declare this -- hereby declare this jim meko day. >> commissioner meko: i have already said my fair will. thank you. >> i received an e-mail for the -- from the aid of supervisor mirkarimi suggesting that to the amendment be made to reflect the ordinance. any traction on that? commisioner joseph: i do not have a copy of the revision. i am not sure that will be given anything publicly until -- when they agendize the committee items, that will be on line or valuable -.

>> i do not know how that works with the legislative process. does that trigger a review? >> i did ask the same question to the office and they are trying again to move this legislation along so that it is through the board before their races. if there is some way they do not have to but remain within the due process that is required, they will make that amendment at committee and make it clear. i am not super clear on how they do this but if there is to be a waiting period because of some substantive change, we will find out. >> commissioner cavellini: i do not know how that works there. >> commisioner joseph: it may be

up to the clerk or may be up to the president of the committee or the chair. or maybe the city attorney's requirements depending on what those amendments are. >> commissioner cavellini: it does not mean they will not look into making the legislation were clear and leave our sound inspector with his hands full when he is trying to enforce something that is impossible to enforce. >> commisioner joseph: they took the comments from this commission seriously and they will -- they were intending to make amendments that to be more explicit about how to manage the sound issues related to that permit so that we would have assistance in that regard. as soon as i can get my hands on a revision, you can take a look at it. >> president newlin: item 7, new business for future agenda items. anybody?

i hereby call the meeting of tuesday, july 12 over. thank you for coming. you get to stick around.

>> item 3 -- the announcement of the prohibition of sound devices. the usage of cellphone that electronic devices are prohibited. any person responsible for one going off may be asked to exit the room. item number four, the introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> let the record show that -- [unintelligible] >> unfinished business. >> what i want to do is voice my support for a job she has done. it is hard to keep everyone happy and she has done an

outstanding job. i want to see us move to the next step where we need to come up with a strategic plan so that we know the things we want to get done and follow that process. so we do it in a step-by-step process so we know what is coming down the pike. that is what i would like to see from the board of strategic planning. >> we would ask staff, meeting ms. johnson, to look into this and report back in the near future. >> i agree with that. it is a good idea. i had someone mentioned to me taxis stands that had electronic calls, similar to what he would do from a cell phone. that sounded like an interesting thing for downtown areas where -- i have ever seen them before,

but somebody saw them in australia and it sounded like the new wave of late taxi stands. it is interesting stuff. >> as i recall, on august 2nd, we have the issues for taxis. it is probably too soon to bring that up. >> i think what we will do is come back probably in the september 1st time frame, considering there has been a request for a strategic plan, to assemble something that would be tangible for you. we can report where we are in the process and allied a time frame and bring that back in september. >> does that work for you? >> yes. >> i welcome you, mr. johnson. thank you for stepping in. -- i welcome you, mrs. johnson." we want to make a presentation

to our beloved carter rohan. his last day is tomorrow and we want to show our appreciation for the senior director of capital construction programs. he's done an incredible job bringing to completion the third street lined and broader in within budget, and poured in. he made that the director in 2010 and provided greater focus on the agency's core mission. losing him is a huge loss to this agency, much loved by his staff. i had the pleasure of watching him and his staff in an off site team building exercise once and helping to prepare meals and the respect and obvious affection your staff holds for you, i know that is shared by the entire board. we have all relied on you

heavily, not just in this project, but for your guidance and leadership all the way through. i would like to ask you to come up here. we have a couple of presentations for you. first, what to get this away from here as it is possible. it is a bottle of wine. [laughter] come up here -- a cabernet sauvignon, 1994 -- in case they don't have anyone in texas. -- any wind in texas. did you bring a corkscrew? [laughter] this is a small token of appreciation for all of your great work. we also have a plaque for you that represents your time here and how much we appreciate everything you have done all of these years and we hope you never go too far away from us.

perhaps you will be able to continue to offer assistance as we proceed on the all-important central subway project. members of the board, you have all worked with them, anything to add at this point? >> i had the opportunity to attend, to spend some time with carter and his team when he is doing training and development and i was very impressed with the class. he talked about being a professional manager and what it takes. i was very impressed and was glad it you invited me to be part of the process. >> i know it is a measure of demand how people speak of the man in private. everyone speaks highly of you and everyone is going to miss you. good luck. >> the short time i have spent

with him has been some of the best time i have spent as a board member as of yet. i cannot thank you enough for your warm reception and being there for me with any questions i had regarding the central subway or any other projects you could help me be more informed on. you will be sorely missed, sir. best of luck to you. >> my first interaction with carter was when we were going to reissue the rfp which would have -- 10 years -- five years past? five years past due. one supervisor said it hadn't been done by 2000. that was 1998.

we have a real hard time and that's one of his real strength is his ability to reach consensus and making them feel good after they get the debt. -- after they get beat up. [laughter] it has been a pleasure working with you and much success wherever you end up. >> thank you. >> thank you very much for taking the time for my development and education for the development issues and explaining them to me. i have had several meetings with you and your staff and they were very helpful to me. i will be forever grateful to you and your staff. i wish you the best in whatever you decide to do. >> it's part of my executive director's report, so i will

wait until that time. >> i think you would look great in a white cowboy hat. [laughter] >> thank you, carter, so much for everything in the heart and soul you brought as well as your massive intelligence and the understanding of these very complex issues and the grace with which you have dealt with all of us and everyone i am aware of. on behalf of all this, thank you. we would love to hear a few words from you if you like. >> i'm not normally be speechless. i am deeply honored. it has been an extreme pleasure, if i can use the word extreme. this board is so amazing in their knowledge and willingness to talk with staff and work things out. it has been five and half years

but it seems like 20 because of all the engagement and involvement we have had, board members and staff. i am deeply honored that you have bestowed this on me and i am sure someday we will see each other in the future. maybe i will be hiring ranch hands. [laughter] [applause] >> anything else under new or unfinished business by members of the board? >> item 5, the executive director's report. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman, directors and members of the public. i have a great news to share with you this afternoon. this morning, the san francisco transportation authority voted unanimously to approve $57.2 million in funds for the central

subway project. these funds will make a possible for the purchase of to tunnel boring machines and constructions of the tunnel lunchbox. i think it is apropos as we are monitoring carter, without his leadership we would not be at this point where we had that wonderful victory today at the transportation authority. this vital allocation but the large portion of the funding in place for the guideway tunnel contract that you approved at your last meeting on june 28th. this funding clearly signals to the federal government that san francisco is committed to completing the project on time and on budget. on a different note that is not so positive, on july 7th, the house transportation and infrastructure chairman introduced a proposal that would reduce overall transportation funding by 33%. this is more or less the brain

work for the reauthorization bill for surface transportation that comes out in a six year timeframe which talks about a two-year time frame by which funding levels would be decreased by that percentage digest reference. the sfmta is working with regional, state and federal entities to provide examples after these cuts because we are not in this alone. this will affect every single facet of transportation throughout the country. should such a reduction in -- stood at sears -- should such a cutback happen, it will affect trolly coaches and motor coach vehicles, the way investment in real and over headlines and the structure, a delay in progress of strategic infrastructure projects like central subway, differing fleet rehabilitation of our motor coach and historic fleet vehicles with would have residual -- which would have residual impact as we look at

service and the availability of vehicles that deliver the service and the delay of scheduled replacement of 35 paratransit vehicles. senator boxer is taking the lead to advocate for higher levels of investment in transportation and we will continue to work with transportation interest across the country to ward off these funding cuts. as you are aware, on july 7th, we received the civil grand jury report relating to the central subway. the report reached a number of negative conclusions regarding the project itself as well as basic agency function and funding. the report sets forth a total of 38 findings and 26 recommendations, many of which dealt with agency issues and not the central subway project. currently, our response to the report is due by august 30th and the sfmta is working with the

mayor's office and respiratory -- transportation authority and supervisors to coordinate a response. the bottom line from our perspective is there is no new information, no red herrings. these are the issues we have tackled diligently from the beginning of the project and more or less, our position remains -- our position remains steadfast and unchanged. it focuses on the important benefits that will provide congestion relief, transportation efficiency, emissions reduction and job creation. we had a brief discussion about the report at the quarterly meeting. they are committed to ensuring that we are able to capitalize on a full funding grant granted by the end of this year. on a somber note, this weekend, as reports have indicated that there were a number of incidents in the debut this weekend and it adversely affected muni service.

an operator on our call -- our 24-hour called to report the vehicle he was operating was blocked by police activity. as you know, the san francisco police department was involved in a fatal shooting at that location. we rerouted the bus route and terminated service at evan the t several hours, crowds of people were gathering in the area so we continued to turn back southbound real service and operate buses to the terminal. there were no further incidents reported on saturday, but on sunday we receive reports shortly after noon that a crowd of protesters was holding the doors on one of our light rail vehicles and standing in front of the boarding platform. we reinstituted the plant employed on saturday and all of our light rail vehicles out of the needed area. we ran a southbound bus bridge

to the close of service as we had done the day previously. at 1:15, we received a report on the 54 felton route that shots were being fired. we responded by rerouting the 54 to allow the police to investigate. after which, we returned the route to regular service are around 2:20. the shooting occurred on the street and not on muni property. at a clock, one of our operators was a salted, hit in the face by thrown basketball and an unidentified wooden object. a group of approximately 20 use assault of the coach and broke windows. there were no injuries to the more than 40 customers on board the vehicle. our operator was interviewed by one of our street inspectors as well as the police department. the operator is an 11 year

veteran operating a bus and was not seriously injured. he is back at work and i had the opportunity to speak with mr. haley earlier today who spoke with the operating directly and was pleased to report he is in good health and app sfmta. the police department has opened an investigation into the incident and it is on going. the second assault occurred just after the initial one year the same location. in this incident, a nine sambar no route was discharging a customer when several youths threw objects at the coach. the operator indicated he was hit by one of the objects and described it as a thick wire. the coach had two broken side windows. the operator instantly closed the front door and left the area and he was interviewed by our street inspectors as well as the police department. none of the three customers aboard the vehicle claimed injuries and as indicated previously, the police

department is investigating the incident. in addition to the damage of the vehicles involved over the weekend, to other coaches sustained a broken windows. this damage resulted from gangs of people throwing objects. there does not appear to be structural damage to our vehicles and we are merely replacing the glass which totals about $1,000 worth of damage. all of the coaches were returned to revenue service yesterday and we are meeting with the police to follow up on these plans should something arrive in the near future. we are committed to providing service to all our customers in the city, but at the same time, we have to balance the safety of our employees as well to ensure they are operating in a safe environment and delivering service. >> thank you. before leaving as, a couple of things. you said the first driver seemed to be ok and was bad driving. second one --

>> conversations or had what that one today with our director of transit. >> i wonder if we ought to make sure we keep following up on that. it seems like a traumatizing thing, sitting on a bus and being attacked. >> exactly. mr. haley and i had conversations about that over the weekend. about our private -- prior to this meeting, working with transit personnel and leveraging the union share at the division for a much those routes are deployed, ensuring they have our support and open doors of conversation so they know where we stand and if there is any thing they need while they go through this experience, there is an assistance program have in construction with the transport workers union. >> -- in conjunction with the transport workers union. >> what are we doing -- are we beefing up security in this area? >> yes.

we are working in tandem with the san francisco police department. if you want more specifics, i can have our officers that to the might as he is working with the commander -- i can have our officer stepped up to the microphone as he is working with their commander. at this juncture, if you could step up to the microphone, please. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman, board members. we have police department units out there working overtime. we have the mrts and housing authorities writing under cover to ensure passengers and our operators are safe. we have extra coverage on the bayview district and on those

bus routes. >> are we working with a supervisor kim's office? >> yes. there is coordination. >> is there any connection with this and the shooting incident the other night? >> we are not sure. it is still under investigation, but we do think there is some correlation. >> thank you. continuing on, i am pleased to report to the response of rate adjustment -- >> i mentioned of the wrong the supervisor -- >> i wanted to report on the parking program. at the end of the month, we will be giving our first response

rate bridge just of hourly parking meter rates. more than two-thirds of the rates will be the same or lower than the current rate. the new, lower rates will be adjusted by at -- adjusted down by 25 cents or 50 cents. the remaining one-third of the rates will rise by 25 cents up to $2.25, $3.25 or $3.75 per hour depending on the current rate. going to our infrastructure needs, the sfmta will host a community meeting about the carle street real replacement project which will replace track and carl street. the meeting is scheduled for next week, wednesday, july 27th from 6:00. the carle street real replacement project will extend up carl st. on the line and is

scheduled to begin in january and will entail periodic shutdowns on weekends and other selected dates. the construction schedule calls for 13 weekend shutdown than 19- day shutdown between january 2012 and february 2013. substitute shuttle bus service will be provided. the sfmta marketing section has launched a three month advertising campaign to encourage customers to use muni to get to popular destinations in the city, capitalizing on the concept with its offerings of world famous museums and other venues. the campaign includes muni interior and exterior ads as well as transit shelter and newspaper advertisement. the campaign provides specific bus route and rail line information to the golden gate park, ocean beach, and at&t

park. it directs customers to utilize 311, the website for any destination in the city. klipper -- on the heels of the customer staff, staff has been assisting you than their parents making the change to clipper by august 1st. as a result, nearly 17,000 cards have been issued out of a base of 20,000 newspaper pass customers. nearly 200,000 customers have been transitioned to clippers in the last 10 months. in closing, i would be remiss if i did not acknowledge my colleague, mr. rohan. as we heard earlier, he's leading the organization after five and half years of service to the city and county and i would be remiss if i did not thank you for all our support

and leadership. i have had the distinct pleasure and honor to work with him over the past four and a half years and has always been a stout champion and a great leader and a friend and colleague. on behalf of the executive team, want to wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors and know you always have a home in san francisco and we wish you the best. >> thank you. >> that concludes my report. >> comments on this? >> just one comment on the parking rate changes and data. that was a fascinating reading. that was one of those things i pulled up on my computer and an hour later, looking to the data about parking occupancy, it reminded me what valuable information that is. it was fascinating to see the block by block changes, how one block would be so heavily occupied at a certain time of day and just two blocks away, not so much. i just want to recognize what a good work has been done on that

and how valuable the data is going to be not just for the data we're looking at in the time frames but on evenings and weekends as well to see what we will be able to do in the future to help the commercial corridors in those times. >> there is no mistaking you for someone else. i noted in our packet and it was not discussed here, the memorandum on the success of the express bus. i found that memo very helpful. congratulations to mr. haley for his hard work on that. i do not want to rush into anything. i think we want to see how this project plays out. the trend is encouraging and i would ask we at least consider whether this is a project that might be rolled out to other lines. obviously people writing in from this to go along wayd