allard cabdriver's pay for that cabstands. i want to know if we can get a new one. i want to say the 24 mile an hour speed limit -- i tell you, it is 30 miles an hour, to go to 35 -- i want to know if there are traffic studies. these are one-one way streets -- these are 1-way street. last, but not least, 10.3, i asked you, you need to continue or table be -- the item. you need an interim executive director. until that person comes in, it is premature to give that much authority without discussing how to deal with this.

in view of just begun approving -- i think you have just begun approving this particular authority. you are giving away your rights over contracts to the executive director. in this case, by giving away the authority on this issue as well, it is premature, until you see the new director of transportation. thank you very much. chairman nolan: do you want to respond to 10.2, those items? [unintelligible] >> good afternoon, mr. chair. members of the board -- [chime] the first one, i think there is

a petition from the neighbors, the general area in that vicinity does have parking effective until 9:00 p.m., and for the reasons that mr. toronto mentioned. there is heavy activity from the clubs and restaurants in that area. with other areas that are similar. -- we have other areas that are similar. >> on c, i guess the question was has there been specific about reach? >> yes, it was a petition. they originally wanted a four- hour limit. we were not able to accommodate them superviosr wiener >> ok.

-- we were not able to accommodate them. >> ok. >> 12 folsom, now instead of running until 5:00 p.m., they are running until midnight. every day. it is not utilized much, so this will allow the left-turn no. 12 bus heading north bound, so it can turn into the bus the zone on the other side of the st.. -- it can turn into the bus zone on the other side of the street. we will work with ms. hiyashi and her staff. on the last item -- the speed limits -- this is the type of

policy direction that was given to us by you, the board, to look for every opportunity, especially in the self market area. -- south market area. we did do a rigorous traffic study. this is a good starting point to improving things in that area. chairman nolan: thank you. how about on those items? is there a motion? basically e and g. >> i move that. >> second. >> the ayes have it. it is unanimous. >> mr. chairman, if you look to this item, it requires a cfo to

review before the authority is granted to the executive director to make that decision. it is related to the issues quickly coming down the pike, making sure we do not lose momentum with those small decisions that need to be made regarding real-estate. chairman nolan: is there a motion on this one? >> i will move that. >> is there second? >> second. >> all those in favor, say aye. >> item 11? >> you do have a few members of the public who wish to comment. >> we have consultation on this fairly recently. and we have received -- >> and we have a citizens advisory committee recommendation. >> [reading names]

chairman nolan: good afternoon. >> hi, good afternoon, directors. in an 18-year resident of parker said -- parkmerced. i have used muni forever. chairman nolan: thank you for that. >> it has become known that sustainable transit is the best development you can have. right now, there is excellent transportation. you can get to any part of the city from 19th and holloway. the plans will enhance transit in that area by providing shuttles to the residents, to local shopping areas. it will also provide retail with

in parkmerced, so there are fewer trips outside of the area, and any opportunities for the improvement of transportation, as well as traffic improvements, as far as rearranging entrances into the area for automobile traffic. of course, the hallmark is the m-line street car, the hordes of people from parkmerced do not have to cross 19th avenue. thank you very much. chairman nolan: next speaker, please. >> hello, i am elizabeth keene.

ditto on everything anne-marie said. this really makes 19th and holloway saber. there are so many older, disabled residents in parkmerced who have been there for years and years and years. it helps everybody. it helps the business is, and it -- it helps the businesses, and it will hopefully will encourage students to bring it less cars into our neighborhood. i think it is a great program. >> my name is jeannie scott. i am faculty at san francisco

state university. i agree with everything the other two said, but what i really want to see happen is the m-line get out of the middle of 19th street and come to the side of san francisco state. i use the m, as well as the students. it is narrow and dangerous. there are a lot of backpacks, a lot of jostling, a lot of waiting. thank you. chairman nolan: ok, then we have a recommendation in front of us. is there a second? >> second. chairman nolan: all those in favor, say aye. >> item 12 -- chairman nolan: before we do that, our distinguished former

chairman is here. i do not know if you would like to say anything. would you like to address the board? [laughter] >> you did not think he was going to say no, did you? chairman nolan: i did not think there was a chance of that? thank you for greasing a room this afternoon. >> good afternoon, mr. scherer and the members of the board of directors -- mr. chair and the members of the board of directors. earlier, i shared the news of mr. ford's moving on, and it was painful for me because i sat where you set when we went through the work of replacing the former director at that time, mr. burns. we did a national search, and we believe with all of our hearts

that we found the top tier of candidates for our agency. i believe mr. ford did an excellent job under all of these circumstances in which he had to labor, and i wanted you all to know, and i wanted to stick with you because i understand how difficult these decisions and transitions are. you hear all these people -- this ought not happen, this is unfair. i wanted you to know that you were in my prayers as you make the decisions for the agency, as i am praying for mr. ford as he goes through this time. thank you for being as fair and just as equitable as you can with one another. chairman nolan: we appreciate it. good to see you. i could not agree more with your comments. ok. >> item 12 -- discussion as to whether to conduct a closed session. >> is there a motion?

>> ok, the commission will go into closed session. to discuss the troy and wheeler cases. on the 14 directors, we will not disclose the information discussed. >> we will not disclose. >> i am sorry. just for the record, both cases were not unanimous. uofd wheeler case was not your man -- unanimous. it was a 6 to one vote. chairman nolan: any further discussion? all in favor say aye.

>> are you ready for the next item? item 15? >> which one is this? >> item 15 is for the public interest item, also with regard to appointing an acting executive director. that item has been continued -- chairman nolan: i will come back to that one in a second. >> item 15, approving a separation agreement between nathaniel p. ford executive director and the city in any of san francisco, to end his appointment effective june 30, 2011. directors, you do have members of the public who wish to address you on this matter. james bryant. anthony thomas. chairman nolan: mr. thomas?

>> good afternoon, mr. chair, members of the board. i am here on behalf of mr. mcgee. he did not be here today. i have a petition from 12,000 voters opposing the golden parachute you are voting on today. is equivalent to giving the entire city of san francisco free parking for three days. i just want to make clear that our issue is that with mr. ford, personally. our issue is with the management of the mta. six months ago, the board approved

the contract with mr. ford. the mta has no business signing a contract that rewards poor performance superviosr wiener -- proof -- poor performance. this $80,000 golden bears to -- we argue, plus the 1200 boaters -- voters -- argue that this is one. please agree with us. to the right thing. did the right thing for the city and for muni. chairman nolan: would any other members of the public like to address the board? simenon, public comment is closed. we should have talked about it

in there, but in terms of going forward, are we ready to talk about that? >> we might want to ask if it is appropriate. chairman nolan: 2 we have legal counsel here? -- do we have legal counsel here? >> on the advice of counsel, i refuse to answer that question. actually, we will of more on that topic -- >> mr. chair, i do not know if this is permissible, but as a matter of personal privilege, one of our long time unique employees did want to speak --

one of our long time muni employees did want to speak on the items. i do not know if we can reopen the items for public comments. >> do we want to vote on that? [laughter] >> well, he was "ed" when i knew him. >> hello. i am james ryan. u.s. seen some of my group earlier today, -- you have seen some of my group earlier today. i asked you all to think about this. whenever someone has a contract, you have to honor it. the only way to not honored this contract would be malfeasance. that has not happened.

he has done things like "clipper." did you all see that move? [laughter] i have become proficient of the clipper machines, and i think that is a great tool for the the subway. he sees me almost every night. ladies and gentlemen, we must support mr. ford. we must send anyone a signal that if he or she were in the same situation, we would support them. we ask the citizens of the city and county of san francisco -- we recognize the many good things he has done and we recognize we have to as a group support mr. ford. let me tell you this.

the best ride that we have is our ride from castro to fort hill station. i have spent many of my 35 years going through a real bumpy ride that he has moved out. i asked you again to support mr. ford in his separation deal, and thank you for your time. >> that includes the business before you today. >> ok, thank you everybody.

++ >> i am the deputy executive director for the sfmta. i am pleased to welcome you to the celebration of the completion of the california and power line cable car projects, which saw the california cable car line down for six months this year. in spring, the power lines were down for three different shut down -- shutdowns. the project was a comprehensive line upgrade. the project was a collaboration with department of public works and the san francisco public utilities commission, both of which made multiple improvements to the infrastructure of this street in coordination with cable car improvements. we are joined today by the dpw director and sfpuc general manager. the businesses and communities

surrounding the cable car lines were real partners with us, of course. this required close coordination to keep clear the lines of communication, and we are pleased to be joined today by members of various merchants associations, neighborhood and civic groups, as well as downtown management organiza of these various entities has been critical to the success of these projects. we are also honored to have with us this morning mayor edwin lee to kick off the celebration. [applause] mayor lee: good morning. i know the sun is not out, but we can still be awake. i want to thank all of you for coming today on this reopening, and i want to let you know that you're so excited to join board president david chiu, who was a cable car writer -- rider from

the first day he arrived, and also the departments that worked so closely with nat ford and the whole team, in doing not only this project, but it has been 27 years since there has been a major overhaul of our cable car system. with nat's leadership along with carter's and sfmta, we want to make sure that the system -- if we invite people to ride halfway to the stars, it better be safe. we want to make sure that it gets a renewal in its brackets and sloths -- slots. you will hear about these details as you talk with cable car operators. i want to thank them for their patience. they are a wonderful group of people, dedicated to something that is part of our $8 billion tourism -- a very key part.

soon, you will see the lines drawn here of people who want to take the cable cars on a daily basis, the tourists and also the residents who find this a fantastic local way of enjoying themselves. when we redid the cable car system, we did a number of things that i thought were very smart and smartly done by the collaboration with our departments. we had the sfpuc do what it could to identify the locations in our sewer system that could be worked on. that was very smart. while this cable car system was down for several months. we had dpw and their engineers working to be paid streets and redo the curb ramps -- repave streets for ada access. that was smartly done. and on top of this, we had other

parts of the cable car system redone as well. we had worked on the cable car bomb -- cable car bomb -- cable car barn, to make sure the propulsion system was adequately restored. all in all, we have done this very smartly. the main banks today is to the residence -- the main thanks today is to the residents and businesses that tolerated this because they know at the very end it will be a blessing to have the cable cars run smoothly. i also want to thank the operators and the maintenance people at muni. they are very important to helping us run this system well, and they are part of a great system we have in san francisco to be very proud of. it goes to show that as we reinforce the system, as we make

sure that the cable car system improvement project is done well, that we take care of the other infrastructure we have alongside of it. that is why not only is this project successful in many ways and coordinated and collaborate with other departments well, but we want to make sure voters know that that is the way we will approach the street bond that we will have the board vote on very soon that will be placed on the november ballot. 8 $248 million bond program to make our streets that much more improve -- a $248 million bond program to make our streets that much more improved. half of our streets now are deteriorated. they need attention, and we want to make sure they are given the appropriate attention. we will be sponsoring that kind of infrastructure work as well with the leadership of dpw as

well as the other agencies that will make sure when we do these roads, we will collaborate and make sure all the other infrastructure departments pay attention at the same time. with that, i want to welcome in this great cable car improvement and have a great chance of cutting the ribbon and make sure that the lines will start reworking for all of the tourists and all of the users of this great cable car system. thank you very much. [applause] >> also, we have with us -- it is an honor -- president david chiu has joined us. would you like to say a few words? [applause] supervisor chiu: good morning. this is a great day for san francisco, our residents, our merchants, our tourist, and everyone who has been running our cable cars since 1873 --

everyone who has been writing -- everyone who has been riding our cable cars since 1873. as mayor lee mentioned, from literally the first day i have lived in san francisco, i have taken our cable cars. it is one of my favorite ways of getting around my district and for many of my constituents and merchants, it is an incredibly special institution. cable cars were invented here in san francisco. they are part of what is iconic about our city. they are part of what makes our hills and neighborhoods so memorable. when i heard that we had to close down the cable cars for a time, as an elected official, i panicked a little bit. i heard a lot of concerns raised by neighbors up and down the cable car lines, who have to rely on these lines every day of

the week to get to where they need to go. i am so pleased that this project happen as flawlessly as it did. i look forward to getting back up on this cable car line, and i look forward to making sure that with all of you, we are investing in our transit, in our infrastructure so that something that was invented in 1873 will be able to be part of our great city for, hopefully, centuries to come. thank you very much. [applause] >> okay, we also have with us our board chair, tom nolan. >> thank you very much. didn't that cable car bells sound good -- didn't that cable car bell sound good? i want to thank our colleagues in the dpw and puc.