supervisor mar: good afternoon,

everyone. my name is eric mar, the chairman of the committee. to my right is supervisor cohen, to the left is supervisor wiener. we're joined by president chiu. >> completed copies or documents should be submitted to the clerk. items will appear on the may 15 board of supervisors agenda. supervisor mar: i would like to give crops to s -- props to sfgtv. i believe item no. 4 might be continued at the cult of the sponsor. we will come to that in a moment. >> amending the transportation code to eliminate restrictions on clarifying the -- it is a

violation. president chiu: today, i have an ordinance that will hopefully end one of the great mysteries of muni. the question of why there are some doors on buses that can't be used to get onto buses. this amends division 12 allow riders to board the doors as long as they have proof of payment. hopefully this is a proposal that will help speed up muni. it has to become more efficient for us to have a world-class transportation system. this effort sounds simple, but it has been a long time coming.

it is a test that never happened, the rear-door boarding. groups like the san francisco transit riders union pushed toward that, and i hope that it will become a reality. we have one minor amendment that we need to make on page 2 of the ordinance to add of the word cable car. a reliable streetcar, motor coach, charlie, etc.. -- cable car, etc. >> thank you very much, president chiu. ed riskin, director of transportation. i have a chance -- a presentation here that was given to the mta board a week ago and received a there unanimous consent to recommend this to

you, to the board of supervisors. i would be happy to answer any questions the u.s. to the public may raise. we are undertaking a number of things. it is another tool that we are getting ready to employ. it would make us the first in the country to go to boarding of all vehicles.

the reason for doing yet, and maybe it makes sense here is that we have a very high number of boarding at any given time period. we are at the top of there with new york in terms of the frequency of boarding. it has a measurable impact on the speed of the system. it is really the essence of what we're trying to do. it is to allow people in an organized way to be able to go through the back door and not have to queue up at the front door.

there is a change in behavior, and it is legitimizing current behavior, which is commonsensical solutions. it will be a mockup of the site age - - signage. we are looking at universal sides that will change that messaging to the public. we will be working with the media and through various outreach mechanisms.

and really why we are doing this is to make the system work better. while this is not a pilot, it is something that we will be monitoring very closely. we are bringing in any changes, operational revenue very carefully and we will look at it carefully as needed. it would recommend removing current restrictions and reaffirmed the policy on board.

i would be happy to answer any questions. >> i have heard different complaints that the standard scanners sometime malfunction. it looks like to scan and and then transfer. is the equipment operating function need to make the system work? >> we were an early adopter of the clipper system. people would go on and see that there would be a red light or it

would not be functioning. it was a big problem for the potential revenue loss and it also makes inspection very difficult. the responsibility to fix that they did last august. that legacy of the early implementation, by and large, the reliability of those units is very high. we measure and to monitor those on a daily basis. supervisor wiener: thank you for bringing this forward, i want to complement the agency for making

tangible steps to look forward. and the hare inspectors and the other part of it. they have been doing robust community outreach. i think that it is terrific and i thank you for your leadership on this. >> on the extremely long buses, it seems it will help in the long blocked areas. if there are no other questions

-- president chiu: i do have a technical amendment, adding the word of "cable car." >> can we move this forward? >> item two, approving. as a nation --

>> think you for this opportunity. i came before you last year and you designated for six months of these two spaces off of stockton street. these spaces came about because of the central subway construction that has adversely impacted seven spaces that we have half of stockton. i am here today to ask you to extend or read designate for another six months the two spaces on post street. and if necessary, i will come back six months from now. but we will see what happens with the central subway construction.

supervisor mar: is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? can we move this forward without objection? ms. miller, please call item no. 3. >> resolution approving an agreement for an easement. supervisor mar: the sponsor is supervisor cohen. john updike? supervisor cohen: thank you, mr. updike. >> thank you, supervisor cohen. acting director of real estate. i'm joined by the mayor's office of housing that will give you the overview of the project. i will speak to you about the technical aspects of the item before you today. the location here is tat 1 kashmire, an overall shot of the

location. a more particular look and the area impacted by this proposed easement runs right here on the edge of the cul de sac. simply put, what we have about 850 square feet of these men to be granted. it is determined as part of the resolution before you today is granting -- if it furthers the public interest and therefore, there is no cost involved in the transfer. it is a perpetual easement, but it includes the right to terminate has the terms of conditions are brief in some way. so that, in a nutshell, is the real estate item, and i think

john can give you some contact has to why this is before you today. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the project manager, and most of you are probably familiar with hunters view, a redevelopment of an existing hubble housing project. the easement 04 you will provide a long-term access to a maintenance of kashmire connection, there will be landscaping and lighting that will cut back the stocks in two different neighborhoods. kind of eliminating the isolation that currently exists. it connects hunters a view to the other area. it can act in three ways.

it seeks a greater level of social interconnectedness. that leverage is non-city funding sources by 2.5 to 1. the city provided about $200,000, the state $500,000. and it provides connections were people can learn where to go. supervisor mar: is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? public comment is closed. colleagues, let's move this forward without objection. any objection? with recommendation, yes. thank you. the last item on our agenda is item 4. please call item 4. >> hearing on the municipal

transit agency's progress on improving taxi service. supervisor wiener: we, at the request of the mta, would like to move to continue this item to june 11. that is the motion that i make. supervisor mar: left open this up for public comment before acting on that motion. is there anyone that would like to speak? supervisor wiener: sorr yoy you had to come out. supervisor mar: can we continue this until june 11 at the urging of the supervisor? is there any other business before us? >> no. supervisor mar: meeting adjourned.

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>> approved? >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> number three, comment on executive session. ok. executive session. >> so moved. >> second. >> ok. >> executive session conference with legal counsel and real property negotiator.n open session. >> i think the mics are on now. >> i move to reconvene an open session. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> i move to not disclose anything discussed in executive session. >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> back in session. >> ok. >> please be advised the meeting -- the meeting of use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised the chairman ordered the meeting room any personal responsible for ringing of or use of cell phone, pager or other similar sound producing

electronic device. please be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item unless the port commission adopts a shorter period on any item. item 7-a, executive director's report. >> good afternoon port commissioners, port staff, members of the public. thank you so much for joining us here today. i have one item on the executive director's report but first i want to pause and wish our vice chair a happy birthday. please -- [applause] and thank her for giving us your time on your special day. i really appreciate that. thank you very much. and happy birthday goes out to jerry and denise turner as well. very fortunate day for the port of san francisco. next, i want to wish the port of san francisco a happy 149th birthday because it is today that the state legislate legislature adopted a bill called sb-90 which created the state of board harbor

commissioners 149 years ago. so we are now going to launch 150th, i believe it's called a sesquinn centennial, a word we hopefully will have rolling off our lips over the next year, using the port, remind people of the port's purpose and interface with it every day through activities or commerce or just plain relaxation. but the port as i was memmingsing was created in 1863 by the state legislature, interestingly enough that was the same year that the state adopted an eight-hour work day. also the same year the stock exchange was created and at the same time that the board of harbor commissioners was created at the local level, a board of title and trust commissioners was also established, which is no longer so. is the port of san francisco in its current fashion of which you are the heirs or successor

entity has been around 149 years, almost 150 years. what led up to the creation is that the water front kept expanding, shoreline kept moving and it was being done in a very chaotic way. there were not great strong rules or laws about that what could be done. it was done mostly by individuals and private entities and so around by 1850, almost 6,000 feet had been built with about a million dollars all by private interests. so then in 1850 the state actually granted control of the waterfront to the city and county of san francisco for the purpose of building out the war at the end of all -- wharf at the end of all streets. that's why we have these peers at the extension of the street grid mapped ott by forefather when's they mapped out the city overall. so wharfs were built, some with permission, a lot without permission. as they were being built, no one was paying attention to the shoreline or navigation. so navigation started to suffer

and in the middle 1850's, the state investigated and found that they needed to have more control. and so they established the port commission almost ten years later in 1863, and the main job of the board of harbor commissioners was so build the sea wall and take control of the port and most importantly be a self-administrative agency, both operationally and by revenues. so at that point in time that was a very unique status and we are the only entity that has lasted as a port in the united states that has lasted as both a public agency that is self-supporting for as long as we have. so we're very proud of that. the staff in those days consisted of engineering department, wharf insurers department, belt railroad department and maintenance department and commissioners were three commissioners appointed by the governor. the sea wall began in about three years thereafter and

ultimately it wasn't finished until 1938. so in just before world war ii, the sea wall was actually finished. it was overseen by 12 separate chief harbor engineers and so there are, i believe, 42 segments to the sea wall and many of them are constructed differently depending upon who was the chief harbor engineer. in 1913 during the port's tenure, the port adopted a state law for civil service reform for purpose of being able to hire its staff based on merit and not for political reasons. and back in 1913 the port began establishing its advisory committees. and at that time the advisory groups consisted of ship owners, merchants, labor and other interests. of course, in 1914 the panama canal opened and the port had to be very responsive to that and at the same time world war i started. so there were some very chaotic times for the port. during the depression era, the port actually partnered with the federal public works

administration, which was the agency set up under the new deal to do construction throughout the country and then, of course, in 1934 there was an 83-day strike, labor strike at the port resulting in bloody thursday and other attributes. and so that is a is he important part of our history. in 1939 world war ii started and port became primarily occupied by the amy and navy and it was our job to supply all of the personnel and much of the goods to the pacific, defense of the pacific and then in 1950's after everything finally settled down, containerization started and ports began to think about how it was going to continue to mauve nuver itself and how it was going to evolve for purposes of maritime commerce. and then we get to the history we all know, which is in 1969 the jurisdiction of the port returned to city control and development projects started to begin starting with peer 39 development in the early 1970's.

in 1991, embarcadero freeway came down and that really brings us to the present day. so the port was recognized and continued to be recognized for most of the heritage as a pioneer of port operations and as a model of what a large port administration should look like. it was for a very long time an important commercial and transportation hub. it was lauded for its design and construction of its facilities, which are now listed on the registry of national historic places and as i mentioned earlier, it remained under port control. in the last 150 years the port is created and maintained a sea wall, portfolio of unique facilities including 39 peers and 80 wharfs. it's been a steady employer and provider -- provided homes to numerous maritime commercial enterprises large and small. and so as i mentioned in the next year we want to gear up to celebrate the centennial and use the birthday toem