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i have here which was used to convey title of the land. it does restrict residential uses, particularly in mixed-use multifamily on the site. so it reads, using or improving the premises for residential purposes including multifamily residential uses is prohibited. this prohibit -- this prohibition runs with the land and applies to all successors in interest. october 1st, staff presented the planning commission process recommendations which included grandfathering provisions for hotels which we submitted in an evaluation. to date, we spent a lot of money and resources. it was submitted in october 2016 and we feel a hotel would be great in this location. in our opinion, the site can't be used for housing or office,
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what should be used for? is the highest and best use of this site. i'm available for any questions. >> any members of the public who wish to comment on item seven through 11? public comment is closed. supervisor kim? >> we went through a couple amendments and i thank you had something else that you wanted to speak about? >> yes. i know we talked about this last time. i thought about it a lot more. i still am not comfortable with the 14-foot floor to ceiling p.d.r. exemption for the project we looked at the development restraints on the site and believe it is fundamentally a question between more office space and p.d.r. space. at the end of the day, given the office space tap, the amendments we are having to make to that and the idea that ultimately the site i was at a another site
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that is under threat for p.d.r. space being demolished or displaced or existing the existing tenants. i. i like to make an amendment to put it at 17 feet as supported by the planning department for fourth and harrison project so that was on page 90, line 23. through not line 25 that we would make it the requirement as recommended by the planning department at 17 feet. >> what page was that? >> page 90 through 91. lines 21 -- 23 through 25. >> this does not get the planning commission even the discretion to consider lowering the ground floor to 14 feet as we had amended back in july. >> i understand. >> i know. i am asking.
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on my understanding correctly? >> just like every other site in the district has a requirement to have 17 feet. that is what the planning department recommended department recommended on the site. may be we can ask the planning department. >> i am just clarifying what you're amendment is. >> i am verbally saying it out loud. we would be removing the amendment to provide a minimum of 14 feet so we would say minimum of 17 feet. >> just so -- i did also make an amendment in july that gives the commission the discretion to keep it at 17 feet or allow 14 feet. my question is, are you reverting back to the previous amendment which gives the planning commission the discretion to go either way? or i understand -- >> i understand. i would like to hear through the planning department and then i can clarify that.
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>> to be clear right now, there are two auto places in the planning code where this site could have less than 17-foot space for p.d.r. it exists both in section 339 and the key sites exemption process, given the provision of certain amenities and additional sections that you are discussing on page 90. it is a section that grants it without discussion, essentially by rights. striking that out would still leave the planning commission and the discretion under section 329 to provide that exception. >> striking that outwards give the planning commission -- >> it still stays in the planning code. >> all the sites have the discretion? it is essentially -- it is discretion based on the planning
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department process recommendations and approval. >> it is actually not all of the sites that would have the ability to seek that exception. there were certain exceptions that the commission is being granted for southern -- certain key sites based on the past years of analysis aren't on what the possible range of exceptions could be for each site. there is not a blanket allowance >> how many of the key sites have that flexibility? >> that one. >> so then, no. my amendment would be to remove the planning department's discretion all together and make it a minimum 17 feet. >> just to be clear, the commission still has the discretion and then have to be justified in the project sponsor would have to make a case. the commission is not obligated to make that. >> and just so it is clear, all of the key sites have this discretionary approval that are
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only limited to their key sites and so you'd only be singling out this one project. the other key sites will be allowed to keep their discretionary approval. >> i understand. to the chair, it is only the discretionary approval as it pertains to 17 feet. all the other ones don't have that. >> that's true. there are a range of different specialized exceptions that are being provided. >> i am limiting mine. my amendment would be limiting the discretionary approval as it pertains to the florida to ceiling height on the ground floor to a minimum of 17 feet. they can keep all their other discussions. i am not my removing. that is not what my amendment is is that clear? is that clear? that would be what my amendment would be. >> so, we will take the motion. we will do a roll call vote on that one. >> ok.
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>> on the motion to amend the legislation as stated by supervisor. [roll call] >> the amendment passes. >> i would like to make a motion to adopt the amendment as i articulated previously to public comment on page 147, line 6-18. >> are we adding in the language about a competitive process as well? >> yes. we can add in that language. do we need a vote on that when? >> we will do that without objection. colleagues, i would like to make a motion to remove this item -- move this item with a recommendation recommendation to the full board. >> we need. >> thank you for the reminder. i do want to strike.
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let me pull up the section code. >> then i have another one. >> while you are doing that, can i make another comment? supervisor kim? >> go ahead. >> i am curious, after hearing public comment, it sounded like -- the reason i am waiting is because i want to ask supervisor kim this question. sorry. this is not related to the other thing. this is specifically to the flower mart site. >> what i heard from the
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presenters was in the one week that we have had this conversation, they have made significant steps to having an m.o.u. signed that would talk about dedicating another site for affordable housing. so if that is the case, i would be in favor of removing the amendment that you proposed last week given the fact that they have made significant progress in the conversation with regard to affordable housing. i wanted to see what you had to say about that. >> kilroy did sit down with the community groups and are looking at another alternative to dedicating affordable housing within the central soma plan. we still have to continue conversations with all stakeholders and i have made a commitment to kilroy to do that before november 13th. i don't feel comfortable at this time striking that amendment. i will not be making that motion today.
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but i will make a motion to strike 249.78 g. s. was placed in the ordinance last week. am i doing that correctly? >> i thank you are meaning to strike a section six, the unquantified section on page 236 of the ordinance. >> you are a mindreader. >> ok. i don't know why it is listed under that section but that is correct. we would be striking section six lines 11-25 on page 236.
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>> say that one more time? >> section six what? what did you say? >> 11-25. i apologize. we have so many different versions here. >> that is what i have. >> there are a lot of versions with different edits on the website. but i believe what the amendment was to strike section six in its entirety. and that section is on page 237 lines six through 20. >> it is on page 236.
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>> you allergic -- originally said section six, right? on my document it is 11325. >> the document you have printed out in front of you may include amendments that were circulated today which is why it is off. it is basically section six. the unquantified section at the end of the ordinance. in the public late notice document on 237. >> you made a motion to strike section -- section six. page 236 or page 237. 237 on the public document. >> do we need a roll call or can we do that without objection? we will do that without objection. >> through the chair, can i ask another question? on the points with the flower
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mart, i wanted to hear what you had to say one more time. >> we need to continue discussions with all of the stakeholders on this amendment. i have made a commitment to kilroy to come to some kind of resolution by november 13th to the full board. i am not making an amendment to strike this today. >> i heard that. i wanted to hear the other part about the conversation. it seems pretty significant. >> we still haven't continued the discussion with all of the stakeholders. >> ok. >> ok. at this time, does the committee have any suggestions on how you want to move forward? >> i would like to make a motion to move this far with positive recommendation to the full board
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>> ok. can i recommend we do it without recommendation just for a couple of outstanding items? >> that is totally fine. i will change my motion to move this forward and got recommendation to the full board >> ok. do we need to do a roll call vote? we will do that without objection. ok. are there any other items before us today? >> for clarity that was item seven through 11? >> yes. >> there is no further business. >> ok. thank you. we are adjourned.
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good afternoon everyone. i want to go ahead and call to order this meeting of the san francisco municipal transportation board of directors for tuesday, november 6th. would you please call the roll. (roll call). madam chair you have a quorum.
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item three announcement of sound producing devices. the ringing of electronic devices are prohibited. any person responsible for one going off in the room may be asked to leave the room. also, note that cell phones on vibrate cause microphone interference. the board respectfully asks they be turned off. approval of october regular meeting. >> public comment is closed. do i have a motion to approve and second. all in favor aye. any opposed? hearing none the minutes for october 16 are approved. >> item 5 communications. directors at the direction of staff 10.2a has been severed from the consent calendar.
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it will be called after item 11. >> i team 6 introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> any new or unfinished business. thank you. we will move on. item 7. director's report. >> good afternoon. happy election day. i hope everybody has voted or will be voting. i hope for good outcomes. i do want to start with a couple of special recognitions for a couple of highly valued but departing employees. i would like to ask the government affairs director to come come forward to recognize one of her staff. >> good afternoon. today i have the privilege and honor to start the recognitions with my colleague dillon young or departing government affairs
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manager. dillon joined in 2014. during the last four and-a-half years has created a strong respected presence for the agency. he has provide you had highly effective leadership in an environment of constant change. he is a strategist and negotiator working independently as part of the teams to build and lead effective coalitions. his approach of keeping everyone informed no matter the issue, insured there were as few surprises as possible, and that the agency was as prepared and responsive as we could be. dillon is known for burning the midnight oil. if you got any of his misses sent after midnight. his updates are on any given issue were always appreciated.
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that is essential to the transportation system and emerging technology and different modes of transportation i have had the privilege of witnessing the dedication and i hope to contribute to the great work. anything i have accomplished is through my colleagues and folks in the room and the mayor's office, the transportation authority and passionate stakeholders during this disruptive time. so i want to thank this board,
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director and kate you and director of government affair to entrusting me with this role and for your leadership and courage toward others. especially during these challenging times. finally, i want to acknowledge my colleagues. janette martin son, kathleen and jd. they further protected the agencies and the transportation agency at the federal and state and local represents. they represent the critical work of the divisions of this large organization. effectively and humbly in the service you of others which is true leadership. it made it possible for me to do anything i may have accomplished. thank you for having me stand up. i want to thank my wife trish, my in-laws, meredith and fred and my 7-year-old daughter in
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school. they are all my favorites. from the board of supervisors, the of the who looks at the camera like she does. thanks for all of the voice messages with mom and all of the notes in my bag when i had to work late and when i am not with you i am probably with you. we will watch this on sf government tv later. i am with our amazin amaze amaz. as an american of chinese descent from the south of china to san francisco, where i was born, where all of my relatives lived in the sun set and richmond. to be recognized in the same meeting with a nationally award-winning cfo and public
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servant of indian descent it is greater to be recognized on this election day as people vote to shape the future of the country. with that, thank you for the honor and for the opportunity to speak. [applause.] >> so that is a bit of a tough act to follow. i will say that as you know in this work and this agency, we don't get a lot of positive
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feedback. let alone unsolicited positive feedback from o elected officials. dillon was one of the few rare sources of such unsolicited positive feedback from elected official that i would get regularly on the second floor. he is a tremendous asset. you can tell from what he said. tremendous asset to this agency. sorry to see him go, grateful for five years of outstanding service. we wish him the best. to move on. i am down here because i am taking the opportunity to you recognize you our cfo. i wish i had come up with a phrase like dapper diplomat. i don't think either of those fit, certainly not the diplomat. maybe if our outgoing director
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of finance and information technology can join me, she told me already today she is tired of the accolades. we were planning a parade. we have to cancel that. for more than 10 years she has been providing passionate, professional outstanding service to this agency, to the people of san francisco. dillon mentioned she is nationally recognized. she is an amazing force not just for the agency, but for the ci city, transit agency and the region. someone we will not be able to nor will try to replace. she most known for being our cfo and managing our finances exceptionally well, much to the
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dismay of her colleagues and people in the agency. because of her work, we have the highest credit rating of any transit agency in the country. when you read into the reports that sound financial management is one of things that jumps to the top. that is driven by her, all of good financial policies this board has adopted emanated from her fiscal conservatism, but with that fiscal conservatism she brought creativity and can do attitude to do the great work we have done in the decade applause expanding the muni service, amazing capital program double today what it was not too long ago. our operating budget is probably more than double today what it was. a lot of that was her dogged
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determination and passion for the work of this agency. she was, although she was the cfo and known as director of finance and information technology, she over saw the real estate and other aspects of the organization. she often strayed to managing transit and streets and taxis as well. i always appreciated her lack of boundaries, her unsolicited advice, but her willingness day and night to be thinking about and trying hard to do what is right for transportation and san francisco and the region and the state and nationally. i could go on but i imagine some of you may have words. we did recognize her last week and she was also recognized by mabymay or breed.
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it was the day she got a certificate of appreciation from the board of supervisors and the legislator and the assembly members. i know there will be a ripple effect with her departure because of how deep her impact was on what we do here. we are not going to try to replace her. we will fill the position. there will be no replacing her and we will try to make sure she doesn't shut off her phone so that should we need to continue to get unsolicited advice from her there is an avenue to do that. it is a great honor for me to work with her. sometimes i felt like for her. i certainly learned a lot from her. i do think the financial success of agency is because you have
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her and her team and the great work they have done to make us all look good. i ask you to join me in thanking her for her great years of service. (applause). >> wow. dillon, you started crying. i may go down that route with you. before i say a few words. i want to thank dillon we have exchanged e-mails in the middle of the night. dillon, thank you for your great work. i have appreciated working with you. thank you, ed. you must be getting tired of saying nice things about me. in the last several weeks you spent a lot of time saying nice things. i am humbled by the accolades. i have many faults but hopefully you believe i paid a small part in moving the agency forward.
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thank you for putting up with me. i am not the normal kind of cfo. i want to give a shout out to the nta colleagues as dillon did who work tirelessly without much recognition. i would like to recognize all of you today for your great work. a special gratitude to the fit folks who always supported me over the year and have done incredible work. i have not done any of it, these guys have done all of it. i leave with a plea that you continue your hard work. it is often very difficult and frustrating but i have faith that you will continue the work and the public deserves the system. my last i would like to leave you with a poem. she was born in calcutta. i have got to leave. it is call farewell.
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i have got to leave bid me farewell, i bow to all you have you and take my departure. i give the keys back to my door and give up the claims to the house. i only ask the last kind words from you. we were neighbors for long, but i received more than i could give. now the day has dawn and the lamp that lit my dark corner is out. the summons has come and i am ready for my next a long journey. thank you all. [applause.] >> now you have made me cry. directors, would anybody like to say nice things while i stop
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crying? >> well, to dillon as well, you are joining a wonderful company, the roberts family. i have been very close for many years. they helped start comcast from a small cable television station in new york. now they are nbc and universal. you are joining a good force, and i wish you luck. i want to thank you for always being there for me to give me advice and council. the poem last few words say to the last a long journey. i hope it involves tawing a call from a future governor. >> you don't have a poem. i can only say nice things. i said the funny things at your retirement party. i will repeat one thing that i said at the party here publicly which is you helped us through a
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very difficult time. we are abelias well and i was always impressed by your candor. we have had offline discussions about the importance of the reserve and make training physical discipline around looking for the future and avoiding short term gain to get long-term benefit. this board has done that through your direction. i would leave that to some of the newer director on the board. i am proud what you and i accomplished together so thank you. >> i always have such confidence in the audits and financials. you taught me much more about public accounting which is different than private sector accounting. you were always looking out for the agency to make sure we were planning for the future and making smart investments.
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we are so fort natural to have you. -- fortunate to have you. we are in a good place. i don't know if we will ever be able to fill your shoes. >> thank you. >> i am going to talk so much. i just want to say thank you for your hard work. you are amazing. thank you so much. >> thank you all. >> i work understand finance in a prior career. it was one of those things where it was easy to come here and know that was taken care of and done with confidence and skill and in a way i never had to worry about it. not thinking about it is a testament to how good a job everything was done in such a big agency. thank you. >> thank you. on behalf of the board of directors and the entire city
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thank you so much for your years of service. i am amazed you are stepping away without a promise not to make muni free for everyone and immediately take all of the ads off the buses. thank you again. (applause). >> that was very dangerous the way you baited her just then. i do have a number of other things i want to cover some i didn't cover last time. vision zero. i want to let you know as speeding is a top cause of traffic collisions and fatalities on our streets. we have restarted the safe streets media campaign. you will hear it on drive time radio and see it on bus shelter
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ads. reminder it is the leading cause of fatal and serious collisions in the city. we want to make sure people remember to slow down. we will continue to share that message and some good news is that san francisco's stick to the limit video is now playing at california dmv field offices statewide. it remains important not a day goes by where we don't have a reminder of the tragedy that can strike in our city. yesterday we had two of those within a few blocks of each other. on powell street. the first was 6:00 a.m. there was a motorcyclist involved in a collision on the corner of broadway and powell. the preliminary indications we have suggest a car traveling
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eastbound on broadway made an illegal mid block you turn from the right lane hitting the motorcycle traveling in the same direction. a little after midday a block away on powell and vallejo an elderly female pedestrian was struck by a large truck turning on to stockton. i don't believe we have information or names of victim. in a single day in a couple blocks we had two more people die on our streets. that is tragic. the risk every peteing not just -- repeating both were preventable. we will continue to work with the police on the specifickics of these cases to see what we can do but certainly our
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thoughts and prayers go to families and friends of those who lost their lives needless leo our streets. neither of these happened in the evening or they didn't happen in the evening. this is on the heels of daylight savings time. we want to remind everyone as it gets darker earlier and people are driving at dark when it used to be light to be extra careful, go slowly and look out for people in the public right-of-way. if you are driving, walking, biking, beware of that visibility change is something everyone needs to pay attention to. on a little more upbeat note. earlier this month san francisco was recognized bye-by by the big
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magazine behind seattle. this is done every two years based on safety, bike friendlynis, political climate and culture. they specifically noted progress we made in installing protected bike lanes in 2010. you may recall we didn't have a single protected bike line. now we have 10 covering 20 miles of our streets and one is coming your way today. they recognize the city's efforts to reduce fatalities through zero and the goal through sustainable mode. despite the tragic news of yesterday, it is good to be recognized for some of the good work your leadership is enabling here. switching gear to muni. an update on the work we are doing to improve muni service.
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as you know, after a decline in service during the construction shut down, the mayor called us to rye double our efforts to -- re-double our efforts to make it more safe. we have taken steps to do that. we have delivered 95% of our scheduled service over the last three weeks which is up from where we were in july. it is not where we want to be, at minimum 98.5 in the charter. we want to be at 100. we are making progress there. we have been able to reduce gaps on the rapid bus lines and on the muni metro lines and slight improvement in on time performance. part of how we address groups is adjusting balancing the service that might work against on time performance but provides better
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spacing of the vehicles. there are some trends that are moving in good directions such as crime on muni dropping 10% and assaults decreased by 43%. we continue to work on reducing collisions by an additional 5%. really looking at all aspects of the services safety, reliability and we are making progress there. along those lines on saturday, november 17th. , we will song more more than -- honor more than 50 muni driving with 15 years or more. four have more than 35 years of safe driving including the cable
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car division with 44 years of safe operations with muni. that is unbelievable. i do want to note every day in an increasingly complex environment the vast majority of the operators are operating safety and demonstrating excellence in service to the hundreds of thousands they serve. to be eligible they must have driven a minimum of 2000 hours each fiscal year without an avoidable collision for 15 years that is a testament. we look forward to recognizing them on the 17th. a couple other things. elevator status web page. this is something we heard from the director and members of the
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public. the significant issue for those relying on elevators. to enhance accessibility of our stations there is a new web page where people can see the current status of all muni metro elevators. it is sfmta.com/elevators design to improve muni trip planning to those rely on the elevators. they will be able to see the status of the elevators and make a change to plans. station agents are the best source of information on the status of elevators. after feedback we allow them to enter updates in realtime from their booth. as soon as they know, which is as soon as anybody knows, everybody in the public will know. this was great between the transit, i t, communications and
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accessible services. we will continue to make improvements. we encourage anyone using the page to give us feedback on how it is working. one construction update with regard to the new ucsf mission bay platform. beginning next monday we will be closing the platform through late april of 2019. during this time period with platform closed the t will skip the mission base stop. we need to shut this down. as you may recall we are constructing a new center platform on third between south and 16th street in front of new arena and development is being built. this will be a larger platform like king street? front of at&t park. it will accommodate the crowds associated with events at the
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new event center. we will be providing bus substitution from -- on novembe. from november 30 to dust 3 and january 4 to late february. we will have shut downs of different durations. we are making sure merchants and riders and neighborhood groups are aware. we started that outreach a number of months ago. we will have ambassadors out catching good lessons from construction related shut downs including making sure the rest of the service remains sound in accommodation of this project. i want to let you know about that. with regard to the facilities, a couple weeks ago we convened the first meeting of the working group with an introduction to the project.
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the yard is a 100-year-old project in need of renovation. we launched the progress program to ensure the facilities are equipped with capacity to keep up with population growth and are brought into good seismic condition. while we have one of the newest and greenest and most advanced transit fleets the facilities to support the fleets are generally old and outdated and over capacity. the first modernization of the yards will be the patrayio yard at 17th and bryant. it is a full city yard between 17th and mar and mariposa.
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we will remove the facility and develop it from the groundout. it will be modern with more capacity and we will provide development opportunity four housing in line with the mayor's desire to increase the amount of housing we have in the city. we have a working group, and we would love more community input. folks interested can go to sfm sfmta.com/building contract to apply. a couple last things. on this coming saturday, the tenth, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. we will hold an open house four the 27 bryant transit reliability project. improvements we can make in terms of reliability and reducing delays on the 27 bryant
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which serves disproportionate de low income ridership. it will be at the clubhouse on eddy street. looking for feedback from riders and others in the neighborhood what would make that route more usable by more folks. the following wednesday, november 14th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. there ask an open house four the bikeway. we have been charged by the mayor with accelerating what we can do in terms of demonstration project. we will showcase what we developed from market to 15th. then receiving input four the rest of it from 15th to 24th. we look forward to feedback to
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getting something up and running soon. this thursday from 5:00 to 7:00, at the sf moma, we are going to have a transit open house for third street transit and safety project. as you probably know coming up through south market, we have read transit only lanes for the high volume buses that use third street. if you have ever ridden those you know those lanes are performing well. there are a lot of conflicts with heavy and right turning traffic to the bay bridge. what we are looking to do through the open house is solicit feedback on ideas about redesigning that street, particularly the location of the transit lane to make it more effective and less gummed one traffic.
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a number of different open house us. we hope there is good participation from the public. the folks that can't make it we encourage feedback. that concludes my report. >> thank you very much. that was a jam-packed director's report. do i have any comments on the report? any observations? >> yes. >> thank you for the report. i wonder if you could reflect on the top few causes of the inability to deliver 100% of service. what specific intersections are designed to address those barriers? >> it varies. at the moment it is operator availability is our biggest challenge. some days on the rail service we deliver 100%. we are closer to having full staffing.
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although we have you increased the number of operators we have since the summer, it is going to take a little bit more time for us to catch up, and while we have had challenges in the past in terms of getting new operators for part-time work. until recently we did not have challenges filling classes for full-time work. the last advertisement for new bus operator positions we got more than 800 folks who signed up. when it came time to fill the first class this month, we were having trouble filling the double size class. we will double the efforted to work with the office of marketing to reach the neighborhoods and through the community-based organizations to find folks unemployed or underemployed or potentially
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entad in good candidates for the operators operation. one path is bringing in new operators. the other is getting operators who are trained not working getting them back to work. >> thank you. vice chair. i want to touch on the feedback with the consumers. generally our system is about next bus and next trains are gaining popularity and more and more relied on by users. we have a new system coming in for the next bus system, buts my understanding is that is the system for the bus us. the train system is not tied up
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with that, is that correct? >> no the next generation system will cover the whole system. >> the new signs and signage is the display. the change in the underlying technology will affect the trains as well? >> that's correct. >> when we get reports which i personally do and see about has time we had fun about someone getting to school and the next bus not right. the thing i have seen personally and received comments on the signs and through the app is phantom trains, particularly with the shuttle train. for whatever reason it will say it is coming in two minutes and disappear. they say five minutes then magically bounce to 19 minutes. is the best answer for the public that we are aware of it around this is part of the
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redesign with the prediction sochi olympics? >> we are aware of it. doing what we can to address issue nuss the short term. we have been identifying the issues. the goal is by th the end of ths month to have those addressed. software upgrades there. are limitations to the present system. right now we are seeing problems you are referencing we might address within the existing system. we don't want to ask people to wait a couple years. we have identified problems. we are looking at software upgrades. we are aching for the end of the month. -- he appreciate. the overhaul is going to take time and people are rely on this more and more. i appreciate that.
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maybe at some point we can get a report back on once those things have been implemented how they are workings because i think this is a sore spot for consumers relying on the technology to find out when their transit is coming. >> i don't know if it will be in place for the next meeting. >> i would prefer to have the report once you know how effective it is and whether the board needs to authorize something else. i am happy to wait two or three meetings. >> thank you. >> i want to say thanks to the staff that worked on the elevator status page. that is a great improvement. i know from friends using the system is more accessible when you can epocha stations you will be able to use.
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i appreciate the agents and the ability to update information in realtime. >> thank you. no more comments. do i have any public comment on the directors' report? >> you do. her been weaner, karl then jerrek. these are only topics addressed by mr. riskin. >> herbert weiner. i want to welcome ms. eakins to the board. always vote your conscience. now, unfortunately, the policy of mta is not fixing muni. it is fixing the passenger. last weekend was frustrating. i waited a half our.
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-- half hour. you had two buses at the same time. what remedy is there to this? one, you could transner the muni bosses responsible four this, send them to any agency in the city, housing authority, port authority or the mayor's office or simply fire them. the other solution is breaking up the mta. muni is such a complex problem it is consult to manage parking and the taxis. all three departments need specific attention. i am not recommending a reduction in 1578 refor the head of the muni. it is a consult job. you cannot fix the passenger. this is a bogus policy. i am the target. it is painted on my back.
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thank you. >> next speaker, please. marry mcguire. >> tea. >> good afternoon. i ask the direct tour one-time can i have your budget of 16 and 17? she refused to give me the document. thethen i went to the freedom of information and got the budget. when i look at the budget.
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i see a $20 million gap. this lemake -- they will make that from the sale of the taxi medallion. there was no sale. what a wonderful personality. in two seconds she said, yes, we are short on this, and we have not corrected it. this is the integrity of the human. whatever you have done it but you just say yes. she didn't say not to hide a document, i give a name and i have a document to prove it. liar. this is the difference between the boards. when you listen to me, if i am a liar, kick me out of the door. it is not the money