you have six yes's. >> president cohen: we're going to go into closed session at this time. thank you very much. stacy youngblood, are we dismissing any commissioners? >> clerk: we're in closed . >> president cohen: sergeant youngblood, could you call the next item. i think it's item eight. >> clerk: yam. we have -- i'm sorry. line item nine open session. vote to disclose whether any or

all discussion out on 8. section administrative code section 1.2a. >> vote for disclosure. >> president cohen: is there a second. motion made by commissioner hamasaki. roll call vote. >> clerk: [roll call] >> clerk: you have five yeses. >> president cohen: motion passes unanimously. sergeant [inaudible] do we need to take public comment on that? >> clerk: yes, ma'am.

>> president cohen: all right. so we should resend the vote and take public comment. >> president cohen: motion to remove the vote. all right. let's go to public comment and then we will take the vote again. >> clerk: for members of the public that would like to make public comment, please press star 3 to raise your hand now. >> clerk: president cohen, we have no public comment. >> president cohen: thank you. so is there a motion. >> clerk: motion not to disclose. >> president cohen: let's again to the roll call vote. >> clerk: on the motion not to disclose [roll call]

>> clerk: you have five yeses. >> president cohen: all right. motion passes. next item. >> clerk: line item 10. adjournment. action item. >> president cohen: all right. any comments? see you then. good night folks. adjourned. happy st. patty's day. >> bye thank you.

. >> for tuesday march 16th 2021. i would like to welcome members of the public streaming live or listening to us as well as to the staff who will be participating in today's meeting. i also would like to provide a special welcome to our newest commissioner, a mission bay resident and has an extensive background in urban planning. we would like to welcome you to this incredible organization and we are lucky to have you join

us. following the guidelines set forth by local and state officials during this health emergency, the members of this commission are meeting remotely to ensure the safety of everyone, including members of the public. we thank you for joining us. madam secretary, please call the first item. >> the first order of business is item one roll call. please respond when i call your names. (roll call) all members of the commission are present. item two, announcements. the next regularly scheduled meeting remotely tuesday

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wishes to provide comment? >> at this time members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should contact 415-655-0001. please enter the access 187 828 5624. press the pound sign and then the pound sign again and then press star 3 to submit your request. we will allow the public just a few moments to call in. if you're already on the phone with us and would like to provide a public comment, please press star 3. push mr. chair, there are no members of the public on the phone or online wishing to comment on this item. >> hearing no request to speak on the item, i will close public comment. commissioners, may i get a motion for the minutes?

>> i approve the minutes as read with any necessary corrections. >> thank you. can i get a second? >> i second the minutes. >> thank you commissioner. madam secretary, please call the roll. >> (roll call) mr. chair, the vote is 5 ayes. >> motion carriers. madam secretary, please call -- i was going to say madam speaker. madam secretary, please call the next item. >> next is the regular agenda.

there are no regular agenda items for today. the next order of business is item 6 which is public comment on non agenda items. mr. chair. >> do we have any speaker cards for this item? >> at this time, members of the public who wish to provide public comment on item 6 please call 415-655-0001. please enter the access 187 828 5624. press the pound sign and then pound sign again and then press star 3 to submit your request to speak. if you are on the phone and wish to provide public comment, press star 3 to raise your hand. and again, we'll give the public a few moments to call in.

mr. chair at this time there are no members of the public wishing to comment on this item. >> hearing no requests to speak on this item, i close public comment. madam secretary, please call the next item. >> the next order of business is item 7 report of the chair. mr. chair. >> thank you. i don't necessarily have a report but i wanted to reiterate to the members of the public that are listening or watching, especially those who live within our area of the former redevelopment and now ocii project areas, first of all, we want to thank everybody for being so diligent in providing safe distancing and wearing your masks. now that we have vaccines, i know our mayor has been very vigilant to try to make sure everyone gets vaccinated. so ocii project area

constituents, please get your vaccine. we all are counting on it to be able to go back to some sense of normal. but it's a social obligation and social contract we should have with one another to take care of each other. that's all i want to say. please get vaccinated and would like to thank you in advance on behalf of our commission that cares deeply about the residents of san francisco but in particular, those who live within the project areas of oci. thank you. madam secretary, please call the next item. >> the next order of business is item 8, report of the executive director. item 8a, marketing outcomes report from 500 folson, a mixed income rental tower with 108 inclusionary affordable units and one staff unit in transbay

redevelopment area. discussion. madam interim director. >> thank you madam secretary and good afternoon commissioners. my report today is just again to highlight in the packets you received the marketing outcomes report for the transbay block 9 project at 500 folson street and just wanted to note a couple of things about this project and the lease-up. one of which, a lot of work was done during the pandemic, they had originally -- the project sponsors had originally hoped that marketing and lease-up would be complete before we all went into shelter in place, but that wasn't the case. bridge worked very well with applicants gathering information in a very new way of doing business and we appreciate that flexibility and their willingness to accommodate applicant needs in that very

difficult time. but they were successful and the project has been leased up at 100%. you know, as madam secretary noted, there were 108 inclusionary affordable units offered through the lottery. there were over 6800 applicants for the 408 units and there were 12 certificate of preference applicants, however it was interesting to note that unfortunately none of them ultimately moved into the project and i wanted to highlight a couple of reasons why that happened. four of the applicants ended up withdrawing from the process due to a variety of reasons, seeking housing in a different type of housing or having a change in their household composition that they weren't interested in moving at that time. six of the applicants of the applicants were over income. they were offered at 50% of

median area income. two of the six had incomes that were more in line with moderate income housing and the other four were just over the 50% and so would be in line for other opportunities that might be at the 60% a mi level. ocii and staff are aware of this and tracking these cop preference holders and so we'll make sure to inform them of other units that may come on line to meet their income needs. one applicant was under income and unfortunately there was no rental subsidy available to assist them and one other applicant never responded to inquiries. that's been a topic of conversation around certificate of preference, efforts we're doing and oci staff are being very diligent in following up and trying to understand what is leading to people applying,

moving in, etc cetera. we'll continue to monitor that and report back to you. they're here as well if you have questions about this. i also wanted to note that eight of the units were -- went to those under the displaced tenant housing preference and 43 under the neighborhood housing preference. so far we have heard great feedback from the residents enjoying their new housing and that concludes my report. but again, we have staff here if you have questions. thank you. >> great. thank you. madam secretary, do we have speaker cards for the item? >> at this time, members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001. interact session 187 828 5624. press the pound sign and then the pound sign again and then press star 3 once on the call to

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please call the next item. >> thank you. the next order of business is item 10, closed session. item 10a conference with legal council anticipated litigation, initiation of paragraph 4 of the california government code. one case. mr. chair. >> madam secretary, do we have speaker cards for this item? >> again members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001. interact session 187 828 5624. press the pound sign and pound sign again and then star 3. if you're on the phone with us or online, press star 3 to submit your request to speak. we'll allow a few moments again.

mr. chair it doesn't look like we have members of the public wish together comment on the item. >> seeing no request, i will close public comment. we're now going to go into closed session. i would like to ask fellow commissioners and participating staff members to log on to the separate link e-mailed to you. we will return to this session once it is concluded. thank you.

>> we are ready to go. i will go ahead and get started. thank you. we are back. the closed session has concluded and there is nothing to report. mr. chair, the next order of business is item 11, adjournment. >> thank you secretary. my fellow commissioners, it has been a long meeting --

(laughing) if i could have a motion to adjourn our meeting and a second. >> i move -- >> we can be adjourned. >> already commissioner scott moves it. commissioner brackett is that you seconding? >> i will second the motion. >> thank you commissioners. we have a first motion and seconded. so our meeting is adjourned at 1:45 p.m. thank you all.

>> i try to start every day not looking at my phone by doing something that is grounding. that is usually meditation. i have a gym set up in my garage, and that is usually breathing and movement and putting my mind towards something else. surfing is my absolute favorite thing to do. it is the most cleansing thing that i'm able to do. i live near the beach, so whenever i can get out, i do. unfortunately, surfing isn't a daily practice for me, but i've been able to get out weekly, and it's something that i've been incredibly grateful for. [♪♪♪] >> i started working for the

city in 2005. at the time, my kids were pretty young but i think had started school. i was offered a temporarily position as an analyst to work on some of the programs that were funded through homeland security. i ultimately spent almost five years at the health department coordinating emergency programs. it was something that i really enjoyed and turned out i was pretty good at. thinking about glass ceiling, some of that is really related to being a mother and self-supposed in some ways that i did not feel that i could allow myself to pursue responsibility; that i accepted treading water in my career when my kids were young. and as they got older, i felt more comfortable, i suppose, moving forward. in my career, i have been asked to step forward. i wish that i had earlier

stepped forward myself, and i feel really strongly, like i am 100% the right person for this job. i cannot imagine a harder time to be in this role. i'm humbled and privileged but also very confident. so here at moscone center, this is the covid command center, or the c.c.c. here is what we calledun -- call unified command. this is where we have physically been since march, and then, in july, we developed this unified structure. so it's the department of emergency management, the department of public health, and our human services hughesing partners, so primarily the department of homelessness and supportive housing and human services agency. so it's sort of a three-headed command in which we are

coordinating and operating everything related to covid response. and now, of course, in this final phase, it's mass vaccination. the first year was before the pandemic was extremely busy. the fires, obviously, that both we were able to provide mutual support but also the impact of air quality. we had, in 2018, the worst air quality ten or 11 days here in the city. i'm sure you all remember it, and then, finally, the day the sun didn't come out in san francisco, which was in october. the orange skies, it felt apocalyptic, super scary for people. you know, all of those things, people depend on government to say what's happening. are we safe? what do i do? and that's a lot of what

department of emergency management's role is. public service is truly that. it is such an incredible and effective way that we can make change for the most vulnerable. i spend a lot of my day in problem solving mode, so there's a lot of conversations with people making connections, identifying gaps in resources or whatever it might be, and trying to adjust that. the pace of the pandemic has been nonstop for 11 months. it is unrelenting, long days, more than what we're used to, most of us. honestly, i'm not sure how we're getting through it. this is beyond what any of us ever expected to experience in our lifetime. what we discover is how strong we are, and really, the depth of our resilience, and i say that for every single city

employee that has been working around the clock for the last 11 months, and i also speak about myself. every day, i have to sort of have that moment of, like, okay, i'm really tired, i'm weary, but we've got to keep going. it is, i would say, the biggest challenge that i have had personally and professionally to be the best mom that i can be but also the best public certify chant in whatever role i'm in. i just wish that i, as my younger self, could have had someone tell me you can give it and to give a little more nudge. so indirectly, people have helped me because they have seen something in me that i did not see in myself. there's clear data that women

have lost their jobs and their income because they had to take care of their safety nets. all of those things that we depend on, schools and daycare and sharing, you know, being together with other kids isn't available. i've often thought oh, if my kids were younger, i couldn't do this job, but that's unacceptable. a person that's younger than me that has three children, we want them in leadership positions, so it shouldn't be limiting. women need to assume that they're more capable than they think they are. men will go for a job whether they're qualified or not. we tend to want to be 110% qualified before we tend to step forward. i think we need to be a little more brave, a little more exploratory in stepping up for positions. the other thing is, when given an opportunity, really think twice before you put in front

of you the reasons why you should not take that leadership position. we all need to step up so that we can show the person behind us that it's doable and so that we have the power to make the changes for other women that is going to make the possibility for their paths easier than ours. other women see me in it, and i hope that they see me, and they understand, like, if i can do it, they can do it because the higher you get, the more leadership you have, and power. the more power and leadership

>> good morning. welcome to the march 16th meeting of the treasure island mobility management committee. please call the roll. >> commissioner haney. >> present. >> commissioner mandelman. >> present. >> commissioner ronen. >> present. >> chair, we have a quorum. public comment is available for each item by calling 415-655-0001. when prompted enter access code (187)871-1940 and pound pound. once you join you will be able to listen as a participant.

to make comment do not press star 3 again or you will be removed. the operator will allow you two minutes to speak. calls are taken in order. speak slowly and clearly and turndown your radio or television volume. that concludes my announcements. >> thank you. can you please call the first item. >> item 2. approve minutes december 8, 2020 meeting. action item. >> any questions or comments on the minutes? seeing none. any members of the public to speak on item 2? >> checking the public comment line. i see no public comment. >> public comment is closed. can we have a motion and second

on the minutes? >> i move the minutes. >> second. >> moved by mandelman. seconded by haney. please call the roll. >> item 2. commissioner haney. >> aye. >> commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> there are three ayes, the minutes are approved. >> thank you. please call the next item. >> item 3. recommend acceptance of the audit report for the fiscal year ended june 30, 2020. this is an action item. >> thank you. i will turn it over to carmen and cynthia. >> good morning, commissioner. transportation authority. the financial records to be

audited annually by the certified public accounting firm. it is a clean audit with no finding or recommendation for improvement. it was in according with generally accepted audat this timing standards. applicable to financial audit in the government standards. it did not exceed the amount in the budget and any unspent budget will be in the amendment presented for approval next month. i am happy to take any questions. >> thank you. i had one question. on page 8 the chart shows acrevenue $1.3 million lower than expected. can you elaborate on that?

>> so there is a -- let me see. rachel, do you mind helping me out on that project? i believe we delayed to the policy adoption. there is an expenditure we expect to catch up when it is approved by the board. >> you are muted, rachel.

>> rachel hyatt. >> if turndown your volume. >> i am not sure why i am getting an echo. i am not sure what to do about this. >> thanks, rachel. confirming the response. >> okay. is there anything more on comments? >> that is all. thank you, commissioners.

>> thank you so much. i do want to say that and i want to thank you for a clean audit and for your work. i mistakenly called her cynthia. she is not here because she is on paternity leave. she was admitted to the hospital yesterday. congratulations. thank you, carmen for your work. any members of the public who want to speak? >> checking for comments on this item. i see none. >> does public comment be is closed. i want to move the audit report. second? >> second by commissioner mandelman. roll call vote, please. >> item 3.

commissioner haney. >> aye. >> commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> we have three ayes. the motion is approved. >> item 4. recommend authorization of the executive director to execute a master agreement for the receipt of federal aid funds from the california department of transportation and execute program supplemental agreements, cooperative agreements, fund transfer agreements and any agreements there to with caltrans for receipt of $3 million in federal funds for the construction of the treasure island ferry terminal project. this is an action item. >> i will turn it over to you. >> good morning, commissioners.

principal management analyst here to present this item. this is a routine administrative item to comply with caltran's funding requirements. we are seeking authorization to identify the executive director as person authorized to execute a master funding agreement between timma and caltrans to enable timma to seek and receive federal funds from california trans for the first time. when we have the agreement signed the ferryboat discretionary funds from california tran which was originally passed through from federal highway administration $3 million for the construction of the treasure island ferry terminal project. as requested by the tida they

have agreed to accept funds as the sponsoring agency. it allows us to seek and receive other federal grants as tmma instead of county transportation authority. it seeks approval to authorize executive director to accept the discretionary funds for the ferry terminal project in conjunction with the development of the former naval station treasure island which used to be a military base. it is being carried out through public private partnership led by tida and partner treasure island community development to provide the 20% local match to the grant. construction will take place

about 21 months to complete with a projected completion date of december 2023. this is a rendering of the completed project. the former military base will be transformed into a new mixed use transit oriented neighborhood and regional destination. the $3 million federal fundings will fund construction of the improvements for the ferry terminal including shelter, viewing and pick up areas. this project is one of the various transportation projects under development on treasure island. they are showing future transit service to san francisco including new ferry to san francisco. i can take any questions you have on the master funding agreement and we have project staff available to answer project related questions. thank you.

>> i have a few questions. one question i had is why it took so long from the awarding of the funds to accept them. my understanding this is from a long time ago. can you talk about the length of time here? >> sure. we thought the grant was granted through city agencies with master agreements with caltrans. that didn't happen. now at tida's request to lead the implementation of the ferry terminal improvements. >> essentially we thought t usa was going to do this. they didn't do this so tima is

taking it over. is it changing the roll that tima is playing? if tidh had received the funds as expected i imagine that may be the roles would be different? accepting the funds from tida is that changing the role of timma in the ferry development, ferry facilities or anything like that? >> i think this question may be answered by our project team. >> hi. i am the assistant deputy director for capital projects. i believe that our role would be consistent with what our role would have been if tida received the fundings.

we will work with the developer on the process of federalizing the funds and enabling the construction of the work done with the $3 million which could be as we mentioned a number of different parts of the facility. waiting areas, shelter areas, ticketing areas. our role as management of that activity would have been the same either way. >> can i add to the answer there? i am deputy director of tima. our role has always been to help deliver the ferry service. we have been focused on the service itself. to the extent we can help develop the terminal that is consistent with delivering the

overall service. we will lead the implementation. we are the construction agency for this project. that is an expansion offer what was originally envisioned. it is consistent with delivering the new ferry service as identified in the treasure island improvement plan. >> can you clarify the role of the developer here? the 20% local match provided by the developer. the developer was responsible for more of that when it comes to building the ferry terminal? what is their role? >> they will be meeting that match requirement. that is something that is because they are building out the rest of the terminal which

greatly exceeds the 20% on the $3 million. the local match requirement is easily met. >> correct. the work the developer has put into the ferry terminal is on the order of 20 to $30 million, which obviously, far exceeds the 20% match. most of that work is complete. some is still to be completed. then we would do this $3 million worth of work. >> are there any questions or comments from colleagues? can you go to public comment on this item. >> checking for public comment. if you would like to comment on this item press star 3. i see no public comment for this

item. >> public comment is now closed. unless there is any final additional comments, i want to move this item. i want to pass item 4. if we can have a second. >> second mandelman. >> madam clerk roll call vote, please. >> item 4. commissioner haney. >> aye. >> commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> there are three ayes, the motion is approved. >> thank you. appreciate you all and your work. can you please call item 5. >> committee meet. recommend approval of the treasure island multi operator

transit pass study and final report and add adoption of a design framework for the treasure island multi operator transit pass. this is a action item. >> hello commissioners, senior transportation planner at the san francisco county transportation authority. i will present the treasure island design framework and final report. this is an action item. i will provide an overview of the transit pass that we have designed, describe our recommendations and propose transit price staff and share schedule and next step for this study. the treasure island transportation implementation

plan adopted in 2011 provides a program to minimize added traffic to the bay bridge and improve alternate means of noticeability. it calls for transit first including new regional transit and ferry service and east bay bus transit. residents of market rate households will receive a transit pass every month as part of homeowners to provide more detail in the presentation. it includes tools to discourage driving in busy period. the revenue combined the purchases and fares and developer contributions will pay for the new regional transit. we are two performance goals.

first half the trip on and off the island made by transit and the program raises revenues needed to pay for planned regional transit level. to achieve these two goals we want to design a transit pass program to meet transit usage easy and seamless and affordable for residents, workers and visitors. as this is showing treasure island will have multiple modes including ac transit and service from treasure island to the san francisco ferry building and shuttle service. with multiple transit modes and operators there will be multiple fares and retail pass option. to support the program goals, minimize driving and maximize transit we designed the transit pass program to incentivize users to take muni or ferry or

transit to meet travel needs. the goal is to encourage travelers to take transit. treasure island transportation plan identified two user groups as part of the program. first, one pass per market rate house they would the residents purchase through hoa or homeowners dues and one for the hotel room the visitors purchase as part of the hotel fee. as part of the study we included these groups and expanded to include two new groups including the households and treasure island workers. we included to make sure the pass is accessible to everyone on the island and using transit is seemless for everyone.

as we begin the study we looked at multiple transit passes across the bay area institutional as well as publicly available. first is the gator pass available for san francisco state university students. this pass provides access on muni local routes as well as discounted transfer on the city bart station. students pay as part of their tuition. second option we looked at car free living program where residents receive $100 credit for transportation usage. they are able to spend the credit on clipper cards or uber or cars such as get around. we looked amount the ac transit easy pass program where alameda count enrolled employers at

discounted rate. then we looked at the two retail pass available for anyone that is ac transit transbay pass and muni m&a fast pass. muni past pass pass the local bart station. we learned that transit pass should encourage transit and be affordable. based on this finding and to achieve overall timma goal we developed five goals for this study. first is provide maximum transit usage. to make sure that travelers that are living and working on treasure island have a product they can use as they -- for their daily trip on transit. make transit affordable for

residents and workers by providing a discount. enhance the experience through different modes and transfer policies. implementation visibility. we wanted to design a product implemented with the launch of the overall program that includes transit services. the financial sustainability we want a program that is able to cover ongoing operating and add min costs. we have done multiple public outreach on treasure island. we presented at variation events including open housing, food pantry, committee meetings, and residents and focus groups. in public we first received feedback on what features of transit pass would be useful for

existing residents and worker. we heard the product easy to use in multiple modes so one doesn't think about different costs or fares would be one useful app. the second is transit pass should be affordable. third, it should be easy to obtain where one doesn't have to go through multiple eligibility to receive this pass. we incorporated in our analysis and brought back two options for public input. one is clipper credit one can use in any modes that accept clipper. second is multi operator pass to include all transit modes accessing treasure island. residents and workers have preferred a pass since it is

accepted in multiple modes. it simplifies tears and costs and has an affordability feature. first is the path structure. we recommend clipper. it will provide unlimited trips on and off treasure island. that include easy transit local routes and the ferry route that connects treasure islands to san francisco ferry building. this pass will be institution product. it will be only available to treasure island workers and residents. second is the user group. one pass titan had specified this will be one pass per market rate household that is mandatory. market rate household residents

will pay for this pass-through hoa dos. for all other residents this pass will be optional. this will be an optional pass for treasure island workers. it will be a market rate household where we as timma work to distribute the has as well to manage the pass. the third part is hotel visitors. as tida specified the hotel visitor will receive a transit

pass and visitor pass will be launched with treasure island hotel. visitors will receive a credit on clipper or on mobile app to use it for travel. this means they can travel from san francisco airport to treasure island on transit using their transit pass. this pass price will be determined at later time. proposed pass cost. this is not part of the recommendation today. we have the cost for analysis purposes the pass cost is 125 to $150 monthly. as i mentioned earlier affordable transit pass will be determined with timma overall affordability program. we did study 50% discount.

we determined the price through understanding the retail available products such as ac transit, transbay pass and muni multi pass as well as understood what group it caused us to receive the sustainability. the final pass price adopted after we adopt the ac transit and ferry fare. when we know the fare of those two new routes we will be able to specify what this pass will cost and we will recommend this pass price and seek for your approval at that time. we are also working on developing pass trice adjustment principles. the two we are considering. one inflation rate. as years go bypass price will be adjusted to reflect annual inflation rate. two, transit service to make

sure transit pass is reflecting the available transit benefits that are treasure island. if we increase transit services, transit pass price will reflect that increase. >> we are working with revenue sharing and ec transit and ferry adoption this year. based on the fare adoption we will be back to the timma committee for transit pass price early next year. throughout this process we are working with m.t.c. and clipper to make sure as clipper is updated the features are included. we are coordinating on that front. we will be working on the plan

later this year to next year, throughout next year. transit pass test and launch will happen with on overall program launch in 2023. the three recommendations we have today this pass will be approval options that pass time report, adoption of transit pass design framework including the structure that is a three operator pass. this will be available to treasure only residents or visitors and transit pass subsidized for the future market rate residents and workers. i conclude my presentation. >> thank you so much.

thank you for your work on this. this is very exciting anchor part of the transportation plan for the island. i appreciate the due diligence in examining the models and coming forward for the recommends. affordability and convenience and accessibility. one thing i was hoping you might clarify for the public is the timeline of the anticipated ferry service for when it will start, which i know we are working hard to expedite the ac transit service starting 25, muni expansion, on island ferry the start date when folks start moving in so people have a sense of the timeline of these transit

options and connection to the transit pass. >> sure. we are looking to start the program pending funding in june of 2023. that would include the ferry, east bay service as well as muniwill happen as the developmt goes on. i have the project manager rachel hyatt to add to that answer. >> that is correct. this is rachel hyatt, assistant deputy for planning. that is correct. all of the transit services are planned to the new transit services are planned to launch in mid 2023. that is the same time this transit pass program was

launched and the toll would launch. there was a question about muni services. that exists today. it is called to expand milestones in the development rollout identified in the development agreement. those service expansions we will depend on muni to fund and execute those expansions. timma is responsible for ensuring the ferry, new east bay service and the on island shuttle launch together at the timeframe we are working with now. tida is mid 2023. >> to rachel's answer there, i

wanted to mention we are working with weda on m.o.u. for the next month or two. water emergency ferry agency. they offer the ferry services. we are going to see if we might accelerate the ferry service to before june of 2023. the schedule is for the service to be there at least by the midyear of 2023. >> thank you. colleagues, any questions or comments? none. can we open this up to public comment, please. >> checking for public comment on item 5. if you would like to comment press star 3 now. i see no one in the queue. there is no public comment.

>> public comment is closed. can we -- i will move this item number 5. is there a second? >> second. mandelman. roll call vote, please. >> item 5. commissioner haney. >> aye. >> commissioner mandelman. >> aye. >> commissioner ronen. >> aye. >> we have three ayes. the motion is approved. >> thank you so much for your work. greatly appreciate it and look forward to seeing this move forward and happen. thanks for your great work. please call item 6. >> outreach update. this is an information item. toll policy outreach update. >> mr. young and deputy director

hyatt. >> good morning. eric young, director of communications to present this item. let me share my screen. >> what i am going to describe is the outreach we have prepared to support further development of the toll exemption for treasure island residents, and toll policy for businesses and low income employees on treasure island. here is our timeline and activities that we have planned for outreach.

you will see we have parallel tracts outreach. one on residents and one on businesses and employees. i will start on the right-hand side marked residents. next week we will conduct a survey of treasure island residents asking what method they prefer to exempt from the toll. fast track or license plate method. that will be going out in the mail and available online. in april we are going to analyze what we learn to help finalize work on the treasure island resident exemption policy. and in may we may bring the residential toll policy to timma committee. now, i am going to go to the

center of the slide marked businesses and employees. i will lead you through that work. this month we reached out to the treasure island organizing committee to follow up with that group to respond to a number of questions that they had about toll implementation, transit service timeline, residential development timeline, accounting for the pandemic effects on travel patterns and public input opportunities. by april we would like to offer co-creation with business owners and employees to program options dealing with the toll policy. just by way of explanation. when i say co-creation i am referring to interactive workshops where agency staff lead attendees to a series of questions and activities as a

way to solicit feedback. these will be done virtually. in may we want to synthesize what we learn from that co-creation. in june we would like to come back to the timma committee to ask you to consider adoption of policies dealing with the business. >> did we lose eric? [ inaudible ] >> on treasure island to the downtown congestion pricing. that is in parallel.

[ inaudible ] >> you were cut off, eric. let me just repeat. you were cut off. >> eric was saying in june we will conduct co-creation with businesses, employees and residents for the downtown san francisco congestion pricing study. that study will undergo a city-wide outreach in may and june. we will also reach treasure island residents with that. we are doing that toeing with --

doing that toeing with consideration of treasure island policies. >> was there more? >> eric has a couple more slides. it was an announcement that the week of march 22 is the week we expect the resident survey to arrive in folks mailboxes. we will conduct social media outreach to public size that. there will be a mail version with an envelope to be returned

or folks can go online with a link to fill it out that way. march 22 is the week those will arrive and will be live online. he had one last slide. that is what the survey will look like. one more slide to show the other ways that we are planning on outreach. we have been working with the tida cab members to organize an april 3 town hall and we are partnering to publicize that. we will also publicly size the survey on social media and to the folks who signed up for the e-mail list. that concludes the update.

>> one thing to underscore in terms of communication with the survey. there are a lot of island residents that aren't yet aware that they are going to be exempted and have some confusion or uncertainty around that, even some of the residents that are very informed are not clear about this. to be aware as they receive the survey this might be something they are learning for the first time in some cases. it should be made as explicit as possible that is the case and all we want to learn here is how to actualize that exemption. i don't want this to lead to a whole new wave of confusion and

concern and anxiety and fear of the impact of the toll because they believe they are now asked about certain things. i just want to be clear and i am sure you are going about this to know, yes, this is a survey but in some ways a notification this they will be exempted from the toll and we frame that appropriately. i don't think there has been a widespread mass to everyone. it is through word of mouth and in meetings. this is a full island wide communication letting them know this is the case. with that colleagues any questions or comments? seeing none. we will open this up for public

comment, please. >> chair there is no public comment for this item. >> thank you for your work. public comment is closed. i want to -- well, we don't have to move anything. this is informational. we will come back to hear this again. this will be a big part of our work moving forward as we finalize and determine the various aspects of the toll policy. thank you so much for your work. next item, please. >> 7. internal accounting report for the 6 months ending december 31, 2020. this is an information item. >> thank you, commissioner. december 31, 2020 total asset amounts $1.7 million relayed to advance transportation and

congestion management and also from tida. total liability $618,500. we anticipate $1.1 million of program revenues. we earned $761,494 revenue. spent $587,294 for personnel expenditure in the second quarter. the budget and expenditure was in budget continuing to progress. the budget is to update in the midyear. we expect to see board approval in if the quarter of the fiscal year. i am happy to take any questions. >> thank you. any kepts? kept comments?

seeing none. we will open up for public comment. >> if you would like to comment press star 3 now. there is no one for public comment. >> public comment is now closed. this was an informational item. thank you so much, controller for your work. will you please call the next item. >> item 8. introduction of new items. this is an information item. >> before i turn it over to commissioner ronen who wanted to introduce this. i want to thank commissioners ronen and mandelman for serving on this committee this year and for their close collaboration and involvement in the important work of supporting treasure

island residents and the future of the island and transportation access and affordability. i appreciate your time. i know you are busy people. we greatly appreciate it. commissioner ronen. >> thank you so much, chair haney. it is a pleasure to be on this committee. i appreciate the time to speak in honor of halstad who passed away on saturday. she will be remembered for many years of public service, roles on commissions and boards and open space preservation. supervisor peskin will introduce to the full board memory today. i wanted to remember her at timma. ann had a long history of

working with treasure island. i worked with her on the transportation commission and served on the military base closure committee in the 1990s working on early plans for treasure island. she later search served on tida. she served on the development commission and brought her knowledge and experience to advocate for sustainable development. she was a champion on m.t.c. for treasure island's transportation program and positioned for funding opportunities and inclusion in planned bay area 2050. she is survived by her husband and loving family and friends and to them we send our heartfelt sympathy and great gratitude for her lovely way of

being in the world and specifically to san francisco and the bay area. if we could add june today's meeting in her honor, we would be greatly appreciated. thank you. >> thank you so much, commissioner ronen. commissioner mandelman no new items. is there any public comment on item 8? >> there is no public comment. >> public comment is closed. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> item 9. public comment. >> are there any members of the public who would like to speak? >> there are no public comment for this item. >> all right. public comment is now closed and thank you, colleagues.

will you please call the next item. >> item 10 adjournment. >> thank you so much, colleagues. we are going to adjourn our meeting in the memory of ann. thank you all. this meeting is adjourned. >> thank you, commissioners. >> welcome to "culturewire."

today we are at recology. they are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970's. she started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. she started with kids. they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95

professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. >> that has really expanded the program out. it is becoming so dynamic right now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here. why would an artist when to come here? >> mainly, access to the materials. we also give them a lot of support. when they start, it is an empty studio. they go out to the public area

and -- we call it the big store. they go out shopping, take the materials that, and get to work. it is kind of like a reprieve, so they can really focus on their body of work. >> when you are talking about recology, do you have the only sculpture garden at the top? >> it is based on work that was done many years ago in new york. it is the only kind of structured, artist program. weit is beautiful. a lot of the plants you see were pulled out of the garbage, and we use our compost to transplant them. the pathway is lined with rubble from the earthquake from the freeways we tour about 5000 people a year to our facility, adults and children.

we talk about recycling and conservation. they can meet the artists. >> fantastic. let's go meet some of your current artists. here we are with lauren. can you tell us how long have been here so far and what you're working on? >> we started our residency on june 1, so we came into the studio then and spent most of the first couple weeks just digging around in the trash. i am continuing my body of work, kind of making these hand- embroidered objects from our day-to-day life. >> can you describe some of the things you have been making here? this is amazing. >> i think i started a lot of my work about the qualities of light is in the weight. i have been thinking a lot about things floating through the air. it is also very windy down here. there is a piece of sheet music up there that i have embroidered third. there is a pamphlet about

hearing dea -- nearing death. this is a dead rabbit. this is what i am working on now. this is a greeting card that i found, making it embroidered. it is for a very special friend. >> while we were looking at this, i glanced down and this is amazing, and it is on top of a book, it is ridiculous and amazing. >> i am interested in the serendipity of these still life compositions. when he got to the garbage and to see the arrangement of objects that is completely spontaneous. it is probably one of the least thought of compositions. people are getting rid of this stuff. it holds no real value to them, because they're disposing of it. >> we're here in another recology studio with abel.

what attracted you to apply for this special program? >> who would not want to come to the dump? but is the first question. for me, being in a situation that you're not comfortable in has always been the best. >> what materials were you immediately attracted to when you started and so what was available here? >> there are a lot of books. that is one of the thing that hits me the most. books are good for understanding, language, and art in general. also being a graphic designer, going straight to the magazines and seeing all this printed material being discarded has also been part of my work. of course, always wood or any kind of plastic form or anything like that. >> job mr. some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. -- taught me through some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. >> the first thing that attracted me to this was the printed surface. it was actually a poster. it was a silk screen watercolor,

about 8 feet long. in terms of the flatwork, i work with a lot of cloddish. so being able to cut into it come at into it, removed parts, it is part of the process of negotiating the final form. >> how do you jump from the two dimensional work that you create to the three-dimensional? maybe going back from the 3f to 2d. >> everything is in the process of becoming. things are never said or settled. the sculptures are being made while i am doing the collages, and vice versa. it becomes a part of something else. there's always this figuring out of where things belong or where they could parapets something else. at the end goal is to possibly see one of these collage plans be built out and create a

structure that reflects back into the flat work. >> thank you so much for allowing "culturewire" to visit this amazing facility and to learn more about the artists in residence program. is there anything you like our viewers to know? >> we have art exhibitions every four months, and a win by the public to come out. everybody is welcome to come out. we have food. sometimes we have gains and bands. it is great time. from june to september, we accept applications from bay area artists. we encouraged artists from all mediums to apply. we want as many artists from the bay area out here so they can have the same experience. >> how many artists to do your host here? >> 6 artist a year, and we receive about 108 applications. very competitive. >> but everyone should be encouraged to apply. thank you again for hosting us. >> thank you for including us in "culturewire." ♪

>> good morning and welcome to the rules committee to the san francisco board of supervisors today monday, march 15th, 2021. i am the chair of the committee aaron peskin joining by supervisor ralph al-mandelman. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: the board of supervisors slittive chamber room are closed. my apologies. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. committee members will attend the meeting through video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present.

comments will be available on this agenda both on sfgov.org and tv 26. comments are available through the public comment period by calling 415-655-0001. meeting i.d. is 18755577823. then press pound and pound again. you will be muted in listening mode only. when your item of interests up dial star 3. best practices are to call from a quiet location. speak clearly and slowly and turn down your tv or radio. you may submit public comment at victor.young@sfgov.org. that concludes my public comment -- my initial comment.

>> supervisor peskin: don't worry. i'm the clerk and you just red the public. can you please read the first item. >> clerk: the administrate eve cos. for the composition and sunset date of family violence council. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, mr. young. this legislation is brought to us by supervisor catherine stefani. >> supervisor stefani: i am here. can you hear me? >> supervisor peskin: we can hear you and welcome. >> supervisor stefani: i'm very grateful to be joining you on my legislation to renew and expand the san francisco family violence council. since 2007, our family violence council has included community

members, representativings of the supreme court, the mayor, the board of supervisors, the public defender, the depend of public health, elder abuse prevention agencies, domestic violence prevention agencies and more. it has worked to achieve three primary goals, first, to correlate services between domestic violence, elder abuse, and child abuse in communities. statewide and across the united states. and, third, to advise the board of supervisors, the mayor, and the court about these transand related issues. each of the three objectives as i mentioned is ongoing. so every year the council issues a report on what it sees. between july 1st and june 30th, 2019. key findings were as follows.

there are clear racial disparities across all three forms of family violence including child abuse, elder abuse and intimate partner violence. disproportionately impacts blacks. family violence disproportionately affects women and girls. the use of weapons, especially firearms in domestic violence incidents is on the rise. there remains a significant need for shelters for family violence victims. this is 80%, way too high. again, this was in the period just before the pandemic struck. sadly, over the course of the past year, calls to crisis lines have spiked and our service providers have been under tremendous strain. it's been my honor to serve as the board of supervisors representative to family violence council.

it's been encouraging to see all the work that the member agencies and nonprofit organizations have been doing to combat the crisis of family violence during this difficult time. which brings me to the legislation before you this morning. as of today, the family violence council is set to expire on may 1st, 2021. my legislation would extend the sunset date from may 1st of this year to may 1st, 2024. in addition , this proposal would ambiguous specifically call out the disproportionate impact family violence some people of color and detail in last year's family violence council report, two, to aggregate the data it collects and race ethnicity, sex, gender, identity, age, and sexual orientation. required that the family violence council establish a process to collect feedback and recommendations from the community most impacted by family violence and policies intended to assist those

communities. add three community members by the community for a total of six community seats, and add representatives in the department of police accountability. the work of the family violence council touches all of our communities especially communities of color in san francisco and it is more important than ever that the body is responsive and accountable to our residents' needs. so with that in mind, i would like to extend special thanks to director shakira stimly as well as director kimberly ellis department on the status of women whom you'll hear from shortly for their partnership and putting this legislation together as well as the members of the family violence council for their critical and ongoing work. thank you again for your consideration of this legislation and i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. thank you, chair peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you for your service on the

council. i was just curious, do we know all whether there are any vacancies that need filling? obviously, these are not subject -- i mean, they have their own appointed authorities. the presiding judge of the supreme court, [inaudible] . >> supervisor stefani: my understanding is that it is and we will be filling the three additional seats. >> supervisor peskin: got it. there's a provision that says as to seats or 22 that if the appointing authority declines to designate a member and leaves the seat vacant for 60 days, this falls to the board of supervisors to appoint that. and, we can take this off line.

if any of those seats have been empty for 60 days or more, let this chair know and we can do that. that was just a housekeeping matter. and supervisor, i would like to turn it over to director ellis. >> supervisor stefani: yes. that would be great. >> supervisor peskin: ms. ellis. >> good morning. i'm pleased to provide an overview of the ordinance and a background on how san francisco addresses family violence. san francisco is unique in having a council that addresses interpersonal violence across the life span. child abuse, domestic abuse, domestic violence, and elder abuse. there's widespread evidence nationally and internationally

that the prevalence of domestic violence and family violence has increased throughout the coronavirus pandemic. research indicate that natural disasters can heighten the frequency and severity of abuse. in san francisco, beginning in march 2020, a major increase in hot line calls, requests for shelter and legal services. since the ordinance was last renewed in 2018, we continue to see the need for collaboration and have taken the opportunity to improve the composition of the council with this renewal ordinance. these changes include allowing the human rights commission and the department of police accountability to designate representatives as members of the council. we've also expanded and included language to acknowledge the importance of

racial equity in this work. the council intends to issue a comprehensive report on violence each year. one of the only countries we know that does this -- counties rather. we will issue our extra report in may of this year and be giving our report to the community. we constantly see the benefits of joining together and i would like to briefly highlight some of our recent [inaudible] . the council works to increase awareness of family violence. for example, our work with the mayor's office to create 311 emergency alerts, educational forums, and members of the council adapted a resource for educators finding ways to talk to children. the council worked with sfpd and the department of police

accountability to develop general order and a training manual on domestic violence investigations. these policies were approved by the police commission in january. the council looks forward to partnering with community based organizations to assist the police department on trainings. the council has also been instrumental in advocating for new initiatives to address system gaps. one example is the sheriff's department firearms surrender program. in fiscal year '20, 23 guns were retrieved from individuals who are restrained parties in domestic violence restraining orders. and, that concludes my report. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. why don't we go to ms. simly. >> i think i misspoke. i meant to just extend my gratitude to ms. simly.

if not, it is my mistake that i just simply meant to thank her for everything she's done for this legislation and it was director ellis that was taking the lead. >> chair peskin, i do believe we have some of the council's tri-chairs on the line if that is an option. >> supervisor peskin: absolutely. the steering committee. what you mean is referred to as the legislation in the steering committee. >> that's correct. >> supervisor peskin: absolutely. and, i also think the grant's manager may also be online if he or she would like to add anything. i got a message earlier this morning about that. but, thank you, director ellis. should we go to the so-called tri-steer committee folks?

supervisor stefani, just one question, we've had this in the past with very large bodies that sometimes don't get quorums. if your experience, are we getting quorums here? >> supervisor stefani: yes. we are. >> supervisor peskin: good. i worried about it years ago. we had a body that was so large that it never got a quorum because everybody figured somebody else was coming so nobody came. but it does not sound like that's a problem here. expansion makes sense. all right. why don't we kick it over to the steering committee members if you have anything to add or subtract or comment. i don't know your names or i would call upon you by name. .net have that in front of me.

my apologies. >> chair peskin, i believe the tri-chairs are on the public comment line. >> supervisor peskin: oh, i think we're going to have to wait until public comment then given the way our covid system team works. why don't we, are there any comments or questions from committee members? if not, why don't we go to public comment and we can hear from the steering committee members and members of the public, mr. young. >> clerk: my apologies. we currently have two people in line waiting to speak on this matter. and 22 listeners. members of the public comment

should call 415-655-0001. meeting i.d. is 1875577823. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. and you may begin your comment. first speaker. >> hello, committee. could you guys hear me? >> clerk: we can hear you. please proceed. >> okay. thank you. my name is david and i'm an ice cream truck owner and i would like to talk about the golden gate park. >> clerk: that's item number 6. and so if you can wait if for that item and get back in the queue, we will call upon you when we get to item number 6, sir. >> okay sure. thank you.

sorry about that. >> supervisor peskin: next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. can you hear me? >> supervisor peskin: we can hear you. >> great. good morning. this is beverly upton from the san francisco violence committee. i just want to thank -- goorn supervisor peskin. i just want to thank supervisor stefani and her staff. and how important the work is and that it gets more vital every day. i want to thank the commission on the status of the department and the status of women and their amazing staff especially elise. and their director kimberly

ellis. it always has been a top priority for san francisco, but, of course, covid is finding family violence to be the pandemic inside the pandemic . we're quite concerned about the service capacity of the service providers to meet the needs of the community. i want to thank my fellow cochairs from the elder abuse and child abuse arenas. they're just wonderful to work with. really we're here to serve san franciscoans and the community. our crisis line is still 24 hours a day. legal services are still doing restraining orders and everything else people need and our beloved community stands

ready to serve. so i'm just so grateful to everyone and this is so important moving forward. i just want to thank you for sustaining the family violence council. thanks so much. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, ms. upton. thank you for your work and service. are there any other members of the public for this item number one? >> clerk: i believe we have one additional caller. >> supervisor peskin: next speaker, please. >> good morning everyone. my name is jenny pearlman and i'm from safe and sound representing the child abuse prevention council for san francisco. and, as one of the tri-chairs of the family violence council. as one of my tri-chairs bev upton just said, we are just grateful for the board of supervisors for hearing this

today as well as supervisor stefani and her staff for bringing this ordinance today. we're also grateful for the support. the family violence council is more important now than ever. we are definitely seeing an increase. child abuse is also interesting because there's been a 50% decrease in reports. kids are not in school. kids are not being seen by other adults. but we do know there's been a significant increase of domestic violence in the home and that is highly connective and correlated in child abuse cases. 60% to 80% of child abuse cases occur. we must account for the overlap amongst the various forms of family violence and the family violence council is one of the very unique organizations that

looks at the connection between the different forms of family violence. so we are extremely grateful that this body exists in san francisco and believe that we really can focus on the disproportionate impact of family violence on communities of color. in this new report, this aggregated data will allow us to do that. this will allow us to bring in additional community members to we can look at why there's that disproportionate impact on communities of color. so we are grateful if for your support and recommend that this ordinance is approved. thank you very much. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. are there any other members of the public for this item number one? >> clerk: we have two additional callers at this time. >> supervisor peskin: next speaker, please.

>> hello supervisors. happy monday. this is kyrie, the director of the san francisco youth commission. on monday, march 1st, the youth commission voted to support this piece of legislation and they also have the following recommendations that are youth specific. and so two of the community seats are recommended to be reserved for youth and transitional aged youth. they are recommending that community seats are compensated and that point in time family violence council pursue findings and data specifically to lgbtq plus youth. and the last recommendation is to ensure no barriers in order to have undocumented folks participate. so the youth commission supports this and look forward to hearing more about it. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. next speaker. >> this is calvin crick. just reiterate what our staff

said, i think we got mixed up who was doing that. just reiterate that and we appreciate the work of the family violence council and urge the board -- the committee to pass this ordinance with amendments that director hosman lined out. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: does that conclude public comment, mr. young? >> clerk: yes. thal concludes public comment. there are no mr. speakers on the line for public comment. >> supervisor peskin: okay. public comment is closed. supervisor stefani, is there anything you would like to add? >> supervisor stefani: yes. i just want to thank everybody who wrote letters in support. and thank you, bev upton for being on the call and jenny pearlman with safe and sound as well and first five wrote a letter in support of the ordinance. i can't be more thrilled that i

get to work with director ellis on this. she is just such a power house and i know that we're going to do even better and more incredible work than we've already been doing on the family violence council and to thank you former president yee for including me on this council. it has been a lot to participate. they have been incredible adding to my gun violence restraining order legislation. so i, again, want to thank everybody and especially my staff, sam bennett who is the one who staffs me on this, goes to meetings and helps me with legislation around the family violence council. so, thank you again for your consideration this morning and i hope that i have your support. >> supervisor peskin: i suspect you do and thank you for your work again and thank you for serving on the family violence council and bringing these amendments forward. colleagues, is there a motion?

>> supervisor mandelman: mand elman. i'll move the item. >> supervisor peskin: okay. all right. >> chair peskin, i would like to -- >> supervisor peskin: i'm sorry. i didn't put the chat box up and it is now up. supervisor chan, i'm sorry. >> supervisor chan: no. i am in support of this and what i wanted to comment is the reason why i am in support also during this pandemic, many families have been in isolation. we know that there could be domestic violence or family violence that has gone unchecked. knowing that seniors are isolated at home and kids are not going to school and in distanced learning. i just really wanted to support this work in light of a

pandemic and the isolation that many of our families are experiencing that makes this work even more critical and why i am in support of extending this until 2024 and making sure we continue this work and identify how do we -- i do see that there are possible trauma that we're not seeing right now because of the pandemic that will come to light in the coming months and that we really look forward to having this body to help us to examine these issues and identify solutions. so i look forward to supporting this. and thank you, chair peskin, for allowing me to make this comment and thank you, supervisor stefani on this issue. >> supervisor peskin: with that, could you please call the roll on vice chairmandelman's motion.

>> clerk: on the motion. [roll call] >> clerk: the motion passes without objection. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. ms. ellis, supervisor stefani, and, with that, mr. clerk. could you read item number 2. >> clerk: yes. item number 2 is the mayor reappointment term ending march 2025. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, mr. clerk. colleagues. ms. sharon lai was appointed to a seat that had a limited duration. it was a balance of a previous seat and the mayor has saw fit to renominate her and that is before us. i just want to say without leading either one of you to that, i believe ms. lai has done a remarkable job in her

brief time on what is really the most powerful legislative body in san francisco. albeit, it is nonelective, it has elective powers and we scrutinize these closely and carefully. i want to say for one the letters and e-mails of support that we've gotten for ms. lai certainly speak to this that she has been an incredible asset to sfmta commission and i for one am very supportive of the mayor's nomination, but want to, of course, hear from my colleagues on this panel and from members of the public. are there any initial comments from supervisors mandelman or chan? >> supervisor mandelman: yeah. i would just like to echo your

comments on director lai who is a supervisor of mine and i've had the opportunity to work with her a little bit in her role and i'm looking forward to working with her more. >> supervisor peskin: supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: thank you, chair peskin. i'm not sure we're going to have the opportunity for director lai to speak. but, if we are, i am in support of her reappointment. i think we definitely need her representation on the board of directors. but given the fact that i just came on board and also have some concerns really about the re-opening of our economy and west side transit planning at the moment that we're going to have a hearing on, i just want to allow a space for her to briefly make some reports on just her thoughts and

leadership and how to direct sfmta staff and re-opening the economy making sure our transit, especially our public transit can really accommodate the re-opening of the economy especially on the west side given the fact that we have great highway closure, some road closure in golden gate park along with share space and low streets. i just wanted to get her understanding, just her viewpoint of how do we move these temporary measures forward while we're re-opening our economy. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: perfect sergeantway into introducing commissioner lai. sharon. >> yes. can you hear me okay or see me okay? >> supervisor peskin: we can

hear you and see you. >> great. thank you for considering my reappointment today and the warm support already. i'm very grateful. during my short almost seven months on the mta board, there's been many topics i've had to advocate that has direct impact on our community including the adoption of the racial equity plan, vision zero budget, other areas i have consistently asserted attention to is on improving and increasing language access for our community as well as contract management. these topics may not seem exciting but to me are emblemattic around the agency's accountability that i continue to pursue. i am also pleased to join the policy and governance

committee. i very much enjoyed applying my urban background with my work on mta which has helped me jump into technical issues and building relationships with the community staff and my diverse set of colleagues. i wanted to take a moment to address supervisor chan's question around the re-opening and essentially my guiding principles in helping to support staff's work. i think as i mentioned already, i will certainly be leading, continuing to lead with my various hats on as an urban planner, as a mother of young children struggling to get them to school and myself back to work in person eventually. my family is multi-moto. we rely on public transit, walking, bike, and car. these are aspects that i will carry to the table as i

continue to engage on these re-openings discussions. and, of course, as a person of color, this is also something that is a lived experience that i will continue to carry. what this really means is that at the forefront of my mind when i make decisions and put my name behind action, i will always be considering the questions of equity, strategic planning and the context of, you know, for example, the great highway jf k re-opening. our closure discussions, to me, that is a city wide and even a regional issue whether it's on the topic of -- imp indications on traffic. aside from just considerations that have real impacts on families. safety as well as real engagement across agencies and

with the public. and, lastly, i think in honor of women's history month, i also want to recognize and thank mayor breed and the board of supervisors for having appointed a majority of women thus far which by way amplifies the voices of women, mothers, caretakers and the persistent gender gap. i will be honored to serve my community for the next four years in this capacity and thank you for your consideration. >> supervisor peskin: thank you so much, ms. lai. seeing no questions from members. why don't we open this up to public comment, mr. young. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call (415) 655-0001 . the meeting id is 1875577823.

and you may begin your comment. we currenty have thirty listeners with six in line to speak at this time. >> supervisor peskin: okay. first speaker, please. >> good morning, chair peskin, and supervisors chan and mandelman. my name is janice lee. i want to say the san francisco vice collision was proud to nominate sharon lai and i serve as the organizations advocacy director. today, the coalition is excited to support sharon's reappointment to the board again. personally, i am particularly excited to support sharon. when i won my seat on the bart board in 2018, i was the first woman ever to serve on the board and i was the first asian american woman to serve on the

bart board ever. i'm thrilled to see more asian american women in positions. women make up the majority of public riders in the city. in philadelphia, chicago, dc, new york, and boston, women make up 60% or more of the public transit ridership. despite that, public transit isn't often designed with women in mind. you know that shes and inciteful questions. lastly, i have strongly supported sharon because of her ties to the chinese community. since becoming