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<\/a>\u201cI think it provides another amenity that businesses in the neighborhood could elect to have that would bring additional vitality that they don\u2019t currently have,\u201d said City Councilmember Todd Gloria, vice chair of the committee.<\/p>\n
Gloria said he knows of at least three proposed parklets that will benefit from the new policies. They would be in front of The Moniker Group in downtown\u2019s East Village, Caf\u00e9 Madeline in South Park and Super Cocina in City Heights.<\/p>\n
Chris Larson, a senior city planner, said city officials share Gloria\u2019s enthusiasm for parklets, which are popular in San Francisco.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to these being rolled out throughout the city,\u201d Larson told the committee. \u201cIt\u2019s a great improvement. It kind of gives the pedestrian a place in the street.\u201d<\/p>\n Sauravh Gupta was hanging with his fianc\u00e9 Roma, and their dog Morty on a recent Sunday morning enjoying espresso in front of Caffe Calabria.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is nice,\u201d Gupta said. \u201cI know San Francisco has a lot of these. I wish North Park and other surrounding areas would build more.\u201d<\/p>\n The owner of Caffe Calabria spent about $35,000 creating the city\u2019s first parklet in fall 2013.<\/p>\n Some ask, what about the precious parking in Uptown that\u2019s going to create new parklets?<\/p>\n \u201cWell, it\u2019s always a delicate balance,\u201d Gloria said. \u201cWe obviously lack parking throughout Council District 3. But the real solutions for that are not going to come from one or two parking spaces on streets here or there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>