i'd like to show of the window space that i have in my unit that is going to be blocked if you can pull those up. i live in the studio and the only windows that i have are that front corner bathroom. so that's the back area where there are no windows and then this is the unit, the front two windows that will be blocked by the new addition and this is the end view. you can see right -- i get nervous. so the fence is right here and then the deck is right here because my apartment is setback a little bit. and so this unit is basically going to be blocking all the air flow and light that comes in. and then how i do change the other picture? so then, this is the only source

of light that i have in my entire apartment. the other light that i have is blocked by a wall and then i think you saw the first picture that i pulled up, the other wall doesn't have any windows at all. so that is just the point i wanted to bring up. it's the lighting and air flow and the front deck. thank you for your time. i really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> is there any other public comments? seeing none. we'll move on to rebuttle. we will hear from the appellant. >> thank you. so, i think what is clear from what you have heard tonight is the appellant isn't opposed to any variance or any project at this property. esso posed to this variance and it's because the variance shouldn't be granted where it will cause injury to the neighbors, including a tenant who is going to be effectively

boxed in by this project. the height of the project as proposed is 32 feet to the peek of the roof. if we can bring that down by just a few feet, we're going to be able to mitigate many of the negative impacts. our client is willing to compromise and willing to -- he has offered to contribute money to help achieve another solution that is going to work for all of the neighbors. and we believe that that solution is more feasible from an engineering standpoint and won't significantly increase the costs with us to sit down with their engineers and we haven't been able to do that yet. so, i'd like to just hand over so we can talk about why it's the most workable alternative to develop this site. >> so, i have been in front of the planning commission numerous times in this exact issue. you can't do these with the

current 317 rules and the current building code rules. six months ago the building permit showed up and explained to the planning commission and the light went on that on the property line issues, there are fundamental challenges. there's going to be another hearing. you guys should go to it. april 23rd. there's going to be another joint meeting. there's a dysfunctional tee between the building code and planning code on 317. the same issue is here. they have a very tall wall. unreinforced concrete that has to add eight feet and they're going to have to tear down the back half of this building that is not included in the demo. after the building permits is done, send it back to planning. let planning look at it after the calculations are done, after the building department marked it up. ask the building department, how do you build this building when you add an additional-storey at the back of the building and you

have a 20-foot vertical cut and you are claiming this is a remodel. if you really believe that, there's a bridge. you cannot do this building with the code as it established. they need to get rid of 317. right now, 317 is the rule. so when they're out there building it and they're having to comply with means and methods and the fire code and the property line, there won't be a building there. and the neighbor won't be my client will drive by and file a complaint and we will be back here. you guys have seen a number of de facto demolitions. this is a d defacto demolition coming back. >> have you been in the tent att space. >> no, i've walked around. >> so you've been to the property? >> i've been in the unit. i've been in the owner's space above.

>> looking at the picture it looks like there was divided space. >> pardon me? >> from the picture on the overhead it looks like divided space. if there's divided space shouldn't there be air flow and windows in that second area? do you understand my question? >> i haven't been in her unit. i've walked by those windows and those windows appeared to be setback in the property line but it didn't go into her unit. >> thank you. >> thank you. we will hear from the determination holder. variance holder. thank you. >> thank you. my name is mayson kirby. i'm the architect. you've raised questions that i hope to address as clear as possible. number one, the nature of the renderings, primary distinction between rendering a and b was that the rendering, which showed the addition blocking most of the view was from the ground level of the front yard.

this particular view, if i can have the overhead, please. is actually from the inside of his living room at a seated height level. you will note that the rail on the deck is elevation 204.4 and our new roof elevation is at 203.4 effectively lower from a seated position and obviously when you stand, the have you comes back to you. i think it's important if i can zoom in with your help to this area in the plan. i'm going to draw on the plan and i'm going to show you where the windows are of the tenant space and you will be a bit more informed in that the fence you out out of the tenant space is belonging to dan, the other neighbor. this is the subject property and

here is the location of the windows under consideration. so the nature of the impact i think is stated in a manner that doesn't rise to the attention of this board. it's a fair question to acknowledge this is a unique urban condition practiced in this neighborhood for 15 years two blocks from this site. i'll tell you this is one of the most interesting urban areas or sites we've had to deal with. frankly, to be rhetorical, we would love to have an opportunity to develop this site permit into an addendum and have it reviewed by the building permit but if you will take note, this was originally submitted in 2015. it's now 2019. and i anticipate that david and his team will be in a position to protest and object to this project as long as they can.

and it's not relevant for our client to be in a position to accept a threat from someone who is in a position to wonder when they're going to evaluate it. if there are any other questions, i'm happy to answer them. >> maybe this isn't part of the variance that discussion. it's going to be a discussion as brought up by the public comment about the retaining wall and about the placement of a potential placement of a drain. i saw the dominoes fall in that scenario very significantly. do you have a comment on that? the real impact of having to redo a retaining wall and then potentially putting a drain as a result of a change of scenery there? >> yes, i think it's a fair question to raise.

number one, it's a misstatement to suggest it's a 20-foot high retaining wall. the wall follows the contours of the hill as it slides down towards the left-hand side of the property. at its shortest, it's a better part of five and a half feet and it also at its height, greatest height is 10 or 12 feet towards the end of the property. in this instance, ha wall establishes the grade plain boundary between the adjacent neighbor and all of the wood framing that exists in rob's current home. sod idea of digging down as was suggested by the team, would absolutely compel us to redo that wall for purposes of establishing a waterproof condition on the backside of that wall. it would compel us to have a parameter drain, et cetera, et cetera. realizing it was a cave we didn't know the end of, we essentially decided to do a

vertical addition and know that we could manage some of the lateral and vertical loads as were pressed. i think the idea that you would have an opportunity to raise that wall or lower the top of that wall is something we're not interested in doing because we do, in that carrying we would have to waterproof the backside of it. there's an important comment with regard to how would you access a property line wall to establish fire rating so on and so fourth. in this instance, the wood framed wall on top of that wall, if you look in this diagram is accessible from the neighbor's property so it's not a zero lot line wall in that respect. >> have you been the architect on this project since 2015? >> yes. >> i just want to ask a little bit about how the project has changed at all as soon as the many conversations with

neighbors or the planning department, what has been some of the evolution that the project has seen? >> what you need to know is we looked at a possibility avenue digging out and doing a basement renovation and we talked about the i am practicality of having that be a water-tight environment. that too would require a variance and affirmative variance to build into that portion of the space. we went threw a neighborhood and reapplication meeting process, the team did not attend any of the meetings that we had prior to submitting the site permit. when we submitted the site permit it wasn't until the 30-day notice started that we realized there was something that we would have to deal with in terms of the neighborhood condition. prior to -- through the site permit review process, we did modify the exterior of the building. on the top floor we set it back of the street in compliance of

the team. we created the useful sort of outdoor deck open spaces to satisfy the requirement that there would be some outdoor space for these spaces. so there was an intent to not just have a level right on top but it was designed to basically step back on all sides that we could reasonably foresee. we tried to maintain the integrity of the existing building as possible and there's not a wall we intend to materially change on the existing level as well. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> anything further? commissioners, this matter is submitted. >> commissioners. >> i'm of the mind that the -- i

grow with the findings in the variance. cities change overtime. this is an example of that. in 1941, having a lot of size was permissable. a few years later it was not ok. now it's 2019 and we have design guidelines, we have things that were not perceived at that time or even thought of. i feel that the addition is modest. it doesn't seem -- i can sympathize with some of the impacts of the neighbors but i at the same time think the variance findings, i agree with them. >> after going through the brief, i initially had some serious questions. after hearing both the appellant and permit holder as well as the department, give explanations to the questions that i have, i'm in line with my fellow commissioner. >> i guess i'll take a little

different approach then. i am sympathetic to the permit -- the variance holder in terms of what he would like for his family. i think that is a right that he should have. the reason i may be at variance -- excuse me. [laughter] that was a bad term. in opposition to the variances and it's not based upon what the appellants have brought fourth in terms of their view blockage, the sight lines. the question is did they satisfy the five criteria for the variance? i don't think they have. especially variances the criteria number three. so i'm not prepared to vote to

allow the variance to continue. >> someone want to make a motion? >> i would move to deny the appeal and uphold the variances issued by the department on the basis it was properly issued. >> ok. we have a motion from commissioner tanner to deny the appeal and uphold the variance. on the basis of it was properly issued on that motion. president fung. >> no. >> commissioner lazarus. >> aye. >> commissioner honda. >> aye. >> vice president swig. >> aye. >> ok. so that motion carries and appeal is denied. that is our last case. this meeting is adjourned. >> thank you.

>> my name tom hewitt. first of all, i would like to welcome everyone to come to this fair. this safety fair, we trying to educate the public regarding how to prepare themselves during and after the earthquake and then to protect themselves for next 72 hours. >> hi. my name's ed sweeney. i'm the director of services at department of building inspection, and we put together

a great fair for the city of san francisco to come down and meet all the experts. we've got engineers, architects. we have builders, we have government agencies. >> well, we have four specific workshops. we have the accessible business entrance. >> my name is leah, and i am the assistant manager with the department of small business. i am leading the new accessibility ordinance that helps existing owners better comply with existing access laws. so all buildings that have places of public accommodation in san francisco, they must comply with this ordinance. >> the a.d.e. was setup by the board of supervisors, and the ordinance was passed about a

year ago. >> one of the biggest updates that we have is that the deadlines were extended, so all of the deadlines were extended by six months. >> and it's really to help the public, the business community to be specific, to cut down on the amount of drive by lawsuits. >> so on this workshop, we're going to be covering what the compliance looks like, what business examiand property owne need to know how to comply with the ordinance. we'll also talk about the departments that are involved, including the office of small business, department of building inspection, planning department, as well as the mayor's office on disability. >> hi. i'm marselle, and i manage a team at the building department. today, we'll cover the meaning of a.d.u.s, more commonly known

as accessory dwelling units. we'll talk about the code and permitting processes, and we'll also talk about legalizing existing dwelling units that are currently unwarranted. >> this is the department of building inspection's residential remodelling workshop. my name is senior electrical inspector cheryl rose, and at this workshop, we're going to be answering questions such as do i need an electrical permit when i'm upgrading my dwelling, when do i need to have planning involved in a residential remodel, and what's involved with the coerce process? we're going to also be reviewing inspection process, and the permitting process for residential remodel in san francisco. there's always questions that need answers. it's a mystery to the general public what goes on in construction, and the more we

can clarify the process, the more involved the consumer can be and feel comfortable with the contractors they're working with and the product they're getting in the results. if you have questions that aren't addressed in this workshop, you're always welcome to come up to the third floor of 1660 mission street, and we're happy to discuss it with you and find out what you need to do. >> the program is very successful. the last piece is already 60% in compliance. >> well, we have a very important day coming up. it's sept 15. last four has to be compliance, which means that the level four people that have to register with us and give us a basic indication of how they're going to deal with their seismic issues on their building. >> i'm francis zamora, and i'm

with the san francisco department of emergency management, and today we talked about how to prepare for emergencies in san francisco. and so that's really importantiimportant. in san francisco, it's no secret. we live in earthquake country. there's a big chance we will be involved in a major earthquake in the next 30 years, but we don't have to be afraid. these are going to be your first responders outside of the police officers, paramedics, first responders, these are going to be the people that come to your aid first. by getting to know your neighbors, you're going to know who needs help and who can help in case of an emergency. one of the great ways to do that is for signing7for nert, san francisco neighborhood emergency response team. it teaches you how to take care of yourself, your loved ones, and your neighborhood in the case of an emergency. information is just as important

as water and food in an emergency. san francisco has an emergency text message alert system, called text sf. if there's some kind of an emergency happening in san francisco or your neighborhood, it could be a police action, a big fire, a tsunami or an earthquake. all you have to do is text your citizenship code to 888777, and your mobile phone is automatically registered for alert sf. >> my name is fernando juarez, and i'm a fire captain with the san francisco fire department. we have a hire extinguisher training system. you want to pull the pin, stand at least 8 feet away, aim it at the base. if you're too close, the conical

laser that comes out, it's too small, and the fire won't go out on the screen. if you step back, the conical shape on the screen is bigger, and it will take the fire go out faster. so it can tell when you're too close. >> my name is alicia wu, and i'm the director of a san francisco based nonprofit. since 2015, we go out to the public, to the community and provide training in different topics. today we're doing c.p.r., controlling external feeding and how to do perfect communications in each topic, and also, i hope that they can bring it home and start gathering all the supplies

for themselves to. >> on any given day in san francisco, we're very well resourced in terms of public safety professionals, but we all know in the event of a large scale disaster, it will be hours and days before the public safety professionals can get to you, so we encourage people to have that plan in place, be proactive. there's websites. we have a wonderful website called 72hours.org. it tells you how to prepare yourself, your family, your pets, your home, your workplace. we can't emphasize enough how important it is to be

[roll call] >> directors, you have a courtroom. item three is a prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. the bringing and use of sound public -- sound producing electronics are prohibited. any person responsible for one going off maybe asked to leave the room. cell phones on vibrate do because microphone interferences of the board respectfully requests that they be turned off item four, approval of the minutes. there are two sets from march 19 th in the march 26 special closed session. >> is there any closed -- public comment on the minutes item? >> no. >> very good. i will entertain a motion unless there is questions about site -- sets of minutes at the same time >> motion to approve both. >> all those in favor, please say aye?

>> any opposed? >> item five is communications. >> sadly the board would like to adjourn today's meeting in honor of ray antonio he was a former president of the transport workers union local 258. and a munimobile operator himself. he had a long career in the city and county of san francisco which began in the 1960s, believe it or not, at the public utilities commission where he was a personnel clerk. he subsequently became a chance at -- transit operator and continued a long and successful career not only in that capacity but as a representative for our union local 258. he was a staff representative, executive vice president, secretary-treasurer, and served two terms as president. this is a real loss to the city and we will communicate our condolences and best wishes to his family and friends and to those of you who speak with any members of 258, please pass along personal condolences as well.

>> item five, in addition, directors, the conference in closed session scheduled for the conference with label negotiation for closed session has been cancelled for today. item six is introduction of new were in finished -- unfinished business by board members. >> all business is finished, say the board members? perfect. [laughter] director brink -- director brinkman? >> never finished. mission geneva 50 project, i got a really good briefing from two staff members which was fantastic and super helpful, but i'm still pretty upset that the transit lanes were dropped from this project, apparently at the request of the district supervisor, i want us to have an opportunity, and i know we can do this during the vision zero agenda item today, but i want my fellow directors to think about this, to think about to what extent we are going to continue to have this transportation five

dem mentality with different district supervisors. again, the red transit lanes in that project, they help not just people in that neighborhood, but they help the people in mission who have read transit lanes, and those were not universally beloved, with the people further after benefiting from those lanes. the people further injury get to benefit from the dread transit lanes out there. i want to ask that that be rocked back to the board to take another look at. honestly, if we do this safety project without the red transit lanes out there, when world we touch that street again? it will be a long time. if we don't do it now, we are missing a really, really important opportunity, and i want to ask my fellow directors to think about this idea of district supervisors squashing, watering down, stopping, making projects less good and if we think that we are okay with going forward that way. that is all. thank you. >> to clarify your request, is

it -- we certainly heard you on the grander scheme of things, is it your request that this item come back to revisit? >> yes, please. >> director rifkin, did you get that? >> i believe we will be coming this summer with legislation for the project, so we will just make sure that we have the alternative, or we can pick up that discussion at that time. it is not something you have approved or not approved yet, something coming this year. >> i worry, though, if we are not currently looking at the red transit lanes for the mission geneva project, which is now the mission geneva safety project, if the lanes aren't being discussed and aren't being socialized, and we are not doing outreach on them now. >> would you prefer an informational item sooner? >> i think so. if we don't start now and the board agrees that maybe to something we want to do, we will be really far behind on this outreach, and then it will be

worse for the community because he would have talked to him about these pedestrian safety projects and not talked about the red transit lanes and then suddenly say it read transit lanes. >> okay. >> now i will stop talking because i know i have gone too far. thank you, susan. >> director torres, please. >> nothing personal, but i object to that strategy. i do believe we are not elected from -- by the people of san francisco but appointed by the mayor. the supervisors need to have their voice heard. they represent constituents that voted for them, those constituents want their voices heard, and i believe if there is a way to strike a balance, then i am all for that, but he do believe we ought to hear the voices of everyone, especially those that are elected in an election to represent constituents, and if that is there feeling, then we need to respect that. >> very good. thank you. any further new art unfinished business? seeing none, i know that is one

thing but because i'm so simpleminded, i stay focused on these things, i know i meeting we will have the monthly report on the metro service, which i very much appreciate, and julie has done a wonderful job with that and we appreciate the information. last night i was personally caught in the castro switch issue, and i will say i was actually pleased with how quickly it was fixed once i heard it was an issue, i thought i was done and i was going to be going upstairs and taking the shuttle bus but it actually worked out, with a communications surrounding it were not great. it took a while for there to be a system announcement, it was not quick enough, and it was not informative enough. even if the announcement is that we are aware there's a problem and that the doors on your train are not shutting, trust us, we

are working on it, we need that. there is a capability for the control to issue a systemwide train and station announcement, i believe, so i would repeat this request, kudos to julie for how quickly the issue was resolved, and train service was restored, but again, if we can do anything to impress upon the control centre, whomever it is, to make a systemwide announcement, even if we don't know how long it will take to fix the problem, just so folks in the tunnel know that someone is working on it because otherwise there's just confusion and a little bit of anger, frankly okay, that is a lot of fun for -- unfinished business so we will stop now. [laughter]. >> we have the rest of our business to finish. that takes us to. >> item seven, director's report >> members of the board, members of the public and staff, i want to ask our director of

attainable streets to come forward to recognize two groups of employees who sprang into action during the recent unplanned emergency. >> good afternoon, tom maguire, sustainable streets director. i would like to ask my colleagues to join me up here. the single shop colleagues of sustainable streets, thank you. many of you remember in figure second in the afternoon, and natural gas explosion triggered a fire that engulfed a dim some restaurant on geary boulevard, at 1:00 p.m. on that wednesday afternoon, after we got those initial reports of the fire, our parking control officers and signal staff sprang into action and provided tremendous service to the public to ensure public safety before capturing, and after the fire was cleaned up. we had 17 parking control officers at an assistant director on the scene rerouting traffic even as a fire department gained control of the scene and battled the flames.

after the fire was extinguished at 4:15 p.m., we remained on the scene and supported the reroutes to make sure the 38 geary could get through during the evening rush hour and the next morning's rush hour. the cleanup from the fire was extensive and continued into the next morning. our -- our signal shop, many representatives are standing behind me, 12 members of our crew stayed all night to investigate, test and replace the signal equipment that literally burned to a crisp on that corner of geary street. i've never seen a traffic signal in quite the shape that this one was in, but they were able to get a traffic signal that was literally melted, burned and incinerated beyond recognition back to operational service in time for the next morning. many of them worked all night to get this done in some pretty cold, tough conditions, and for all their service to the city and in this incident and all the work they do, i would like you to recognize the traffic signal shop for the work they do for

the city. >> absolutely. would one of you like to speak? i would let all of you speak but then you guys would get mad at me and you'd be here all night. [laughter]. >> good afternoon, members of the board. and the manager of the traffic signal shop. as tom stated previously, the fire was unprecedented, it was unexpected, of course, and the ladies and gentlemen behind me sprang into action just like any other emergency response that they tend to every single day, so geary and parker was just an example of the hard work that our talents behind me, as well as back at the shop right now and out on the streets right now , taking care of the citizens of san francisco. i don't want to accept this other than on their behalf because they are the ones who are out there on the street each and every day, doing the hard work. they make my job a whole lot

easier, so if it wasn't for the hard-working great work that they do, you probably see a lot of issues. >> it is easy to see what you're such a respected leader. thank you for your comments. as you also, this generally works is people out there complain to us a lot and we filter it down and complain to him a lot. and usually what happens a lot with the high profile incidents. the system is the the highest incidence i have seen. it is on our way to school, so the kids saw the five mafia everything. everyone has their eyes on the effects not only did i hear no complaints about how you all responded, but i got the grantor complements at how and quick you are at ensuring safety and restoring the system to what it is. i know from what you just said that you do it every day, and i know that that goes unappreciated by many. we appreciate it. when the cameras were on and the lights were on, you guys

performed really well and people actually complemented asked for it. i was proud. good for you guys, congratulations for the award and thank you on behalf of the city. we appreciate what you do every day. [applause] >> everything else will seem a mundane after that, but a few other items. we have brought before you a number of different times the concepts of retiring our light rail vehicles early, and we even had secured some additional general fund appropriation for that a few months ago, yesterday we sent you some updated information in terms of a funding update, just a view and the public have more complete information about how this is progressing. we now have an amended budget

for the total of 219 vehicles of $1.1 billion, slightly less then the original amount we had back in 2014 which was 1.14 billion and i was only for 215 vehicles, you may recall we added the four for the arena service. we have been working with the m.t.c. as the county transportation authority to ensure funding availability and we have gotten approval from the federal transit administration for the early retirements of the breda, a lot of different steps need to be in place for this to happen, and they are largely falling into place, which we are very grateful for our partners at those funding and regulatory agencies for working with us on this pic the majority of the funding is in place, to the extent that we need more than what we got from that supplemental appropriation. we will be looking at transit

sustainability fees, or other general fund baseline revenues that we have in order to plug that gap, as i assured you when we brought that supplemental appropriation forward, we will make sure to find the funds to fully execute this pick we still don't know yet what the final number will be. the funding plan includes regional measure three. we had hundred $40 million in the regional measure three expenditure plan. designated for munimobile vehicles and facilities. however, as you know, r.m. three is tied up in a legal challenge. it is possible that there will be an additional financing cost associated with bringing other revenues forward, as we wait for the r.m. three revenues to free up, but it is something we happen working with m.t.c. closely on and they are confident that they will prevail in the r.m. three lawsuit, but until the lawsuit is dropped,

all the funds are being held in escrow. our data analysis concludes, and this is part of what we sent you and the updated cost-benefit analysis that 44 to $89 million the potential cost would be offset by up to $81 million in potential savings through reduced system overhaul and maintenance costs. not to mention many unquantifiable benefits of just getting these old cars out. >> and not having a train breakdown. >> and getting the new ones and sooner. we didn't even try to measure the benefits of that, but those are huge. even just the more hard costs that we can measure in terms of what we won't have to spend to keep these vehicles limping along makes this a cost beneficial project. so the bottom line is best case scenario, $37 million in savings , worst of $8 million.

even in the worst case, given the diminishing reliability of these trains, we think it is very well worthwhile. so we will be going forward to the county transportation authority commission next week, and they wanted to make sure that you all were current -- current on where we are, so that's why you have the documents that were sent yesterday, but again, it is a great partnership and support from the t.a., m.t.c., and the f.d.a. to support. everyone sees the benefit of doing this. that is moving forward. also. >> out of interest, what happens to the old vehicles when we retire them? is there any value recapture from those? are they sold elsewhere? what do we do with them? >> we go through the city surplus and process. we haven't done that with this vintage of train. i don't believe they are to be any significant market for them.

our change themselves are unique because of the bilevel arrangement. they may some scrap value that we may recover, but we are not anticipating any significant revenues from the surpassing of those vehicles. so on to some post- central subway milestones, starting the week from saturday the 13th, for 30 in the 45 lines will return to stockton and fourth street. we are ready made this return for the eight and the 91 back in february. we lagged the 30 in the 45 just to see how the capacity would be on the newly reopened stockton street, which is closed for the last seven years, as you know, all of these buses were coming through a tunnel then going west

on stockton, down the mason, across market, and down fifth. a very circuitous path that not only added time, were added on reliability for those very, very heavily used lines. we are happy to be getting those back to stockton and forth. we're doing in advance of having the wires that because the new buses that we have allow us to run off wire for an extended period of time. rather than wait for all the infrastructure, we want to get the benefits to our riders sooner, so we will be doing some outreach on the change, making sure we have good signage up about the stops i will be going away and updating all the audio announcements on the next system it will be great to get that straight shot south for the 30 in the 45 that they have been enjoying. we have centennial coming up the end of next week. it was on april 12th, 100 years ago that the transit

service began a long term avail street. before the service started, the area was largely unpopulated. most of the developing scheme after world war ii but a lot of it was spurred by the old taradale service a hundred years ago. it began as a short settle between westport jail -- portal and taradale and 34. extended in 1933 to run a different configuration that goes just about to the end, just about to the beach. today we have 35,000 daily trips on the old taradale. and with a project coming soon, we expect the reliability improvements to bring more riders to the line in the next couple of years. to mark the centennial next tuesday, i don't think tuesday is the next day his catch that next week we'll be having output access host social postcards along the route.

the sfmta photo archive will host an exhibit of historic photographs to commemorate the centennial from april through june. there will be dates and locations to be announced, ncl, as you know, is somewhat unique in that it is the only light in the system were most stops require the customers customized board to get off and on in the middle of a traffic lane, which is really the reason that we are doing the safety project, that will start later this year that will make it much safer, and again, i think it will make it more reliable and attractive to more riders. in advance, happy 100th to the old taradale, and will be be a better line once we get through with the next upcoming construction. then a couple of upcoming dates to note. we're almost halfway through the powered scooter share pilot program, and we are doing evaluation. we'll be bringing you an update at the next meeting, but i

wanted you to know that we are hosting a community discussion about the scooters and the permits and how they have worked or not worked tonight from -- from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the community centre at 1010 mission street in south of market. this is part of what we talked about when we brought the authorization for your approval that we would have feedback before determining what to do at the end of the six months. tonight, as well as the feedback that we've gotten along the way, will be a way for us to hear from the community, any concerns , things they like about the program. we will take that feedback and incorporate it into whatever we end up presenting to you next meeting. i wanted to let you know that was happening. two other events -- >> i do have a question about the scooters. >> on the scooters, i recently learned, tragically because i was the author of the block,

that legislature had passed legislation to not requires drivers to have a helmet. >> it was sponsored by bird, one of his companies. they went to work in sacramento and got that law passed gives our objection. >> right are we going to assess and some point with the cost will be in terms of liability, or will the insurance that we require these companies to interview on the clients be enough to cover our liability the c liability has been a big topic of discussion. it has been a particular sort point on the program that oakland is trying to develop. we can bring you information on that. we do have pretty stringent liability insurance requirements as part of our parents requirements, but that does not necessarily stop someone from suing the city. so we can try to speak to you that eighties passed that law,

motorcycle accidents are causing at least a million in intensive care unit medical, and that was in the eighties. i can only imagine the cost is higher today. >> we have been working with the department of public health and they have modified their data collection at san francisco general hospital so they now are gathering data at a finer grained, including on scooter collisions that present at the hospital, so we have a little bit of data on that, but since we have been up and running for a relatively short period of time and with a very limited number of scooters, we don't have a lot of data here yet, but it is very concerning and very unfortunate, i think that that law passed. >> thank you. >> just two other upcoming events i wanted you to know about. walk to work day is coming up on april 10th. we have, as you know, with your support, improved intersections with high visibility across socks -- crosswalks, major construction efforts,

reconfigured intersections to make pedestrian environments not just more friendly, but safer, the walk to work today -- day is a way to show off all that and invite people to experience a different way to get to work than many people usually take by walking. this is an event sponsored by walk san francisco. it features support hub stations throughout the city to cheer commuters with free beverages, coat tokens and contest for longest walking commute, most interesting site, and best shoe billing. we will be sponsoring hub outside our agency offices, or people posting their experience with the # walk to work. i hope to see everybody out there, and then finally, the following week is bike and roll to school week. april 15th to 19th, and that is an opportunity to encourage students and their parents to

find fun and healthy and sustainable ways to get to school by walking on a scooter safely with a helmet, or on a bicycle. each year i think we get more and more engagement and support and partnership with the school district. we partner with the sponsors, it is an international movement that has been gaining a lot of steam here in san francisco, and you can learn more and register online. >> wonderful reports. how long have you been in your current position? >> coming up on eight years. >> eight years. nolan and i headed over under bet before -- of how long it would be before you save shoe bling. i think he just one but we will have to go back and check the bet. >> i almost skipped that part of the notes by thought it would be the most entertaining part. [laughter]. >> congratulations. >> you have been active for

eight years, there's a lot going on here. thank you for that reports. are there any questions for the director? his or any public comment on the director chapter report. >> yes, mary mcguire. she is the only one who has submitted a speaker card. >> mary, welcome back, always a pleasure to see you. >> i was going to talk about this in public comment, but you brought up the issue of liability and no helmets, and, you know, i see these people, summer is coming up, and people are renting these spikes, the scooters, and they're taking their families around san francisco on bikes, and they're not in the bike lanes, and they think -- it is san francisco. they don't have helmets, the kids don't have helmets, and i've seen little kids going down bay street where there is no bike lanes, and the parents are riding ahead of them, and the little kid is shaking on the

bike and scared, it is unbelievable the amount of bike traffic that comes down there to fisher ' wife, and no helmets for the little kids. and i think with the i.p.o. that i read, they will try to make their stock market tractive, so they're getting into more things like scooters and bikes, so you need to set some limits here, and if they sign -- i am thinking that they might sign something through their app, a release about the helmets, and i think if someone was injured with these companies, that may beat is handled through arbitration and hard for them to recover. i've had people in my cabs who are injured through ridesharing companies. it is hard for them to recover the cost that they have spent through the hospital.

i will talk about and one public comment but i think there should be more training for these tourists, and you need to set more restrictions and responsibilities for the companies that are renting out these and limits to how many there will be in the city. >> thank you. is there other comments from the director chapter report? roberta, i will take your silence as a no. >> yes. >> moving on, item eight, advisory council reports, neither the chair -- no one is here to make that report today. >> if i make comments on that, may i? >> we did get a letter at the last meeting, or two meetings ago, i tried to be polite, but i was nevertheless a blunt, which is usually my nature, and asked the citizens advisory committee for direct recommendation on the seating configuration for the chains and we have received that they have informed us on the two points with how their advisory

committee comes out. i suspect you and tom and julie have seen that, but i wanted to make clear that is now part of our records. i don't think we need to wait for someone to be here to tell us that. we now have that recommendation from them. >> item nine is general public comments. this is an opportunity for members of the public to address the board on matters that are within the jurisdiction of the sfmta but are not on the agenda today. john part, followed by a very toronto and weiner. >> welcome. >> i feel like being a game show host because i $130,000. i am from the outer sunset, at the name of today's game show, i will call it the game of station inequality, and the team who has the most points here will win. the two contestants are hypothetically the embarcadero and folsom street, and my little corner of the world which is

called 31st and judah. eight, which stop has a 350-foot platform? that is right, 1.14 embarcadero. which station has two fully elevated and separate from street level ramps? yes, that is team embarcadero. which station has seated benches , which station has night lighting, which station has realtime communication systems and occurred -- curved rooftop with signage, that is five points for team embarcadero, and a zero points for judah and 31 st street on the end line where some of us live. so let's recap the total here, board of directors. that's ten points for the team embarcadero station and zero points for my world, which is 31 st near judah street. is complete the unsafe. folks, i know you have