motion of the amendment, is there -- is there a second? a motion and second. all in favor, said aye. state -- say aye. is there any further discussion? we have a motion and second. all in favor, aye. the ayes have it. >> some of the items mentioned are the threshold, simplicity, outreach to make this happen. other comments that members have that we want mr. reiskin to come back with? >> if i may. we did previously modified the staff report to provide the flexibility to look at different income thresholds, that was

feedback we got from some of the proponents and from supervisor campos's office that may be that free lunch threshold is too low. we have a suggestion of 125% -- 120% of area median income. we made sure the wording of the resolution provided us the latitude to not be locked into that lower-level. we will absolutely be looking at that. the making it easy and simplicity is something that we have a great incentive to do that as well. we have been talking to the school district about that. we do recognize the need to reach other schools. not just school districts but other schools and we will have to work with and through cpo's because not all our youth are in school. we will have other outlets by which we can do this. in terms of the charge to seek

alternative funds to develop a plan to look at the fare structure in terms of equity more generally, that is something that i have noted as well. finally, to come back in six months or so and report on both preliminarily how the pilot is rolling out as well as what progress we're making in these other areas, that is a great idea. one thing we have had strong commitment from supervisor campos and the advocates for is our rigorous evaluation program of this pilot. there are a lot of goals that we have all established for the pilot. there are impacts positive -- impacts, positive and negative that we want to monitor closely and we are fully committed to working with the supervisors' office and the school district to make sure we have good information, good feedback that we can adjust as needed to make it work better. but we provide that information to you and the public. those are the highlights of the

notes i have. >> any comments on that? thank you. commissioner ramos: i do also want to make sure that we're clear that we make this pass available to low income youth to happen to be over the age of 17 but still in high school. because they turned 18 earlier, what have you. is that going to be a problem? >> i do not believe we have a way to do that right now. it is something we can look in. the youth ther -- fare is the sense it. you go up to 17, that is structured within the past pass. it is a hard wired arrangement where your birthday is tied to that pass so you are eligible for it. up to the last day of the day

before your -- your 18th birthday. i cannot commit to that now. i can add it on the list to what we should be looking at as we go forward. >> the threshold, when we start talking about 100% -- 120% ami, i am looking at the office of housing. that office issuing 120% for a family of four is roughly around $123,000 per year. i think that represents a moderate income. it is a working families kind of approach. i do not know that we can go that high. i certainly would like to go in a direction like that to include moderate income families. as high as we can go and not be disqualified from the lifeline funder, the climate fund.

>> a question raised in one of the town hall meetings that was raised here this afternoon by one of the speakers was when the kid goes from 17 to the next day, that will be something we need to plan for. we also had one person spoke at one of the town hall meetings about water -- what if you are a city college student? there are questions and that is why it is a pilot. i think it could be a big issue when the end of this comes and people turn 18 to go from nothing to that. we need to figure that out. we have time to think about this. thank you for your suggestions. commissioner oka: i would like to say that if we can possibly look at the lifeline pass for

the community, [unintelligible] a $30 pass. we need to look at that and lower that. i do not think it is -- i was told a couple of years ago and i will not mention who told me this, but we are trying to [unintelligible] youth and that is why we are raising you guys to the lifeline. that is not the way we do things here. we are much more humane than that, i hope. lifeline, $30 is too high for most low income people who

use the program, we need to lower that and we need to lower that significantly. we need to find money to do that. and we need to have that on the table the next cycle. >> thank you. with that, >> certifying the budget is adequate to make substantial progress for approving various fees and fines. amending the transportation code to reflect this [unintelligible] changes, waiving fares on new year's eve for fiscal 2013 and 2014, authorizing the director to implement short-term experimental fares with controller certification for various contracts offering -- authorizing the director to make

necessary corrections and allocating revenues and-or revenues that the director shall return for approval that in aggregate exceed 5% increase in the total budget. >> thank you. the last time the board met, there was a detailed presentation on the budget following four or five town hall meetings. the board did not act on it that day. two weeks ago. because we were waiting to see what we would do with the free muni for all youth, there would have been significant changes in the budget required. they're not. >> what is before you today is substantively the same budget that was before you two weeks ago. there were a couple of minor things i had mentioned verbally at the last meeting that have been incorporated into the

legislation. but you have is substantively the same. this is a proposed balanced operating budget for the next two years that significantly advances the board adopted strategic plan, particularly with a significant investment in the maintenance of our system and the safety of our system and other things that i think are fairly consistent with the city's transit first policy. >> we have had a presentation and two weeks ago, the vice chair close to meeting with the recognition for the interest -- will hear it from the public the same as we did from the other issues. do members have anything to say? >> i will read several names as -- at once. the first three speakers.

karen olivetto, david brown, and others. >> as pastor of one of the largest churches in san francisco which requires double parking to accommodate parishioners, including sunday parking enforcement proposed in the budget would be a logistical nightmare and have a devastating affect not only on our celebrations but the capacity to provide needed services to the most vulnerable and marginal in the city. if we have to worry the entire -- it is hard to imagine this city without the undergirding of joy that glide brings to it. participants are moved to volunteer in our programs. without their help, the aid we

give others would be greatly diminished. our meals program would be hampered by a decrease in potential volunteers do to send a parking meter enforcement. glide is not the only church to be affected. it would cause a spiritual breached that would be felt across the city. their training grounds for civility and relationships. they provide centers of care and compassion for those in need. religious communities provide a home where people can know and be known. i urge that you remove the sunday parking meter enforcement from the budget. chair nolan: thank you very much. clucks my name is david brown. i am a pastor at -- >> my name is david brown. i am speaking against the

parking meter -- the enforcement of parking meters on sunday. when our church moved from union square in 1902, we chose not to buy land or parking lots and to rely solely on the use of on street parking. many in our congregation use public transportation, as for many, that is not a viable option. calgary would definitely experience a negative impact should this proposal goes forward as currently drafted. the quality of life for many of our members would be diminished. chair nolan: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, ladies and

gentlemen. i am a member of congregation emanu-el. i ask you to rethink the proposal to activate parking meters on sunday. such an action will affect sunday services and make it more difficult, if not impossible, to worship and participate in services. why am i concerned? it does not affect the synagogue or me, why should i care? i care for two reasons. it affects people in the city. they are my neighbors, colleagues, and france. such an action opens the door to other discriminatory proposals. when one group is affected, it is easy to regulate something which demonstrates -- discriminates against other groups. we're all proud of the diversity that makes san francisco a special place. this action puts that diversity in peril.

read the first amendment to the constitution of the united states. do not take this action am. -- action. [applause] >> my name is michael. i'm the executive director of the san francisco interfaith council. i am your to voice opposition to this initiative to institute commuter parking on sundays. it is a violation of due process. the board's failure to invite a single leader to its meetings was an egregious infraction. dusting off an ill-conceived idea that failed to successfully been passed deliberations and giving no voice to those directly impacted was wrong. for the record, the majority of congregations impacted by this proposed action are located in some of the most economically challenged neighborhoods in the city.

these are the very congregations are providing support services when the city cannot. the sfmta action will place another obstacle in congregations already challenged. but christ congregations will pay for the sfmta plan -- the price congregations will pay will be devastating. it is easy to take aim at those who do not have the voice to defend themselves. this was a flawed process. this is bad policy. i urge the sfmta to go back to the drawing board and come up with another way to solve its budget shortfall. [applause] >> matt d. henderson. -- maggie henderson. >> i am representing the muslim community of the city of san francisco. as a muslim, i believed the

question should not -- should not be penalized for going to the church and having to pay for metered parking. we have to help out each other. we always stand up for each other. thank you. >> good afternoon. old first presbyterian church. i am one of the few places where i have a parking lot, but this is not an issue for me. but my brothers and sisters do not have access to that. it will cause chaos. people need to be spiritually fed and we take care of neighborhoods and people. you are not going to make this much money from it. why don't you have grace on sundays? [applause]

>> i am the pastor of the mount zion church of san francisco. i am here in opposition of the parking meters been activated at such times. there are currently around parking meters are run by church because we are adjacent to the dmv. i stand before you to say that the time in which you are indicating 12:00 to 3:00 is in the middle of our worship service. that would cause people to get up to go out and feed parking meters, interrupting her services. san francisco already is presenting itself as a non- family friendly city. discouraging people to come to church, not having a place to park, or having to pay for

parking, would discourage them from further worshiping with our congregation. that would impact our current congregation severely. we are already struggling as a day is. we urge you not to pursue. >> good afternoon. i am rev. robert lucas. i am president of the san francisco baptist ministers' conference. speaking for those pastors in the city, we are struggling as it is now to try to reach people for christ. any impediment that is wrong in our way it makes our task a monumental difficulty.

to initiate a parking fee on sunday, when we are trying to get people focused on their souls and focused on trying to deal with the challenges of their life, it is a monumental and sold to the church. i think it is something that you need to look at and reconsidered because the one organization that tries to get people to do good in the city is the church. when you do things that inhibit us from being able to carry out that charge, it is a detriment to san francisco. i love this city. i want to see this city prospered. this is something that will not help this city move forward. i encourage you not to go forward. [applause] >> [reading names]

>> good afternoon. i am the pastor of providence baptist church. i have one statement to make to this board. is this board willing to sacrifice the moral, social, spiritual, and the life tinging lessons that are being talked -- life changing lessons that are being taught at our church on sundays. in order to collect some easily dollars. is that the sacrifice you're willing to make in order to bring this city into some sort of economic balance? thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon. thank you for this opportunity.

i am the pastor at tabernacle faith church in the mission district. i am in agreements with the meters being sent at a certain time, the charging people. we already have enough distractions trying to get people to come to church. that would be a huge distraction. and detour. the second issue i have is where i am pastor, between 26 and 26 street, there is a church between 24th and 25th that has no meters at all. i am concerned how one block can have meters and any other block can have no meters at all. there is a church also on the block between 2014 and 2015. i would urge you to reconsider pushing this.

-- between 24th street and 25th street. i would urge you to reconsider pushing this. >> i am representing mta employees. i am here to address the disparity in funds allocated to local positions in this budget. 216 new operator positions proposed. this budget has cuts to custodians, clerical staff, a parking control officers. they generate revenue and do far more than write tickets. further vacant positions already funded remain unfilled, adding extreme stress to our members, increasing workers' comp claims. there are millions in so-called salary savings. it should be used for hiring, as specified in your budget. this budget designates of millions to date sfpd.

i urge you to hold the administration accountable and to require that they fill budget approved positions as soon as possible and to retract these cuts on middle-class workers. >> anthony wagner. >> thank you. my name is anthony wagner. i lived in a beacon at third baptist church for the past 35 years. -- begin at the third baptist church for the past 35 years. we were accommodate all faiths in one chapel. the city of san francisco should be able to accommodate the people of faith on sundays. i am requesting that the commission would not pass this part of the budget. you saw me get up two times to

go feed a meter. i do not want to do that in my service. i am asking that you give the same accommodations that you had given to various marathons', walks, a bicyclist, street closures, and accommodating worshipers on sunday. thank you very much. [applause] >> good afternoon. i pastor the home baptist church in san francisco western addition. it seems to me there is a heightened level of insensitivity from the political establishment and from this board to. that would even suggest that you would have parking meters around the churches, and especially activating them at the time when you have listed, i

do not know if you understand how value -- the services we present to san francisco. you wonder why families are leaving. when you have that kind of insensitivity, i do not know if you understand the lessons of history. whenever you do this kind of thing, you also continued to be -- devalue what is going on in our religious community. i urge you, there are so many things going on that you could address. [applause] >> [reading names] >> greetings, everyone.

i stand here to speak of a lady who i know who left san francisco due to out migration of african-americans. she drives and every sunday to attend the church where she has been a member for the last 47 years. she has an aging vehicle, she is unemployed. she asks her friends and individuals to give her -- to allow her to have enough money to pay for gas money and the toll for the breads. she does it every single week. -- for the bridge. she doesn't every single week. -- does it every single week.

>> [reading names] >> good afternoon. i am a practicing jew. you want to have -- you want to take part in money out of people's hides and it is disgraceful. why don't you go after the bicyclist said? you should charge them for licenses and also charge them for parking. they have gotten away with it for too darn long. what are you doing with your proposal? it is the courage is supposed to hold services on buses? -- is the clergy supposed to hold services on buses? this is outright disgrace so. you tried to get money anyway you can short of gunpoint.

i really resent this. [applause] >> good afternoon. i am the pastor of the missionary temple christian at the episcopal church. when i think about the proposal to put parking meters or to activate parking meters on sundays, i think about our senior citizens. many times, they have to struggle to get into their churches. they have to walk around the block. to force them to have to get up in the middle of the service, struggle at of the church, it down the hill, around the corner to feed the meter, and struggle to go back up the hill, to get back into their church. if there is an afternoon program, make the trip again.

i think it is an injustice. [applause] chair nolan: next speaker. >> thank you, mr. president. i am associate pastor at without walls church in the city of san francisco. let me say a couple of things. this kind of action is the kind of action that suggests an open hostility towards the faith community. and also towards families. we are already impacted on sunday. a couple of my friends