the transportation authority is san francisco first but also regional connections and making sure we're working well with all of the other agencies in the bay area so it takes a special kind of person to be able to navigate that. in addition internally in san francisco any land use and transportation are linked it's constant work with the mta, with the planning department, with the port, with the public utilities commission and mayor's office and caltrans and bay authority. it's a lot of different personalities, a lot of agencies working together so i think it's so critical for the next director to be someone who can very, very effectively work collaboratively with all of these agencies and help bring

them together too because the ta even though there is some project management primarily it's about planning and oversight and making sure that the tax dollars are being well spent so i want to encourage you to keep that very firmly in mind. this is a somewhat unique setting. >> i agree wholeheartedly. that's a good point, and it also speaks to commissioner mar's comments about outreach and inclusion in the stakeholder engagement process. if you look at the timeline today is march march 18. we have basically this week to do community engagement which means from the standpoint of scheduling and making it happen that's a very, very aggressive timeline in order to produce a document that you will have to review and

approve on the following week, so what i might suggest that we might want to do as part of this process is have some of that community engagement be on-going. the fact that we have a recruitment profile that has been produced does not necessarily impede us from listening to our stakeholders and being able to integrate additional comments into the selection and evaluation part of the process which is equally important as identifying what the key characteristics are, so even though we may not have completed the formal stakeholder engagement and make sure we go through that process at the same time we go

through the candidates so we hear all the voices in the community. that's my recommendation. >> i think it's inconsiderably important to do the. >> >> community outreach and make sure this person knows how to but my point is a little different and apart from the community outreach working with other agencies because i think there are some areas of the country or a region you have something -- for a lack of a lack of better term and it's all controlled by one agency and top down. in the bay area and san francisco it doesn't exist. it's dispersed and overlapping and as a transportation average s agency if you're working collaboratively with these agencies you're not going to be effective and another layer on top of the community outreach. and i apologize for having to

leave. >> thank you commissioner wiener and i see a dynamic process that can extend beyond the recruitment profile beyond that being made. i think that makes a lot of sense and there will be a lot of information that will come to you and hone things down as you move forward. commissioner wiener did talk about a number of groups to consult with in terms i believe it will be helpful in creating the recruitment profile. the departments, the puc, the port, the mta, i don't think he mentioned dpw but that is important to add in the mix, planning department, of course the mayor's office, and then you have the more regional bodies. there's the mtc of which commissioner wiener is on the seat on and as well as commissioner campos in cal

trans and others that will come up i am sure that members of the committee might want to propose and within those departments we can probably work with you to figure out who would be the key people to talk to as well. we're 11 member body and there's probably 11 different points of view as well, so i think figuring out how to come up with the consolidated consensus as to the approach and the recruitment profile and other key qualities you want to see in the executive director. there is a lot of work to come up with that consensus and i will be as available as i can be and if you're at 24/7 i will be and other members expressed that interest so i think we have a good relationship to form to help move this along. commissioners? okay. well, thank you for being here. we

can check in just after the meeting would be great. >> i would like to take a moment and ask daphne to come up and talk about her experiences. i don't want to hog the mic because it really is a team and i would like you to hear for 30 seconds. >> by all means. >> she is camera shy and microphone bashful but come on up. >> good morning commissioners. thank you so much for allowing us to work on this very, very prestigious opportunity, executive director for the cta. definite nee lablonk is my name. >> >> transportation has really been an area that i have worked in for some time now. i want to say 20-25 years i have been recruiting in this industry. i

came into it through the transportation demand management employees transportation coordinators, ride share, trip reduction kinds of things and it's done really well for me. i love it. this search in particular will be a marvelous thing to do. i think the interesting things about this opportunity for someone to be attracted to just far out weigh anything that anyone might call too challenging. i think the type of candidate that will be able to meet you where you are and move forward, move you forward, i believe we will be able to get you a nice cluster of individuals to review, and as long as we're able to talk with everybody and get your individual input as well as collective input i think that will help us to drill down --

if i put five people in front of you what makes you pick this one over this one? that is important in terms of the abbreviated time frame as well. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> good afternoon commissioners. i am brett buyers and i want to say i am looking forward to the opportunity of working with you all. as daphne and bill mentioned one of the cornerstones of our search process is getting to know you, getting to know the organization, getting to know the city and county of san francisco, so that we can put fortour best effort. secure some viable and transformational candidates for you all and in that process we look forward to being the extension of you as the commissioners as well as san francisco transit authority so we can go out and get the most

viable candidates for you and i look forward to working with and you conversing with you and learning more about what you desire. thank you. >> thank you very much. okay. mr. hawkins thank you. >> thank you. >> so this item we can open up for public comment. seeing none come forward we will close public comment. and i am very excited about moving forward and getting a fresh start to the search so thank you for joining us in that effort. our next item please. >> instruction of new items. this is information item. >> colleagues any comment? public comment is now open. we will close public comment. next item. >> number five public comment. >> this is general public comment. seeing none one for public comment. we will close public comment. our next item.

>> item six adjournment. >> thank you very much. colleagues, we are adjourned