finally, mr. haley is back. it looks like we have at least part of the crew. tonight, from washington, and i think that i saw cynthia chambers here. >> a sister. >> we will take " we can get. i had the privilege of attending the recent operator awards ceremony that we have each month. these were the three women that were honored. ms. chambers tells me she operates the best division in unique. [laughter] -- in muni. [laughter] apparently they have a particular women's division tradition that she might want to

tell you about. at this last one we were honoring this vision. this is a message for the operators out there that it is possible to go years without having preventable accidents. a great role model, she seat -- service as one of the people who has demonstrated excellent in those that are coming up. ms. washington is relatively new, having been here for about five years, never having had a preventable accidents. operator of the month, march of 2011. these two women, one very long

serving, one relatively new, demonstrating the kind of accident free record that we are striving for. congratulations to you on one of the best provisions in muni. we are happy to have jonathan say a few words. >> i have been operator for 35 someone years. it would be even better if we had new coaches. i would like to thank you for the acknowledgement. [unintelligible] and i would like to thank my chair person.

my sister, i thank her for coming, hazel. [laughter] >> congratulations. thank you very much. ms. washington? >> how are you, the day? >> good. >> that is good. >> i would like to thank mr. [unintelligible] for the award. it is so lovely. i would like to thank everyone. this is a tough job out there, but we get through it. we really do. it is kind of tough to deal with, but we do our best and maintain our composure, getting to our destination. >> would you like to say something? >> hello.

>> the best division. [laughter] since i came, my goal was to motivate my operators to come in and put a smile on their faces. in there, probably, day and night, making sure they're ok. they are the motivation that i have it exhibited toward myself. we are having less accidents, in a contest called race to zero. the no. 1 or no. 2 spot, we're really striving to make sure that everyone really pulls together. we have something called a

breakfast club. every tuesday and friday there is a lady there who brings breakfast for the operators. those new mothers to come there, single parents, grandparents, whenever, we try to get there is a family. new equipment would be wonderful, yes. new coaches, we would really love to see those. >> there is absolutely no truth, reading the capital program to them. [laughter] just to make an observation based on what ed said, one of the things we are proudest of here, we have the best of our operating culture.

in my words are our words, collectively you have an incredible record, with a lot of her time and highlights that were drawn attention to, the fact that she mentors or works with newer or younger operators. here is the result of some of that. it is something we have strived to make happen. people that care about their jobs and are motivated, sometimes we need to just get out of the way and let people do what they're very good at. i wanted to make that point about how you learn from excellent role models, as well as understanding the equipment.

>> talking about the equipment there. thank you very much. [applause] director? >> just a few quick updates. in terms of the state of repair work, for those who live along the n line, that work is continuing. as well as on the carl and cold with switching replacement projects. thus a number of weekends during planned shutdown work. the work will resume the weekend of may 11. we will have a shutdown of the end line, a prelude to the big work. and in a day. that will be the time we will

be redoing the entire section. one of the most critical junctures, we are very excited to get that new overhead up in working, and new. it will be a significant benefit in terms of service it will come with disruption in distraction, we're working closely on promoting alternative forms of transportation and, of course, we'll have outreach, cited the, shovels, people that need to get around on muni still can. in terms of the future of muni,

we have been coming toward the end of this phase and the outreach associated with the environmental impact report, going around to different neighborhoods, really tailored toward the rapid line in those neighborhoods that we have been developing travel time reduction proposals for. the chairman was able to attend one of the ones this past weekend. today we have had seven workshop taylor presentations for the seven neighborhoods. they are ready to go. we have been promoting them through various means, beyond the many town hall format and accessibility advisory, going to

the pedestrian safety advisory council. lots of different stakeholder groups. these large focused workshops are giving us feedback that helps us to refine and change and adjust our proposals. we have put out information and are trying to get feedback electronically we have gotten a couple of hundred responses to that. that is very helpful. at 10:00 a.m., and therefore we will see if this is a central location hearing in we will be putting these corridors up for review. we had one good recognition. our park manager was featured in a series, a

nationwide blog that focuses on aggressive transportation issues, for lack of a better phrase. the airport -- profiling 11 officials and putting them in the 21st century. jay is the manager of the park program. but he put this dynamic pricing model in place, the first in the country. if not the world. for circling the admissions and congestion of those associated, the lessons will be powerful for cities everywhere. we have won a number of boards, and cities like new york are now falling gas.

a great honor that is well deserved. this sunday is the first of four mission sunday streets, we are doing four of them. the vice chair has been a strong advocate, if anyone has not been to make sunday street mission, they are the ones to go to. hope to see everyone out there. in terms of bicycles, next thursday there is a bike to work day. we are wondering -- funding and partnering on the event for the city.

in san francisco we have been working hard on outreach to get more people out, with commuter convoys where we have experienced bikers and first- time bikers. you get the idea. someone tries at once, they then become a regular commuter. last year during bike to work day, i rode with someone who had that experience. it really does work. there will be snacks, beverages, and everyone is encouraged to go to the website if they want to sign up and volunteer. i look forward to seeing you all out there on your bicycles. speaking of which, the bikeway in golden gate park that i made

reference to, it has been getting a lot of interest. much of it positive. some of the critical. i think that reggie may have made reference that we are nearly done with the work. we will be completely done by next thursday. a topic that was actually discussed last year with some of the bike to work participants. we are taking the feedback we're getting very seriously and looking at the adjustments we might want to make, looking closely at the migration with the parks department. we are evaluating bicycles speeds, traffic volume, perceptions. it is a design that is tried and true, having worked well at the other cities with which i know some of you have experience.

it is relatively new to san, sot of outreach with iraq and park, and are comfortable and accustomed to the new orientation, looking forward to getting that done over the next couple of weeks. finally, we had a very busy weekend this past weekend. the doyle drive demolition was significant for us. traffic patterns on the city streets, construction at the port, the giants were in town with neighborhood events right here. we had 63 pco's working over the course of the weekend at different times. much of the work came out around the city, moving smoothly, by

all accounts. a great job by all those engaged in the planning of that. particularly those that were out on the streets. making sure that san francisco kept moving. >> thank you, director. members of the board? >> let me take the opportunity to complement the staff of the workshop. it was one of those gorgeous days where you thought no one would show up, but there was a really good crowd and they did such a professional job of facilitating all the information that needed to be shared. i wanted to recognize the fact that they did a fabulous job with that. the information was so helpful in terms of seeing what would happen with stock placements. well done.

>> i would second that. i would encourage everyone in the audience, my colleagues here on the board, to attend one of these workshops. i recently had one in my neighborhood and was amazed by the planning and recommendations being made to improve the line. it is still impacted, looking forward to the wonderful work in the workshops. i am sure that there are similar and amazing things happening in everyone's neighborhood. i wanted to reiterate the support for the bike to work day. last year, bike to work, my partner, whom i have been trying to get to bike for years, and never was able to build up the courage to get her to come

through, we got her to do it. she gets herself for not having done it sooner, because it saves herself easily 30 minutes from the time that she used to muni. everyone get out there and bike to work. >> thank you. next item, please. >> i do not see mr. murphy here. so, public comment. an opportunity for the members of the public to address the board on matters within the jurisdiction but not on the calendar. james bolden, thomas coleman, leonard lynch are our first speakers. mr. bolden?

>> good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, board. thank you for hearing me. what i see in front of me are some duly elected public servants? that being said, i know that you guys are trying to balance a budget with $312 million projected for the fiscal year 13-14. yet we are making an attempt to enforce and bring in parking on sunday, which everyone comes out to to shop. going back and forth, going to communities is going to interrupt that. someone could make the case that could be looked at as religious

persecution, which had nothing is, but i have some suggestions about enforcing the carpool lanes. 10 tickets is $4,500. you know the numbers on a larger scale. also, i will support charging a fee for a bike license. quite a few incidents, people getting hit by cars, bikes, etc., this would separate the bad bikers from the good bikers. i did not know that i only had two minutes, that is all i had to say. >> thomas coleman, leonard lynch, micro roberta. >> good afternoon, mr. coleman. >> have been made a.

i'd like to speak to the notice today that we received in regards to the changing contractor permit terms. it is brief, so i will read the first part. they are not intended for long- term, on the street parking. my concern is that i would need to have defined for me what long term means. we have a lot of contractors with multiple permits. coming to and from their place of business over the course of a day, they could be several hours and one job location, or back at their place, take care of all of the paperwork. coming and going is an integral

part of the business. if the legislation seeks to clarify the business of keeping your vehicle at 1,500 feet, or three blocks, instead impacting the workday, it becomes a very expensive issue for all the people in my association. everything in construction is very competitive. every minute on a generally been project is more than $1.50. if you have these electricians working and walking to and from, as opposed to working, it becomes very efficient. i would like to take that into consideration. >> leonard lynch. followed by micro mark orszag.

>> my name is leonard lynch. in a third-generation san franciscan. our cost per minute is $1.80 per minute. over 15 feet it becomes an expensive proposition. going back and forth, it could take half an hour. this is half of the actual working day. it comes off the top of the overhead. an expensive proposition. if this is just another burden that we will have to bear going through, we will have to reconsider this situation.

we must have had 300 trucks with permits. to tack an additional fee on top of that, you have to go to in from work as a service company, in and out all day with a parking ticket for parking in front of their own business? it is almost better to take the ticket rather than go three blocks and what, or whatever. please reconsider this amendment that you are trying to propose. thank you very much. >> next speaker, please. what's that afternoon, mr. gruber.

we went to the rules committee of the board of supervisors and ask them to reject the reappointment on the board. it looks like standing up to the opposition over the working life. especially since we knew that this would not be successful. we knew we had to send a message about not only some of the policy initiatives that have been champion here, but the direction of the agency itself. i am specifically referring to the current proposal, which the director has inspired, of leasing medallions to cab

companies, one-third of all medallions, to be specific. this will rob 500 drivers of their futures, and it will benefit companies that, frankly, do not deserve it. many of these companies have thwarted their drivers' ability to obtain workers' compensation. they regularly violate the terms of around contracts, of which they write. and they collect billions of dollars for year in under the table payments in protection money that drivers pay. these companies do not deserve it. >> the afternoon.

four items. first, i would ask of the board could inquire after the status of the new shelter the installations, including the next meeting. signs in the shelters have been constructed. the second item gets into transitions for his service. an independent voice on this board, and a friend, his service will be missed. greg petersen retired last night, after 22 years of service for. i was on during his last run. he was a wonderful guy. always tentative in being well- liked and i wanted to recognize

his retirement. on a sadder note, a more permanent retirement, frank schisler, passing away last week, rick after retiring at age 95, he had lived 35 years, breaking a record for a retiree manager. in terms of time. he retract -- retired as the superintendent in 1936. he helped to run a railway in the 1960's and 1970's and was quite a force to be reckoned with a wanted to recognize those transitions. >> thank you. >> next speaker?

>> looks familiar. >> good afternoon, directors. welcome back to work. happy back to work month. i want to briefly invite you to join us again. it has been helpful to be out on the streets with you all. thank you. coalition efforts, along with your support and partnerships, it is of great interest to us. the rainy weather, which was great, with focusing more on the adult riders, these have been going out to thousands of