thank you. director heinicke? director heinicke: thank you for the park. they call upon me to carry on a legacy. i hope he knows that i am already doing that, and we have already received a report on that, so in case others are interested, my understanding of the status of that is that in the long segment of the twin peaks tunnel, to be determined that the current speed is the optimal speed, but in the year -- occurs, there is currently a slow order awaiting rail improvements which in happen in the next month and is anticipated and has already been presented to us by mr. haley.

then the speed would return to what it was before the issue -- the order was issued. if i have the status wrong, please let me know later, but i think that is where it is. i wanted to reiterate that. president nolan: thank you. mrs. stuart? >> they will return to the board with an update on that item with regard to the rieker curve. director -- with regard to the eureka curve. director nolan: next item. secretary boomer: the report.

>> thank you to the agency for supporting that. we have just completed a big year a bicycle education. we have reached thousands of children's, tourists, everybody, with the message of safe bicycling. we will be going out to hand out minds. daylight savings time is about to change, and that is a very popular time to be caught, so we will be out getting lights on bikes. to ratchet this up to in the higher accountability, and i think we are all very much in agreement that there needs to be more accountability for everyone on the streets, and that does not include those who ride bicycles, and it has been an idea among bicycle riders for a long time but also with the bicycle plan that the agency adopted a couple years ago. the city grand jury elevated the idea, as well, and the bicycle coalition has always been very strong on this.

we have been very frustrated getting through this with the superior court. but we are very eager to work with the mta on bringing forward a workable, practical, sort of a driver school. what do we call for motorists? that is the idea, but that we would be encouraging the police to cite bad behavior by everybody, but we would have an option that if you are riding a bike, you would be able to go and take a credentialed bicycle education course, and everybody wins on that. it is a very productive way to deal with that. i look forward to working with the agency on that, and thank you, director, for bringing that up. let's do it. secretary boomer: item number seven, the directors' report.

>> a brief report. starting off with special recognition awards, we have just two awards, one individual and one team, let me just ask ms. linda when -- ms. linda willis to step forward under the direction of ms. johnson and annette williams. linda is in the services division, and she is being honored for the successful transition that she led for the regional transit connection customers on to the clipper system. we transferred this in 2010, and linda was heading up the rtc office at that time. a very difficult transition for many for whom the electronic media was a very foreign concept. she required a lot of specialized outreach and customer service and development

of materials in multiple languages, kind of a difficult transition for this population that had fears of new technology and other concerns. she had to work on the technical side with the clipper and their staff to work through issues and was dealing with people who need, because of their varying disabilities, maybe need more or specialized attention than others would. we now have as a result 7000 disabled clipper card customers that are using their discount fast passes every month. for her service here and for her 20 years with the agency, we would like to generally honor her for that. thank you. congratulations, and i would ask ms. johnson in she wants to say

a few words. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman, members of the board. i would be remiss if i did not call up my colleague to help give this award to ms. willis. it is a great honor considering all of the work that has been done to ensure the smooth transition with clipper, and as he indicated, this was a very challenging process and yet one that proved to be quite successful duf ms. willis and hr staff to insure that this group could transfer to the new technology. i would like to read the words today, is a deep appreciation and recognition of your dedication to improving the quality of life for the employees of the municipal transportation agency and the residents of san francisco. the san francisco transportation authority,

november 1. i would like to say thank you for your dedication for the past 20 years. you are quite an asset to the agency. thank you. ayes -- [applause] >> thank you. i think this is the greatest thing since the fast pass, and this helps out a lot. i tell people if they do not know anything about it or if they want to know the best thing about it, if they lose it and they register and, you can call us and get your money back on the card when you receive a new one, and the fast pass, so that is great, especially for the people that i work with you are homeless or disabled.

they get robbed, or they lose them. i think when we get the kinks out, it is going to be great. it is already great. president nolan: thank you for the astounding work for this population. [applause] >> the next people, this group of folks, who also like to work in the background, i guess with the exception of one, saying it is the best thing since the clipper comic it is sf park, a

concept that has very rapidly gone from a concept which is unimaginable a very short time ago to something that because of the work of these folks, we have been successfully able to pull down a significant amount of federal funding and implement and get up and running in an incredibly short period of time, getting an up and running including parking space sensors drop the city, 5900 smart meters, just the logistics of that alone, just the operational part of that. it is incredible, and without taking into account the incredible thinking and foresight and planning and outreach that has gone on behind it, so i am happy under her leadership to present these people, all from one shop, and

these others from the other shop. the sign shop, all of these within the street division, in the one guy who does not mind being out front sometimes, paul rose from communications and also james from enforcement, so i want to congratulate you on a really outstanding effort that the rest of the world is looking to us to see how it goes. congratulations. [applause] >> if you do not mind, i would like to say a few words. this started four years ago, and it took, as he said, a lot of work. the agency got behind this

project -- it would not have been successful without every division working together, so this is a great example of how we can be collaborative and supporting agency wide collaborative. given their incredible hard work and talent, i am very proud of this team. thank you. and steve wanted to mention a couple of comments, too. quickscat afternoon. steve, manager of sf park. director, others, as you can see, this is really an sf mta effort with regard to the various things, and with your permission, i would like to mention some additional names that i believe these contractors in turns are definitely a part of the team and are no less deserving of recognition. tony, lauren, alex, lisa, jamey,

joseph, hank, cindy, randy, sunjay, sai, sorry, guys, lisa, michael, adam, eric, kevin, and steve. some of these folks are in the room today sorry. surry. definitely everyone played a part in the. with that everyone's contribution, i do not think we would be standing here today. >> thank you.

president nolan: it has gotten so much attention, international attention, so thank you. director brinkman: i attended an event, and congratulations to all of you. it is an amazing program. i thought i knew a lot going in, and i learned a lot and the two days, and it was fascinating to see the others there, as he said, waiting to learn from us and to see what goes on in san francisco, so i want to say thank you. you have a fabulous team. i look forward to supporting the rollout of sf park, because i think if it is a game changer. parking is an incredibly

emotional topic, but the way you present it took the emotion out of it and really made it a dated driven process an idea. that was fascinating, and it will be really interesting to see where it goes. president nolan: director vice chair lee? vice chair lee: you pull up, and you say, "wait a minute. it takes a credit card." that is amazing. director: i throw around the term parking a lot. we need to look at how we are doing parking, and part of the reasons i can do that is because i know we have got all of you to back us up, and whatever is going to, will come out better than we already have.

we get packets and some of the materials that we had to look for every meeting and read through and read up on. there is a lot of stuff that comes our way, but one of the things that have been falling out of the chair was the incredible data that you guys generate, and the smart way you're able to implement these adjustments and everything else. thank you so much. you are already being an inspiration to push harder on what the resources present, but i also know for a fact that some of the city's i am working with are creating models. keep up the great work, and once again, thanks so much. president nolan: thank you all, very much. >> it was great in new york to acknowledge and admit that they were going to be falling,

basically, being, what we're doing here in san francisco and starting a pilot in new york. i think we feel sometimes a bit of a rivalry with new york city, and the folks to have more parking and everything than anyone quietly say they were going to follow the lead of san francisco, it was a good moment. sir just a few brief things to update you on. we did have some in our original schedule that we reported to you that we were looking for some work this weekend, some issues with fabrication. that work is going to be pushed off probably until early in the next year. we will do all of the phone noticing. it will not impact our overall schedule. we are still on schedule. i want to acknowledge that the

week that was done a few weeks ago on the whole went well. it went well as planned. the diversion and the information all generally went pretty well. we did subsequent to that have an issue where we had a two car and train that had a switch move as the train was passing over it. it said some wheels onto a different track. we have been working with mr. haley and his crew in particular around the clock with very minimal service disruptions since that night to make sure that the system is safe, and we have actually gotten some improvements in the conditions out there as a result of this, and we will continue to work in conjunction with the project to make sure that gets the attention that it needs, a very critical intersection in our system. the balboa park station, the

pedestrian and bicycle and prevents is moving forward. that work should be done, as i reported to you, it should be done more or less this week. anyone who has been down there can see it was pretty significant work. we're putting in a crosswalk, but that work is generally progressing well. also, in terms of service enhancements, the transit folks have been focusing on one of our busiest lines this month, 14 and 14 l, so we are doing what was reported previously, at least in committee, talking to drivers, other stakeholders to identify possible improvements. one of the kind of most exciting things to come out of that will be extending the 14 l.

mr. haley will be bringing a report to the policy and government committee. they wanted you to know after focusing on the 28 and 29, we are moving up to the 14, with one and exciting announcement, a connection to bart. the jfk by claims have gone through a lot of work between us, recreation and parks, dpw, and they have gone up through the recreation and parks commission. and the impact they might have

on people in the disability community. we are working through those issues with those folks, with a large internal staff meeting this meeting. we will be meeting with some of the folks later this week. there has been a lot of email and traffic flying around. we what you want to know that we are working diligently to address and resolve any outstanding issues and concerns we have, just a point of information, when the voters passed proposition back in 2007, one of the requirements was that me -- we will meet regularly, and we had the first meeting, where we sat down with the union leadership to talk through some of the intent behind the

proposition and where we are relative to it. one of the top items was more money coming from the general fund to the mta, and there's great interest on the part of labor to nowhere is that money going. service improvements relative to staffing, so we had a good discussion about that. they have basically said that they want the mta board to know that these discussions are happening and that they haven't interest in seeing that the spirit and intent and words of the proposition are carried forward, so i just wanted to let you know that we will be continuing those discussions and, again, in keeping with the requirements of prop a. i did want you to know that the mayor had convened a meeting with me and the bike coalition,

and the mayor's transportation policy advisor one month or so ago. that topic, we have since had some discussions, staff level, between our communications folks, the bike folks, the coalition with the police department along the lines of what you're talking about. from my observation, i agree with you on the acuteness of the need, and it is helpful to get that direction and support from the board. we will make sure to accelerate those efforts, and then finally, just a reminder, we have our workshop coming up on november. 14. it will be an all-day workshop starting at the mason center. the main things we will be covering is we will be giving an update on where we are with the strategic plan for the next six years, to get your feedback on that, and that will help guide our budget process, which is

another thing. we will give you an update on the preliminary base line for the next two fiscal years, what it looks like, to also get your direction as to the budget, said that will be november 14 at mason, and that concludes my report. president nolan: thank you. director heinicke? director heinicke: i do not know if you have had the chance to meet that man from rescue muni, but he has a discussion about that project and what he is happy with and what he wishes would also happen. i think there are some things that may be outside the scope of the project, but i realize as you are coming new to this job and learning this community, it might be helpful for us to give you input. i would suggest that mr.

sullivan, who is a thoughtful person with whom i have had some thoughtful discussions when i was coming up to speed about muni work, i would suggest to you that this might be one topic that you could reach out to him as you get to know him, because he and his organization care a great deal. director nolan: anyone else on this? >> secretary -- secretary bopo -- boomer: there are no speaker cards on this. director nolan: a really informative discussion. at some point, on a day like today, when we do not have a lot, to have a report from them. the director of the project is

very impressive. i think it is important for us to know all of this because we would certainly be impacted by this in the years ahead, so with members consent, do you want to say anything about that? >> i think that is a wonderful idea. eventually, the terminus of california high speed rail is really going to change downtown for the better. it has been an amazing project. i think we are aware of it and ready for it. some of the challenges that are still faced by high-speed rail and the downtown extension. there is a good proposal under way to have a shared alignment between caltrain and others. >> -- director nolan: maybe sometime when we are not too

busy, if the directors went to hear it. ok, secretary boomer: item number eight, the citizens' advisory council report, but he is not here. item nine, public comment. director nolan: will give you the first three minutes. good afternoon. >> i wanted to call your attention to what i consider to be a really wrong turn to some proposed legislation that is going to be coming to you i think in early december. a series of amendments that have been on the table for a long time, and recently inserted into

them are provisions that would constitute a huge expansion of the medallion sales pilot program which is coming to kind of a natural conclusion as the number of sellers in the program has dwindled down. to, you know, next to nothing. and you had to be 70 years old or disabled to participate in the program, and that was a provision that was elaborated over i think it was 150 hours of town hall meetings, and numerous, i think it was five or six meetings of this board about aspects of this program. an intense amount of industry

input, and now, the direction it is going under this provision would allow 60-year-old sell their medallions, healthy 60-year-olds who did not purchase medallions. they would be able to go out and sell them, and this is simply the wrong way to go. what is needed now is a permanent program, a definitive program that defines -- because there are competing rights and competing interests here. there are people on the list to have waited 14, 15, 16 years for their medallions and are seeing the doors shut in front of them, and suddenly we are going to open the door wide to what might be another 300 medallion holders? it ain't right. it ain't right.

and just to comment on the process that brought this year, this as it -- was a recommendation of the taxi advisory council. they had a vote. of those votes, five were medallion holders who would directly benefit from this, and two others were taxicab company managers who depend on medallion holders and medallions to run their business, so this was not any kind of a disinterested decision. i support medallion holders who are disabled being able to sell, and i would support a medallion older who was turning 70 in the meantime to be able to sell, but not reducing to 60. director heinicke: next item. secretary