us. our sander host incident, long delay on the system. some of you have the opportunity to make suggestions as to how we might improve our communications as a result of your experience that day. again, it is very important that we have continuing to make incremental improvements. i would submit to you we are never going to be at 100% because we are coming in off the street into the system. again, there are some things -- this is why i stressed the first of other projects to continue to bring before you to improve the performance of the train control system. first phase of this project -- by the way, this is a project that will be just over $900,000 to be completed. first phase is under way. we are doing it with our own in- house forces fear they have been working in the subway at night.

what they are doing is the preparation work to go through. the cable sits on a set of struts. they are replacing all the struts, building in new ones. by the end of the month, we expect the first phase to be completed. next week, on september 28, we will have engineers from the manufacturer of the system here who will over two or three nights go through the system, set up a testing plan. what they will do is walk through the system with something that looks like a divining rod that you look for water. as he will test the integrity of the cable. what they are looking for is any kind of splices and background noise that comes as a result of the slices in the cable. what they will then do is give us a baseline report. it is our intention because of the nature and importance of

this to -- the project approach to replace the cable with the splices. there is no need -- the splices have occurred in certain areas or segments of the line, so we will focus on cleaning up the segments. the work next week will give us a sense of a preparation plant and what we need to do to get ready for the third phase of the project. they will prepare this baseline and proof of concept plan. then, what we will do is prepare with their oversight -- they will play a role in this because of the significance of the signal cable. we expect some time later in the beginning of november to begin the work. we will work within the time windows that we have at night that works once we have our baseline. we identify where the areas are that we have to replace. we will do that -- each time we replace cable, obviously, given

the function of it, we have to test it immediately. we will have test trains in to test every section of cable that we go through. this will take place over approximately four months so that we should be done sometime in late spring, pushing towards mid-2012, four or five months. excuse me. what will we have when we're done? again, an improvement. in service reliability. it also positions us for the radio replacement project, which is coming down the road. there are probably three or four other train control projects in the queue that we will be bringing forward to you to keep the system in a state of good repair. splices remain the weak spot in the cable, in the sense that we want them to be absolutely as reliable as we can.

striving to keep all of the signal system in a state of good repair. we thought it was important to brief you on this project that is ongoing right now. given the importance of this project to the subway and the subway, of course, to our entire transportation operation. director nolan: thank you. excellent presentation. very thorough. members of the board, questions or comments? director heinicke: i have what i am sure is an easily answerable and dumb question, but the wire system -- is it rubber or plastic? what is the coaching? -- coating? >> it is plastic coating. director heinicke: we have seen antennas and sander hoses and things splice it. should we in case it in something else or something more so that that does not happen or

does that just make it too hard to get it to wire or repair and that sort of thing? can we not put some sort of kryptonite around it so it does not happen? [laughter] >> given the market value of kryptonite, from what i understand, it may blow our budget, but your idea is a sound one, and we are looking at how to protect perhaps the shield both as the top of the cable -- we are looking at a couple of things to do to protect it, yes. as well as to get at the source of the -- >> obviously, retrofitting the sounder hose is one thing, but the reality is a lot of these problems we do not know until they happen. retrofits are hard. it seems if we could protect the cable and prevent the problem, that is two ways to go about it comes to protecting the cable makes sense to me. director nolan: other members of the board? members of the public?

thank you. >> item 15, discussion and vote as to whether to conduct closed session. director nolan: is there such a motion? second? all in favor? we will >> bod discussed anticipated legislation but took no action. >> we are adjourned. thank you very much. good work, everybody. >> you even that the board running on time.

>> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions.

all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine all the various elements of a city including parcels and the critical infrastructure where the storm drains are. the city access like the traffic lights and fire hydrants. anything you is represent in a geo graphic space with be stored for retrieval and analysis. >> the department of public works they maintain what goes on in the right-of-way, looking to dig up the streets to put in a pipe. with the permit. with mapping you click on the map, click on the street and up will come up the nchgz that will

help them make a decision. currently available is sf parcel the assessor's application. you can go to the assessor's website and bring up a map of san francisco you can search by address and get information about any place in san francisco. you can search by address and find incidents of crime in san francisco in the last 90 days. we have [inaudible] which allows you to click on a map and get nchldz like your supervisor or who your supervisor is. the nearest public facility. and through the sf applications we support from the mayor's office of neighborhood services. you can drill down in the neighborhood and get where the

newest hospital or police or fire station. >> we are positive about gis not only people access it in the office but from home because we use the internet. what we used to do was carry the large maps and it took a long time to find the information. >> it saves the city time and money. you are not taking up the time of a particular employee at the assessor's office. you might be doing things more efficient. >> they have it ready to go and say, this is what i want. >> they are finding the same things happening on the phone where people call in and ask, how do i find this information? we say, go to this website and they go and get the information easily. >> a picture tells a thousand

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>> please be seated. no sleep president of the san francisco police officers association, and we thank you all, police services, firefighters, dignitaries, elected officials, for joining us today on this solemn occasion in this very solemn weekend of remembrance of one of the worst and tragic events in the history of our country. so we wanted to make this quick. we wanted to make it respectful, and we wanted to make it a very solemn occasion, which i think is the way it should be treated. the first thing that we're going to do here today, i know i asked everybody to sit down, but i will ask you to stand up again

to observe a moment of silence for all of those that lost their lives on 9/11. >> thank you. years ago, in the san francisco fire department, when a firefighter was killed in the line of duty, bells are rung nine times at each fire house throughout the city. this was known as the chaplains call. in honor of this tradition, firefighter gregory ginatti will now ring the bell nine times for the firefighters and police officers who gave their lives on 9/11. [bell rings nine times]

>> thank you, greg. now for the invocation. i would like to introduce father john green, chaplain of the san francisco firefighters, and the chaplain for the san francisco police department for the invocation. >> we live among heroes, the heroes of the past, those firefighters, police officers, and paramedics, and civilians who gave their lives on 9/11. we live among heroes today as we

remember tony and vinnie, firefighters who gave their lives for our city this past june. we remember all of us who have served the city daily, giving our lives in service to our fellow citizens and giving of ourselves in many different ways. we live among heroes. today, we do not assemble so much with a sense of grief for those who have given their lives as much as with a sense of pride that they did their jobs well and they gave their all. as we gather together in this city, we ask almighty god to remember us and bless those who have been heroic in the past, those who are heroic today, and

in a real sense, to give us the strength, the honor, the dignity, the pride, and the courage of the san francisco police officers and firefighters. it is a great pleasure now for me to introduce my friend and fellow priest, father michael healy, who will lead you in prayer. >> i would like to share with you this morning the beautiful prayer that was composed for the holy father the pope benedict when he visited the site in new york on 9/11. and so in this prayer, we are asked also to look at ourselves

and the way in which we treat this tragic situation. i was very much impressed by one of the firefighters who said about her colleagues that she had a hole in her heart, but that it was important for her to fill that with all of the great memories of the wonderful people who served with her and also the sacrifice that they made. the holy father in going to 9/11 came with this prayer. we can all join in it. we have to use our imagination a little bit because i am going to mention places where the tragedy took place. god of peace, bring your peace

to the vile world, the hearts of men and women, and to all nations. god of love, compassion, and healing, look upon us who gather here today at this site, the scene of incredible violence and pain. we ask you in your goodness to give eternal light and peace to all who have died, the first responders, the firefighters, the police officers, emergency service workers, and port authority personnel. along with all the innocent men and women who were victims of this tragedy simply because their work of service brought them here on september 11. we ask you in your compassion to bring healing to those who because of their presence here today suffere from injuries and

illness. heal the pain of those still grieving families and all of those who lost loved ones in this tragedy. give them strength to continue their lives with courage and hope. we're mindful of those who suffered death, injury, and loss. on the same day in the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania. our hearts are one with theirs. bring your peace to our by low world, to the hearts of all men and women, and among the nations of this earth. turn to your way of love those whose hearts and minds are consumed with hatred. god of understanding, overwhelmed by the magnitude of this tragedy, we seek your light

and guidance as we confront such terrible events. grant that those whose lives worse. it may live so that the lives lost year may not have been lost in vain -- whose lives were lost may lives of the allies lost -- the lives lost may not have been lost in vain. let true peace and love rain in the hearts of all. amen. >> thank you, father. we're honored today to have dignitaries with us that i would like to acknowledge. i would like to knowledge congresswoman nancy pelosi. she has joined us. she is needed back in d.c. for

the 9/11 celebration. she wanted to take time today to be with us to share in this day and remember this with her city. remember this -- she wanted to take time to share in this day of remembering with her city. mayor lee is with us today. we would be remiss in not giving a special in allahu -- acknowledgment to former mayor willie brown whose strong and steady leadership, the strong leadership of the mayors of the city's got us through a difficult time. we thank you very much for that, mr. brown. we also have with us today district attorney george gascon. we appreciate your being with us. we have supervisor emeritus

sean elsbernd. the treasurer of the city and county of san francisco is here today. we also have my predecessor at the poa, chris cuddy. we have the u.s. attorney here, i believe. melinda haig, we really appreciate you being here to share this special day with us. also joining us on the podium is the chief of police, the fire chief is here as well. i got a call yesterday from governor brown who could not be here. he wanted to be here.

this is the city that mr. brown came from. he wanted to be here, but duties in sacramento on the 9/11 weekend kept him busy. our first speaker today -- i am honored and proud to introduce the mayor of san francisco, edwin lee. [applause] >> good morning. it is my personal honor to join you to commemorate 9/11 from our police, fire, paramedics, volunteers coming to grips citizens of san francisco. a decade after the terrorist attacks that occurred on september 11, we continue the struggle to make sense of the terrible events of that day.