and staffing
of the Japantown BNP Planning Room in Miyako Mall, conducted
three community meetings, fourteen public focus group meetings,
monthly steering committee meetings, and four subcommittee
working group meetings.
- Directed the acquisition of funding and the selection
of a community consultant to the steering committee for
the Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan.
- Selected by Redevelopment Agency to monitor the historic
exhibit to be completed in the proposed J Pop Center.
- Developed a promotional community PowerPoint presentation,
- Participated in the design and directed Gerbode Foundation
funding for the new Japantown street banners.
- Prior to the Cherry Blossom Festival, conducted a community
clean-up and graffiti removal day on March 29, 2008 soliciting
over 40 volunteers and coordinated with the Department of
Public Works.
- Attended certification training for San Francisco’s
Department of Public Works Graffiti Watch Program.
- Conducted a Summer Safety Community Meeting featuring
SF SAFE, SFPD, and the Command Security.
- Participated and provided funding for solar lighting of
the sensu (fan) on the median on Webster Street.
- Established and continue to maintain an online community
events calendar.
- Continued the maintenance of community bulletin boards
in Japan Center.
- Continue as a standing member of the board of directors
of the San Francisco Japantown Foundation.
- Organized the meeting of the Japantown Merchants Association
and the San Francisco Visitor and Convention Bureau to begin
a coordinated effort to improve the marketing of Japantown
events and festivals.
- Conducted briefings and tours of Japantown for various
public and private parties, planning organizations, City
and County agencies, including SPUR, the Mayor’s Office
of Workforce and Economic Development, and the Mayor’s
Office of Community Development.
- Conducted monthly JTF board meetings which are open to
the public to feature timely speakers and participants discussing
Japantown neighborhood issues and topics of interest, prospective
new businesses in the area, and transportation and safety
updates.
- Produced a Winter 2008 JTF Newsletter.
- Obtained certification by the San Francisco Fire Department’s
Neighborhood Emergency Response Team.
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