without that training, new drivers cannot obtain a permit they need to drive a taxi. with every week that passes without the class, we come closer to the day when we are sitting idle on the lot for lack of drivers. for that reason, we urge you to take action as soon as possible to restore the drivers. chairperson nolan: thank you. next speaker. >> dave snyder, followed by roxanne caldera. chairperson nolan: good afternoon, mr. snyder. >> good morning. dave steiger. by way of introduction but not

by way of formal representing the organization, i and co- founder of united taxicab workers. i am running into a lot of problems. everything kind of broke down. i will get it to you. also, i have sent out e-mail. i have come down here to give you a heads up that some of us are circulating a petition called an omnibus tax a driver security and passenger service -- taxi driver security and passenger service measure that would provide driver protection for what happened to mr. singe back in january when he got stabbed on state street. i have appeared here twice. director nolan and executive director ford indicated we should do something. we should get a report. that was never calendared. nothing was done.

it is only a matter of time before someone gets killed. i think you might want to begin to regulate that, even if it does not come directly from tax. i will get you copies of this petition which are being signed by san francisco cab drivers to keep the regular dispatches in the calves, but in addition to put in a centralized gps dispatch with real-time notification to all drivers and all 1500 cabs in case anything happens. this is a photocopy of a sample copy, because i am having trouble putting it together this morning. however, it is getting signatures. we have tried to give you a grace period to 2014, just like to introduce the hybrid, so you can calendar this, get public information, and go for it. i don't need to have on my conscience the death of another cab driver because you did not regulate proper security procedures.

thank you very much. you will get copies as soon as i can get it together. chairperson nolan: next speaker is -- >> roxanne caldera. >> i am the associate director of the bright line of evedefense project, which works on strategies to protect vulnerable communities. we have worked on a mandatory approach to local hiring on projects funded by public dollars, projects the city spent $27 billion on over the next several years. we worked a supervisor -- with supvervisor john avalos and the office of the work force development to help inform the proposed mandatory local hiring policy for construction, which was first heard at the board of supervisors land use committee last week. local workers and community

advocates came out to support the legislation. over the span of several hours, only three speakers spoke in opposition, while nearly 40 spoke in support. i am here because we understand that mta director matt ford has concerns with the legislation. we would like to hear directly from him as to what those concerns are. we have endeavored to negate the potential of increased costs of building, and also to preserve the ability to deal with the nuances of local hiring on segments of projects funded with federal dollars. we need to know what the director's concerns are. commissioners, the good faith approach to local hiring has failed. we have a copy of our recent report, the failure of good faith, which documents our city's failure to meet longstanding local hiring goals. san francisco local hiring today is at an all-time low, with only

20% of local residents working on city projects last year. this look support -- this looks to dip further into the teens this year. we ask you to support the mandatory local hiring legislation and to provide direction to director for to work with us in passing this law. thank you. >> nathan door is the last person to turn in a speaker card on this matter. >> i am from cap cooperative. i am here to address an issue which has not been mentioned. until two or three months ago, there was a person assigned at the taxi division for clearances for drivers who wanted to drive a cab. in order to do that, the have to get clearance to go to school for a week. that person quit. as a result, the process has come to a dead end. there are now folks that want to be school administrators, 100 people waiting for clearance

from the mta taxi division so they can go to the school and get a job. a job is waiting for them. i do not know what the hangup is. if you can do anything about it, that would be helpful to 100 people. chairperson nolan: thank you. director heinicke: i would ask the acting director of work to address the last comment. >> i certainly will. >> the next item is, with public, now closed -- the next item is the consent calendar. these items are considered routine unless a member of the public or member of the board wishes to have an item severed or viewed separately. members of the public have requested that item 10.2b with regard to fairfax avenue be removed from the consent calendar. no other member of the public has asked that an item be severed. chairperson nolan: is there a

motion? so moved. 10.2b, right? >> severed at the request of member of the public john eaton. director heinicke: ok. >> good afternoon. i am a little bit new to this process, so forgive me if i made your day a little more complicated. i request your support on no parking on fairfax avenue. i am a business owner who has had a business on the street for over 10 years. it is a very quiet, nice place to work. my wife and i both work there. in the last week or so there has been an influx of rvs. there are people basically living there. that has resulted in increased garbage and human waste on the street. it is not cemetery.

it is not a good working condition. -- it is not sanitary. about a week ago, several came back. i think that yesterday dpw was out there picking up used motor oil, bags of trash, and things that would not normally come from anywhere but the rvs. chairperson nolan: just to be clear, you support what the staff has proposed? och all in favor, say aye. moving on to the next item. >> items 11 and 12th of concern -- and twelve both concern taxis. would you like to call them together? chairperson nolan: do so. >> item 11 -- a proposed ordinance to move the police

section to division one of the transportation code and to authorize employees of texas services to enforce specified parking regulation for taxicabs. item 12 is to streamline the investigation and hearing process for medallion applicants, increase public participation, clarify the process for settlement of complaints, and revise various provisions related to the driving requirement. one member of the public is interested in addressing you, charles rathbone. >> good afternoon again, directors. i am here on behalf of luxor cabs. item 11 -- this is a set of changes to the regulations. deputy director hiyashi

solicited speed back from the industry on these, and we are pleased to see the final version includes changes requested by looks or cap, including every word and that prevents inadvertently making our taxi magic product illegal. it is good. we think this is -- all of the changes in here are certainly, i think, are excellent changes. item 12, to my eye, is a good government measure. it shortens and simplifies the cumbersome permit process without sacrificing transparency. it also fixes awkward language regarding the driving requirement, which is kind of been a running joke in the cab industry for 30 years about "intent to drive." i am delighted to see clear, unambiguous language replacing

that. our comment is to thank you very much for both of these measures. chairperson nolan: does anyone else care to address the board? this is a lot of work we have been hearing about for a long time, so thank you very much for pulling this altogether. hopefully, most drivers will share mr. rathbone's enthusiasm for it. can we take these items together? is there a second? all in favor? so ordered. >> item 13, approving amendments to division 2 of the transportation code to remove parking exemptions for city vehicles or vehicles operated by city employees and less developed parking permit is displayed. -- unless a valid parking permit is displayed. >> i move approval. chairperson nolan: all in favor, say aye.

>> item 14 is a discussion and vote on whether to hold a closed session and invoke attorney- client privilege is. you are going into closed session for labor negotiation and to discuss the performance evaluation of the executive director. chairperson nolan: is there a motion to go into closed session? >> so moved. chairperson nolan: all those in favor? we will go into closedeither ma. to disclose or not disclose? >> any further discussion? so ordered. the meeting is adjourned.

>> hello, i'm meg, welcome to "culture wire." for this episode, the director of cultural affairs, luis, will take you on a journey through presidio has been tet. -- presidio habitat.

>> welcome to "culture wire." today i'm at the presidio trust, a treasure within san francisco, because the presidio trust is really a national park in the center of an urban setting. it dates to the very founding of the city. national park. toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habitat is cheryl hanes. can you tell me a little bit about the idea of the presidio

habitat? >> succinctly, i have been long involved in the presidio. i was here when it was still a military base in the 1980's. i remember driving down walmart to the golden gate bridge and seeing the military guard at the gate and being utterly fascinated. >> so presidio habitat is an exhibition where you have invited, how many artists to think about the habitat? >> we put together a list of possible participants, local, national, or international, of people who are concerned with environmental concerns, made some sort of contribution to the landscape and conversation we're having here. we said that broke -- proposal requests and we received 25

back. from that 25, we went through and chose tend to realize in the landscape. >> including this building, which is an amazing example of recycling. >> we are proud of this space. it was designed by a local architecture team. we said, we need something that is a temporary structure, something that can be brought onto the presidio in pieces, act as an exhibition space for one year. we came up with the notion of shipping containers. it was important for us that we made this project for the place, of the place. what i mean by that is participants would also used repurchased materials.

>> we will be speaking to one of the artists that you selected. what excited you about his idea? >> have many things. first of all, i am a fan of his architecture. because of that creativity, i knew that he could come up with something unique. i love the fact that he was specifically addressing the landscape around here, and it was also about the human interaction with this place. >> what are your expectations with the people coming to presidio habitat? >> we really hope people will come with their family, dogs, and come back a number of times the works will change over the year. the feedback we are getting is you cannot do all of them on one

visit. it is really better to come back and have different experiences. >> thank you. i am with mark jensen of jensen architect. he was one of the architects to be chosen to do the presidio habitat. when you heard about this project, what inspired you about that call? >> our inspiration is a great blue heron. it was the site itself that attracted us. this is an incredibly beautiful outdoor room. we did a bit of reverse engineering once we knew we wanted to work here. which animals live here? the great blue heron jumped out at us. we walked around, and quickly, you get into another pace. you slow