i will contact each and everyone of you individually. we have to get this done. i have to say this. even in your agenda, you guys have a resolution to approve taking away parking spots. one of the issues with these prefabs spots is parking. please get this done. if you want to tell the members of the local, please have the system do what it is supposed to do. vice chairman brinkman: i think director heinicke has something. director heinicke: is it currently the problem of the restroom facilities at the terminus of the line are out of commission and that folks are being asked to use the other ones? what is the problem put >> have you seen a porta-potti? director heinicke: right up there, they are using a porta- potti. >> i would not send my wife or

tell one of you ladies to go into a restroom like that, particularly if you're working as an employee as a system that has the revenue in the location. vice chairman brinkman: thank you. i think director bridges has something. director bridges: southeast or southwest request southwest. i am spoken to members of this body, and he is dedicated to getting this done, but right now, this has been ongoing for over 10 years. there has been steering committee after steering committee. i went to a couple of steering committees, and i can tell you, no wonder nothing has been done. seriously. no wonder. because everybody is chasing their tail, and what happened 10 years ago when you were supposed to be pursuing permits? vice chairman brinkman: thank you, mr. williams.

i think we will ask for a quick recap to see what is going on, so i appreciate it. >> appreciate it. look forward to working with you all. secretary boomer: adam greenfield, chris, herbert weiner. >> good afternoon. my name is adam greenfield, an i am a board member of the sunset park neighbors at the sunset, and i am also co-chair of what used to be the inner sunset fair. mike co-chairing is here, and he has got a very nice image of what we are talking about. there we go. that is me playing the violin there. so over the last couple of years at the inner sunset, we have come to realize something that many people are realizing, which is the importance of gathering

spaces right in a part of our communities. this has been a huge game changer for the city, as have the parkwood -- parklets and other areas. we had a street fair in mid october last year. some of you were there, i remember. one of the reflections we had at the end of it is that once a year is not enough to build community. we need to bring people together in the streets as they become familiar with each other's faces. after that, we decided to have a go at creating an event program in the vein of sunday streets, a nonprofit event, but something that we can really own in the community. we can have staffed and volunteered by people in the community, so i am not going to take over what chris is going to say, but we basically have come up with a financial hurdle with

the fees that the city has to make this happen, request that the mta look in the possibility of creating and you nimble program in the manner of sunday streets but something smaller, something for non-profit community events. our co-chair chris also has something to say after me. vice chairman brinkman: thank you. >> my name is chris, and i am also with the inner sunset park neighbors. as he said, we have held our street fair twice. each time, we have had to extend additional distance but to bring in others so we could pay for it. last year, we had $9,500 in fees before we started to do anything. the health department, the police department, plus others, so we decided to pull back. we are going to pull it back to a single block so that we can concentrate this stuff that the

neighborhood wants to do. in doing this, we are finding it very difficult because the fees are very onerous. we are left with, and i appreciate mta has one fee for four events. even at that, it is still going to cost us $4,500 per event to simply close one block. that is the fee for one block. that does not even include the fire department. assuming we wanted foods, it is $200 and that is a restaurant on the block. the police department wants $1,660. the officers want $750. we have chosen a block which has no transit no driveways. it does that 30 metered parking spaces, but it has no residences, so we are trying to work with the city to make this as compact as we can, but the price is still much. if we can come up with something between the block parties which

are wonderful, $175 for a block party, but those are limited to the people on the block, and the street fair, which become a huge economic things, so if we could come up with something, that would be good. vice chairman brinkman: thank you. members, you will remember at our last meeting or the meeting before, i talked about this issue working with the mta and your organization to streamline. it does seem like it is quite costly habit of. how are you raising the money? -- it is quite cost prohibitive. how are you raising the money? >> we have the banks, which give us some money, and we go to doctors, insurance. we have to beg people in order to come up with the money to basically pay city fees. >> and it sounds like you do have the community support for this event.

i see the pictures. i missed it last year. >> yes, supervisor olague is in favor for it. i am sorry. susan king said it was the next one. olague, 4lshe says people from oliver district 5 are coming to her and saying, "we have got to sort this out." quite frankly, if we do not sort out these fees before, we will not be able to do it. vice chairman brinkman: this perhaps is another one that should, to policy and governance, and i was reading and blog, and he mentioned something really similar to this with creating a really innovative pilot permit process to make it a little more streamlined and easier, because they are very popular with the community, and we have streets being used in other ways that we

have not discussed before. for example, sunday parking for organizations which do not pay these fees. it seems like this is a good opportunity to look at all of that. director ramos? director ramos: i have seen him at our little hang-up. it has been amazing. the last one, they showed the historical evolution of the sunset, which was awesome to see. in the middle of the street, it was like a theater. amazing. one of the things i found wonderful about the street fair and even that you guys put together is it really does feel homegrown, and i feel like the fees themselves are meant for these mega sponsors and mega events, where they have money to spare. a way to bring this home, and i

am really looking forward to finding a way to make this work. vice chairman brinkman: thank you. we appreciate it. secretary boomer: herbert weiner, followed by -- >> herbert weiner. one thing i want to comment on is the bus stops. in order to speed up muni. now, it has been pointed out that studies have been shown that buses run faster if bus stops are removed. i would like to see those studies. i would like to see how they were conducted. i would like to see the sampling that was done, because, frankly, they do not run any faster since the bus stops have been removed. this has been going on for 20 years. what it does do is inconveniences' people, especially those who are sick. they have to walk a longer distance, and the loading time is increased because there is a

greater concentration of people, and nothing has been accomplished except for removing bus stops. i think this has to be examined. another thing i am concerned about is the new bus shelters. the apparatus showing the time for the vehicles, when they are going to arrive. it has not been installed in all of the bus stops. california streets, going outbound. one-stop has been there for a long time, and i still do not see the apparatus for scheduling the buses, and i have been waiting a very long time for that, so i wish you would look into that. vice chairman brinkman: thank you, mr. weiner. secretary boomer: [reading names] david pilpel. >> good afternoon. united -- workers. i have a petition which i will

present to you signed by over 900 cab drivers, and it has two parts. the first urges the board of supervisors to approve a measure for the november ballot that would accomplish, mainly accomplished two purposes. one would be a guarantee that cabdrivers continue to be the exclusive recipients of taxi medallions and permits as has been the case for the past 34 years, and the other would insure that any revenues that you collect from the taxi industry are returned for tax purposes, whether that be for the benefits of the drivers, enforcement against illegal activities, or improvements to service. the second part of it addresses the proposal that staff has brought before you bet, and the language of this related to the

proposal in the last few days, we have seen that that has been revised, says some of this language does not square with the proposal, but i have to tell you that this agency has engendered so much distrust and suspicion among drivers that whenever it puts forward, there is not going to be any faith that you will not turn around, as you have the power to do, and simply wipe it out with a new proposal. what we see here is kind of a tactical retreat, scaling the proposal back to make it more palatable, and the real problem is the authority that you have to change anything at any time in any way you want to, so i will leave you with this. vice chairman brinkman: thank you. secretary david pilpel,

another. >> good afternoon, david pilpel. i appreciate it with your response, which you have done more today, and where you indicate something is going to a policy and governance, if you could ask staff to follow up, because not everyone knows when those meetings are and that those discussions are actually public. the next point, in the last few weeks, there have been a couple of instances in the subway, and unfortunately at least one resulted in fatality, i do not know what happened to the other one, but it seems that there were segments of the subway that could have been isolated. i think both of the incidents were at the civic center, and yet, there was no ability to operate service to castro or van ness, and the t line to the

embarcadero. its staff can exercise and try to isolate those segments, because we know there will be problems in the subway from time to time and be able to work around them and still deal with the incident but using a schedule, a different regular routing, so not everyone is inconvenienced, and we can sort of isolate those segments and operate shuttles over that portion as absolutely necessary, just being able to react to that would be better. i asked at previous meetings about the installation of the new transit shelters and those locations that do not have the muni signs. there is a new shelter. there is a no -- is no next muni sign. i suggested continuing to do

town halls from time to time so it does not just wait until we have a budget crisis. i am wondering if we can do that again sometime. not just in two years, and finally, for the november ballot, mr. gruebeer -- grueber mentioned, i am wondering if you could comment on that so we can anticipate the timing. secretary boomer: barry toronto, robin barrasso. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i have several issues. i was not at the last meeting. i have been trying to catch up for watching it. at first, i want to say i am very excited, more than anybody else here, to see this new commissioner on board. i want to welcome her more than anybody else, because i got

tired of filling out ethics complaints against her predecessor. he was interfering with staff, interfering with investigations, and i think god. i look forward to her getting to know the taxi business. when she comes on board, and i hope she give some feedback. the next which segues into the issue, did anybody see the " basis and" article that came out last thursday? -- did anybody see the "bay citizen" article? the agency is being sued, and i think it is trying to be a deterrent, trying to avoid the charges and to make accusations, and there is no way they can prove it. i think you need to make sure you get reimbursed for everything you put out in the

city attorney's office for this case. please get reimbursed. in terms of the brooker issue, this also said ways to the issue that we have got to get to the bottom of this problem, and as the investigators who are doing a great job dealing with the illegal taxi limousines, but unfortunately, they are also dealing with a wide zones. if we can get some help out with that, especially at fisherman's wharf and around the hotels, then we can spend our time dealing with those more important issues, and in closing, they hired a new employee who is doing a great job as secretary and dealing with the waiting list. however, the website is still not good enough to help us know what is going on in the agency. we used to have all of that information on the taxi commission agenda. all of that information was there. now, we can hardly find it. i ask that to be a priority.

thank you. secretary boomer: robin -- carl. these are the last three people who have turned into a speaker card. >> hello, i formally served on an advisory committee in district 7, and i am reapply. i was with a committee on thursday, but just to comment on jfk drive, when the configuration was created, it was done by rec and park and the bicycle coalition, and there was the disability council. they were contacted only after the fact about this, so we do not consider this finished, because as far as i am concerned, it is not a done deal. i still have a lot of concerns about the current configuration. the of the things i want to see is a i want to thank chair person brinkman for mentioning

the accident that took the life of this young woman, and with the current hit and run incident, one of the things i have been advocating is the bicycle ambassador program. it is now going to be part of the pedestrian safety joint task force at some point. this means that the bicycle coalition will be training bicyclists to be out on the street, handing out information, but to pedestrians and bicyclists about stopping at stop signs and not running red lights and yielding to pedestrians and to remind pedestrians to not jaywalk. thank you very much. vice chairman brinkman: thank you. thank you very much for your service and for the ambassador program, and i look forward to this. >> thank you very much. director heinicke: if your

committee doesn't input, we would certainly be interested. i would also say, i noticed this before, but it becomes more apparent when you are riding around, not just violations and that sort of thing, but the amount of people not wearing a helmet on their bicycle was truly staggering to me, and maybe it is just because i am a parent and i have sort of become familiar with that law or whatever. maybe we can add to our bicycle ambassador program some coupons for helmets. >> is that a requirement or a law? >> it is for a child. it is remarkably unwise, is what it is. >> the ambassador program will help the police, with all of the layoffs. they are very supportive of this.

secretary boomer: [reading names] these are the last two people have turned in speaker cards. >> good afternoon. i am sorry to see he was not reappointed, but i hope that his replacement has a very wonderful tenure with you. i have the very highest respect for chris hayashi. it has been a success. i am extremely disappointed that they have recommended that they not sell the medallions. all medallion holders should be treated equally and fairly. they pay for the medallions with their hard earned money, and they all earn the same amount of

rent for their medallions. the argument that they do not try is bogus, because most of them have driven for years. the yellow cab company from bankruptcy court from 1977 came from 163 medallions that were taken away from them. as they turned over 138 medallions if the city evert -- ever needed them, they would be given a call a what appeared in essence, the drivers of the attack -- of the yellow cab had them whenever they needed them. i am asking you in fairness to treat all medallion holders

equally and give them the same rights. i also want to be honest and say that i live in texas now because my wife is ill. she has to live there. i would rather live in the tenderloin apartments than in a mansion in taxes. i want you to know that i am in taxes now, but i was on the board of yellow for 13 years. my heart lies with san francisco. >> thank you. it last speaker in this section. >> good afternoon. 36 years ago i began driving a taxi and i'm speaking as an individual taxi driver. i would suggest that you establish a taxi folder and i

have a document to get historical information on the regulators. i need to update that. i will try to send that to you before june 5th. generally cannot before 1978, the business licenses -- generally, before 1978, the business licenses could be bought and sold. then they were on a list for a long time, but then they get the permits for a lot -- a nominal processing costs. then the legislation in 2008 allowed for these medallions to be bought and sold. but we have a dual system. going back five years ago, gavin newsom blurted out to the press that he identified that the city needed to start selling the medallions rather than give them away because it is a valuable city asset. the public policy director met with a group of us. and we said, we do not want to pull the rug out from the people on the waiting list, but we need a transitional policy. the ultimate, what was proposed

is to give more medallions and a discounted sales model. now we they have another plan that is formulaic. i think that they did a great job. i think the formula needs to be tweaked and allow for 20% direct sales and 50¢ -- 50%, i think it is weighted on the medallion side. there are 12 people -- 1200 people lined up wanting to buy with cash. we need to be fair. >> thank you, mr. murdoch. anyone else? seeing none, moving on to the consent calendar. these items are considered to be routine. madam chair, you do have a mayor kurt -- member of the public with several items, 10.2 f and g

with regard to quite tower, 10.2 k and l with regard to the city services and the electric taxi program. brecht's we will go ahead with f and g, k and l, and others. all in favor? all opposed? can we go ahead and have public comment on all of these items together? >> i would like to do public comment on f and g, and k an l

together. this is about taxi service. f and g are related to the fact that cab drivers take tours to quite tower. they take pictures, they take a look. sometimes you get an overzealous pco that are just tagging cabdrivers. people want to have over to the airport and take a picture of quite tower, or they want to take a look at it for 15 minutes. you've got to allow a provision for cabdrivers to be exempt from f and g. this is what san francisco is about, tourism. i urge you to put this on hold

until we get this resolved. in regard to kate and out, -- k and l, because we're going to expand more cabs in the city, there's not enough space for the caps to park. you say it is a private business, but you regulate the businesses and the cab industry. if you want more cabs on the street, you have got to not eliminate parking. it is already eliminated on a lot of cesar chavez because you put bike lanes there. you are telling cabdrivers' we need more cabs, but we have no way for you to get to work. take a bus. a lot of the cab drivers do not live in the city. and they are to be there at 3:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m., friday and in the city and then they finished at 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. in the afternoon.

i'm saying, don't take away parking. you are making it difficult for cabdrivers to come to work. and we need the drivers, and we need good drivers, where they live. >> k and l, as i read it, move the parking limit from one hour to two hours. how is a working cabdriver going out and working -- parking his car in a two-hour and then working his shift? i do not understand. >> i understand your point. richard have been addressed earlier. earlier. >> i am understand.