>> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the tuesday, august 19, 2014, mta and authority commissioner singh. commissioner borden pr director heinecke is anticipated. director lee. commissioner rosales. director rubke mr. chair you have a quorum >> i'd like to recognize one of the colleagues in the district attorney's office and item 3 the announcement of advised please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room

responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. the board respectfully requests cell phones be turned off. the approval of the july 30th meeting >> there's a motion. >> a motion to approve. >> second. discussion all in favor, say i. thank you very much. item 5 communications >> things of the board we received a letter from mayor ed lee regarding the board meetings the mayor said he was hopeful for a working goal of a hundred percent attendance and he hoped that 90 percent attendance will be regular, you know, and he stated it the boards secretaries quarterly reports the online messages and he said so i think

we sent the memo to everybody. >> yes. mr. chairman. >> okay. >> item 5 compulsions directors please be advised that item 12 the security guard contract has been removed there's speakers who e who will be adding that and also the closed session is a performance evaluation of the director of transportation has been removed from the agenda. >> do we have a sense on agenda item 12 good morning, mr. chair. at this point not specifically but we'll likely have an item of one form or another at the next meeting september 2nd relating to the contract >> item 6 introduction of new business by the board members.

>> seeing none, okay. >> item 7 director's report. >> again mr. chair and members of the board and staff and the public. good morning. just a brief do i want to an opportunity during this report to recognize couple of outstanding employees first ask our director of finance and information and technology to come forward. and good afternoon >> good afternoon directors it's my pleasure to introduce emmett nelson who has been in office since 2012 he's taken a leadership roll in implementing some of the programs you've approved the free muni for youth it was administered and put in place he was transitioning all the lifestyle customers that

used to wait outside in the commissioner melgar lead to a picture card no more lines ii like emmitt he's looking at technology and he's the key of moving customers more to audit mansion and often visiting our commissioner melgar and emmitt we appreciate you in finance. >> on behalf of the board of directors and all the people of the city thank you for your outstanding work and especially free muni for youth. >> i want to thank the board and ed it's been fun to work and serve issuing our trans riders in a better way and both the programs to transition into

full-time running is great i want to thank peter and diane they have helped but the main work was off to our staff to help with the programs without them i wouldn't have completed them thank you it's an honor (clapping.) it just reminds me there's a number of emmitt and there's a lot of behind the scenes improvements that are happening either making our employees more efficient and things like online renewable of parking permits and others things that are

automating and there's systematic improvements and better enter facing. and that's when i want to ask jerry 0 robbins >> good afternoon classroom nolan it's my pleasure to welcome the team gabbing is an assistant engineer with our section of sustainable streets one of our upcoming engineers he began as a interim no 2008 and manages his time well and carefully look at the design and installation as a critical i ice to create projects he worked on the intersection of market and convinces i convinced his team that a larger broken was better

and we're moving forward with his design on the broadway streetscape design it was backlogged in the timing session gabbing jumped in and did the conceptual timing and cement the project on scald. finally yesterday was the first day of school we have two miles of bike lanes gabbing was out there assisting parents and folks with the new safety improvements anothers sunset elementary school and others school the project was well received it's a player to have gabbing on our team and many of his team members are here have them stand up (clapping) and congratulations to gab thank you >> on behalf of the board thank

you for your outstanding work we really appreciate it is very, very important work it helps the city and it's my great honor to be here i'm at a loss for words everyday i'm grateful to be part of the agency and part of the, you know, serving the folks in san francisco and also trying to looking for the future of our city as we move forward and it's a blessing to come to work each day to be elevated by my friends they amount me in their generosity and decade so i'd like to end again with honoring them thank you very much (clapping.) that's our report.

>> that concludes my report. >> one report today okay. good and item 8 is the advisory committee report i don't see the chairman here okay moving into item 9 general public comment matter jurisdiction commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when item 12 has been removed from the agenda it is part of item 9. first speaker (calling names) >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. thank you for having hey here i'm just spending 8 minutes trying to find the parking with my friend vivian we spent the whole time looking for parking. and i mean each of you will

spend one hundred and 6 days of our life looking for parking and this is mostly due to people like me and you cruising the street sloan the traffic and putting the cyclists and adding to pollution it's been - we've been spearheading the efforts for the parking but i think that only works so far it only applies to meters and it didn't expand to areas that don't have meters and in the sf park program we have issues but, yeah it's not a viable solution to what i understand right now a i so in my opinion the solution and using technology to use our

public to get the data is a more viable solution. a little bit about my background i work with microsoft? past and worked in companies that make phone applications right now i look at the park that is application so ideas is simple i'm leaving a spot i list it on the app and everybody else that is interested can navigate to the spot without sloan the traffic behind you i'm here to present this solution to the city and i love for the city to use it i have a lot of ideas how to collaborate to check with the city about it >> thank you. thank you >> oh, if i have my questions we'll be happy to take them.

>> (calling names). >> madeline polk's founder yeah. i want to relay this story we continue to work with the best possible actions not only for polk street but san francisco and try to insure the accurate funding is there to forward the best proposals 10 nights ago an acquaint tenant raising was approaching her doorstep there was one serial crasher one was a young man cholehis bicycle and there was a huge amount of blood spilled the young victim a 29-year-old employee tied died she kept repeating i'm so angry i have no

response. then my 25-year-old son called and i felt saved by the bell it was no a response i couldn't exchange chitchat and if one or another young stranger could be nextal also 9 disaster preparedness for years ago there's an ongoing disaster ralph happening in our streets we have to take action because one of us will be >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names.) >> thank you mark. you might have seen news reports about a new taxi driver organization the taxi workers alliance that's been formed with the obtain of joining the

workers alliance a we're happy about bringing together factors into one organization with strong labor backing we feel this b will help the drivers and the industry to meet the challenge and this is in the best interest of the city and the public the city has a vial interest in service for the disabled community and guarantees sufficient insurance passengers and bicyclists and other motors under all circumstances allowing the taxi drivers to earn a nice wage and prompting a healthy taxi

industry where taxis can parking meter in all those areas we're with you the city of san francisco are you with thank you >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names.) >> hi good afternoon. >> thank you fire letting me speak i'm the member of the a s country i u i've been in california for 25 years i'd like to ask mile fellow union brothers and sisters to please stand up thank you. thank you director edward reiskin for listening to our concerns the mta accrual in the

- he it's a multiplied million dollars contract my coworkers take pride in protecting protection for the city of san francisco a because we struggle to make ends meet and can't afford cuts in our benefits we appreciate you throughout this process and look forward to working with you for the skrrld have worked hard >> thank you. next speaker. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. good afternoon directors i'm w the president of cab company i wanted to talk about my next door neighbor they just moved from baltimore he has put a pink mustache on his hatchback picking up people for money he

asked memo hey, do you know if caesar chavez and the other street run parallel. yeah, they run parallel (laughter) there are 7 to 10 thousand vehicles that are personal cars acting like taxis 7 to 10 thousand. it is making a mockery of the rules of the 2000 taxis in service we have to follow 25 percent of taxis are sitting in the yards people that would otherwise get a cab the licensed can be driefrgz ever drivers are shrinking people don't feel they have to go through a background check and download an app and do the same thing we're doing a

company like ours is facing going out of business with a strong regulation and our new competition didn't have to follow the rules or retool the business you're seeing some of the exaggerated but i have no choice at this point i'm either going to go out of business or have to remodel my business where the competition don't have to play by the the same rules we need hem when it gets to the slow time in january >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. thank you. i thought i'm a co- could cab driver but i look at you, your the bulk of the co- co- when you

look at the traffic you have too many accidents and you don't have any oversight about your job i will bring you to the policy you are making unfairness you're playing by your rules the medallion but the guy just get into it, too years ago but the driver thirty years old make the payment he is making the payment but he is still making the permit free give to the people driver not signed to buy a medallion they get a free from you now. i saw it happening now you're making too groups of drivers one is a winner and one a losseser

the t line losses this program but now you see a lot of drivers in the struggler in the wintertime very soon they make the payment for you now you all have you can't change your taxi policy to change the exchange you don't know how many details have those interest conflict group of the drivers who are buying the medallion looked at the guy that be behind driving he get a free medallion from our agency the agency goes to a member of whatever brings to you, you eat it you eat it you are no longer making it the mode of member that's all >> thank you.

>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, commissioners thank you for a having mayor edwin lee me. i'm security officer with mooney started in 1998 and also a member and our brothers and sisters are here please stand up we want to thank you for listening to our concerns and working with us to make sure that our standards are preserved for the future for the last decade we've been fighting to raise the standards of security and having a working wage to support our families and we like to thank you for that >> thank you. thank you we're glad our colleagues are here as well >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. good afternoon. my name is it paulette i'm also a member of s

lc i u the workers west i currently work at two muni sites when i enjoy very much i want to take the time to thank mta director reiskin for listening to our concerns because it's difficult to live live in san francisco i make $14 an hour and it's not easy having 4 day's work, however, i appreciate the mta listening to our concerns >> thank >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names) mary will be the last speaker. >> good afternoon, sir. >> thank you for having me, i'm harvey i'm an armed security officer working in the muni for the last 8 plus years.

and i can pretty much represent the 20 officers armed division first of all, we would like to thank mr. edward reiskin and our major concern our standard of living are not effected if there's indeed a transition we look forward to working with mr. edward reiskin and anyone else that is involved in the processed and we can sure you the quality of service whether be outstanding as it has been that's it >> say i want to echo would everything else said. >> (calling names) the last person to turn in a speaker card. >> thank you very much i want to