so, items number 7 through 12, we have a motion to move the items forward with recommendation. on item number 12, the cooperative agreement specifically, i absolutely understand that we want to continue to provide those vital public services, whether it's fire services or police services on the island, so i don't really see us not providing those services come october 1, 2012, and so i am comfortable moving those forward, but i do have a lot of questions about the infrastructure that we are potentially inheriting from the navy in particular on the utility side and what that might mean in terms of exposure for the city and in particular for the puc which for the most part is basically rate payer dollars all across the city, so that is a big concern of mine and i would like to understand that further. i think it is time for tida to come forward and with the puc to really give us a thorough

briefing about what that looks like and what that means, and so i look forward to having that conversation, but in terms of the master lease agreement, i agree with supervisor kim, i don't see a reason for delay for the master lease agreements nor for moving forward with the cooperative agreement to provide those services. supervisor avalos? >> i actually want to propose a different tact, what if we were to move this forward to the full board without recommendation and have a report at the full board that can touch upon some of the concerns around what the dissolution of redevelopment and changes that now tida was a redevelopment agency but it's functioning kind of like one, what that is with implications to our general fund especially with emergency services but i think it would be good to have a public discussion around the full board around the radiation issue as well.

it seems like there's been some discussion or communication that's happened between the california department of public health with residents, a letter, i don't think there's been any other public discussion about the site. i think discussion before the full board as we're contemplating these leases and the cooperative agreement makes some sense to have a discussion there and then we can get more of an official statement at that time, hopefully it can be available to share with us and tell us how we're moving forward as a city with any new information we might have about new sources of radiological contamination or the concerns of potential contamination that is there. just with the word potential, when it comes to radiation and the history that's there gives me great concern, so i think that will be a better process for me and perhaps other board

members might welcome that type of discussion when these items come to the full board. >> thank you, supervisor avalos, supervisor kim? >> and i'll concur with that, i think it's appropriate to move forward without recommendation and it will allow our colleagues the opportunity to set up their own meetings regarding the liability so they feel comfortable and are educated prior to their vote to the full board and i think these are going to overshadow a lot of the other issues around the amendment for the master lease and the cooperative agreement and i think those are appropriate questions to answer at a public hearing, and i also hope that we can make some movement also with the boys and girls club around the fact that they're in a potential site and i think of course there's not evidence showing that there was radiological contamination on that site, but i think as a supervisor avalos said, the word potential i think is scary for a lot of our families and

children and i think hopefully we can move forward with some kind of resolution on that is eye. >> thank you. >> thank you, supervisor kim, so i believe the motion has been amended to send item 7 through 12 forward without recommendation at this time. i'd be happy to support that. i do think that the master leases should move forward in any case because for all practical purposes, even in an extreme situation where we said our choice is to move all residents off the island, we wouldn't be able to do that in two weeks so for all intents and purposes, i think we have to move forward with it, but i would be happy to move item 7 through 12 forward to the full board without recommendation on the floor, so, that is a motion on the floor and we can do that without objection. do we have any other items before us? >> that completes the agenda. >> thank you, we are adjourned.

>> when the new california

academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up

throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to know maybe somebody new, may be looking for a day, or chatting with friends. there jellyfish. i mean, they are beautiful. >> the culmination of the animals. >> it is very impressive. we do not have this at home. >> tell us a little about some of the spider's we see here on display. >> at the california academy of sciences, there is a very large collection of preserved and live specimens, which are the evidence about evolution. we have the assassin spiders, which are spiders that exclusively kill and eat other spiders.

they are under the microscope here. research done and the california academy's i rhinology lab suggests that the assassin spiders have been doing this for over 150 million years. this glassed in room is a real scientific laboratory, and the people in that room are preparing specimens of vertebrate, that is mammals and birds. the way they do this is to remove the skin, sew it together in a relatively lifelike pose, and ensure that it does not decompose. >> i am a really big class actress fan, so i am here to see them, and beer week. >> i wanted to learn something and have fun. >> i always enjoy it. i am not all is well -- always working as i am tonight.

sometimes i come to enjoy the music and to dance. ♪ >> culturewire covers the arts in san francisco, and one of my favorite culture artists is here tonight. jason, thank you for being on culturewire. tell us about some of your posters that we have here today. >> most of the posters here are four specific shows or tours. i am hired by the bands or the venue. >> what is the inspiration behind these posters? >> no, disease of the related to the bay and, of course. music -- it is related to the band, of course the musical content or isn't related to the bed. album covers can come from anywhere. ♪

♪ >> class actress was great. we have been having so much fun. i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here? >> we do corporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. >> thank you so much.

thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv. director lee? >> present. >> director nolan. >> director ramos is anticipated. director rub ke? >> present. >> directors, just so you know, director bridges is not going to be with us. announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. anyone with one going off may be asked to leave the meeting. no. 4, approval of the minutes. >> motion to approve. >> is there a second? >> second. >> a member of public has indicated they are interested in addressing the matter. >> no one? >> yes. >> directors in favor say aye? >> aye. >> item 5, communications, director, please be advise there had will be no closed session today. >> also, members of board of directors and ladies and

gentlemen, a body mechanic died while at work in the upper yard. he was -- 73 years old and an employee for 33 years and he was recognized by his colleagues and friends a tireless worker and took great pride in keeping our fleet both clean and reliable. he was a proud member of local 1414 and known to all as outgoing man of cheerfulness and mentoring staff. with that we'll adjourn today's meeting in his memory. any other communications? >> no, mr. chairman, no other communications. item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> i did want to something up. i read an article in the examiner this morning that talked bay dui checkpoint that the sfed pd did this weekend and i know our police department has received awards from the state for their dui efforts and i thought this one

was fascinating, 8 of cars, and 13 additional infractions so that brings, by my math to 25% of the vehicles that they stopped had something going on, something wrong. and so i just wanted to call attention to that, because it really does highlight how important it is for us to support them in those efforts and what a good job they are doing and i believe they have another one coming up in north beach. >> where exactly is that, cheryl? >> north beach, chairman, nolan, be careful. [ laughter ] >> that is all, thank you. >> other members of board, new or unfinished business? seeing none. >> item 7, directors' report. >> good afternoon, mr. chair. members of board and members of public and staff, i have a number of things to cover today, but happy as always to start for the first meeting of the month by recognizing some of the folks who are doing the good work of the mta, and i

want to start with some members. this is a team recognition, team of folks who crossed a few different divisions within the agency at on accessible services and communication and so i would like to ask the following to step forward. matt west, our accessibility coordinator, kate torran or paratransit coordinator and lou feliciano our transit communication margin. i'm not sure i is a lulu, but we have three of the four here and what we're recognizing this group for is the professor of muni series of videos that i'm sure you have all watched numerous times. these were requested by the mac, multimodal accessibility committee, but they have

adopted to the broader scope of the mta with the rest of us. there were four different videos that they made. they were written and cast by matt, [tpa*-eufpbld/] edited filmed and edited by kate and there were a number of other mta employees that participated and these were put out in advance of the july 1st to make sure there was good information or to compliment the information that was going out there. and i think we're going to play a little bit, just a highlight for anyone who was sorry enough to have missed this. [ music ]

[ music ] [ applause ] >> good. >> an now come travel with us as we visit that bastion of brain activity, the world-famous muni labs. hello there, professor muni at muni labs where the future of transit is being made everyday. let's look at muni's new all door boarding policy. >> we're going into the rear of the bus, hello, hang on, sorry. hello, no, not there either. yes.

this is judie. what are you doing judy? what are you doing judy? what are you doing judy? oh, no it's jerry. jerry rides muni, too, but boarding never goes fast when he is around. [ music ] [ music ] [ applause ] i want to stress my resemblance to anyone here, including namesakes of board members are completely inadvertent.

i'm sure commissioner jerry is a fine [tr-pts/] rider. i want to note that we had a very modest budget for this endeavor. the budget was zero. and it was delivered within budge. so not a penny of mta funds went to this. it was really just the initiative and the love and the time of the four people standing up here and lulu has now joined us and i will note also one of our cac members is here also had a camo that you may have seen in at least one of the videos. this was picked up, these videos by numerous media outlets. my notes say it was a viral sensation, and it was all because the initiative of these four on their own time to put something together that was both fun and informative and helpful. so with that,

congratulations. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> if any of you would care to say a few words? >> on behalf of our creative team, oscar award-winning team, i want to thank the board and directors for giving us the opportunity, as well as annette williams who trusted our instincts in pushing this. i have to say that the team worked offhours after an outreach meeting and just threw these ideas together, having coffee and i think the best ideas come out of these coffee breaks. thank you. >> i just want to say thank you very much. i think it's safe to say that none of us receiving this award today are expecting a call from

the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences come oscar time. [ laughter ] i have to say working in the marketing department is a job i love dearly and i'm fortunate that my job allows me to work across the numerous divisions and it's dedicated and gifted people like matt west, kate, torran and lulu that i work were on a number of occasions that really makes me feel proud to be part of this project and to realize that we do have within our halls some of the best and brightest people in this city. thank you. >> on behalf of the of the board of directors and people of san francisco, thank you for this creative contribution for making this system work so well. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> next we have a couple of individuals from the transit division, some people refer to as muni. and i would like is to ask mr. john haley to come forward.

along with olivero valley and mr. valley has been with us for more than 33 years, 28 of which have been in the cable car division. working for 23 years as an accomplished grip man and if anyone has ridden on cable cars can attest to the fact that doing that for 23 minutes is probably difficult enough for most human beings and so doing it for 23 years is certainly impressive. just an outstanding record with muni and the mta, excellent safety record and no avoidable accidents in last 15 years. past five years he has been working at pal and market turn table as an ambassador assisting patrons, as well as his fellow crewmembers. probably one of the most visible ambassadorial positions

we have in mta. he is a great role-model for his colleagues in terms of [o-ufrplgts/] attendance also in the years and his customer service skills are known to be exceptional. he told me he specialty many, many years on the california line and known as mr. california. which i think speaks a lot about his customer service skills. no complaints, only accolades from the public for his great years of service at cable car. also, we have sun go, who is an electrical transit mechanic who currently works out the green division, which is most of our light rail fleet runs. he is the running repair and defects guy. so when there is a problem on a vehicle out there, and those that haven't gone through the overhaul

program have those problems he is one of the first guys out there to get the train back in service or to get it safely is offline, so the service can continue. he is one of the first to volunteer, to take on any challenge. that we or our equipment throws at him. extremely dependable, reliable, and a self-starter, which are qualities that we certainly need given the age of our fleet and the complexity of our system. excellent workmanship, produces high-quality repairs such that once he is done touching the vehicle, it's going to stay in service thereafter, which is what we need. i want to thank both of you for your great service and serving as role-models for mta and muni. >> mr. california, as anybody who rides the cable cars

regularly, despite the terrific video you just saw, i think it's hard. cable car folks take a back seat to no one when it comes to entertainment. so having a distinguished record. sonny have tools will travel, regularly see him on the platform out in various places and he has one of the most challenging jobs in the system to respond and get one crack, one bite the apple. try to make a repair, keep a vehicle in service or move it, so we can get the service going. he is masterful at that. both of them terrific attitudes and i will also say that they are two of the heroes and people responsible for what you will hear from ed in a few minutes about the successful service we ran a couple of weekends ago around america's

cup, including reintroducing a new historical line. i want to acknowledge tony gonzalez, the division chair. he is over there because he does need to be re-elected and his superintendent. so this is enough said. you are on oliver. we have been working on the speech. >> we have been working on a 30-minute -- well, it's going to be be less than that. thank you so much for the distinction. it's a big honor for me to accept it and let me tell you the cable car has been my passion and my family. i love the whole operation and everybody that is part of it. and thank you so much for the recognition. i really appreciate. it thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, thank you.

>> thank you and thank you everybody. >> on behalf of the board and the entire agency, thank you so much for your outstanding service. [ applause ] >> so just while we're on the subject of cable cars and the entertainment that our operators of the cable car bring i want to remind you again this thursday is the 49th annual cable car bell ringing competition. it will be at union square at noon. we'll have our professional ringers, as well as celebrity competition. the proceeds of which will go to charity, and once again, comedian debby durst is the emcee and we'll be honoring the winner by placing their photograph into vehicles and by

getting them in front of the media and getting them some recognition for the great work that they do everyday. it's a great event. it's a good muni tradition, a great thing for our 100th anniversary here and look forward to seeing all of you there at noon at union square on thursday. a few miscellaneous items. in early april and i think we may have talked about this briefly the sfmta in conjunction with improve sf, an initiative of the mayor's office hold a competition to ask san franciscans to come up with a new logo for the mta, reflecting mobility for the 21st century. we had artists who submitted proposals and went through an online voting process and then a jury of peer process that ended up selecting paul miller as the winner and he is a

graphic artist from method design. it was a four-color design of parallel lines that symbolize many of the interconnected multimodal paths of travel. that was the thinking behind the design. we have since -- he has been very generouswith his time and again this is something again that cost nothing to muni or for the mta which had we done this on our own would have cost probably quite a bit of money. the consultants who do this kind of work can charge well for it, but he is not only entered the contest for free, but since worked with us to refine it and we are now ready to soft-launch the new logo. we're just going to phase it in, because we don't want to incur any expense. we're not going to throw out old letterhead or old signage. but we are ready to start bringing this logo into the

vernacular of the sfmta. we're going to get it up on the screen. that is the logo that won the competition, which again we have worked on since then with our graphic staff. and this is the branding that will be applied to future replacement vehicles and to our existing fleet when we're doing any kind of normal change-out. we'll also be introducing things like business cards, letterhead presentations. it does not replace some of the existing things such as what is known as the worm. the familiar muni logo or the older muni logo, which is known at the oshaughnessey logo, but this is for the overall mta. so glad that once again for zero cost initiative, to help us communicate better with the public.