a knowledge that expands beyond the knowledge she's thought of a thought of participate on our executive team she technically works for another team but i consider her to be part of the team. we're not also the eyes it client we have a lot of complex and difficult issues and a lot of interesting personalities but she's also been at least in my time here and her entire time really incredibly hardworking and dedicated and committed member of our team someone who puts the agency and the people we serve first. it's bittersweet we recognize

her achievement it's the end of an era in terms of her service here i wanted to thank you you julia for your service >> julia everything you've done is precise and helpful especially to our lay people. it's been great everything i do with grace and class i'm going to miss you you all the best in our position. you're going to tell us where you're going; right? and a right >> julie wu ya it's been a pleasure and i enjoyed working with you. >> julia i'm going to miss you

trump you helped to get me into this role with all the work you've signed our name to say wonderful and you'll be sorely he missed. i'm sorry that cheri listen and a malcolm couldn't be here today >> director rubke. >> thank you very much for everything you've been a joy to work with and that's hard for us lawyers sometime. hope to see you around for sure >> do we have something for linda. we do have something; right? >> directors and director

edward reiskin thank you for your kind acknowledgment it's my job to say nothing and my son calculated that like 2 full days of saying nothing so i hope roberta a will allow me to say first, i want to thank city attorney dennis i wanted to thank him for being a great matchmaker. when you first asked me to be general council it was not love at first sight unusual when i tell people what i did or gave me condolence. s it took me a long time to

release this marriage and i love the commitment with our entire staff it's been terrific to support you why the work you do. i want to acknowledging my colleague from the transportation team i hope they'll all stand up (clapping.) sheryl on the right and david greenberg and stephanie and robin and last but not least two other colleagues. without sheryl and tina none of us could accomplish anything you have dozens and dozens of lawyers and those lawyers work for you full time their you truly transportation experts. they're very capable lawyers that could be making two or

three or 5 times more money working at the private law enforcement and they're here because they want to be here and serve the public and support you many our service to the public so thank you for being great colleagues. and finally, i know there are millions and millions of people watching this i wanted to say to the public in leveling years ago when i started i had this file on my desk it probably said something likes things to fixate muni. it was anyone structures it's our job to look at everything that's wrong with muni and it could be bad news. that file took up my whole office like a dragon.

the mta you got divisions made fwharps easy not because they were right. this is the legacy that's taken many years to overcame and will take many years still but the trend is in the right direction from my prevention of watching closely the things to fix another muni is getting smaller from the pcos and this engineers and accountants and the members of the executive team and this board i see a tremendous commitment to making decisions based on what's right for the people over the long haul. i appreciate your brave and

doing the right thing. thank you it's been a privilege to support you in that work. i know you'll keep up the good work (clapping.) director reiskin. >> just 3 quick items for the balance that have my report the first one has to do with the hundred and 50 company permits for company taxi permits that you authorized a year or so ago. you actually authorized one hundred to 50 permits 8 thousand series permits we distributed one hundred and 50 to 10 taxi

companies we set a fee and this $2,000 amount was meant to make those more affordable than the medallions and it's less than that the medallion holder could get up to 22 to 25 hundred. the reason for offering certain companies a lower prices fees to recognize their investment in 9 industry that are better customer service in the way of dispatcher service we require they operate under a model to insure better accountability abate for furniture operation through the companies. since that time as you probably know the medallion payment the

market mechanisms that directive the medallion payments have google gone down. many companies are reporting large revenues as a result of the shortage of drivers meaning no taxis in service to leaflet that circumstance we're reducing the lease fee for the 8 thousand series taxis down to one thousand dollars a month and still the one thousand dollars to go into the drivers fund this will be temporary until the dynamic in the industry approves we're working aggressively to get more drivers with the california investment department

as well as the workforce development. we are looking streamlining the process to get more drivers in but we thought this additional measure was necessary in order to make sure that the taxi industry remains viable. so i wanted to up to date you on that. the trait effectiveness project you've been hearing and will be hearing a lot about it i wanted to make sure you knew were we have 11 i think we have 12 district meetings and two citywide meetings going now to the beginning of march so we can modify the proposals before we bring them to you in the mid of march for your review and at the

end for your approval. we may drop proposals to modify all within the framework of the environmental review that's nearly complete. for those who are unable to attend the meeting we have ways for people to provide input they can contact us through the normal channels and wwwdot muni.com where people can learn the next meeting is in district 5 their meetings that are going through the second week of march and we'll bring back to you the initial proposals on march 15 i think we're going to focus on the m t e and hopefully to the

final approvals at the end of march. finally, i wanted to report out on the charities campaign that's the annual employee giving event one off our outstanding muni operators ron duo district attorney ford was her contribution in 2013 to the campaign was the largest made by any city employee so of the 28 thousand city employees a good you are about to give of which participant in the campaign one of our operators made the single biggest contribution. shields an "x" board operators out of presidio to her 14 year career her general rots has been a hallmark she's the highest

contributory she won the largest contributor award and out of 5 thousand she was number one and altogether they 2rik9d $1.9 million to the nonprofits. it was the second time in 3 years he chevy's earned the award previously in 2011. it was a strong year overall for the campaign we were there with the fourth 4r5erg9d contributory with modern $100,000 and the leadership folks who give $500 or more. i'm proud of our operator who led the pack that concludes my presentation >> questions or comments

members of the public. >> (calling names) those are the two speaker cards. >> good afternoon. good afternoon, members the court: sustained. irish the owner of metro cab. they have only 21 cabs today. i want to give you my perspectives on the medallions. 18 months ago you made a contribution of the cab company to the medallions. mid sized companies were given much smaller gifts. for the big boys this victim of crime support retouching to one hundred or $200 per year if the medallions were sold it would be more money in your coffers. my little company was not

included p i wanted for a year to make my pitch in a letter to the director. my letter pointed out flaws in the scoring system but on the radio orders metro scored higher than cut rate medallions. i received no rely. now like 2014 i think you can understand my fruition to hear the 8 thousand males are not going to be given out and my competitors are winning >> thank you. next speaker, please >> berry followed by another gentleman. >> good afternoon. i wished

the others we are here. first, i wanted to say you couldn't have picked a better director. you'll get nothing but the best work out of him. the issue is about the 8 thousand series medallions do the math your lowering it by 50 percent and the drivers are going to pay the same gate fee? wouldn't it be better to cut back on the medallions out there. wouldn't that be a better idea the airport it screaming maybe not loud i'm going to push for a letter from them there's no capacity for the 8 thousand medallions they weren't supposed to go to the airport is it fair to circle 8 or 9 times. there's not a convention every

week. i only go to the airport when i haven't made in money in the city i get two or three fairs so i can get fairs. i did better on sunday night than i did on new years eve. so i'm telling you cutting it in half without making sure those taxis driver get the rates because the company is not enduring the same rates. they were giving us the opportunity to go to the airport because they were hurting for transportation. one last thing gold star is getting 6 medallions at the end

of the period why? because their paying a lot of money to the medallion holders >> the last two people and i'm with the syllable cab i'm here with the support for the smaller medallion services. we just hope this can bridge the gap between when did you driver pool comes back to where the service is neat >> howard is the last person. >> good afternoon directors i'm howard i want to comment on the director's report i'm happy to see the work of the safety pedestrian stream is doing a good job they're to fix a lot of the places but i want to remind

the mta it's important wherever you spend money on the street you also should say what can we do now for muni is this the place to put a boarding this consortiums are costing and you should combine them. and then a comment on the legal it was so nice to see the comment in your budget there will be less need for such a large legal team in the future and to repeat words of your council the long haul they're looking the long haul people say we have this need and the other and sometimes you cave and hopefully more often than not

you'll not >> the council's report mr. weathers is not here. this is - members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and are not on today's agenda we'll start with howard followed by john >> howard. a week or two ago i saw the roll outs for the inner suspect they were doing so many great things and preparing to copy the negligent fold when you look at that you don't need long bulbs known can drive through the pedestrian standing open a bulb and the riders can get on the more reading ones it will work

the short ones. one more thing that happens moving some of those stops to the far side and stop consolidation very useful stuff i sent my comments in you should stop consolidate on the 48 because it will be sharing a stop with the end and that is problematic california having a 2 car trains held up by a bus that takes too long to load. i hope you'll continue with the - even better their improvement is one and a quarter minutes now we're going to get down to the net grit you have to consider the projects that save a minute and a half and it's important because the long line you're

saying a minute here and there. thanks for getting me started on that >> john finish my question and two others. >> i'm here to speak on the muni. they're asking for a rate increase on the fair. on this fair would i would like to know is that you can go up as high as they like we don't have much of a choice but i'm here to speak on behalf of the black african-american. men and women. it's known that over 50 of the drivers are black african-american men and women for the san francisco muni. during the course of black history month it was mentioned opened to the board of directors

san francisco meeting that blacks have been leading the parade in obesity. i want to know which part of that fair increase is going to go towards the controlling of the obesity rate and for the black african-american men and women on the muni. and there is a way to stop this. i introduced a proposal and i haven't gotten an answer back yet i have not given it to you but i came up with a way to cut the fair of asian down 75 percent. i know i don't have enough time to explain in there will but now i know where you are i'm going to give it to you in writing and you can see what you, work with

>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> two last cards. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, everyone i'm here to talk about a very important factor in this city. lighting. we do not have sufficient lighting. it reduces pedestrian accidents we're a shame in san francisco and crime this wouldn't happen if we had adequate lighting the lighting on market street is antiquated and a bus drivers can't see the pedestrians. it's murder period in the real sense of the word. it promotes economic results in the city people don't come out at the night they're afraid of getting hit and a accosted by crime. they would spend more time in the city if it was lit up 0 edward reiskin please contact

the puc and rush up lighting on those 3 areas van ness and market and the embarcadero downtown is the worse and also please train the drivers on the f line to make the people move back i'm sick and tired of telling me them this i'm getting horse have red signs put up on the bus thank you edward reiskin but it's not enough they have to make sure that the people move back there's plenty of room in the back and as a result people can't board the bus and their frustrated. thank you very much for your attention to those matters >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> barry toronto. >> mr. toronto. >> hi, good afternoon. i'm barry toronto i want to wish

julia good luck. i think it's great to have challenges there is a lot of history there good luck. i wanted to tell you one thing two words fly whole sucks. it's good for the pedestrians but terrible inform the drivers. yes, we need an industry rider app unfortunately, we have to use it but just before i came here i got a call flying 42 hours i said i can't talk now i've got to come to the mta and complain about you. they don't return our calls right now and next, i couldn't log into fly whole.

fly wheel is not the answer because the drivers are the ones using it now their charging 10 percent of each fair and a fly wheel are not good tipers. i get 9 or $10 for others but i don't get even that at an average fare of a fly whole border. so i'm telling you also, if you make a mistake and you took an order they put you off for 5 hours that means if you're at the end of your shift anonymous are you out the last hois hour of your shift but three or four hours of the next shift. i ask you to create standards to make it easier for cab drivers to use the app.

thank you >> any public comment? seeing none. >> directors you're moving into your consent calendar those will be acted upon by a single vote unless you wish to have those separate. a member asked that 10.3 be severed and no other item >> is there a motion on the remaining items all in favor, say i. opposed? 10.3. >> barry toronto. >> hi, good afternoon chairman nolan i want to point out to you liam the right turn lane at polk where you're making an eastbound

turn. this is a serious move to remove this right turn lane grove street is blocked between larkin and polk. it's important to have this during the peak hours but to not have this right turn lane is creating lots of problems at that particular intersection especially a lot of cars are making a left turn going westbound. i urge you to look at 24 or an explanation how to explain the traffic back up. it's important to have this. thank you >> mr. robins you care to comment. >> thank you jerry robins of the sustainable streets. we feel this is adequate

proposal that there is a very wide lane on eastbound grove street approaching polk street and the gentleman's concern could be addressed even if the right turn lane is removed >> and further i noticed there toronto is correct from polk to larkin it's blocked when their events at the bill graham but in this case, the turn lane could be used. the main emphasis is we have reserveable bows on this right turn lane this proposal is aimed at making that intersection much safer to cross and this has been vetted with the muni in terms of the 21 grove so i think it's a good proposal