analysis to loob at look at the projections. >> i get my question, i'm trying to understand why come now then? why didn't wait until closer to the -- i guess what's the timing of coming to the commission now. i understand we don't necessarily want to take up a lot of commission time to keep coming back on one particular topic like this. >> what is the phrase? killing two birds with one stone. i was saying if they request it we would allow them to expand the program on the water front and if they request we would allow them to get a fee waiver if the program is still not generating revenue past expenses. it is doing very well. it's actually i

think the revenue is $1.1 million and the expense are $1.3 million. it's not way off and not generating any revenue. it is generating revenue. it could be profitable. >> so it's getting close. that's the other reason, because it seems like we are narrowing the gap and i don't see what the last month would say with an opportunity like this if the gap is more and more you have a cumulative number of 1.1 versus 1.3. >> that's what the issue is that the original waiver expired in august and you have to come to us with a rate and that is participatory. >> deputy director, yes, the reason we are here is because this was a 24 -month project that you approved, but you only approved the waiver for 1

year, for 12 months. that waiver has expired, we are here to request that you approve a second waiver and while here, we are saying, you were asking for authorization that staff if the conditions are the same and if you are to approve the waiver today, if those conditions are the same next year that staff based on your approval today assuming you are doing that, would approve a third waiver. so we are asking inform doctor for that in advance and says same conditions, we believe the staff could make that namsz. analysis. >> i understand that. if it's profitability by august 2016, there won't be a second waiver? >> right. either because it's

successful or we request it because based on the financial analysis they provide that they can pay, then they would bring a waiver. but assuming the conditions are the same as they are today, you would be authorizing staff the director to approve that third waiver. so we are talking about a period of three 3 years and we'll come back to you. >> okay. i understand the general basis. i guess we don't know. it's a question of seeing, you are very close. $200,000 differences. the closest most recent projections or your most recent history is more accurate on a month to month basis from the beginning. >> sure, and also for context, we sent monthly reports to port staff. so they are not waiting a full year to see what's happening. they are seeing the

information on a month to month basis. i do want to point out the addition of $200,000 from the one 1 year of operation, that doesn't take into account any of the cost of the acquisition of the equipment which was $6 million 50 percent ,000,050 percent which is in san francisco and it also doesn't take into account the fact that we should have acquired additional equipment but there have been delays referred to some of them and changes in the industry. there was a bankruptcy of our equipment provider which is why there is a delay and we now feel that many of those hick ups have been worked out and there is a new opener and st industry is stabilized and we are gathering ourselves to be ready to replace that expansion order going forward. the numbers you talked about the $1.1 million, it's a

moving target and doesn't take into account the acquire the equipment, it's just the day-to-day operations. which is why our feelings that without private sportsmanship which is the -- sponsorship which is the way it becomes profitable or being able to charge more with the service is not how the system is designed because we want to encourage participation and bike use versus vehicle use. it's not that it will not be profitable within the next year but within two 2 years we might be able to secure additional private sponsorship to be able to create the p financial models to have the program financially

stable going forward. >> so there are some where in the neighborhood of 40 bike sharing systems in the united states right now and one of them is profitable and that is miami beach. all of these in denver, minneapolis, they operate at a loss and the business model makes up for the difference between public funds and private sponsorship. i do think we can achieve operational self sustainability here in san francisco if you don't count at the norms capital cost of the equipment. but not, i don't think it willever happen at a scale of 350 bikes, we need closer to 1,000 bikes to be sustainable. so profitability, it won't happen here. >> i think, i just want to thank you for coming forward and i recognize and

appreciate what you were doing in terms of trying to be ants anticipatory and i hope you appreciate that we want to see this work and for added for congestion on the port, anything that can done to improve it is a huge help and i'm pleased to hear how many rides have been taken to and from the site. i'm happy to see the program expanded and see the port help this along. it might be nice for us to get an update periodically on the project because it's another opportunity to spread the word about what's happening to the public and those that observe it. i want to thank you for bringing this forward in anticipating some of the steps and needs we'll need to ensure the success of the project. do i have a motion? >> motion to adopt resolution

1554. >> second. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> any opposed? resolution is adopted. thank you. >> item 13. new business? is there any new business? commissioner adams? >> director, i haven't heard in a long time, this place right behind the ferry building, there was a restaurant there. it was a stake house, was there any update or can we get anything at a future meeting?

[inaudible] >> i have to be out of here at 6:30 >> do i have a motion to reconvene this closed session. >> so moved. >> second. >> we'll reconvene briefly do i have. are we ready? do i have a motion to reconvene in open session and not report out or discussion. >> reconvene session and not reveal anything talked about in closed session. >> second. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> any opposed? is there a motion to adjourn? >> motion and second. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> any adjourned. thank you everybody. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >>

>> city of san francisco >> mayor's disability council >> >> all right. welcome, everybody to the september 19, 2014, meeting of the mayor's disability council.

i'm chip supanich. cochair. welcome to all. we have councilmember wong leading the introduction. >> good afternoon and welcome to the mayor's disability council this friday september 19, 2014, in room 400 of san francisco city hall. city hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. wheel chair access is provided at the grove van ness and mcallister street. entrance is provided via wheelchair lift. assistive listening devices are available and open caption and our agendas are available in large print and braille.

please ask staff for additional assistance. to prevent electronics interference and to respect everyone's ability to focus on the presentations, please silence all cell phones and pda's. this is appreciated. we welcome public's participation during public comment. you may fill out a speaker card or call the bridge line 415-554-9362. where staff persons will handle the request to speak at appropriate times. the mayor's council disability meeting is held on the third friday of the month. our neck regular meeting will be on october 17, 2014, from 1:00 to 4:00 in san francisco city hall in room 400. please call the mayor's office on disability for further

information or request accommodations. 415-554-6789 voice. or 415-554-6799. tty. i would like to remind all speakers to speak slowly on the microphone to assist our captioners and sign language interpreters. >> thank you. role call please. >> good afternoon, cochair chip supanich, present. derek zarda, taste -- at that time i can't kostanian. harriet wong, councilmember

roland wong. >> thank you. now we'll have the reading of the agenda. i want to make one change to the agenda. cochair derek zarda has been detained. he will give his cochair report before item no. 11. so we are moving item no. 4 to in between 11-12. >> reading of the agenda. welcome. agenda item no. 1, welcome introduction and roll call. agenda item no. 2, action item. reading and approval of the agenda. action item no. 3, public comment.

items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to three 3 minutes. agenda item no. 4. information item. report from the director of the mayor's office on disability. agenda item no. 5. information item. transportation 2030. presentation on the mayor's transportation task force 2030 findings and recommendations including a $500 million transportation and road improvement general obligation bond on the november 2014 ballot. funding identified by the mayor's transportation task force 2030 would pay for critical transportation infrastructure projects including accessibility improvements. presentation by alicia john

baptist chief of staff san francisco municipal transportation agency. public comment is welcome. the council will then take a 10 -minute break. agenda item no. 6. information item. list -- lyft accessibility. lift is a mobile application matching drivers with passengers seeking rides. lyft will share details of their technology and capability. lyft. public comment is welcome. agenda item no. 7. no. 8. information item. better market street transit priority proposal for improvement is

surface transit facilities on market streets between octavia and stuart street. presentation by simon prince george county manager department of public works. sf mta. public comment is welcome. agenda item no. 8. action item. cochair elections. in accordance with the mayor's disability council bylaws article 3, section 1, there shall be two cochairs elected to serve as officers of the council and elections will be staggered by at least 3 months. the present election will be to elect a cochair to the position currently held by cochair supanich whose term just expired. agenda item no. 9. information item.

report from disaster preparedness committee. agenda item no. 10, public comment. items not on today's agenda but within jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to 3 minutes. agenda item no. 11. cochair report. report from cochair zarda. agenda item no. 12. correspondence. agenda item no. 13. discussion item. councilmembers comments and announcements. agenda item no. 14, adjourn. >> thank you. donna. okay, the next item on the agenda is public comment. items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. first i have mike hot us. if anyone else wishes to

comment at this time, please fill out a card. >> i thank the council for the opportunity to make this presentation. i have a question regarding the ada. as you all know 2015 is the 25th anniversary of the ada and was wondering whether council had done anything in particular to celebrate that momentous event. i would like to offer a suggestion that certain pioneers in the ada for the city particularly those that are not with us to be honored. i would like to offer suggestion of the late loadey, who was asked to become a member of this council but did not want to split her energy between the museum and this council that she be within -- one of the people nominated for her help

in implementing the ada. i put together her resume of items she accomplished in her short life and would like to give this to council when possible. i rest my case. >> thank you. next i have charles >> good afternoon. i'm charles, i want to direct your attention to this document. i only printed out one copy. this is proposed regulations for taxi cabs and hired vehicles. they being presented this we can't to the international association of transportation regulators at the conference in new orleans. i have seen a couple of these thing go

through the pipeline. the chances are good that they will look good to the model regulations and cover everything from the disability to training for drivers, every conceivable detail. as you may know that the regulations for accessible vehicles and service elevator a -- vary a lot from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. this is an attempt to give vehicle manufactures some kind of solid set of standards to follow when they are building the vehicles and also for regulators to establish a training program and other services that are related to this. one that i would like to draw your special attention to is on the last page where they are talking about how do you fund these services? they are obviously i'm sure it's no secret to you that accessible services are quite expensive to

provide and funding is a key issue. this is especially so in these days with the so-called ride shares and having a very large impact on the market. one of the recommendations and i'm quoting from the proposed regulations is the transportation network companies such as uber car and lyft must be mandated to contribute funding in order to confirm they are being held to the same accessibility regulations as properly licensed taxi cabs and higher vehicle fleets. obviously this is not something you can do today on this spare of the moment, but you may want to consider it down the road a recommendation perhaps to draw some of these other

operators into the services for accessible services if not that, at least get money out of them to provide the services. it is available on the web where the people are indicated at the bottom there. thank you. >> thank you. howard chadner? >> good afternoon. many people with mobility disabilities rely heavily on cars. san francisco's campaign on cars is making it more difficult,

time consuming and expensive for us to move around the city. that's why i supporting proposition l. it's called restore transportation balance, yes. it's a policy declaration not a charter amendment. it would start a dialogue with mta and city officials. it's a way for voters to give mta clear message that their policy is not protecting. mta has been trying to install meters where no meters currently exist in my neighborhood around usf and along the perimeter of john adams campus. mta backed down but they will continue to try to impose meters. proposition l proposes it

before and mta in stalls meters where they don't exist. proposition l calls for free parking for meters on sundays and holidays and evenings and parking ticket rates. mta has suspended sunday meters for the bond measure. after the election it's likely that sunday meters will be reinstated. moreover most holidays are still subject to meters. for example martin luther king jr. day, labor day, memorial day, you still have to pay. when the mta was established it's only job was to over see muni. it made sense that only regular muni riders were represented and

no motorist. later mta took over jurisdiction and parking and taxis and sidewalk design and street space. yet there is still no representation required on the mta board. requiring that one member be on the board is the affection democracy. proposition calls for equal enforcement of traffic laws. there are certainly terrible drivers in san francisco and traffic laws must strictly be enforced against them. but there are also many cyclist that disobey the law. disabled pedestrians are particular at risk. traffic laws should be enforced for everyone and drivers and cyclist. please vote on the november ballot. thank you. >> thank you. any other public comment at

this time? all right. we are moving on to the report from the director of the mayor's office on disability, carla johnson. >> thank you cochair supanich and councilmembers, carla johnson on the mayor's office on disability. i have two items on my directors report. one is a quick announcement about staffing changes and second will be a little tour of the mod website. i wanted to let you know that john paul scott, our deputy director for architectural access has chose n to take a promotional appointment at the department of public works working as an access coordinator. john scott has been with us

for 10 years and accomplished many amazing things especially around our ada transition plan. he is well-known throughout the city for his skill, his mentor ship, his ability to move a project forward in spite of the many bureaucratic hurdles we face. it's going to be a great loss for our office to say good-bye to john paul. he's not really gone from us. what we have now is a very huge additional resource at the department of public works. he'll still be doing access work for dpw. he's gone but still very much with us. he's also agreed to work with our office 8-12 hours a week as a transition planning to help transfer some of his responsibilities to it's and also bridge that gap

while we seek his replacement. i hope the council might consider honoring him perhaps at the october meeting. i know he's been a very good friend to the council and just an in incredibly hardworking dedicated soul. we are going to miss him. my second part of my report is i wanted to introduce the mod web page. the first thing i wanted to say about our new web page is that i want to thank our department of technology staff, bill coal rick and mark bruno because whe they developed a new web page, they created a project that is 508 compliant the rehabilitation act that addresses electronic communication. when we describe a website as

508 compliant what we are saying is that website, content and the documents, everything that appears visually on the page can be read by someone who is blind or low vision or using screen reader soft ware from their computers and making sure the videos posted have closed caption so the person with a hearing disability can follow the video. there can be caption but we want to make sure that information is delivered to all and that there is equal access. so in the department of technology's work on our website make sure it's compliant and also introduced some very unique features. on the upper right