ut and accredit them and toll the officials to do their job about the dispatch services a lot of what we call full service companies are skribtd to the departure services but you can't get dafrpz on the phone you have a rule that says 24/7 but you're getting someone on a cell phone and small business in las vegas this should be accountability so cabs are required to have services especially, if yours to give them the 8 thousand medallions and with regard them and the last thing i want to say there's turmoil companies

closing and having financial trouble we all deserve information from your staff we're not getting it we should have a news letter with links i look at the website and really be great if you have one person as a communication person you hire a second - >> thank you, thank you your time is up (calling names). >> hello that's correct again this is truly heading it is the duty item after all the drivers receive a business registration obviously form from the treasurer and tax collector and we have maybe two or three thousand derivatives are gashthd

from packing stoon and other places the form is xhufrg those people don't own computers or have access or knowledge how to work them so at the bottom of page one taxpayers that come to city hall for personal experience my experience long wait times the thing that's funny it appears going go the website is a billing and if feasible as i get older i'm more mistaken but 91 dollars i filed you out a form and it said circulation they want to know how many times how many times the meter clicked and you find out if it is under one thousand dollars you pay the minimum so the entire experience

to generate a billing form it makes no sense and kate to her credit wants to involve the office of economic workforce development i'm suggesting it is a better process to allow drivers to pay by check or in person for $91 and write their a number on the check if you're finances are david august at the scene suggest this to them. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names.) >> good afternoon commissioners i'd like to address the issue of the panic bottom and it is really good it came back and

that you guys had it come back today i'm not totally clear what they do in new york that perhaps san francisco could set the standards problem with some of the old panic bottoms in the part of the co-sponsoring to the cab companies they could be inadvertently trirld they were generally on the left side of the accelerate and brake and, of course a cab driver with their foot could vifrnt trigger the panic bottom because of the location of the panic bottom as i can see another place to put the panic bottom which will be linked by gps right into the police why do two shop stopping

when the drivers life maybe on the line and have it go into a dispatcher that may or may not pick up the phone or so that on the emergency screen i think we should set the bar cab drivers have to experience as common carriers the highest degree of care we should have it in locking an emergency bum inside of the cab thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names.) >> thank you as i'm sure you know and heard we're losing an awful lot of airport business that lack cars sitting in white zones this is illegal in the state law they're sitting there and the state law says they have to be actively

loading and unloading not sitting there ironicly or going to the posting i don't think they go to the posting i have a suggestion it might give us back business to the airport it is up to you people to enforce the what are you they shouldn't be sitting there until active loading on every hotel taxi stand there should be a sign i've got the words here and 0 i don't know if it makes any difference i put something down my handwriting is not particular guy good but the sign should say taxi fairs are metered rate and second got to

be big enough to people in the taxi line can see it, and, secondly san francisco airport costs approximately $45 and then thirdly, the charge can be shared or split by up to 4 people lunge permitting and finally the last thing for other groups transportation or ground transportation excuse me. established the costs first, i think we ought to be fair for people that know nothing people coming out of hotels they know nothing about what is gong it is vuvenlg you have to stand in front of a hotel. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> the last person to turn in a speaker card. >> hi ken with the san francisco cab drivers director

reiskin was on the kqed newsroom and was asked my muni on time performances is so far blow mandated goals and cited schedule and maintenance and antiquated street design didn't mentioned traffic gridlock caused by thousands of tmcs i also see dpreblg tmcs lined up at bus stops and then double-parked next to those cars for the mission 14 bus to cross across the lines to get around the triple parked tmcs there are so many traffic infrastructure not only this

year causing gridlock but epidemic of u-turns in the middle of the block and bicycle lanes, etc. and i understand regulation of tmcs is not in our jurisdictions but controlling the streets i believe is and in a number of ways i want to see that sort of thing thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> (calling names) those are the last two speakers. >> guarantee good afternoon. i'm here to voices you thought issues a paper issued by the department the task force on the drivers seats two medallion holders wish i could have made copies i requested the director to change that she didn't didn't want to talk about that

it is a memorandum jump game we want the medallion holds not on the hot seat and number two the taxis too much about taxi taxi but we failed to service the public we miserably served people are categorize from their home not transportation now the tmc came and we're trying to shut them out we want to serve the public with a competition implosion only is a solution and not deny the public the service please set up a task force your locking our hands there are medallions between the companies and drivers they're taking away all the money no medallion system so there's cheaper to provide the service to the public can you get this

medallion and solve the other issues $300 with the medallion holders are paying for their jobs there is no are in the companies that's million dollars a year or year can you roach that we want a free correspond councilman and independent ancestor councilman's to make it competition thank you very much. >> david smith hose the last - well. >> hello, again commissioners i don't know if i can even expect you guys to do much but i'll run it but you guys as far as the control over the tmc drivers there so aggressive those people after hours spots of late night spots you have those guys get out of

their cars and is get out of here they'll walk up to our cars and their nasty and they'll tell you how aggressive they can be other things sorry i lost my notepad the traffic, of course, is absolutely terrible what prove do i we have the problem is bigger than the staff can handle i'll tell you in 20 years of the taxi industry and seeing all this i've never seen it like this it is terrible so i don't blame mta staff they can only do so much i suggest shoving the meter maids out there that's your jurisdiction

in portland they have a system where the hotels ideal a certain number and sends a message out to the wall companies we need that the hotel lines get crowded and we might be on one block and not see that one hotel has nobody and the one around the corner you know has thirty people in line as far as the independent color schemes i believe there should be rules they have to meet needs to serve the public and permanently luxars new system harassed that. >> (calling names.) >> the last person to turn in a speaker card on this matter. >> thanks for letting me talk again and tb and again, if you

can't do something for everybody or you can't wave something for everybody again and again and again, please wave it and do at least for bowing medallions for drivers that bought medallions and save $200,000 this includes the color schemes let's make it only for buying medallions for example, there are about already how many 15 hundred or one thousand enough to destroy the taxi color scheme so some of the examples i know you should wave the fee the bottom line if you can't do something for everybody or wave it for all do

it for all medallions that's it we'll be happy and it is so easy thank you. >> thank you mr. chairman that's the last person now consent calendar d has been served from the cds by a member of the public and unless a member of the public or the member of the board wishes to sever another item. >> another motion on the consent calendar minus 2 d. >> motion to approve. >> > all in favor, say i. > i. > the i's have it 2 d. >> so mr. chairman has to do with establishing a no less turn on 17th street would you like public comment first? this will be (calling names)

>> good afternoon. >> hi how are you so i live on caramel street that runs parallel to 17th so i think i came here a few weeks ago when it was first brought up for proposal about my concerns increasing traffic down caramel street i was told that someone would be contacting me to discuss 0 options no one contacted me so a couple of things i'll restate my concerns at the moment folks going northbound on clayton either live in coal valley or want to get through coal valley packing take a left there i live on caramel street and there's very low traffic

no one would have their kids walk on 17th it is incredible dangerous by putting a no left turn at 17th two things could happen traffic moved and folks moves towards friedrich or some other area but without a doubt we've seen it, all right. already this is construction on 17th the results people came down caramel streets through the stop signs and at that time, we had to change our behavior not leave kids on the street or on the sidewalk you wouldn't do that at all so the way it was described to us with the decision because a negligibleable technical fine caramel street i know that's not

the case so at the least if we can't - am i minded here. >> so you were told last time the person would contact you you've not heard. >> i e-mailed the person and said they said it was american people oversight please call me here we go. >> another speaker we'll hear from the staff. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon tolling and director reiskin i live on clayton i'm speaking in favor of this restriction it is necessary for safety that left turn is a blind left-hand turn that is caused by on and on oncoming

traffic people can wait through the entire signal it was looked over two years thing e.r. since the initial request was made the only way to safely make a turn by waiting this is backs up traffic or vehicles as well as the 33 ashbury and 37 corbett muni lines and backs up clayton street to corbett in regards to the impact to the neighborhood specifically caramel streets i've lived in coal veil since 1994 mta has studied it is minimal of you cars make that turn into 17th what wasn't mentions for the two away's ways that are fed into clayton

vehicles are restricted from making a lotto caramel left on to caramel has been prohibited for 10 years and in terms of clayton street north some cars make that left-hand turn they don't want to get stuck in the bottle next, i walk my daughter longer than 17th and caramel there's a restriction on resistance that was put-down into effect we have an agenda item adding a stop sign it was added on caramel street down coal so it's seen lots of improvements this is one of them. >> to staff speakers. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon director nolan i'm a senior engineer in the sustainable street division i have a drawing that depicts

the intersection that is the intersection of kay ton my pen is pointing out towards the north we search warrant two things on the agenda to have a left-hand turn pocket and then the northbound direction we have the recommendation of the no left-hand turn restriction as you can see going in the northbound direction there's only one lane at that intersection when a car tries to make a left-hand turn it ties up traffic and it i think people have been honking their horns and causing a nuisance and 33 bus lion along this street may be one car trying to make a left-hand turn it causes a back

up and twin peaks boulevard coming through an this by this clayton street it is a very busy street to handle traffic we've talked about alternatives early on trying to commodity the left-hand turn but we have concern about other impacts by doing so we have heard interest a number of residents on caramel street and been send e-mails and talking about this proposal in anticipations of our proposal today i apologize if i have not spoken to a particular gentleman a lot of folks we've been sending e-mails to the neighborhood and a lot of them are concerned about the traffic turning on caramel street if we prohibit the thank you for the

opportunity but we have - we think it is a small amount of traffic accordingly it is only 44 cars from clayton to 17th street in the morning rush hour and 44 perhaps in the evening rush hour we think that traffic can be absorbed either from thank you for the opportunity on clayton and turning into a street without a noticeable impact we're not absolutely sure there's not a problem but to monitor the traffic on caramel street and do a back and forth study if it increases we have alternative plans we're considering to allow the left turn from clayton to 17th we can go back to that as a negative

impacts we wanted to void doing the left-hand turn restriction. >> yes one question i understand the concern having the 33 back up in this position it is a pretty major intersections do we have data on crashes that we have had in that intersection bus and car and bus and car and pedestrian. >> we have data on crashes i'm not sure about the transit impact but there's been at least one collision involved in the left-hand turn lane clayton to 17th and part of that intersection is the angle of the approach as you can see this approach intersection didn't come at the intersection at a 90 degree angle so someone thank you for the opportunity left is blocking the views of the cars

in the other directions one the benefits that makes this intersection of clay phenomenon and caramel a safe intersection the cars approach from the other directions you can see them better and there have been accidents at this intersection i don't want to make it sound like this is a perfect intersection but we've got a preliminary proposal we think that will make the situation better and we plan to monitor the situation and come back with other platoons if this didn't workout as planned. >> i'm familiar with this intersection i walk through there a lot i'm familiar with caramel street it is a relatively quote residential street. >> yes. >> taking an intersection and two streets that are set up for high capacity or main route and

then send cars down what is a quiet residential street i can see where that could really cause concerns for the people on the quiet residential street and he having said that, i'm concerned if we can committing commit to making sure we're not tedious low impacting the quality of life on that quiet street i'll support in going forward but you want to make sure wear following up with the homeowners on the quote street if it is causing an impact maybe we can find another creative engineering solution with the people we have. >> is that a motion. >> dina motion. >> this is as you're coming northbound you could not make a left if you're coming northbound

on clayton not westbound on 17th. >> correct. >> the concern right now the straight pocket and the right turn pocket so the straight traffic is stuck behind the left turn awhile everyone else is in the left turn. >> exactly. >> so when would you each year this before and after to happen. >> it should be probably done after school begins last night in the summer we want to monitor the traffic volume before the school ends and monitor before school starts up again. >> we have a motion and a second. >> second. >> with that understand i think the director. > all in favor, say i. > i. > >> opposed say no the i's have. >> yes. mr. chairman your book

to the last regular agenda get to that quickly requesting the board of supervisors to appropriate $49 million for the issuance and sale of the general obligations bond for the network project safety improvements and outreach for the better market outreach project and save a contribution for conflict for the communication based overly signal system and adapting the transportation effectiveness mitigation and a promising program mr. chairman no one has indicated a request to comment. >> second. >> just a quick question based on what deepen said about the elevator situation this money is pretty much set right now coming i guess the

point what if it takes several million dollars more for the concession. >> so we have within our capital program one of the program areas as accessibility which includes the elevators and square roots we've commented an upgrade for the additional escalators we have some elevator repairs and replacements in there this is something we could use bond fund for when we come back with a report on our elevator capital program as well as sources we can identify gaps we don't feel we've inadequately addresses. >> > all in favor, say i. > i. > opposed the i's have.

>> mr. chairman with no closed session that includes the business before you today. >> thank you allncludes the business before you today. >> thank you allcludes the business before you today. >> thank you allcludes the business before you today. >> thank you allocludes the business before you today. >> thank you all business before you today. >> thank you all >> good evening and welcome to the may 2006 2015 of the san francisco board