>> would you please a call the roll. >> director brinkman. director heinecke is expected director lee. sxhoom. director rubke. you have a quorum >> thank you. okay. let's see where edward going through the presentation now >> wait a minute my have to get our microphones turned on. these little things are not calibrated so it takes a while to figure out how to you turn them on.

okay >> the announcement of the public. >> announcement of the sound providing device please be advised their prohibited and anyone who is responsible for one going off maybe asked to leave the room and phones set on vibrate please turn them off and a motion to approve the minutes. >> all in favor, say i. opposed? so okay conjectures we have. >> item 5 mr. chairman the communications please be advised with regard to item 10 on ocean that item has been removed from the agenda at the request of staff with respect to item the vehicle regulations staff wishes

to modify those with respect to illinois street and at the time, we the board calls that item i'll review what the modification is and also lastly please be advised there be no anticipated discussion of the litigation in closed session. >> so at that point because we have so many friends here it's a budget issue that has to do with establishing free muni for the low income seniors and folks we're going to call it but it won't be decided today please call that. >> item 13 a presentation of the fiscal year 2015-2016 and to

the characterize and possible new expenditures and reductions and discussion felt fiscal year 2015-2016 including capital programs and projects. >> go to. those who wish to address the commission please submit a card >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon directors a couple of issues first google is giving you 6 odd million dollars and this is at chance to add some service nothing ever worked directly. >> that's on item 13. >> yes. you would have found the money we're going to need it. as for i don't know if it's ones

the agenda raising the f line to 6 thousands that's outrageous if you have a high cash fair a sudden increase in the adult and senior fair that wouldn't be an issue but if, if you have a high fair you have a clipper card so you can get small steps and no one ever bothered to come down and get upset it would help picking up a few dimes and nickels. it's difficult i have to pay full price they can pay full price even in new york it's hard to figure out the system that

would be helpful. i wasn't prepared this early but i think that your policy of incrementally doing doing the cost of living is appropriate but easy for the cash fair. i'll stop at that >> thanks next speaker please (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon i'll be

interpreting. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good afternoon i'm sorry wayne i'm the president of the committee tenants association he we're the lass largest grassroots in the city and our members are protecting immigrants. we have over one hundred members here today to support people with sdabldz and we've collected over one thousand signatures from the community in the last few days

>> (speaking foreign language.)

>> public transit is a necessity most of the people are permitting transit did not many of us we struggle with because we rely on an ssi income it went if $10 to $33 that may not be a significant number but every nickle-and-dime counts we can only afford to buy one muni pass so they can run errands and go to decreases appointment if we can alleviate some of the costs that will greatly increase the quality of life for people where the cost of living is so high. >> thank you very much spinal cords. >> that's the time we can ask the members of our organization

that are here for support raise your right hand or clap or something (clapping) and a peter straus folding by other individuals. >> good afternoon mr. straus. >> i'm here on behalf of the transit riders union. first, i think many people have come to the conclusion that muni needs an additional source of operating funds about a half a dozen years ago we had an sight but the budget before, before you states the best-case the base budget has a merger surplus over one hundred million dollars of nodes that are not provided

for and that doesn't include a rainy day fund it is inconsul to make sure that the vehicle license fee on the ballot this fall is a source for operating services. this is an opportunity for infrastructure and capital needs there are a few sources that are for operating revenues and b o f is a annual source it can be achieved with a 50 percent vote and it be available for the operating budget. the other 4 points quickly there are a number of resources that have been identified in the budget it's hard to take those soirl. they're not credible sources and we feel all of those should be rejected i'm talking about the f

line fair and not raising the senior discount fair and underscore the need for the b o f third we're opposed to the sunday meters and it's bad policy and we can't food it and fourth a few more seconds we're strongly in support of providing some benefits for cash clipper users especially, as we move into - >> next speaker please. >> the last thing. >> okay. you've been around a long time we can't do that. next speaker please (calling names) >> good afternoon, sir.

>> good afternoon. everyone. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> members of the community the tenants association. >> excuse me. you're going to have to speak from that one. >> i'm a member of the community association in san francisco. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm also a resident of the international hotel seniors building speeding i want to speak on behalf of many of our seniors in the community.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> we are all here to show our strong support for disability for free muni. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> doing so will give many benefits to our seniors and people with disabilities. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> but not only that those benefits extend to the family members and friends of the seniors and the people that will be effected. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> this proposal will give our

seniors and the people the freedom to move around in the city and lessen the burdens on the family that are taking care of them. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> thus people younger people we used to have to spend a lot of time taking care of they're seniors will have more time to do other things instead. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> this - as a result he or she will be able to be more focused at the work and focused at the things he wants to do. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and this proposal is not only being limited to san

francisco. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> it is also currently in place in many other cities across the state and country and has positive effects from this. >> thank you very much. next speaker practical (calling names) >> good afternoon. >> thank you very much i'm jessica i'm with senior and sdablth action we're here for free support for muni to be free permanent. we're concerned about the have and have nots and, of course, brown the rich and poor and

looking at seniors and people with sdabltsdz it's up to us to make sure we have all the tents to be active to get easily not only to decreases appointment but to a be able to visit friends and could to city hall and be active in a variety of ways. of course, there's a discount but for someone living on social security people pay for food and medication there's nothing left for transportation. it should not be a luxury we want to thank those who fought hard and that's been a success and this is the clear next step to go ahead and make that program permanent and do free

metropolitan for seniors and folks with disabilities (clapping.) next speaker >> (calling names). >> good afternoon, sir. >> i recently moved to san francisco having retired i want to congratulate you on the wonderful transportation service you have here in san francisco. i'm here to ask you to reject the proposal for a premium fair on the f line. i live near the pier 29 the telegraph area of san francisco and what i'd like to emphasis is number one the f line is not simply an amount of time park ride for tourists that's a line that's used by people who go to

work and myself. number 2 recently, i building in the last few years the line was kate cut back number ten so we rely on the f line and number 3 we all pay taxed san francisco taxes and it seems like if a more than average increase in the f line fair is required maybe there should be some allowance for city residents if you use the clipper card they shelled believable to do that. i ask you not support the premium line for the f line >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> herbert wooirn i definitely

don't want the racing the bus service we should be paid to ride it. i do support free rides for seniors hates very important. i think they've suffered by walking long dances to the buses and that's a fair compensation so those are thoughts i've got you think the whole thing about sunday parking has to be thrown out. i know people who say they're going to shoot in daily city but there's no way to show there's a benefit for the sunday parking it's vital to the city that money. those are the thoughts he you should taking into consideration this is a bad proposal for a bad budget.

not only is san francisco beautiful and corrupt it's becoming unaffordable >> nourishing schneider is she here. okay there you go and she's the last speaker >> good afternoon. sorry i just ran up if from downstairs. thank you board members and thanks for your adjusting the budget. i've been here a lot and we want to reiterate the first walk proposal be in the budget. it's no lie people have been hit and killed and people are dying open our streets and we have the tools to fix this. we know with the current proposal seriously undercuts the needs so walk san francisco would like to see the full walk

first implementation that is $250 million for the budget proposal for the mta board. right now that walk first proposal is not in the budget and it's only $50 million that will get us no where near the 50 percent decrease within the next 5 years. i thank you >> thank you. okay anyone else who wants to address the board >> okay in this case back to the regular agenda. >> okay. back to regular agenda we'll go to item 6 introduction of the unfinished business by board members. >> we have a welcoming here we

should have done for our brand new city attorney you like it so far (laughter). >> no legal struldz. >> i have some big shoes to serve so i'll do my best to fill the shoes. >> okay item 7. >> director's report. >> good afternoon director reiskin members. one special recognition award our director of finance and information technology to come down >> good afternoon it's a pleasure to be here this is for alex i didn't she's a member of our special project team in parking he singularly handed was the fwriernz the scope technology his knowledge and

participation of everybody was quite extensive and this was not the best practices so leggings i didn't was the major driver and handled the meters and works the port for special events he's professional and willing and has a great attitude. >> wow. flowers and everything. >> stand up (clapping) you can see (clapping) almost a standing ovation and also leggings i didn't see family he'll introduce. >> congratulations on behalf of the board of supervisors and the entire agency i'd love to meet

our family. >> thank you director reiskin and chairman north korean. i'm honored by this award. i love working for sfmta i work with a great, great team it's because of them they 234rgd me to do this great work. thank you very much for this and everyone that supports me >> there's a little one behind you. >> yeah. i have my mom and my dad here. my mom natasha and my dad (clapping) i'm sorry, i have a little cold so i have my grandparents from ukraine and my gram ma. they happened to be visiting

this is a great mom great agency and great city thank you. yeah. she's behind me >> thank you on behalf of the agency. it's great your family and friends are here, too >> thank you (clapping.) i do want to assure the board no tax dollars were used to fly them into from the ukraine. speaking of employee recognition that's something we do as part of the goal four of the straeflg plan to make the sfmta a better place to work and as part of the

goal and our strategic plan is to approve communication between the agencies between the management and employees to solicit information. we held our first employee town hall meeting we've started to reach out to our colleagues to make sure they're aware of how we're progressing with regards to the strategic planning and vance the plan and moving around the city physically to have the meeting next one is at the 850 brian meeting with the officers. and i want to say we're making good progress and getting good feedback from the employees. i want to do let you know that the first move move into our

transportation management center our new control center starts this week so the construction and this is at a facility in the civic center is larger than complete the first part done by the building and the contractors to serve our needs to remind you the transportation managed center will bring all the functions together on a daily function and any sort of disaster and configured in size and excepted with all the modern community investment & infrastructure commission equipment and communication tools we need to actively manage of the service the first is the non-transit part being did not on the upgrade of our radio

service but the 1 is the street function which is called sf go the parking control and towing dispatchers and the complete move in within the next 18 months as the new radio system smallest to this modern facility. it will be a unique agency in managing the transportation system our center will be unique and we'll be managing all the surface transportation and that's functions typically in other cities that are spread anti among multiple agencies so i'm excited to be having an that project.

with regard to the van ness rapid transit we have initiated or tilt this month will be completing the conceptual design work in conjunction of that. we launch the recruitment of community advisory committee members. the committee will provide input and guide decisions with the implementation of the brt because this will be the first brt 90 in the city it's important to have the feedback to guide our process going forward and help us bridge relationships with the greater community those are impacted by the construction and the service. the application period is through march 14 and encouraging

people to apply it's on sf mta slash brt and encourage people to apply. i think i'm going to a defer the upgrades that i have on the passengers survey and the pedestrian safety we'll be in a better position at the next meeting. i want to note we're having a press event likely thursday morning to make announcements with regard to pedestrian safety so we're very much having an from the direction that you give us on february 4th with regard to vision zero and you'll see more on the budget and the budget decisions discussions in terms of