>> let me call the roll. [roll call] i will note that the gechairman nolan cannot be with us today. he wishes he could be here. can we wish you well and we cannot wait for you to come back. item three -- the ringing and the use of cell phones are prohibited. any person responsible for one going off in the room may be removed from the meeting.

the board respectfully request that cell phones be placed in the off position. if i could just let you know that we had arranged for two overflow rooms for today. 408 and 416. if there are people who wish to address the board on any matter, we will give ample time for them to make their way to this room. item four, approval of the minutes. >> any comments on the minutes? >> that is approved. item five, communications. there will be no discussion of anticipated litigation in closed session today. with the concurrence of the board any important decisions we have before us today, i am going

to move general public comment to later in the agenda. we will see how the agenda goes. it looks like we will move to later in the agenda. we have a request to call item 14 regarding the youth transit fare. at a time when students can attend. we will call the service standard items, all three together, and then we will ask the board secretary to call the budget item, which is item 15. we will take public comment on the budget item, but we will not have our board discussion. depending on the time, the rest of our students will be here to join us. we will call the student youth fare item and then we will go back to the general public comment.

we will be a little fluid on the agenda today. we will call the item first, hear public comment. have a board decision on that item before we go back to board discussion on the budget. if that meets with everyone's approval. but? great. thank you. item six, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> anything? >> thank you, vice chair. de with the black coalitike coalition. i want to commend staff on the work they have done. i think it is great, it will promote usage by families as

well as individuals. it is very exciting. i felt a very safe going through their because of the way it is sucked up. set up. i salute the coalition for advocating to get that done. >> that is a great step forward. i have one thing i would like to bring up, we have some individual board briefings. i know that is an item that will come to the board for a decision. i would like to request before that comes to the board for a decision, we go ahead and have an informational meeting where we can have some discussions in public about the different options are around it. so we can make sure we get a chance to your input from the public. i know that is a really big policy decision that we will be making. thank you.

item seven, anyone else? item seven, director's report. >> good afternoon. members of the board, members of the public, and staff. happy to start off the meeting recognizing some of the staff of the mta. i want to start by asking david kim to step forward. david is an accountant. he has been with the agency for five years. the work he does is a little bit behind the scenes, but it is part of what enables us to do and deliver capital projects. he does fund incumbrances, he analyzes policies, reimbursement.

when we get a grant from a federal or state government, it is not until we invoice it that we actually get the money. very important step in the process. he also serves as a mentor and our accounting intern program. very importantly, he has documented accounting procedures. it helps make sure that we comply and are consistent in their application of the accounting rules. it is important for audit purposes. he has been identified as someone who demonstrates his dedication and commitment to the agency. operating and delivering our grant fund capital projects according to the best practices out there. i want to congratulate david for his excellent work. >> thank you, director. good afternoon, board of directors. david is a pleasure to have in the agency.

he is a team player, always has a smile on his face. thank you, david, for the hard work he did do. would you like to say a few words? >> i want to thank all the members of the board of directors. it is a recognition -- everything is possible because of our colleagues. our manager is making great changes. it is indicative, i have a feeling that some things -- out

of the box change, so thank you very much. everyone working with me, thank you very much. >> thank you very much on the behalf of the board of directors. [applause] i know the accounting departments are sometimes the unsung heroes. we appreciate the work that you do. >> anybody who is standing because of the fire codes, we need to have you find a seat in the realm where we needed to move to the overflow room, which is 408. either find a seat or move to 408. we would appreciate that. as with the fire marshal. >> speaking of on some heroes from our transit division, i want to ask debra francks to coe

to the microphone up with rhonda ford. these folks are being recognized for something bad is outside of their day-to-day work -- for something that is outside of their day-to-day work. it has to do with the contributions they have made. rhonda ford made the largest contribution of any city employee gave. 29,000 city employees, i do not know what the participation rate is. the number one contributor of all city employees was misfortune. i had the pleasure of -- was miss ford. i had the pleasure of being at an event where she was honored with an award for her the general pledge. it is pretty amazing from a

modest -- a modest salary, she has taken so much of her paycheck to give back to the people of san francisco. she has been with mta a short six years, but has already demonstrated great leadership. jaime has been the campaign capt.. he has been the captain since 2000 aid to and they are the unsung heroes -- 2008, and they are the unsung heroes. they hustled to try to get as many employees as possible to participate. he has generated more than 100 pledges. as a result of their work, we exceeded our goal for the agency of 25% participation.

more than 1200, almost 1300 pledges on behalf of the agency. thank you for direct generosity and leadership. >> thank you very much. would you like to say a few words? >> i am honored to receive this award. i was a bit surprised because i had no idea. it is good for our morale. i am really honored. thank you again. >> mr. garcia? >> i am also honored to be here. i would like to thank debra franks. and miss rhonda ford for her generosity. i hope we do better next year. >> thank you.

[applause] >> on behalf of the board of directors and the entire bay area, thank you very much. >> from our capital programs construction division -- a civil engineer who has been with us for 18 years. he has served as a project manager on some of our most critical projects. such as overhead wire reconstruction in the subway. he is now managing the overhead for the transbay project. almost all of our electric vehicles rely on the overhead

system. he has been one of the lead engineers on that. he also supported f-lines when that ran out to fisherman's wharf. over 18 years he has and continues to provide leadership for this important and unique part of our infrastructure. the expertise is rare and quite valuable. looks like he is not with us today. >> good afternoon. it is my pleasure to be here to recognize one of our standing -- outstanding employees. it is unfortunate that he has taken ill and could not be here today. i am here to recognize his accomplishment. he is a veteran of 18 years with

us. not only has he been a very outstanding and talented engineer and are overhead contact system, he is also has mentored a lot of young engineers. we miss him today and i know that he is disappointed that he is not here to address you himself. i will take his award to him. >> thank you. please relate our congratulations. i know the overhead wires are such an intrinsic part of our system. thank you. director? >> this is one of the pleasures of this job. meeting our staff and learning about what they do. you've run the agency, but if you would like to invite this individual to come to another meeting so he can present and take our thanks in person, i would have no objection.

it is your call. >> i think that is a great suggestion. >> i would welcome the opportunity. thank you. >> a few more updates. as you may have read in the newspaper last week, the mayor announced that he had come to an agreement with the california pacific center to build two of the city's most seismically of vulnerable hospitals. it is pretty significant agreement that has approvals to go through. it is expected to put $2 billion into the economy. create construction jobs and generate over a billion dollars

of community benefits. there are good things for health care and housing, but i wanted to mention that was part of the agreement. the agreement includes $20 million for transit services and facilities, $5 million towards the bus rapid transit projects. $13 million in pedestrian safety improvements as well as $500,000 per year for 10 years to sfmta for a surcharge at the campus as well as $400,000 to fund studies for a bicycle facilities. this is largely a health care

initiative, i wanted to recognize that the mayor's office has recognized that a project of this scale has impacts on the transportation system. they endeavor to incorporate impacts that will address those impacts to the benefit of our system. that is good news. the project goes to the planning commission this week. it will likely get to the board of supervisors and a couple of months. it is a good step forward for a significant project. also, i wanted to mention, and i guess remind you, that as we are in the centennial year of muni, which was started december 28, 2012, we are kicking off the centennial this thursday at 10:00. are under very committee chair -- on every committee chair will

be presiding. she has been a long time muni supporter and a supporter of public transportation. she was the driving force getting the street cars back on market street. she will be leading that committee in an honorary capacity. our great partners at market street railway. the event on thursday will include the mayor, board of presidents, board chairman, the director of the market street railway, and are very special guest, muni streetcar number 1. that will be put back into service on thursday. it was the first car into

service when we launched 100 years ago. it was the first public transportation system in the country. this is the car that was slashed, it has been incredibly restored. -a lot alliance -- along the lines, some related, at the centennial is being featured by the mayor's new office of innovation on its improved website. it was launched today, or will be launched today. engaging in the energy and knowledge and interest of the public to help solve government problems.

the first challenge out of the gate is one that we are participating and. it is a challenge to create a new look and feel for the mta as we enter our second century of service with muni. we have put that out there to the creative community in san francisco as one of the initial project. we are dovetailing that effort with the centennial. the process for that to is a competition for the next few months with a winner selected by a panel of judges next month. i wanted to call your attention to the fact that the controller released its administrative report on overtime expenditures.

it will not surprise you to hear that the mta did not fare very favorably in that report. we are on track to spend 55 or $60 million in overtime cost. i will be the -- it requires a hearing be held, so we will be at the government oversight and audit committee. i, and other agencies, will explain what is happening on overtime. i will address this during our budget discussions. this is going to be going to the board of supervisors committee and, i wanted to bring not to your attention. -- bring that to your attention. finally, a quick update, as part of the budget, we are moving forward.

we are targeting july 1st as the kickoff. as part of that, there is a legislative change that needs to happen in the transportation code that we have submitted to the board of supervisors. we have submitted that legislation. we will be coming back with a more complete update to this board in may or june. i wanted to confirm that we're still moving forward. that is my report. >> thank you, director. board members, any comments? i know the overtime is of special interest to you. >> i will be very interested to see what the controller has to say about that.

>> i would lead to report to you that the workshops or efficient, very well done. i encourage everyone to get out to a workshop. there are a few more that are scheduled and you'd be surprised, at least i was, about the improvements that staff were suggesting that could be made to increase efficiencies. at the same time, there was a fantastic workshop about the improvements -- it was interesting and i would encourage everyone who is interested in that to get more plugged into that. thank you. thank you to all the staff that help put those together. i know the san francisco bicycle coalition was also involved. great work. >> thank you. i appreciate the reminder on that.

we have initiated these outreach workshops. the first one was held this past saturday. we had a decent showing despite the rain. the staff has done a great job in putting this effort to gather. it is very important for the environmental process. the next one is this saturday, 10:00. thank you for the reminder. very important to help us moving forward. >> thank you. >> on the overtime issue, i am looking forward -- it is a very alarming number to me. with some of the changes we have proposed, i would like to see how that would augment our

reduced overtime moving forward. the number is extremely high. >> thank you. thank you very much for the report. i am looking forward to the centennial kickoff. the pictures of car 1 resuming back-and-forth across the internet. we're all looking forward to seeing that. no member of the public has indicated any interest in discussing any matters. >> icy mr. murphy. welcome. -- i see mr. murphy. welcome. >> good afternoon. first of all, before i get to my

recommendations, i just want to say that i speak on behalf of the entire cac when i say that we wished the chairmen a speedy recovery. we look forward to his return. especially if he is at home watching this on sfgov. all the recommendations that i have for you today pertain to the budget. the city charter requires that the sfmta cac review and make recommendations on the budget. we have completed that process that is mandated by the charter. we have made a number of recommendations on the budget. i will get through. here as expeditiously as possible.

first of all, speaking of the charter, as you know, requires the board to seek new revenue sources. we urge you to consider the following for additional revenue in the upcoming two-year budget. we would like to see an increase in the meter batting feet. -- meter bagging fee. we would like to see an increase in citations by an amount sufficient to offset the entire court house fee that is passed on to the agency by the states. we may have made a recommendation on this before