other issues, but here is the big idea, and this is something -- if we put $1 billion -- you do not need to take $1 billion credit. you can just leverage the percentage that is arguably of to what $1.8 trillion that is just sitting there on the sidelines. just to leverage that money is guaranteed, like we do small business association loans, and start getting people to work today on energy efficiency and create real jobs. here's how we do it -- you get $1 billion just making this case, and you invest into coal, and generate about 870 jobs. sounds great, but you could generate 1000 or 1500 jobs in nuclear energy, but if you want to create more jobs and wealth and opportunity, 1900 jobs in wind or about 3300 jobs, but the big game changer is retrofitting and green building. 7000 jobs for that $1 billion

investment. you can just use the money that is sitting in all these financial institutions and guarantee those loans and get people back to work, doing the energy efficiency work that all these mayors are doing quite successfully, and you do it in rural and suburban areas, not just these big metro areas. get people to work, particularly those in the building and construction trades, those that have the highest rate of unemployment. that is the opportunity, and that is where we are trying to communicate, what we are trying to organize around. this is a win on all fronts, and this is being demonstrated in cities large and small across the country. one of the successes of the stimulus plan is the focus on jobs and this economy. i want to thank everybody who is here and think cathy and her

team for their leadership, and think mayor foster for helping bring all of you here to our city and county of sentences go. thank you. >> thank you, mayor newsom. >> i would like to bring our partner to the podium, the efficiency secretary, cathy joey. >> thank you all for coming. three quick points. on behalf of the president and secretary chu, let me underscore that energy efficiency is central to economic recovery from our perspective. we need to bleed into all the energy potential. americans spend $1.10 trillion on utility bills in their businesses and homes per year. we can become more efficient. that is $200 billion we can save, and we can create jobs while doing it. for every billion that gets

invested, 7000 jobs. this program will go on to create more. we love our partnership with the mayors. the mayors are working directly in investing money in cities on the ground, in buildings, schools, and communities. this program has 2350 grantees from across america that have programs under way this summer, demonstrating that investments in clean energy, green energy, helps economies. watch where the projects are. some of them are wildly innovative. some just make good sense. there are sensible, money saving light bulbs that should have gone in a long time ago. putting new elie de -- led technology into traffic lights, which create safer streets. there are literally thousands of projects under way.

take note of what those are. share information. in washington, we are very excited about our partnership. we are very excited about the energy savings that will come from this program and in the future. thank you all. >> thank you, madam secretary. finally, we will have another major address you with what is going on in her city. she is from the city of santa barbara. >> thanks you. i appreciate the opportunity to speak here. i think mayor newsom for your leadership from the beginning. hopefully, we can see some allocations after the first- round is moved around. that is important for congress to see the investment of this as not just an expenditure. the city of santa barbara has a little over 100,000 people. our funding was about $658,000. we did lighting efficiency projects in four parks as well

as some heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning retrofits in eight city buildings. the park's alone are saving 140,000 kilowatt hours annually, a savings of $88,000. the eecbg grants, coupled with other funding we did with our municipal building energy audit, is sitting as $150,000 in our general fund. along with the jobs that are being created with this project, when i came in and met with a number of mayors this morning, the first question has been how is your budget going. what is going on with your general fund and your public works? in our city, if we are able to save $150,000 a year that would have gone to paying for energy bills, which can put it into police officers, firefighters, parks and recreation -- the municipal services people have

come to expect. that is helping us get over this recession on top of giving private-sector jobs. it is saving energy at the same time. it is a great program. we need to keep it coming to the cities. i appreciate the leadership of the u.s. conference of mayors for having this meeting today. >> thank you, mayor schneider. are there any questions from anyone? >> i was just wondering about -- speaking of leveraging grants, clean energy loans. can some of that money come to this program? >> can you repeat that? i did not get all of that. i am sorry. >> we just passed with a lot of fanfare and no follow-up, not because of good intentions but because of fannie and freddie.

i was going to use the wrong adjective. [laughter] their unwillingness to be supportive of the program -- they are wrong. this is right. the president is right. congress, by and large, is right. all these mares are ready to go to do what -- all these mares are ready to go to do what the secretary started. the first program was done in berkeley years ago. it is simple. the company is not going to provide enough resources. how the finance those upgrades? -- how do you finance those upgrades? you can amortize them over the life of your mortgage in a way that gives billions of dollars for the retrofitting of buildings. ours is the largest in the united states.

we passed a more than $150 million appropriation. we were ready to go. we had dozens of people who had already gotten approval. then the word came out that fannie and freddie no longer would allow these because of the weight it relates to first orleans. i will not bore you with it. -- because of the way it relates to first liens. i will not bore you with it. it is a step to the screen economy. it is up to the folks running fannie and freddie. we need to see something change quickly. our attorney general filed suit, to his credit. mayors across the country are ready to voice, as well as governors, when we have a sympathetic ear from the administration and the department. we just need some folks there to right this wrong. >> any other questions?

thank you all for being here. we appreciate it. >> transportation agency board of directors. on behalf of our board and the entire agency i am delighted to welcome our newest member, director cheryl brinkman. cheryl brings a wealth of advocacy. we're delighted you are here. director? ms. brinkman: thank you very much. i'm delighted and thank you.

chairman nolan: thank you as well. please call the role. >> director beach. director sbeach anticipated. director brinkman >> here. >> director heinicke. anticipated. director lee? >> present. director ohka? >> present. >> mr. chairman, you do have a quorum. announcement of prohibition of sound-producing devices during the meeting. please be advised the devices are prohibited at the meeting. any american responsible for a device going off may be removed from the meeting. please be advised that sell phones that are set on vibrate do cause microphone interference, so the board request that they be plasted in the off position. august 3. chairman nolan: motion to approve? all in favor say aye. >> item five, communications. there is one that i am aware of, mr. chairman, before i turn

it over to you. please be advised that the closed session discussion with mr. forge has been continued to a future meeting. so that is off the agenda. chairman nolan: if anyone -- is anyone here to speak about the parking meter issue, with the bagging? >> >> that item has removed. think director lee suggest we send that out to the governance committee so that won't be on here at all. this board will have a workshop on september 21. that will be an all-day event starting at 9:00 on the second floor. and the public is welcome to attend. we do anticipate that will last all day. the agenda has already been published. is that correct? >> yes. chairman nolan: ok. any unfinished business? >> item six, introduction of new or unfinished business. chairman nolan: director lee? director lee: i have something. i would like the staff to take a look at the corner of mason

and broadway. where the cable car stopped, we had a fatality several years back. there was a stop sign going northbound. but i noticed on thursday that in front of the stop sign is a sign that describes the type of stop. i guess the cable car information. but it's in front of the stop sign now. so if staff could take a look at that and get back to us. i'm worried about if being a safety hazard. >> thank you very much. yes, we'll take a look at that and get back with the board. chairman nolan: one thing from a past meeting that i had asked staff, members, consent to do a review of the citizens advisory committee recommendations to see, you know, the -- the suggestions that they had made and whether we accepted them or rejected them or partially did so. and i want to thank ms. boomer for outstanding work as usual in preparing that for us. the outcome, as it was, we've accepted the majority of recommendations from the

citizens advisory committee. always talk about how thoughtful those recommendations are. and this agency agrees. a lot of work in that. i do appreciate that. does anyone else have new or unfinished business at this point? ok. welcome, director beach. thank you. so with that -- [inaudible] >> good afternoon, mr. chairman, and members of the m.t.a. board. i would also on behalf of the m.t.a. staff like to welcome our new director, director cheryl brinkman. we look forward to working with you over the next few years. i'd like to begin my report with recognizing our staff for outstanding service and contribution that they've made to the agency. our first award goes to debra reed. debra, could you please step up to the podium? debra serves as our secretary for the citizens advisory council and has been with the agency for five years. as you know, the c.a.c. is a

15-member board that has four committees and one full c.a.c. meeting each month. when debra began supporting the c.a. crmplt, the position had been vacant for several months with no direction about how to proceed. and debra took over the reigns and figured out how to get that job done. she goes beyond the call of duty to keep all of our meetings on track from scheduling topics and speakers to c.a.c. members' requests for information. although the job is very demanding, debra handles it with great grace and quiet dignity. her commitment to the agency is exemplified by the long hours and weekends she spends to keem the c.a.c. formed of the m.t.a. initiatives and business decisions. recently, unfortunately, debra announced her retirement. and we wanted to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for her contributions to the success of our agency. the joy of debra's life is her family. she has three daughters, one son and grandchildren. debra's mother, who recently turned 89 years young, is here today to support her as she receives this award.

and i see we have roberta boomer here, our secretary to the board, who will present the award to deb rafment roberta? . >> ms. reed, it is my pleasure, really, to give this to you, this certificate of appreciation presented to debra fleed recognition of your dedication to improving the quality of life of the employees in the municipal transportation agency and the residents of san francisco by the san francisco municipal transportation agency. we will miss you greatly. i have counted on you. you have been such a pleasure to work with over the years. and the c.a.c. will not be the same without you. [applause] >> i just wanted to say that i'm awful proud of my family's history. my mother was among the host of women that ran the municipal

railway, as it was called back then, during world war ii. and she served as a conductorette for the macallister and hayes street lines when they were rail. and my father retired as a mechanic of the rubber tires during the 1980's. so i was really delighted to get a job offer from the city and county to come and work for the sfmta. so it has certainly been hard work. but on the other hand, it's been a great pleasure, an enlightenment. and working with such a talented group as the citizens advisory council and staff as well. so, again, thank you. it's been an honor and a pleasure. thank you. chairman nolan: thank you on behalf of the entire board. [applause]

we thank you for an outstanding job through these years. it was great to meet your mother and sister here earlier. i hope you enjoy your retirement. you're always welcome to come to our meetings here. probably the citizens advisory committee, too many thank you, ms. reed. congratulations. [applause] >> our next award goes to jennifer. jennifer is an accounting supervisor in our finance accounting division and has been with the agency for five years. she is being recognized today for her outstanding performance in completing the analysis of the m.t.a.'s 20 bank accounts with the bank of america. she was able to determine if banking services were needed in her review and the closeout of unnecessary accounts. she consolidated accounts resulting in the reduction of our bank fees. in addition, as part of the proposition 8 mandated chart of accounts and budget restructuring project, jennifer worked tirelessly in detailed

analysis of several special revenue funds that were repeeled with many challenges, she was able to successfully complete this project timely and close out the fund balances of these accounts. our director of finance is here to present the award to jennifer. >> thank you, mr. ford. good afternoon, everybody. i'm honored to be here to present this award to jennifer. jennifer is a new mom. and so she's very busy with that effort. but she also was given a chance to move ton another department and she's confused and stays with the m.t.a. so thank you for your loyalty and your hard work for the agency. chairman nolan: on behalf of the board, congratulations and thank you for your very dedicated services. >> yes, i would like to say

something. i'm very honored to receive this recognition. and i would like to say that this belongs to all of our division in accounting. i especially would like to thank you, staff, and the financial reporting team, the whole accounting division, and the other co-workers in the organization. this is really a team work. we spent a lot of time to complote a task. -- complete the tasks. and i will continue doing the hard work. thank you very much. chairman nolan: thank you. [applause] >> bring announce the next award, i see that we've been joined by the chair of our c.a.c., daniel murphy. i know he wanted to say a few words regarding debra reed. so we'll go back to debra reed. debra, could you step back up? i know daniel wants to take a few pictures with you and say a few words. >> good afternoon, mr. murphy. >> good afternoon.

my apologies to the board and debra for being late. i have just moved. and it takes a little longer to get a taxi from where i live now. but i just wanted to say thank you to debra for your years of service to the citizens advisory council. she has stayed late at many of our meetings and has on one or two or perhaps hundreds of occasions accepted agendas from me which were coming right up close to the zed line. and she had to really hustle to get them posted. you know so that we would comply with the brown act and the sunshine ordinance and all of that. and she would be running to the library at, you know, 4:59 p.m. we appreciate all that effort. there were any number of times

when debra said to us, we really, you know, need to do in a little better. and, you know, we tried. but the fact is i'm just not very good at this. she rolled with the punches. we are enormously grateful to her for her service. we will miss her terribly. aside from all of the hard work that she's done on behalf of the c.a.c., she's always been a sunny presence at our council meetings, even when topics were controversial and tempers were a little edgy. we're just tremendously grateful for her service. we wish her all the best in her retirement now. good luck, debra. >> thank you.

>> the final award we will be presenteding today goes to hubert long. hubert is an engineer in our construction management area and has been with the agency for nine years. he assisted the construction manager on three major projects. the muni metro east operating and maintenance facility project. the traction power feeder circuits upgrade project. and the miscellaneous rail replacement projects. his assistance has led to a successful launching of the start-up of the muni metro east facility. and he has achieved substantial completion of the traction power feeder circuits project without incurring any major impacts to revenue service. and he had to conduct this with comprehensive coordination with all of our stakeholders to ensure that when there was a shutdown of service, that we were able to complete our im-- implement and complete our construction on time as it related to our miscellaneous

rail replacement project. carter roha sn is here to present the award to hubert. congratulations. chairman nolan: good rohan. >> good afternoon, chairman nolan. directors, mr. ford. hubert is a model construction management employee. his drive, his tenacity, his willingness to go the extra mile just to get things right, and his style. he has an amazing style to collaborate with, both contractor and sfmta staff. we're proud to have him in our division, in the agency. we think he's done a well done job. thank you very much, hubert. [applause] >> good afternoon. i'm pretty much a man of few words so i like to thank the m.t.a. board for this great honor. i'd like to thank carter, john,

and to you and others for their support. chairman nolan: thank you on bhaft board and the people of san francisco for your outstanding work. we appreciate it. >> congratulations to our awardees. the next item i need to cover with you is regarding the recent lifting of the bike injunction. as you may be aware, on august 9, mayor newsome was joined by supervisor mirkarimi, the san francisco bike coalition and the san francisco m.t.a. in launching the first san francisco bicycle plan project post the injunction. the project follows in order by the san francisco superior court that lifted its 2006 injunction which prevented us from immening -- implementing projects under the bike plan. neatly there after we announced an aggressive plan to move forward on 45 of 60 near-term bicycle projects as part of the full bicycle plan that will invest in and implement bicycle

facility improvements and educational efforts, as well as innovative policies and programs to increase safe bicycling use in san francisco. the 60 near-term projects will add 31 miles to the existing 48 miles of bake lanes in the stay -- bike lanes in the city,. since the injunction was lifted last month, we have installed bike lanes on north point street from embarcadero to van ese avenue. an expected completion date is september 10. and then laguna honda beloved from plaza street to woodside avenue with a expected completion date of september 17. so we look forward to continually working with the community and our advocacy groups to further our goals and objectives of the bicycle plan. i will give you periodic updates on our progress on those 45 near-term projects. we're moving quickly ahead.

the next item i have to cover with you is regarding our recent service restoration. as you are aware, on may 8 we had the unfortunate task of reducing the muni service by 10% system wide. and we did that by increasing headways and reducing frequency on various community lines and significantly reduced the frequency of service on our night oul service. in july, in conjunction with the mayor's office and the board of supervisors this board voted to restore service reductions that took place on may 8, due possible through a one-time funding plan from the metropolitan transportation commission, m.t.c., as well as the san francisco county transportation authority. so we were able to make that commitment of 50% service restoration on september 4. however, we went a little bit

further and looked at our schedules and looked at opportunities to implement some efficiencies regarding our scheduling, reducing some of the standby time and some of the scheduled runs for our operators. and enhancing some of the driving time for those scheduled runs also so we looked at opportunities to really look at our schedules, using the information and optimizing those runs. with that being said, we were able to exceed the 50% and actually reach 61% this september 4 in terms of service restoration. part of this process was a signup that was conducted in august for all of our divisions and the operators. we had 1,907 transit operators participate in that signup. and of those 1,907 operators, 1,875 transit operators were available for revenue service on september 4. this past weekend kicked off the first few days of that

service restoration. and to date we are proud to say that we are able to make 99% of all of the scheduled pullouts for transit services that were scheduled. i say 99%, but it was closer to 99.9% in terms of service restoration. and that was largely due to, i think, the attendance of our operators who showed up for work on september 4 and have continued to do so up to date. and we expect them to continue in that fashion. it's made a significant impact in terms of service quality that our riders so desperately need. we will continue to monitor the service restoration and the schedule changes through our line management and operations control centers. and in addition, we are going to also closely monitor our equipment availability, also look at our infrastructure and maintenance wave of activities to make sure we minimize any service disruppingses or potential service disruptions to our system.

overall, i believe at this juncture the restoration plan seems to have been a success because there was a great deal of work that needs to occur between the actual board, approving the service change on september 4 -- i mean back in july. then the board of supervisors approving our budget. and then fast forwarding to pushing through a signup to place this in effect by september 4. as you are aware, the mayor has established a task force to develop plans to restore 100% of our muni service that has been reduced. and the first meeting of that task force will occur thursday, september 9, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in room 288 here in city hall that concludes my remarks regarding service restoration. if you have any questions, i'd like to take them on now. ok.